Fluency with Information Technology

Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities, Fourth Edition, equips readers who are already familiar with computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web with a deeper understanding of the broad capabilities of technology. Through a project-oriented learning approach that uses examples and realistic problem-solving scenarios, Larry Snyder teaches readers to navigate information technology independently and become effective users of todays resources, forming a foundation of skills they can adapt to their personal and career goals as future technologies emerge.

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Larry Snyder was the chairman of the National Research Council's (NRC) committee that issued the report, "Being Fluent with Information Technology." It is this NRC committee funded by the National Science Foundation that identified the three types of knowledge needed in Fluency. Larry received his BA in 1968 from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in 1973 at Carnegie Mellon. He taught at schools such as Yale, MIT, Harvard, and Syndey University before settling down at the University of Washington in 1983, where he is currently a professor of computer science and engineering.

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Part 1 Becoming Skilled at Computing
Chapter 1 Defining Information Technology
Terms of Endearment 3
Why Know Just the Right Word 5
Wheres the Start Button? 6
Where Is the Computer? 11
How Soft Is Software? 15
The Words for Ideas 17
Analytical Thinking 19
Summary 23
Try It Solutions 24
Review Questions 24

Chapter 2 Exploring the HumanComputer Interface
What the Digerati Know 28
Learning about Technology 30
Two Concepts of Computing 35
Clicking Around 37
Blazing Away 38
Watching Others 39
Principle: Form Follows Function 41
Searching Text Using Find 43
Editing Text Using Substitution 47
Technology: Take It Personally 52
Summary 54
Try It Solutions 54
Review Questions 55

Chapter 3 The Basics of Networking
Making the Connection 58
Comparing Communication Types 60
The Medium of the Message 62
The Internet and the Web 77
The World Wide Web 74
Summary 81
Try It Solutions 81
Review Questions 82

Chapter 4 A Hypertext Markup Language Primer
Marking Up with HTML 85
Marking Up with XHTML 87
Lab Practice I 89
Structuring Documents 92
Lab Practice II 96
Marking Links with Anchor Tags 98
Including Pictures with Image Tags 101
Lists and Tables 106
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) 111
Style from Files 115
HTML Wrap-Up 118
Summary 119
Try It Solutions 119
Review Questions 120

Chapter 5 Locating Information on the WWW
Searching for Truth 124
Searching in All the Right Places 126
How Is Information Organized? 128
Searching the Web for Information 135
Searching the World Wide Web 141
Web Information: Truth or Fiction? 147
The Burmese Mountain Dog Page 150
Summary 151
Try It Solutions 152
Review Questions 152

Chapter 6 A Case Study in Online Research
Searching for Guinea Pig B 156
Getting Started with Online Research 158
Learning About Fuller 163
Primary Sources 166
Chronfile and Everything I Know 170
Resolving Questions 174
Case Study Wrap-Up 180
Exploring Side Questions 178
Summary 185
Try It Solutions 185
Review Questions 185
interview Vinton G. Cerf 188

Part 2 Algorithms and Digitizing Information
Chapter 7 An Introduction to Debugging
To Err Is Human 195
of Computing 197
Exactly How Accurate Is Precise? 197
Debugging: Whats the Problem? 198
A Dialog About Debugging 201
Precision: The High Standards Butterflies and Bugs: A Case Study 204
Debugging Recap 204
No Printer Output: A Classic Scenario 214
Ensuring the Reliability of Software 217
Summary 219
Try It Solutions 220
Review Questions 220

Chapter 8 Representing Information Digitally
Bits and the Why of Bytes 223
Digiti...

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