Discovering Computers 2008 delivers students an unparalleled learning experience by offering the most current and comprehensive information on computers and technology. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Discovering Computers 2008 provides a current and thorough introduction to computers by integrating usage of the World Wide Web with the printed text. This Shelly Cashman Series text offers a complete and engaging solution to successfully teach students basic computer concepts with new exercises, case studies, and online tools on the Online Companion. Updated for currency, students will learn the latest trends in technology and computer concepts.

"This leading text captures the most current and comprehensive information on computers and technology that you need to know to be successful in today's world."--Back cover.

Discovering Computers Fundamentals is a concise yet thorough text ideal for use incomputer concepts or application software courses. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Get ready to learn about today's digital world with Essential Introduction to Computers. This concise text provides a visually-engaging introduction to the most current information on computers and technology. Students will gain an understanding of the essential computer concepts they need to know to help them be successful in today's computing world. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.

Discovering Computers 2008 delivers students an unparalleled learning experience by offering the most current and comprehensive information on computers and technology. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Why so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools. The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the daily experiences of students and teachers in three Los Angeles public high schools: an overcrowded urban high school, a math and science magnet school, and a well-funded school in an affluent neighborhood. They find an insidious “virtual segregation” that maintains inequality. The race gap in computer science, Margolis discovers, is one example of the way students of color are denied a wide range of occupational and educational futures. Stuck in the Shallow End is a story of how inequality is reproduced in America—and how students and teachers, given the necessary tools, can change the system. Since the 2008 publication of Stuck in the Shallow End, the book has found an eager audience among teachers, school administrators, and academics. This updated edition offers a new preface detailing the progress in making computer science accessible to all, a new postscript, and discussion questions (coauthored by Jane Margolis and Joanna Goode).