本书针对学生已经具备基本的计算机应用能力这一现状,独辟蹊径,全面整合了信息技术各大模块的知识,集知识性、思想性、趣味性和实用性于一体,可有效帮助学生为以后的学习和工作打下坚实基础。它是高等院校“信息技术课程”的理想用书。
本书配套网站提供丰富的教学辅导教材(供学生用的实验手册和活动指南;供教师用的参考手册和Test Bank)。
全书共4部分:第I部分“熟练应用信息技术”;第II部分“算法和数字化信息”;第III部分“数据和信息”和第IV部分“解决问题”。书的*后,还包含了5个附录、一个术语表和部分习题答案。

part 1 Becoming Skilled at Information Technology
chapter 1 TERMS OF ENDEARMENT Defining Information Technology
Why Know Just the Right Word in IT
Where's the Start Button?
Where is the Computer?
How Soft is Software?
The Words for Ideas
Analytical Thinking
Summary
Exercises
chapter 2 WHAT THE DIGERATI KNOW Exploring the Human-Computer Interface
Learning About Technology
Basic Metaphors of Software
Standard GUI Functionality
“Clicking Around”
“Blazing Away”
“Watching Others”
A Basic Principle:Form Follows Function
Searching Text Using Find
Editing Text Using Substitution
Thinking About Information Technology Abstractly
Summary
Exercises
chapter 3 MAKING THE CONNECTION The Basics of Networking
Networked Computers Change Our Lives
Communication Types:Some Comparisons
The Medium of the Message
The World Wide Web
File Structure
The Internet and the Web
Summary
Exercises
chapter 4 MARKING UP WITH HTML A Hypertext Markup Language Primer
Marking Up with HTML
Structuring Documents
Marking links with Anchor Tages
Including Pictures with Anchor Tags
Including Pictures with Image Tags
Handling Color
Handling Lists
Handling Tables
HTML Wrap-up
Summary
Exercises
chapter 5 SEARCHING FOR TRUTH Locating Information on the WWW
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part 2 Algorithms and Digitizing Information
part 3 Data and Information
part 4 Problem Solving
interview TIM BERNERS-LEE
appendix A HTML REFERENCE
appendix B JAVASCRIPT PROGRAMMING RULES
appendix C BEAN COUNTER PROGRAM
appendix D MEMEORY BANK CODE
appendix E SMOOTH MOTION PROGRAM
CLOSSARY
ANSWERS TO SELECTED QUESTIONS
INDEX

本书供高等院校“信息技术课程”使用。达科他州立大学JIM MCKEOWN如此说:“SNYDER博士这本书的*佳亮点是‘让学生思考’,它没有讲应用程序和操作系统,而是把重要集中在思想上。”
新泽西技术学院FADI DEEK如此评价:“书中广泛涉及的计算和信息技术,有利于学生加学对计算领域的认识,是计算机专业和非计算机专业学生都需要的基础教材。”
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC州立大学朱磊博士认为:“本书对‘通晓信息技术’有独到的见解,这会使学生终身受益。同时,本书也是对教师和学生思考能力的有趣挑战。