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The Practice IT books and CD-ROMs are a new and complete IT resource for Years 7-10.
List of contents
Teachers' notes; Module 1. Computer awareness: Recent history of computer development, How a computer works, Computer hardware: The development of technology, Computer software: Operating systems, The graphical user interface, Storage and memory: ROM - read-only memory, RAM - random-access memory, Permanent storage, Basic units of stored data - bits, bytes, What are files?, What are folders?, Managing files and folders, Computer security: Backup data, Passwords, Computer viruses, Computer crime: Hackers, Malicious damage, Computer theft and fraud, Computers as criminal tools, Communication - internet and email: Internal and external networks, The development of the internet, Who uses the internet?, The future - where do we go now?, Advantages and disadvantages of the internet, Hardware and software requirements, Internet features and services: The world wide web, Email, Mailing lists, Bulletin boards, Internet relay chat, Using an address to open a website, Moving around a website, Using search engines: Searching the internet, Advanced searches, Bookmarks or Favorites, Sending and receiving email: Creating a new message, Message etiquette, Replying to a message, Attachments, Internet project; Module 2. Word Processing: What is word processing?, Keyboard technique: The home keys, The other keys, Special keys, Correct posture, Entering a document, Formatting text, Copying and pasting text, Inserting page breaks and moving text, Tab stops, Page margins and indents: Page margins, Setting page margins, Combining tabs and indents, Further tabs and indents, Bulleted and numbered lists, Page formats, Inserting graphics, Multiple page documents, Word processing projects: Investigating the problem, Designing the solution, Producing the solution, Evaluating the solution, Possible projects; Module 3. Microsoft drawing tools: The drawing tool bar, Using the standard tools, Editing objects, Using ClipArt, The Text Box tool, Aligning objects, Enhancing objects, Using WordArt, WordArt enhancements, AutoShapes, Drawing tools projects; Module 4. Multimedia: What is multimedia?, Creating a new presentation, Entering text, Formatting text, Inserting graphics, Starting from scratch, Slide transitions, Animating slides for a slide show, Building bullets, Multimedia projects; Module 5. Computer graphics: The different types of graphics programs: Bit-mapped or pixel-based programs, Object-oriented or vector-based programs, Creating a painting, Making a more detailed sketch, Copying graphics, Editing graphics, Creating borders, Creating a poster, Computer graphics project; Module 6. Spreadsheets: What is a spreadsheet?, Spreadsheet structure, Data entry, Formulas and calculations, Formatting, Charts: Chart types, Spreadsheet projects, Mathematics and spreadsheets; Module 7. Databases: Data and information: What is data?, What is information?, What is a database?, Database terms: Fields, Records, Files, Creating a database, Editing a database, Creating reports, Calculation fields, Creating different reports, Sorting data, Finding data, Database projects: Investigate the problem, Design the solution, Produce the solution, Evaluate the solution.
About the author
Gregory Bowden is a highly experienced and popular author of many secondary Information Technology texts. He is the Information Systems Manager and Information Technology Coordinator for a major government secondary school.
