K12 Schools Must Fill Need For Digital Media Skills
There is a new urgency to teach digital media literacy as a study finds students are taking online information for granted
Author Michal Zalewski shares his expertise to explain how computers and networks operate, how information is processed and delivered, and what security threats lurk in the shadows. In this narrative, he explores a variety of uncommon and often quite elegant security challenges that defy classification and eschew the traditional attacker-victim model.
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National Educational Technology Standards for Students: Resources for Student Assessment
Learn about NETS-based strategies and tools that accurately measure students' ability to use technology effectively for learning. This book includes detailed guidelines for creating and choosing reliable tests of technology literacy for various grades as well as case studies and best practices at the site, district and state levels. Features include detailed NETS-S performance rubrics designating technology-competency targets for grades 2, 5, 8 and 12, models for creating classroom assessments of student technology use and a comprehensive survey of technology assessment concepts and options.
This reference book uses color screenshots and brief instructions to explain how to fix all kinds of problems associated with desktop and laptop PCs, monitors, printers, CD and DVD drives, Windows XP and multimedia equipment. Each chapter's "How to" list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to specific items, ranging from routine maintenance to upgrading. Each chapter also provides shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks, need-to-know facts, alternative methods and errors to avoid.
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The Macintosh iLife 05: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand
This illustrated handbook shows users how to organize, produce and share digital media, ranging from editing and e-mailing digital photos to burning home movies to a DVD. The two-page spreads are self-contained tutorials filled with screenshots, diagrams and easy-to-follow instructions. Author Jim Heid covers the latest iPods and accessories, offering tips on using microphones to create better sounds for iMovies and GarageBand creations, and provides advice on how to convert old tapes and albums to a digital format. The DVD contains two hours of video instruction on all five applications.
If anyone in your district wants to learn about e-book hardware and software, look no further. In this book you'll find descriptions of the most popular e-book platforms and programs and dozens of practical ideas for using e-books for reading instruction, personal productivity and curricular enrichment. Other features include interactive lesson ideas, teaching tips and online resources.
Are you missing out on the iPod craze? Feeling confused? Wired News editor Leander Kahney examines how Apple's portable player is changing the way people store, carry and use information as well as the way they interact with each other. The book includes the exclusive back story of
iPod's development and investigates the quirkier aspects of iPod culture, such as iPod-jacking, where strangers plug into each other's iPods to discover new music, and the growing legions of MP3Js (people who use their iPods to become DJs).
