Customer Reviews

Technology In Action, Complete (4th Edition)

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There are many books that could be used in the introduction to computers level of classes. They tend to be very similar, in topics, order and structure. While this book is more of the same, there is one feature that stands out, the coverage of ethics in the context of computing. Ethics and the proper usage of computers is a significant aspect of the computing culture for all of us, but it is more significant for the college student. The advent of the Internet has made it much easier to obtain information and harder to filter it for accuracy. It is now much easier to plagiarize; all you have to do is copy and paste. Fortunately, it is also easier for instructors to identify an act of plagiarism; there are websites that will do it for you. The digitization of music makes it easy to download and play music on MP3 players. This list could continue for some time.
There are several places in the book where ethical principles are related to the topic. It is to the credit of the authors that this coverage is not just a spouting of facts; the questions are designed to have the students think about the situation and reach their own ethical conclusions.
This book is superior to the companion introductory volume with the same name. It contains more material than the introductory volume and all other things being equal I prefer to skip rather to supplement.
It is most unlikely that I will ever teach an introductory course in computing again. However, if I was to do so, I would take a hard look at this book, it is suitable for the course and I would most certainly adopt it.

Technology in Action is a great book for college-level computer concepts classes. I have taught with Technology in Action at a community college for 4 years now. The book is written to engage today's students with a very useful question and answer format. I find my students are reading again since using Technology in Action!

My students also love the multimedia that comes on the CD (packaged with the text) which they describe as entertaining, informative and fun! Wow, students who think learning is fun...what a concept!

I highly recommend this text for freshman and sophomore computer concepts classes. This is a book your students will read and enjoy!

Too technical; I was expecting a manual to lead me "by the hand" through basic nd often elementary computer programs such as "Word." Ecellent for Geeks" but not fo beginners. Disappointed

The book is an easy read. The CD is very helpful.

This book is NOT from lollie.crave! It was delivered as promised.
On time and in the condition "good" as mentioned.
It looked almost brand new and has proved invaluable for my
CIS-1A Class that I am currently taking.

Michelle W
Corona,CA

This book was exactly what I expected it to be. It was practically brand new and it came with the cd too. I am absolutely satisfied with my purchase. Look forward to purchasing more books from this provider.

Book was received in good condition and in a timely manner. I will be using this company for future purchases.

The book and disc worked out great for my son. The thing I didn't like was the fact I ordered next day mail on a Friday and paid a bunch for the service. I believed I would then get it on Saturday!! I didn't receive it until Tuesday. Don't pay for the supposedly faster service!!

Great book for learning the basics up to some more technical aspects of today's computer systems. This book made me realize how little I actually know about computer technology and helped me to get a better understanding of many concepts.

We used this text in my last college course, this text was so poorly written. The exams were inaccurate and the exercise questions were bad. It dismayed alot the students in the class.