School of Technology Courses

ISBN # 007251393

Advanced Programming in Visual Basic.NET, by best-selling authors Bradley & Millspaugh, maintains the strong pedagogy that has been used to teach students how to program in Visual Basic since VB 4.0. Instructors and students like this book because it does not just teach Visual Basic, it incorporates basic concepts of programming, problem solving, and programming logic. Advanced Programming in Visual Basic.NET has been completely revised: including the text, website, and instructor's materials.

ISBN # 0072426365

Building an E-Business: From the Ground Up is an "e-commerce" book that moves beyond a survey atmosphere to provide hands on experience. It is designed specifically for those who want to develop web skills and business plans for use in starting an e-Buisness. This book integrates and fills the gap between "How to Design Web Pages" and Buisness and Marketing courses. It is not a "How-to" book dealing with the conversion of existing buisnesses to the electronic arena; it focuses on entrepreneurs who want to begin an e-Business but lack basic knowledge of the Internet and in developing business and marketing plans. Building an e-Business is different because it is aimed at those interested in starting an e-Business, makes use of the Web, and assumes little or no Internet Knowledge.

ISBN # 0072397020

Forouzan's Business Data Communications is designed for use in a data communications course for business majors. To this end, the book blends an accessible technical presentation of important networking concepts with many business applications.

Pedagogy is a key component of the Forouzan approach. Each chapter is mapped out with chapter objectives and an overview at the beginning. Throughout the chapters, Forouzan makes use of Business Emphasis boxes to pull out important business applications. Technical Emphasis Boxes are also used to provide optional, additional technical material. Each chapter ends with a running case study, as well as extensive problem sets.

Business Data Communications is supported by a complete supplements package. This includes: PowerPoints, solutions, quizzes, animations of key concepts, and a test bank. All of the resources make it easy to get started teaching with the book, as well as provide additional resources for students.

ISBN # 0072464194

This exciting concepts text emphasizes all that is current, cutting-edge, and interesting to students in the introductory course. Focusing specifically on users, consumers and purchasers of technology, this text provides a no-nonsense coverage of the absolute essentials for using technology in today's wired world. The I-Series offers excellent coverage on the basics, as well as extensive information on building a Web site, E-Commerce, implications of technological advances, maintaining a computer system, buying your first PC, and more. Each chapter also contains coverage of security, ethics, and privacy and an introduction to the web-based Life Long Learning modules.

ISBN # 0072515848

Data Communications and Networking, 3/e provides a comprehensive and current introduction to networking technologies. The book is accessible to students from all backgrounds and uses hundreds of figures to visually represent concepts.

The new edition has been completely updated to reflect the constantly changing world of network technologies. Enhanced coverage of bluetooth, wireless, satellites, as well as four new chapters on security have been added.

The third edition has transitioned from using the 7-layer OSI model to the 5-layer Internet Model. More time is spent on TCP/IP in the new organization.

Forouzan's book continues to be supported by an On-line Learning Center (OLC) that contains many extra resources for students and instructors. Some of the features include PowerPoints, solutions, self-quizzing, and Flash animations that illustrate concepts.

ISBN # 0072367555

In its second edition, Inline/Online: Fundamentals of the Internet and the World Wide Web continues to offer students an entertaining and pedagogically superior introduction to the Internet, Web Design, and HTML coding in textbook format. This new edition features enhanced coverage of FTP, discussion of a wider array of search engines, new material on cascading style sheets, and an expanded and up-to-the-minute presentation of the current state of e-commerce. Outside of the classroom, this book remains an excellent resource for anyone who is interested in recent computing developments, online information, and the Internet as the new social and economic frontier. Inline/Online distinguishes itself as a text by offering an in-depth treatment of the Internet for non-computer specialists, thus making it accessible to students from all majors. E-mail, Newsgroups/Mailing Lists, web programming, electronic publishing, and search engines are among the topics authors Ray Greenlaw and Ellen Hepp cover with flair and a sense of their relationship to real-world applications. Students begin by learning the basics of e-mail and by the end of the course have the skills to publish their own well-designed web pages. In addition, the book contains over 500 exercises, many of them new to the second edition, which allow the reader test and refine their new skills online. An Online Learning Center accompanies the book and offers an array of supplementary materials such as HTML examples, useful links, and rendered code from the book.

ISBN # 0072422610

A very strong brief computer information concepts book that will cover the basics of information technology. IT Today is a perfect fit for students who want to learn just a little computer concepts or who are looking to combine computer concepts with Office Applications.

ISBN # 0072842016

Internet Literacy, 3e helps students understand the processes behind the "flash" of the Internet and gives them the tools they need to become creators and publishers, not just consumers, of the Internet. Internet Literacy offers a comprehensive Introduction to the Internet and the World Wide Web and provides the conceptual background and the online skills needed for students to become Internet literate. These concepts are reinforced by hands-on tutorials such as: creating and publishing Web pages and using search engines to conduct research. Internet Literacy also reflects on the impact of emerging technologies on the future of schooling, e-commerce, and communications while encouraging students to become intelligent consumers of information.

ISBN # 0072882905

Using Information Technology, 6/e covers the fundamental computing concepts that are part of the digital age, including software, hardware, data, people, and procedures. The text centers on educating today's technology consumer, using themes of ethics, the Internet, and communications to demonstrate how the changing world of technology influences our lives and the decisions we make.