![]() Students taking the course “work” for a fictitious company called Quest Specialty Travel. The units of this Cengage textbook are laid out exceptionally well with a professional theme running throughout the book. What Does the Cengage Microsoft Office Textbook Content Look Like? In addition, this Cengage title offers 10 Capstone Projects: two for each of the four major software applications and two integration projects. Integrating Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.In the sections that follow, which I consider the meat of the text, the book features units on: The next three sections discuss Windows 8 features, File Management, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office 2013 Suite features. The book begins with a unit on Computer Concepts, which covers the digital world we live in, memory, storage, output devices, and so on. At the end of each unit there is a concepts review and several independent challenges for students. Among its list of instructor resources are learning outcome maps, a teacher manual, a sample syllabus, solution files, and exam test banks. The Microsoft Office 2013: Illustrated Introductory, First Course textbook offers students detailed procedures, colorful screen captures, and plenty of practical, hands-on assignments. An Overview of the Cengage Microsoft Office 2013 Textbook I’ve lived with this textbook for twelve weeks and now it’s time to offer an unbiased review of this title. Īfter careful consideration - some might say heated discussions - we chose the Cengage title. publishing as Prentice Hall and Microsoft Office 2013: Illustrated Introductory, First Course by Cengage. We came away with samples of the following options for consideration : Business&ITCenter21 by Applied Educational Systems A Guide to Microsoft Office 2013, 1st Edition by EMC Publishing LLC Learning Microsoft Office 2013, Level 1 by Pearson Education, Inc. Last April the middle school computer teachers in my district attended a textbook caravan to consider adopting a new computer applications textbook. ![]() Now, nearly 15 years later, several publishers have moved into the middle school textbook space for computer classes. It was 2002 and few schools were offering computer classes and textbook publishers were not stopping their presses to print computer textbooks. Within hours of signing my first contract as a computer teacher I was at the local Barnes & Noble searching for a textbook to use in my classroom. I hope you find Frank's review helpful and informative! In hopes of providing information to computer teachers about other options out there, we asked Frank to provide an in-depth review of the computer applications textbook he uses. Frank has written a number of articles about educational technology and tips for other computer teachers.Īt AES, when talking to teachers about Business&ITCenter21, we are often asked questions about other resources for computer classes. Note from Bri: This is a guest post from Frank DiMaria, a middle school computer teacher in Fort Mill, SC.
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