Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities

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5 Responses to “Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities”

Nide on February 1st, 2010 at 1:02 pm

Avoid this book if at all possible.

(Bad information)

The writer “Lawrence Snyder” (probably a Macintosh user) likes to make claims that Macintosh computers are completely immune against spyware and viruses in contrast to PCs. This is an example one of many false, and dangerous, statements in this book.

(Reading and Exercises)

While some of the reading is interesting, most of the text rambles on and on making me think that the writer “Lawrence Snyder” of this book has (ADD). You will find that the text commonly goes off topic and then suddenly resumes the original topic 20 pages later. While there is some useful information in this book much of it would hardly apply in a day to day IT job. Many of the exercises in the book are tedious and cumbersome and will not help any student trying to learn information technology.

(Quizzes – trivial pursuit)

Many of the pre-generated instructor quizzes for this book would be better suited for a game of trivial pursuit. Many of the other questions are completely out of date. Some of the questions are completely up to one’s own interpretation, but if you do not have the author’s interpretation the student will get the question wrong.

Rating: 2 / 5
Nan Chen on February 1st, 2010 at 4:00 pm

I like it, the condition is new, and it saved my money from buying it through the bookstore.
Rating: 5 / 5
Jianne S. Lo on February 1st, 2010 at 5:59 pm

its cheap and its brand new.

i really like it and i would definitely buy other stuff from this buyer
Rating: 5 / 5
P. Matson on February 1st, 2010 at 7:34 pm

Came in excellent condition for a used book and provides basically everything I have needed for the class. It also came very quickly.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ilikestuff on February 1st, 2010 at 10:23 pm

This book is suitable for people who:

* Have never used a computer

* Enjoy a text full of useless opinions

* Will benefit from many factual errors

* Appreciate the value of ambiguous, or simply dated, statements about technology

* Are excited by the possibility of taking quizzes created by the book’s author with MANY entirely vague questions, and even questions for which the author clearly provides the wrong answer to the question (Yes, dear author, you can use a background image and a background color with valid HTML. It’s not only valid, but serves a purpose for those who can’t or won’t load images. This is one of many examples.)

* Are required to purchase since it’s required reading for a class

Rating: 1 / 5