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For introductory Office Application courses that cover OneNote 2007.
The goal of the Exploring series has been to move students beyond the point and click, helping them understand the why and how behind each skill.
For introductory Office Application courses that cover OneNote 2007.
The goal of the Exploring series has been to move students beyond the point and click, helping them understand the why and how behind each skill.
Beyond The Point and Click
Students go to college now with a different set of skills than they did 5 years ago. The new edition of Exploring moves students beyond the basics of the software at a faster pace, without sacrificing fundamental skills to ensure that they will be engaged throughout the book.
Diversity
Students have diverse career goals. To target the variety of majors taking the course, Exploring offers examples relevant to every student.
Studying Made Easy
Students read, prepare, and study differently than they used to. Rather than reading a book cover to cover, students want to easily identify what they need to know, and then learn it efficiently. The key features bring students into the content, making the text easy to use.
Some features include:
- Objective Mapping
- Pull Quotes
- Key Terms
More Engaged Students
Students will achieve a higher level of understanding in Office, and will successfully complete this course.
OTHER TOPICS OF DISTINCTION
The Exploring Instructional System–Includes textbook and Annotated Instructor Resources. The unique Instructor Resources include:
• Reference Cards
• Case Study lecture Demonstration Document: A lecture demonstration that mimics each chapter project
• Concept Summary: A reference card that outlines chapter objectives and common pitfalls.
Student Textbook:
• White Pages/Yellow Pages–Clearly distinguish the theory from the skill exercises
• Objective Mapping–allows students to skip the skills they know and quickly identify the skills they don’t know
• Pull Quotes–Entice students into the theory/concepts by highlighting the most interesting points
• Case Study–Begins each chapter to provide an effective overview of what students can accomplish by completing the chapter
• Summary–Links directly back to the objectives so students can more effectively study and locate the concepts that they need to focus on
• More Exercises–Offer the instructor even more options for assessment, with 12-15 projects per chapter, ranging from MC to open-ended projects (most other texts offer only 8-10 projects per chapter).
SUPPLEMENTS
Companion Website at www.prenhall.com/exploring–Offers expanded IT resources and downloadable supplements. This site also includes an online study guide for student self-study.
Instructor Chapter Reference Cards–A four-page color card for every chapter that includes a:
- Concept Summary that outlines the KEY objectives to cover in class, with tips on where students get stuck and on how to help them. It bridges the gap between the instructor and student when discussing more difficult topics.
- Case Study Lecture Demonstration Document which provides instructors with a lecture sample based on the chapter opening case that will guide students to critically use the skills covered in the chapter, with examples of other ways the skills can be applied.
Enhanced Instructor’s Resource Center on CD-ROM–Includes:
- Additional Capstone Production Tests allow instructors to assess all the skills in a chapter with a single project.
- Mini Case Rubrics in Microsoft® Word format enable instructors to customize the assignment for their class.
- PowerPoint® Presentations for each chapter with notes included for online students.
- Lesson Plans that provide a detailed blueprint for an instructor to achieve chapter learning objectives and outcomes.
- Student Data Files
- Annotated Solution Files
- Complete Test Bank
- Test Gen Software with QuizMaster–TestGen is a test generator program that lets instructors view and easily edit testbank questions, transfer them to tests, and print in a variety of formats suitable to the teaching situation. The program also offers many options for organizing and displaying testbanks and tests. A random number test generator enables you to create multiple versions of an exam.
- QuizMaster, also included in this package, allows students to take tests created with TestGen on a local area network. The QuizMaster Utility built into TestGen lets instructors view student records and print a variety of reports. Building tests is easy with Test-Gen, and exams can be easily uploaded into WebCT, BlackBoard, and CourseCompass.
Online Course Management–Flexible, robust and customizable content is available for all major online course platforms that include everything instructors need in one place.
- www.prenhall.com/webct
- www.prenhall.com/blackboard
- www.coursecompass.com
Dr. Robert T. Grauer
Dr. Robert T. Grauer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at the University of Miami, where he has been honored with the Outstanding Teacher Award in the School of Business. He is the vision behind the Exploring Series, which is about to sell its 3 millionth copy.
Dr. Grauer has written more than 50 books on programming and information systems. His work has been translated into three foreign languages and is used in all aspects of higher education at both national and international levels.
Dr. Grauer also has been a consultant to several major corporations including IBM and American Express. He received his Ph.D. in operations research in 1972 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Barbara Stover
Barbara Stover is a professor of Information Technologies at Marion Technical College in Marion, Ohio. She teaches Web design courses and manages the Blackboard system at the college. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. She received a M.A. in Education and Human Development, with a major in Educational Technology Leadership from George Washington University. She has 32 years of teaching experience.