Information Technology Workbook
Introduction
Information technology touches all of our lives. In today's world you
interact with this technology in almost every action that you take, from
riding a bus, train, or airplane, buying groceries, registering for classes, voting,
or, of course, obtaining information via the internet or sending
e-mail. To understand information technology you need
to learn how data--text, numbers, sound and pictures--are
represented in electronic form, how these are stored and
transmitted, and how hardware (equipment) and software (computer programs)
interact to provide useful information management tools. You also need
to understand how databases work and how information technology
is chosen, implemented and managed in modern organizations.
This web site will help you learn about information technology. This
site supports the print-published
Information Technology Workbook
and is arranged as ten chapters plus a
sample final exam.
Each of the chapters buttons deals with
a specific information technology topic and gives you access to
web links to reading materials, and 79 podcasts providing 5 to 10 minute focused
mini-lectures for summary preview and review.
Click on the buttons at the left to explore
this web site. You'll see how it serves as a portal to many other sites
on the web that freely provide information technology
coverage superior to expensive, static textbooks.