"Technology: Today and Tomorrow" is a technology literacy textbook for high school. It uses the systems approach (input, process, output, feedback) to inform students about communication and bio-related technology.

The text teaches students about the nature of technology and its role in our lives. It provides information about the history and evolution of technology; the characteristics of technology; and its impact on our society, culture, economy, politics and environment.

Hands-on activities give students experience in designing and using technology. "Directed" activities provide step-by-step procedures. "Design and problem solving" activities guide students to use the problem-solving process to develop their own solutions.

Cross-curricular activities in the Chapter Review pages relate technology to other subjects, such as science, mathematics, language arts and social studies.

This series demonstrates how individual viewpoints can affect our view of the world around us.

This exceptional keyboarding program will appeal to every student. All elements, including the courseware, textbook, and student software manuals are fully integrated to provide students with the total learning experience. The courseware provides students with immediate feedback as it scores timings and most documents. Cross-Curriculum activities enable students to use their keyboarding skills in other courses. The student manuals serve as software reference guides.

As the amount - and quality - of information available on the Internet continues to expand dramatically, students not only need to learn Internet searching skills, but to develop literacy and critical thinking skills as well. This workbook uses active larning to help students discover how to find information on the Net, and assess the accuracy and relevance of all information they retrieve. Incorporating easy-to-follow explanations, graphic illustrations, eight hands-on practice sessions, and dozens of screen captures, the book teaches students - at their own pace - how to: develop efficient search strategies; analyze evidence, assumptions, and logical arguments in Internet sources; and use appropriate citation styles. Covered are: an overview of online information; learning to be a critical thinker; evaluating Internet information sources; searching on the Web; identifying bias, manipulative use of information, personal opinion, and currency of Internet information; and a discussion of Netiquette and citation styles for Listserv messages, World Wide Web, Gopher sites, FTP sites, and Usenet groups.

Texts, software, and teacher resources combine to create the perfect introductory keyboarding and computer applications course for middle school. From computer basics and keyboarding to the most popular software applications to the Internet, "Glencoe Computer Applications and Keyboarding" gives your students everything they need to be confident, competent users of today's business technology.