GO! All in One

Description

Shelley Gaskin, Series Editor for the GO! Series, is a professor of business and computer technology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a master’s degree in business education from Northern Illinois  University and a doctorate in adult and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Gaskin has 15 years of experience in the computer industry with several Fortune 500 companies and has developed and written training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector. She is also the author of books on Microsoft Outlook and word processing.

Nancy Graviett is a professor in the Business and Computer Science department at St. Charles Community College in Cottleville, Missouri, where she is the program coordinator for the Business Administrative Systems program and teaches within the program. Nancy is also very active with distance learning and teaches in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. She holds a master’s degree from University of Missouri. Nancy holds Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist certification in multiple applications and provides training both on and off campus. In her free time, Nancy enjoys quilting and spending time with family and friends.

Debra Geoghan is currently an associate professor of computer and information science at Bucks County Community College, teaching computer classes ranging from basic computer literacy to cybercrime, computer forensics, and networking. She has earned certifications from Microsoft, CompTIA, Apple, and others. Deb has taught at the college level since 1996 and also spent 11 years in the high school classroom. She holds a B.S. in Secondary Science Education from Temple University and an M.A. in Computer Science Education from Arcadia University. Throughout her teaching career, Deb has worked with other educators to integrate technology across the curriculum. At BCCC, she serves on many technology committees, presents technology workshops for BCCC faculty, and runs a summer workshop for K-12 teachers interested in using technology in their classrooms. Deb is an avid user of technology which has earned her the nickname “gadget lady”.

Alicia Vargas is a faculty member in Business Information Technology at Pasadena City College. She holds a master’s and a bachelor’s degree in business education from California State University, Los Angeles, and has authored several textbooks and training manuals on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

For Office 2016, the hallmark GO! guided practice-to-skill mastery pathway is better than ever. Not only do students have multiple opportunities to work live in Microsoft Office to practice and apply the skills they have learned, but also the Microsoft Office Instructional A and B projects are now Grader projects! This enables students to work live in Microsoft Office and receive auto-graded feedback as they learn! By combining these new instructional Grader projects with the variety of existing Grader projects and the high-fidelity simulations that match the text, students have an effective pathway for learning, practicing, and assessing their abilities.

After completing the instructional projects, students are ready to apply the skills by engaging in a wide variety of progressively challenging projects that require them to solve problems, think critically, and create projects on their own. The new GO! with Google projects also enable students to apply what they have learned in a different environment. The integrated IC3 objectives make this the one resource needed to learn Computer Concepts, gain critical productivity skills, and prepare to get IC3 certified!

• Practical – Focuses on real-world jobs and the skills and knowledge these jobs require. Each Unit engages students with a Job Focus describing duties for various job titles.
• Affordable – Covers the core Computer Concepts and Applications needed all in one book.
• Current – Shows students how to create and collaborate by using all the latest Web tools including cloud applications such as Skype, Gmail, and social media such as LinkedIn and Twitter.
• Interactive – Includes an interactive eText that enables students to jump right to videos, simulations, and Check Your Knowledge quizzes as they read.
• Engaging and Flexible – Offers two approaches to teaching:

1. Unit-based in which Computer Concepts and Applications are integrated together logically with a jobs focus.
2. IC3-based in which the content is covered in the order of the three IC3 exams to help prepare students for these exams.

MyITLab is designed with the learner in mind. It provides access to all of the resources, including the interactive eText with videos, IT Concepts simulations, and quick check quizzes built in, plus the Grader Projects and Simulations for Microsoft applications

GO! with Office 2016 is the right approach to learning for today’s fast-moving, mobile environment. The GO! Series focuses on the job and success skills students need to succeed in the workforce.

With GO! All in One, you can teach Computer Concepts and Applications together – the way it is in the real world! Engage your students right away by focusing on jobs and incorporating cloud computing and collaboration in a logical way. And, put concepts into action using a unique, integrated, jobs-focused, unit approach, or take an IC3 approach to help prepare students to take the IC3 exams. By using jobs-related projects, students learn Microsoft Office in the context of a real work environment. With these projects, students learn the how and why at the moment they need to know, and they never get lost because the GO! Series using Microsoft procedural syntax.

MyITLab^® is designed with the learner in mind. It provides access to all of the resources, including the interactive eText with videos, IT Concepts simulations, and quick check quizzes built in, plus the Grader Projects and Simulations for Microsoft applications

What’s New

NEW Coverage of new features of Office 2016 Ensures that students are learning the skills they need to work in today’s job market.
NEW MyITLab 2016 Grader Projects In addition to the homework and assessment Graders already available, the Microsoft Office A and B instructional projects are now Graders, enabling students to learn by doing live in the application and receive the instant feedback they need to ensure understanding.
NEW MyITLab HTML 5 Training & Assessment Simulations for Office 2016 These simulations are written by the authors to match the pedagogical approach of the textbook projects and to provide a direct one-to-one learning experience.
NEW Google Projects For each A and B instructional project in Chapters 1–3, students construct a parallel project using Google productivity tools. This gives students the opportunity to think critically and apply what they are learning about Microsoft Office to other productivity tools, which is an essential job skill.
NEW IC3 Preparation IC3 objectives are integrated into the text for easy review and reference for students who are preparing for an IC3 certification exam. In MyITLab, there is a short IC3 quiz for each chapter. An IC3 appendix is also included to provide a comprehensive list of the exam objectives.
NEW Lessons on the GO! How do you teach software that is constantly updated and getting new features all the time? This new project type will cover newer Microsoft apps such as Sway and MIX and things yet to come! These lessons are found in MyITLab and the Instructor Resource Center, and come with instructional content, student data files, solutions files, and rubrics for grading.
NEW GO! To Work Page Here, students can review a summary of the chapter items focused on employability, including an IC3 Objective summary, Build Your ePortfolio guidelines, and the GO! For Job Success soft skills videos or discussions.

Application Capstone Projects and Unit Case Projects
Capstone projects for each application provide a variety of opportunities for students to ensure they have reached proficiency, and Unit Case Projects provide a combined project covering concepts and applications.
Expanded Project Summary chart This easy-to-use guide outlines all the instructional and end-of-chapter projects by category, including Instruction, Review, Mastery and Transfer of Learning, and Critical Thinking.
In-text boxed content for easy navigation Another Way, Notes, More Knowledge, Alerts, Green Computing, On the Job, Fast Forward, and By Touch instructions are included in line with the instruction—not in the margins—so students won’t miss this important information and will learn it in context with what is on their screen.
MyITLab 2016 for GO! All in One Let MyITLab do the work by giving students instant feedback and saving hours of grading with GO!’s extensive Grader Project options. And the HTML5 Training and Assessment simulations provide a high-fidelity environment that provide step-by-step summary of student actions and include just-in-time learning aids to assist students: Read, Watch, Practice.
All other end-of-chapter projects, C, D, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and O, have grading rubrics and solution files for easy hand grading. These are all Content based, Outcomes-based, Problem-Solving, and Critical Thinking projects that enable you to add a variety of assessments—including authentic assessments—to evaluate a student’s proficiency with the application.
IT Community Site Stay current with Office and Windows updates and important Microsoft and office productivity news and trends with help from your Pearson authors! Now that Microsoft Office is in the cloud, automatic updates occur regularly. These can affect how you to teach your co

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