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Computer Textbooks For High Schoolers?
wetdogjp writes "I recently became a high school teacher, and I've inherited three classes with no textbooks! While two of my classes are introductory in nature, one for computers in general and the other for networking, the third class should prepare juniors and seniors to enter the workforce and start a career in computers. We have some older textbooks by Heathkit available, but the newest of them are four years old. Do Slashdotters have any favorite textbooks that can help kids on their way to becoming junior sysadmins, programmers, networking professionals, etc.? Would you suggest books to prepare students to take certification tests such as A+, Network+, or others? Any textbooks we use would need to cover quite a breadth of material, such as PC hardware, operating systems, networking, security, and more."
Maybe he was thinking on teaching from 'The C Programming Language' by K&R, and the class project would be writing a Turing complete interpreter for the Game of Life.
I don't know about angles, but it's fear that gives men wings. -Max Payne
Are any employers anywhere willing to hire high schoolers in any tech jobs in today's economy?
You need to get out more and smell the recycled air at Best Buy, Circuit City, Apple stores etc.
Fairly sure those people are high school graduates at best. If those employees are college graduates, I am not sure that a college degree is worth all that much.
Me: Do you carry crossover cables?
Employee: What are those?
Me: A cable with cross-wired ethernet jacks at the ends.
Employee: What are you trying to use it for?
Me: To connect my desktop to my laptop
Employee: Well, you could use an external hard drive to transfer files over...
Cheers!
Atheist: Buddhist in a Prius
And home-schooled kids learning Latin would know the plural of curriculum is curricula ;)
Perhaps I could interest you in an upgrade? Even better, it would be covered under the Best Buy Service Plan
"It has a problem with presenting facts in an orderly manner and often won't elaborate on some of the more advanced topics."
Kind of like...Slashdot!
I am looking for a book to help my child, a high school student, become a high school teacher. Is there a book that you would recommend to help me do this? Are any schools hiring right out of high school? [let me know if this goes over your head.]