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Computer Textbooks For High Schoolers?

Posted by kdawson on from the basics-for-beginners dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Write your own by Crotch+Jenkins · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've got a book for kdawson. http://www.amazon.com/Bokutachi-kanzen-jisatsu-manyuaru-opinions/dp/4872331532

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  2. Re:High School Graduate Computer Careers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    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!

    Didn't you get a set of crimpers with your geek card?

  3. Re:High School Graduate Computer Careers? by vigmeister · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Didn't you get a set of crimpers with your geek card?

    Both of those were nowhere to be found amongst all the empty styrofoam bowls with korean lettering and hot pocket sleeve origami.
     

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