Fred D'Ignazio (born January 6, 1949) is an American author, educator, and television commentator. He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania[2] and is considered to be one of the world's leading pioneers in multimedia-based education.[3][4] From 1972 to 1976, he was an assistant editor for The Futurist magazine published by the World Future Society.[citation needed] In the 1980s and 1990s he was an associate editor and columnist for COMPUTE! and COMPUTE!'s Gazette and a technology commentator on ABC's Good Morning America.[5] He is also the author of over 20 non-fiction books on science and technology, as well as a series of juvenile science fiction novels.[1][6]
Silvio Frederick D'Ignazio III[1] | |
|---|---|
 D'Ignazio and his daughter in the early 1980s | |
| Born | January 6, 1949 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Children | 3, including Catherine |
D'Ignazio received an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1971, and pursued further studies at the American University's Washington College of Law.[7][8] He is married and has three children, whose experiences with home computers he sometimes wrote about in his magazine columns.
Bibliography edit
- Fred D'Ignazio. Chip Mitchell: The Case of the Stolen Computer Brains. New York: E P Dutton, 1982.
- ———. Chip Mitchell: The Case of the Robot Warriors. New York: E P Dutton, 1984.
- ———. Robot Odyssey 1: Escape from Robotropolis. New York: Tor, 1988.
- ———. The Star Wars Question & Answer Book about Computers. New York: Random House, 1983.
- ———. Katie and the Computer. Creative Computing Press, 1979.
- ———. The Computer Parade. Creative Computing Press, 1983.
- ———. Working Robots. Dutton Books, 1981.
- ———. Electronic Games. Franklin Watts, 1982.
- ———. The Apple Playground. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. The Atari Playground. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. The VIC Playground. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. The Commodore 64 Playground. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. The TI Playground. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. Commodore 64 in Wonderland. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. TI in Wonderland. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. VIC in Wonderland. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. Apple in Wonderland. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. Atari in Wonderland. Hayden Books, 1984.
- ———. Invent Your Own Computer Games. Franklin Watts, 1983.
- ——— and Allen L. Wold. Artificial Intelligence. Franklin Watts, 1984.
- ——— The New Astronomy: Probing the Secrets of Space. Franklin Watts, 1982.
- ——— Chip Mitchell: Case Of Chocolate Covered Bugs. New York: E P Dutton, 1986.
- ——— Chip Mitchell: Case of the Robot Warriors. London: Pied Piper, 1987.
- ——— How to Get Intimate With Your Computer. New York: Doubleday, 1984.
- ——— The Creative Kid’s Guide to Home Computers. New York: Doubleday, 1981.
- ——— Messner’s Introduction to Computers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
- ——— Small Computers: Exploring Their Technology and Future. New York: Franklin Watts, 1983.
- ——— Learning and Having Fun with IBM Personal Computers. Hayden Books, 1985.
- ——— Apple Building Blocks: Featuring Denby the Robot. Hayden Books, 1985.
- ——— Computing Together: A Parents and Teachers Guide to Using Computers with Young Children. Compute! Books, 1984.
- ——— The Color Computer Playground. Hayden Books, 1984.
References edit
- ^ a b Clute, John (2014). "D'Ignazio, Fred". In Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ D'Ignazio, Fred (1984). COMPUTE!'s Computing Together: A Parents and Teachers Guide to Using Computers with Young Children. Greensboro, NC, USA: COMPUTE! Books. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-942386-51-6. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ^ "Gorham teachers attend conference". Sun Journal. April 19, 1993. p. 9. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ Amthor, Geoffrey R. (May 1, 1992). "Toward a collaborative learning style". Technological Horizons in Education.
- ^ Salisbury, David F. (May 11, 1984). "Personal robots: set to be man's best friend, or just a high-tech toy?". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Chip Metchell [sic]: The Case of the Stolen Computer Brains". Kirkus Reviews. November 1, 1982. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ D'Ignazio III, S. Frederick; Tretiak, Daniel (Spring 1972). "Latin America: How much do the Chinese care?". Studies in Comparative Communism. 5 (1). Elsevier: 36–46. doi:10.1016/0039-3592(72)90013-0.
- ^ "Annual giving". Annual Report 2002. The Fletcher School, Tufts university: 25. 2002.
External links edit
- Fred D'Ignazio at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Podcast Interview with Fred D'Ignazio by Kevin Savetz
- Selected learning materials from D'Ignazio's career
- Video segments from D'Ignazio's career
- Full text of D'Ignazio's first book Katie and the Computer
- Bibliographic list of all articles by Fred D'Ignazio catalogued by the Commodore 8-bit Magazine Index