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Contents:
Getting Started - Tips and Tricks
Interlit Web Site Links to Textbook Chapter Resources
Required Equipment, Software and Services
Course Syllabus
Course Assignments and Due Dates
Part One: Understanding The Internet
Part Two: Getting On The Internet
Part Three: Communicating Over The Internet
Part Four: Finding Things On The Internet
Part Five: Creating Web Pages
Part Six: Using Multimedia On The Internet
Part Seven: Planning For The Future Of The Internet
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After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe how the Internet is changing the world by means of a process called convergence.
- Tell what percentage of the population is telecommuting already.
- Know where the hottest shopping sites are on the Net.
- Gauge the context to which commercial advertising is paying for services available "for free" on the Internet.
- Understand how government officials and politicians are using the Internet.
- Realize how the Internet is revolutionizing the publishing industry.
- Share the vision of how the Web is capable of hosting an interconnected world of research and scholarship.
- Understand how the Net provides educators with a powerful medium for more actively involving students in the teaching and learning process.
Virtual Libraries
Virtual libraries are directories that contain collections of Internet or Web resources that have been reviewed and evaluated before they are included. For this reason, the resources are more likely to be accurate and authentic. In many cases,
professional librarians create and maintain these virtual libraries.
- Argus Clearinghouse
- "The Internet's Premier Research Library." This is a collection of reviewed and rated Web sites to information about specific topics. Major categories range from Arts and Humanities to Social Sciences and Social Issues.
- Internet Public Library
- This site was created to provide Internet Library services and is structured similarly to a real library in terms of its collection and the services it provides. The major topics include: Reference, Arts & Humanities, Education, Health & Medical
Sciences and Social Sciences.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet
- The Librarians' Index to the Internet is a directory leading the user to Web and Internet resources. Entries are arranged by subject, and individual entires are alphabetized within a subject area.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Contains more than one hundred individual subjects arranged alphabetically. There is a category subtree (subject guide) and sorting by Library of Congress classification.
Additional Resources:
- Electronic Desktop Project - Virtual Flylab
- The Ole Miss International Divisia Database
- Viewing Chemical Models
- The Computer as Tool - Examples
- KIDLINK: Global Networking for Youth through the age of 15
- SeaWiFS - JASON - Ocean Planet - In Search of Giant Squid
- Cornell Theory Center Math and Science Gateway
- The Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
- Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
- Making Waves
- Bones Alive
- The Heart: An Online Exploration
- Interactive Knee
- Exploring the Planets - Cyber-Center
- Telecommuting
- Open Market Software Products
- Consumer Information Center Main Page
- The Convergence: a daily magazine covering the everyday implications of
the Internet and new media technologies.
- MSNBC Network
- Amazon.com: Online Bookstore.
- Fleming LTD Telework Resources
- Telecommuting Knowledge Center
- Telecommuting Jobs
- Yahoo Online Shopping
- Internet Mall
- T.I.P.S.
- Internet Shopping Network
- Microsoft Expedia Travel Shop
- Yahoo list of Internet shopping sites
- The California State Home Page
- Yahoo! Government:Politics:Elections
- The Democratic National Committee
- Republican National Committee
- CNN Interactive
- North Communications
- Information Technology Office Home Page
- New York Times
- San Francisco Chronicle
- San Jose Mercury News
- USA Today
- 4,000 links to newspapers, magazines, etc.
- Yahoo Financial Aid/Scholarships
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