Using the Internet

Introduction to Netscape and the Internet:

• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Glossaries:

• http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Glossary.html
• http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Resources:

• SBSD Information Technology Education

Search Engines:

Search Engines--Special web sites designed to serve as searchable "indexes" for the WWW. Search engines typically employ computer programs that continually collect information about web pages and organize this information in a searchable database.

For an overview of several popular search engines, see:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ToolsTables.html

Meta-Search Engine--A special kind of search engine that submits a search request to several search engines simultaneously and displays the results in one page. For more info, see:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html

A Few Popular Search Engines:

Directories:
Lycos	http://www.lycos.com
Scholastic Web Guide	http://www.scholasticnetwork.com/webguide/index.htm
Yahoo	http://www.yahoo.com
Yahooligans	http://www.yahooligans.com (for ages 7 - 12)
Search Engines:
AltaVista	http://www.altavista.com
Ask Jeeves	http://www.askjeeves.com/
Excite	http://www.excite.com
HotBot	http://www.hotbot.com
Infoseek	http://infoseek.go.com
Meta-Search Engines:
Dogpile	http://www.dogpile.com
Inference Find	http://www.infind.com
MetaCrawler	http://www.metacrawler.com
Metafind	http://www.metafind.com

Documenting Internet Sources:

• Copyright and Fair Use
• Citing Internet Sources

Demos:

Assessing the Quality of a Web Site:

• http://www.whitehouse.net

IP Addresses:

• SBSD Web server: 209.91.14.12

Error messages:

Examples:

• http://www.uvm.edu/cess/
  Then click on VISMT
• Eudora
• Resources
• Trying to resolve a "Not Found" message:
  Click on Fair Use
  Delete the "fairuse" at the end of the URL

• Netscape Error Messages

Cookies:

• Time

Plug-ins & Helpers:

• NPR
• International Radio Stations
  • Echo of Moscow
• SBSD Employment Application PDF document

Frames:

A web page format that divides the web page into "windows" that can each be scrolled independently of each other. E.g.,

• http://confreg.uoregon.edu/NECC99/program/default.html
• http://www.floodbrook.k12.vt.us/veeone/starter.html

Other Web Page Features:

• Forms
• Java
• Counters

Appropriate Behavior:

• SBSD Network Access Policy

School Web Sites:

• Vermont Schools
• Web 66 International School Web Site Registry

Web Publishing Resources:

• SBSD Web Publishing Guidelines
• Web Publishing Resources

Transferring Your Web Pages to the Web Server:

• Using WS_FTP
• Using WS_FTP in more detail

Evaluating Web Pages:

• The ABC's of Web Site Evaluation...Kathy Schrock's article from Classroom Connect, 1/99 (a PDF file)
• Kathy Schrock's "Critical Evaluation" Web Page

Tellecollaborative and Web Projects:

• Teaching Matters, Inc. Collaborative Project Overview
• Kathy Schaw's (Williston teacher) Telecollaborative Projects Page

Student-to-Student:

• Key Pals--A web site for locating classrooms to communicate (via email) with
• Global Kids Connection (Scholastic Network--password needed; will be free Fall, 1999)
• National Zoo "Meet the Elephants" (with Chat)--Needs Windows MediaPlayer plug-in

Ask an Expert:

• Ask an Expert--Web pages and email addresses for "Experts" in a wide variety of areas. (Some links out of date...)
• Scientists Online (Scholastic Network--password needed; will be free Fall, 1999)

Internet Field Trips and Web Quests:

• Internet Field Trips (Scholastic Network--password needed; will be free Fall, 1999)
• Web Quests Overview
  • Web Quest Examples

Virtual Tours:

• Pyramids
• Desert
• Inside the Great Pyramid

Data Collection:

• The Journey North
  • Hummingbird Migration Data

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Problems or Concerns?  Email Steve Webster
Last updated 08/28/04