Check out the high
school site. The library
site has many useful links under the technology and
reference links.
"The Internet is a huge network of networks; over 10,000
computer networks around the world are tied together on the Internet.
At any time more than a million users worldwide are on-line."--Royal
Van Horn PHI DELTA KAPPAN (March 1995 pg. 572)
Internet access is available in the library or you may have access
to it in your room through the network. It is effective for students
to do searches in groups of two or three while the rest of your
class researches other library resources. Please talk to your
librarian ahead of time.
WHAT CAN I DO ON THE INTERNET?
(Taken from Royal Van Horn's column in the April 1995 issue of
PHI DELTA KAPPAN pg. 574)
E-mail. You can send and receive electronic mail to and
from any Internet user in the world, inexpensively, and at the
speed of light.
News. Many major news sources post electronic versions
of the news. The White House and the U. S. Congress are two prominent
examples.
News groups. There are more than 3,000 Internet discussion
groups on just about as many different topics. There are even
special news groups for K-12 students and their teachers.
File transfer. The ability to access a computer anywhere
in the world and transfer files effortlessly from the remote computer
to your own, or vice versa, is a well-used Internet feature. [Well,
maybe not so effortlessly. Sometimes you will run into software
compatibility problems.]
Databases, card catalogs, image files, weather maps, and software.
Many universities and other organizations maintain large repositories
of fascinating and useful things. Some of the best software is
readily available on the Internet. The U. S. Weather Service,
the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian maintain Internet
archives of information, images, datafiles, and software.
Technical assistance. Most large computer and software
companies provide technical assistance over the Internet.
Zines. This is the Internet term for an on-line magazines.
Multimedia. Within a few years, full-motion video and audio
will traverse the Internet in real time.
Worldwide classrooms. During the recent breakup ofthe Soviet
Union, children in several schools in the U. S. were able to converse
with children in Russia via the Internet. Suddenly, events half
a world away became very real.
Every computer in the building now has internet access through
a router in the high school library. See your librarian to setup
an e-mail account or to publish your own web page.
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