The World Wide Web for Teachers Book

Introduction

About This Book

How to Read This Book

Conventions

Who am I talking to? (also known as: To whom am I speaking?)

How this book is organized

Part I: Say Hello to the Web

Part II: Riding Your Web Surfboard

Part III: Creating Your Own Web Page

Part IV: The Web Meets the Classroom

Part V: The Part of Tens: Places to Go, Things to Do

Part VI: Appendixes

Icons Used in This Book

Learning Link

On the CD

Teacher Approved

Techno Terms

Tip

Warning

Cool Web Site

Just Do It!

Feedback!

Part I: Say Hello to the Web

Chapter 1: An Internet Primer

The Bus Stops Here

It's a bird. It's a plane! It's a network?

Big computers and bunches of wire

A Web is born

What Is the World Wide Web?

Your School Supplies

How Will We Pay for This?

Speaking of Money

Chapter 2: Dissecting the World Wide Web

The Big Three

Students are our clients

Serving up Web pages

Naming names

Meet URL

What's in it for me?

Content: The Heart of the Matter

What content can we find?

Gettin' fuzzy

The medium is the message

A word from our sponsor

Sewing It All Together

Chapter 3: The Web in Education

Drawers and Piles

The Web: Good for Education?

Welcome, Webmasters!

Eight Great Reasons to Jump onto the Info Superhighway

The Internet presents real-world examples of integrated knowledge

The Internet facilitates collaborative learning

The Internet offers opportunities for telementoring

The Internet is all about communicating

The Internet can cater to different learners in different ways

The Internet is a culturally, racially, physically, sexually blind medium

Exploring the Internet can rekindle a teacher's interest in learning

We have an obligation to society

Beyond the Web: What Can I Do with the Internet?

Chapter 4: One Link in the Internet Chain

Unlocking the Internet

Cyberletters, anyone?

A tough critic

Mailing Lists

Serving Up a LISTSERV

Rodents to the Rescue?

What is Gopher?

What good stuff can I find with Gopher?

Accessing Gopherspace

Get Down with FTP

Files for almost nothin'

What can I do with FTP?

Using USENET

Controlling OPCs

What is telnet?

What can I do with telnet?

Internet Live!

IRC: Chatter at 14.4

The Right Tool for the Right Lesson

Chapter 5: Before You Surf

Shopping for a Surfboard

Types of Connections

Direct or not?

Why choose a direct connection?

Establishing a direct connection

Dial it up

SLIP or PPP

What about an online service?

Accessing the Internet via a university network or a BBS

Establishing a dial-up connection

Decisions, Decisions

Locating an IP (Internet Provider)

Can My (Insert Computer Name Here) Surf the Net?

All those chips and no place to go

Your gateway to the Net

Get with the program

A modem is a modem is a modem?

You knew there was a catch!

Surfer's Tips: Passwords

Final Pre-Surf Checklist

Part II: Riding Your Web Surfboard

Chapter 6: Web On-Ramps

Accessing the Net

Surfing via online services

Internet service providers

Online via university network or LAN

Choosing a Web Browser

Browser specifics

Browsing the Browsers

The Right Choice

Chapter 7: Let's Go Web Surfing!

Internet 101: Netscape Navigator

Get Your Copy!

The Netscape Interface

Form follows function

Connecting to the Web via Netscape Navigator

Navigating the tangled Web

The search is on!

Trouble on the Highway

How to Get Fewer Gray Hairs

Chapter 8: Hotlists and Bookmarks

Saving Your Hotlists/Bookmarks

Saving the cool stuff

Organizing bookmarks

Creating and Organizing Hotlists

Hotlists on the Disc

Imagine the Possibilities!

Chapter 9: The Advanced Class

Gopher Your Browser

FTP and Me

Newsgroups and Browsers

Please, Mr. Postman

Other Net Resources

Chapter 10: Web to the Future

Total Web Integration

Web 3-D

Way Ahead Stuff

Don't wear the harvest gold bathrobe!

Talk shows online

Everybody's on the Net

Famous Last Words

Part III: Creating Your Own Web Page

Chapter 11: Anatomy of a Web Site

Dissecting a Web Site

Going home

Links-R-Us

Are You Linear, Hierarchical, or Web Crazy?

Going straight

Getting hier

The spider's choice

Form Follows Function

Chapter 12: Planning Your School Web Site

Set Your Goals

Choosing content

The copyright monster

Does anyone care?

Charting the Flow

Choosing a Tool

WYSIWYG editors

Cut-and-paste editors

Word processor export utilities

Chapter 13: Elements of (Web) Style

Cut to the Chase

Proofread

All emphasis is no emphasis

KISS

Use the rule

Ground yourself

Pages with pizzazz

Go modular

Visual overkill

Link it

Style on the Net

Chapter 14: Weaving Your Web Page

Building Blocks

Playing Tag

First Things First

"Schoolifying" Your Web Page

Tag, You're It

Go to the Head of the Class

No Comments?

Save It!

Breaking Up Is Easy to Do

Making It Big

First Glance

Graduation Day

Chapter 15: Ready, Set, PageMill!

PageMill to the Rescue

Zero to Web Page in Five Minutes

Click to open!

Finders linkers

Do it yourself

Where the bold dare to go

The drag strip

Picture perfect

Creating hypertext links

Test drive

Adding new graphics

See-through images?

The Attributes Inspector

Mighty morphin' text!

Whiz-bang backgrounds

Stop the clock!

Chapter 16: HTML 101

Web Weaver

Here We Go!

Webbing with Style

Browser-specific style tags

Browser-independent style tags

Doing it your way

Linking to the World

Anchors aweigh!

Linking to another Web page

Linking two documents

Linking to another spot within a document on the same page

Going Graphical

Inserting images

Lining up

Making images into hyperlinks

Whoa, Nellie!

Chapter 17: Achieving Hyperspace

Making a List and Checking It Twice

Creating a List

By the numbers

On the menu and directory assistance

Bite the bullets

Look it up

Forms and tables

Chapter 18: Getting Your Web Page Online

The Search for Servers

Would You Like Fries with That? (Self-Serve Web)

Leave the Driving to Them

FTP and Me

Getting the Word Out

A Final Word

Part IV: The Web Meets the Classroom

Chapter 19: Managing Instruction

Success with the Net

Flying Solo

The Internet learning center

Splashing the Net on your walls

Objective Realities

Making the Grade

Chapter 20: Acceptable Use Policies

You Need an AUP!

Who's the Boss?

Keyword: Flexible

Ready to write?

Intelligence inside

Sharing Your Policy

Chapter 21: Spreading the Word

Models for Staff Development

Teachers teaching teachers

Summer camp

After-school blitz

Weekend cyberwarriors

Your Responsibility as a Cyberteacher

Staff Development Tips

Part V: The Part of Tens: Places to Go, Things to Do

Chapter 22: Ten Web Sites for Your Media Center

Media Issues

Acceptable use policies

Copyright bonanza

Virtual Libraries

Virtual Library

Internet Public Library

Library of Congress

Virtual Museums

Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Exploratorium home page

Great Museum Index -- NSTA

Reference Resources

CIA World Factbook 1995

Maps, maps, maps

US Census Information Server

Hello, Mars!

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Time Magazine

Search Engines

Chapter 23: Ten Web Sites for Parents and Kids

Surfing Schools

Atlantic View Elementary School

Ralph Bunche School

Learning Sites

Safe site for kids

Children's literature

Kids' site

The Young Scientist Program

Projects and Resources

National Air and Space Museum

U.N. Youth Summit

Need Alaskan?

Midlink

Chapter 24: Ten Web Sites for Teachers

Online Projects

Projects galore!

Tons of teacher topics

JASON Project

Electronic Teacher Resources

Australia online

U.S. Department of Education

Educational technology

HyperStudio Journal

Educom

SyllabusWeb

Subject Area Content

NASA K-12 Internet Initiative

Geometry Forum

Shakespeare

National Science Foundation

Teacher Productivity

Cool School Tools!

Research and Education Issues

Instructional Technology Research Online

Magpie

Access ERIC

EdWeb

AIMS

Chapter 25: Ten Web Sites for after Your Homework

SeaWorld

Robot Farmer

Student Leader

Bill Nye: The Science Guy

Star Trek: The Next Generation (ST:TNG)

Pigs in Cyberspaaaaaaaaace . . .

The Ultimate TV List

Buena Vista MoviePlex Marquee

History of Rock 'n' Roll

Useless WWW Pages

Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches

Chapter 26: Ten Cool Ideas for Hot Web Projects

Talking to the World

Animal magnetism (zoo searches)

Recipe exchange

You're moving where?

Hitting the Electronic Books

Bosnia

ERIC

The market basket (food price comparison)

Which source is best?

A taxing situation (search for forms on the Net -- visit the IRS)

Raising Arizona (search for American Indian cultural heritage)

WebCo, Ltd.

Breaking New Ground

I want to take a vacation in . . .

Shopping on the Net

My own catalog of URLs

What's next on the Web (search key sites for ideas -- from Java to sound to multimedia)

A Word about Web-Surfing Activities for Younger Students

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A: Glossary of Terms

Appendix B: HTML/HTML + Dictionary

Structural Tags

Formatting Tags

Browser-Independent Tags

Browser-Specific Tags

Hypertext Links

Lists

Images and Sound

Appendix C: Acceptable Use Policies

UtahLink Use by the Public Schools

Western Connecticut State University

Read All About It

Appendix D: About the CD

What's on the CD?

For All Computers

For Windows Users Only

For Macintosh Users Only

Installing the CD Programs on Your Computer

Macintosh users

Windows 3.1 users -- installing anything EXCEPT America Online

Set up the File Manager

Copy EDWEB and TUTORIAL folders

Copy Internet Assistant and Eudora Light

Install Internet Assistant

Install Eudora Light for Windows

Install StuffIt Expander for Windows

Install America Online for Windows 3.1

Windows 95 users -- installing everything EXCEPT America Online

Copy EDWEB and TUTORIAL folders

Copy Internet Assistant and Eudora Light

Install Eudora Light for Windows

Install Internet Assistant for Word for Windows 6.0a and 6.0c, or for Word For Windows 95

Install StuffIt Expander for Windows

Install America Online for Windows 95

A Note to Those with Guilty Consciences

Index

License Agreement & Disc Installation

Reader Response Card