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Acclaimed Internet guru Cynthia Leshin has created a "must have" text for every college student. This hands-on text not only introduces students to the Internet, but focuses on the Internet as a tool for achieving success in college. With step-by-step descriptions, examples, and exercises, this best-selling author ensures a thorough understanding of the Internet. Unique features include how to use the Internet for research; how to evaluate information on the Internet for reliability; how to reference electronic media in research papers; how to use the Internet for career planning and job searching; highlights specific student-oriented Websites; how to communicate on the Internet, including live interactions with both public and private forums; includes Listservers, Usenet, Newsgroups, CHATS, and Internet phone.
Designed to make the Internet accessible to anyone, this book introduces the basics of using Netscape Navigator 2.0 to get onto the World Wide Web and have a worthwhile and rewarding experience while there. Explains everything the reader needs to get connected to the World Wide Web and to get around with Netscape Navigator. Readers will be able to start exploring the Web in less than fifteen minutes through the use of a step-by-step "travel guide." Offers simple explanations of Internet terms without the use of jargon or techie talk. Covers major topics, including electronic mail, listserv mailing lists, WWB, Gopher, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, USCnet News Groups, Free-Nets, search engines, and chat rooms. Gives hints and troubleshooting tips to make the readers trip on the Internet more enjoyable. Provides guided tours to show how businesses use the Internet and how to design a Web page. A valuable book for anyone interested in learning to explore and make use of the World Wide Web with Netscape Navigator 2.0.
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"In this tour of highlighted material from chapter six of Cynthia Leshin's book, Internet Adventures 2.0 (1998, Allyn & Bacon, 0-205-27883-3), you'll find examples of both curriculum standards and content standards. Three thematic units of instruction have been selected based on curriculum standards that many states require their teachers to teach: the rain forest, ancient civilizations, and the oceans." "Each thematic unit provides examples of how the Internet can be used as a resource to support teaching and learning as well as a new opportunity to convert existing curriculum into performance-based learning."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Provides definitions for Internet terms, new online jargon, and acronyms, with information on research, tools, tips, and guidelines.
This guide teaches the management student about the Web, using two popular Internet browsers: Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The author covers communication through listserv mailing lists, Usenet newsgroups, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Internet phones, and videoconferencing. Students will master business research using search engines, directories, and Internet collections. Chapter 7 covers search directories and search engines, including Yahoo, Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseak, Magellan, and Open Text.
Put classrooms on the Internet and integrate technology into the curriculum with ease with this educator's guide. Teachers will find information and extensive examples of how to reference Internet sources, a valuable resource for professional work and for helping students prepare for doing research on the Internet.
Suitable for any courses which wish to include introductory coverage of the Internet. These books are ideal supplements. "Internet Investigations" meets the needs of professors, students and others interested in learning how to use the Internet in career fields. This cutting-edge guide provides step-by-step, easy-to-follow practical information to help you begin using the Internet for finding valuable information.