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Travel Maps
1-9-99: Thanks to Sue Coffey (CVCC) for introducing me to this Website--
Point your browser to Travelocity. A virtual
travel agent, this site includes bookings for transportation and hotels, plus special
features like bed and breakfasts, ski resorts, and "destination guides."
Click on "Map" in the left sidebar. MapQuest includes
 | "Find a Place": Zoom into exact addresses anywhere in the U.S. or out for a
regional map; check locations in 3 million cities and towns on Earth. |
| "From Here to There": Get driving directions from point to point in a city
you're going to visit, or get every turn to Gramma's house mapped for you. |
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Get Real 
1-16-99: If your computer hasn't become your most used sound system yet, you need
earphones. In addition to the presets that download with Real Player that will take
you to alternative stations in Santa Monica and Steamboat Springs and Taos, you can select
classical stations from Seattle to Kent State--including the weekend evening folk music
there.
Click the "Free" button above to go get your copy of Real Player. The
G2 version is current today, and it's pretty smooth even over a 28.8 modem. You'll be
offered the "Plus" version for a few dollars on your credit card; read the
comparative list of features and decide for yourself if you want to pay for the
"Plus" version, e.g. Real Player 5.1 Plus or G2 Plus.
To add to your presets, send your browser to http://www.netradio.net
to pick live concerts or preview CDs in your favorite style of music. |
NASA's Spaceflight Media Library
 1-23-99: Click this hotlinked artist's conception of the International
Space Station to visit the combined ISS and Space Shuttle media library of stills,
animations, and video. These are fast downloads on T1 lines.
Speaking of pictures, find out how middle school kids are taking photos of the Earth
without leaving it themselves using the Space Shuttle's EarthKam. |
Are Today's Collegians Really Different?
Today's Saturday site
is more philosophical than fun. It documents the different demographics that
demonstrate why we often feel today's collegians were not the people we sat in class with
when we were in college. Thanks to Tom Long, Tidewater Region Chair for the VCCS
Center for Teaching Excellence for pointing out this online article. |
Your Own Web Page(s)
2-6-99: Here's the professional web page
of Prof. Stephen Pollard of Cal. State, Los Angeles. The top and bottom of the page
seem to be a template provided to him, but the links in the right column might suggest to
you content that you might want to include at your website.
If your college or organization does not provide you with space and access
to make your own website, try one of these free online web areas:
Angelfire | Geocities | Tripod |
Animated Molecules
2-13-99: Of course, nobody would read a scientific paper just for the
pictures, right? But, hey, it's Saturday. So scroll through this paper from Ruth Dusenbery
at Wayne State U., and don't forget that you can right-click to copy graphics to your
computer--you just can't publish them back to your own web pages without permission.
Thanks to Bruce Bartek of JSRCC for pointing me to this website by way of
an online conference. |
Web Teacher
2-20-99: This site includes
tutorials about web browsers, web addresses (URLs), navigating the Web, using email,
searcing the web, ftp, telnet, newsgroups, and listservs, as well as making your own
homepage with html, image, sound, and video files. Also included in this one-stop Web
tutorial shop are chat groups, distance learning, teleconferencing (What's NASA-TV?), Java
and cgi. |
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