NOTE: The Internet Recession since 2000 means that some of these websites no longer exist and some are changing to fee-pay services. (Is there ever anything really free?)

Beginning to use the　Internet

Bill Pellowe's

Internet Basics

WWW Basics - very short introduction for very beginners

WWW FAQ -- frequently asked questions; long

Internet Mini-Course (IowaState)

Newbie Internet Help

How to Search the Web

Searching the Web: How to do it (Ryan)

Searching Tips at VOLTERRE-FR

A Guide to Search Tools by Terry Gray

Finding Information on the Net: a tutorial

Windweaver's Search Guide Explains basic steps

Enter the LEON Community!

Finding Internet information and Sites

Hotsheet -- Hundreds of sites by topic

ESL Search Page --Sperling's ESL Cafe

A Guide to Web Surfing by J.Reinhard

Search Strategy - UC Berkeley

Search Engines

Altavista Excite Snap HotBot Lycos

Infoseek WebCrawler Yahoo

Multiple Search Engines

MetaCrawler Savvy Search USE It!

　

Simple Category Search

HotSheet Easy way to search the Web by topic

Directories

A2Z Excite NetDirectory GNN Select

InfoSeek Select Magellan Yahoo

Non-WWW searching:

HYTELNET looks for telnet searchable sites

Veronica Searching gopherspace made easy

Special Searches

Liszt -- the mailing list directory eScribe - mailing list archives

Deja News -- searching/reading newsgroups and discussions

Education World Search Engine

BigBook Map Server - displays maps for U.S.

Internet Sleuth - database of 1500 databases

WeatherChannel Worldwide Events Database

Internet Public Library Library of Congress

Britannica Encyclopedia On-line

EFL Resources

Dave's ESL Cafe

GlobalEnglish

LinguCenter

English as a Second Language

ESLloop

Linguistic Funland TESL Page

One World, One People Frizzy University

VOLTERRE-FR

Virtual English Language Center

Interesting ESL & Academic S

ites

　

On-Line Course Resources

Ecollege.com

Blackboard.com (sample

Ethnic Music course)

HalfBaked (freeware to

create on-line quiz,cloze,

matching, etc)

QUIZ and Instructional Tools

Resources on web teaching: Schackne

Making online quizzes Quiz4Teacher

Sample Vocab quiz

Discovery.com Quiz Center

Links on creating web test Stevens

Creaing games for ESL

Game O Matic

WEB Services: free places to USE English and to teach students who are learning English. Resources on web courses: Schackne

Free email: Eudoramail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite

Free Homepage/POP Email: Yahoo Geocities.com

Instant Homepage (No registration): Express Page

Free Homepage/Chat: The Globe Tripod Homestead Xoom Freeservers.com

Free On-Line Images &Tools: MediaBuilder

Create Message Board/Chat Room: Delphi YahooGroups Everyone

Manage Your Own Virtual Organization: Intranets　Yahoo Clubs 　E-circles

Create Own Web Magazine: zinezone.com Find lots of free stuff: Free Stuff

Put web board on your page: Beseen Server Everyone.net

Talk/use voice mail when e-mail doesn't get it: Hotvoice Dialpad EVoice HearMe IConnect Ureach

Hear/See News and other media: NPR, CNN, Broadcast Free Texts: Etext Archives

Get your own permanent Easy-to-Remember URL/id: V3

Start and manage your own Mailing Lists: Listbot 　E-groups(now YahooGroups)

Create a Virtual Classroom or Office: YahooGroups Blackboard Webex Yahoo_Education Nicenet.org

Auto-Responder: (Use this free auto e-mail response service to reply informatively to inquiries to your group/class/club) GetResponse.com

Poll your members/friends and manage their answers via e-mail: Repliance

Collect info using forms on your website: Response-O-Matic Server HostedScripts

Access your own URLs from anywhere Backflip.com MyHotsheet Blink

Access and Share files from anywhere: Briefcase WebEx YahooGroups (Files)

Personal Information Managers Excite Planner Zkey.com Yahoo_Calendar

Build free on-line business (merchant acct extra) BigStep FreeMerchant

Let your members use credit cards CCNow PayPal or send money by e-mail

Add free e-mail, search and other functions to your website: Everyone BigMailBox PicoSearch MySearch Server Beseen HostedScripts

Adding More Interactivity to Your Web Site:

See my sample INTERACTIVE pages: News_bl InternetAdvisor Makaha

Find a Pen Friend at:

ESLcafe

California Email Project

EMail Classroom Exchange

E-Mail Key Pal Connection

Dave's ESL Discussion for Students

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

International E-Mail Tandem Network

On-line Projects with our students

Globalizing the EFL Classroom -- List of Links of web resources for globab issues, advocacy, volunteering and donating (click to give for free)

Beyond Tomorrow: TEMP OUT OF ORDER Science Looks at the Future -- support website for textbook

TEMP OUT OF ORDER World Music Course at Kitasato -- support website for content-based EFL course on ethnomusicology

Page created by David Brooks on 97/11/9. D.Brooks' Homepage

Improved with the assistance of Mikio (Mitsuki Yamaguchi) and Paul Daniels

Supported by Kitasato University and >