Relevant Links
Don't you just hate it when you look around the Web for a specific information
(or ClipArt in my case), and you end up wasting precious time bouncing
from one directory of redundant, non-descriptive, and broken links to another?
Well, I know the feeling, so all Links pages in every module of this website
are brief and annotated. Just right-click
with your mouse to open these sites in another window, so you can still
get back to this page:
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Internet Histories
by the Internet Society (ISOC) features links to brief histories of the
Internet and World Wide Web, timelines, and interviews with the founding
fathers Vincent Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee. There are also articles or papers
written by these two gentlemen here.
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The History of the World Wide Web
is an interesting site that tracks the growth of the Web from its conception
in 1989. Vignettes and trivia culled from different sources also capture
the political, economic, social impact of the Web, for example, the role
of e-mail during Tiananmen Square protest gathering in China.
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The
Digital Century: Computing Through the Ages. Compiled by the PC World
staff and published by CNN.com. in November 1999. This is an entertaining
timeline from the Chinese abacus, the earliest and still currently used
tool of computing to the origin of the word "Luddite" after a worker named
Ned Ludd who opposed "labor-saving machines" in 18th century, to the dawn
of the new millenium in 2000.
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Internet Literacy. A Web site
by Pat Sine based on the book of the same title authored by Fred T. Hofstetter.
Hosted by the University of Delaware, the Interlit website contains links
to the Internet resources and samples discussed in the book.
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Learn the Net has
a good "Master the Basics" tutorial with useful graphics. Sub-topics include
how to set up your computer and modem and setting up your monitor. Has
versions in Spanish, French, Dutch, and Italian.
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WebNovice.com contains
tutorials, how-to's, tips and tricks, etc. Go to the FAQ page (Frequently
Asked Questions) first for answers on what are cookies, applets, and how
to turn off graphics. Scroll down to the links and check out the Web Related
Statistics.
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