May 2000
#209 | Tom discusses current Internet connectivity options including ISDN, DSL, Cable Modems, and Satellites.
Professional Summer Reading Catch-up for Teachers and Technology:
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April 2000
#208 | Links:
Selected Web Sites For Leading Educators:
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March 2000
#207 | Tom talks about selecting an ISP to house your web pages including the Webmaster's Freebie Zone that offers free counters, guest books, etc. Tom visits one of the free web hosting services, Netomia and uploads a sample web site.
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February 2000
#206 | Tom describes web site interactivity including 3-D virtual reality, streaming media (audio and video), and live chats.
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January 2000
#205 | Tom shares lots of good information on organizing your bookmarks on-line and chatting over the Internet using ICQ.
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December 1999
#204 | Tom provides an overview of web sites that connect schools and their local communities, shows you how to check your AOL mail from your school's local area network-even from behind a firewall, and covers some time-saving browser navigation tricks.
Home/School/Community Connection:
SOS Help for Busy Teachers:
Multimedia School
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November 1999
#203 | Tom visits current search engines; describes natural language queries and the differences from Boolean queries; shows extra information on search engines including translation services; talks about searching images, graphics; and demonstrates various MP3 services including searches, downloading and storing on external devices.
Search Engines:
mp3 files on the Internet
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October 1999
#202 | Tom discusses school-to-home projects using the Web and free ISP services, Web-based teacher tools to improve community involvement, and a service that lets you receive audio messages while you're surfing on a single phone line.
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September 1999
#201 | Tom shows us how to get the right software to do various things on Web sites including Adobe Acrobat, and other popular plug-ins; and visits a number of portals that not only offer access to specific information in a given area but also provides additional services such as free Web-based voice mail.
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