Oberlin History as American History

 Saturday, October 18, 1997

Workshop leaders: Gary Kornblith, John Memmott, Sarah Nelson

Agenda:

1. Introduction to the Macintosh

   Macintosh Basics Mac Terms

2. Introduction to Netscape Navigator and the World Wide Web

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3. Electronic Oberlin Group Website
4. Finding Resources on the World Wide Web
5. Exploring and Evaluating Educational Websites

Electronic Oberlin Group Website: http://www.oberlin.edu/~EOG

Search Engines and Directories:

• HotBot: http://www.search.hotbot.com/
• AltaVista: http://altavista.digital.com/
• Infoseek: http://www.infoseek.com/
• Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com/
• Yahooligans: http://www.yahooligans.com/
• Virtual Reference Desk: http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/
• Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com

Websites for teachers (compiled by John Memmott):

General Sites of Interest

• An Abridged History of the United States
• ANYDAY Today-in-History PAGE of SCOPE SYSTEMS.
• Apple Education K-12
• Classroom Connect
• CTI Centre for Geography, Geology and Meteorology: Virtual Fieldtrips
• Education First: Black History Activities
• Education Station - Online Resources
• Education World (tm) Where Educators Go To Learn
• EDUCATOR'S TOOLKIT
• EyeWitness - history through the eyes of those who lived it
• Frank Potter's Science Gems
• Global SchoolNet Foundation
• HISTORICAL TEXT ARCHIVE
• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
• Info Zone:Research Skills Area
• K-12 World
• KID WEB!
• KIDPROJ's Multi-Cultural Calendar
• Learn2.com - The ability utility
• LEECA Home Page
• Liszt, the mailing list directory
• Main Menu @ nationalgeographic.com
• Martindale's 'The Reference Desk'
• MLK Page
• Mustang: A Web Cruising Vehicle for Teachers
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Nerd World: TEACHERS' FORUM
• OH! Kids - Nifty Places
• Ohio Department of Education
• Ohio Education Association
• Ohio Historical Society Online
• OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network) Homepage
• Pitsco Resources for Teachers
• Pitsco's Ask an Expert: Main Menu
• Pitsco's Launch to References for the Classroom
• PROJECT GUTENBERG INDEX
• Research-It! - Your one-stop reference desk
• Researchpaper.com
• School Librarian Links
• Science and Nature for Kids - Welcome from The Mining Company
• Science Fair Home Page
• Smithsonian Education
• Social Science Resources HomePage
• Teacher's Corner
• Teachers.Net
• The Electronic Zoo
• The Franklin Institute Science Museum
• The Multicultural Pavilion at the University of Virginia
• The Student Survival Guide
• The Teacher's Internet Pages' Webzine
• The Teachers.Net Website Handbook
• The Well Connected Educator
• Welcome to Alphabet Super Highway
• Welcome to AskERIC
• Welcome to National Public Radio!
• Welcome to the National Endowment for the Humanities
• World Wide Web Workbook
• www.cssjournal.com/journal/
• Yahoo! - Education:K-12:Resources
• Yahoo! - Education:K-12:Social Studies
• You Can with Beakman and Jax
• Youth Net

  Magazines and Newspapers and Weather

• LIFE Magazine Home Page
• USA TODAY
• U.S. News Online
• Welcome to washingtonpost.com
• Yahoo! - Top Stories Summary 
• INTELLICAST: Cleveland Radar
• INTELLICAST: National Radar
• INTELLICAST: Cleveland Weather

   

  For Fun!

• Cleveland Live
• Indians Live Game Coverage
• puorG nilrebO cinortcelE
• The Calvin and Hobbes Jumpstation
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet