| We are fortunate to live in a time
when the world is truly at your fingertips. From your computer you
can find information about anything you can imagine. You can communicate
with people on the other side of the world. You can tap into the
resources of the world's most powerful computers, search the world's
best libraries, tour the world's
most amazing museums. You can
listen to music, watch videos,
read poetry
and any newspaper or magazine
by simply tapping into the world's largest computer network--the Internet.
The Internet isn't a single network;
it is a vast, globe-spanning network of computers. No single person,
group, or organization runs the Internet. You might think of it as
a sort of electronic democracy, a virtual United Nations of computer
networks all linked together. The largest most well known segment
of the Internet is the fast growing World
Wide Web.
It is my intention, during
the course of the year to help my students learn to use this valuable
resource while researching the history they will be learning. I have listed
links to some of my favorite search engines and have also included an Internet
Glossary of terms the students are will be using to identify
vocabulary words they will keep in their journals. It is my hope
that the information in the journals will be a reference guide they will
use throught their high school years. I hope you find the information
useful. |
