Dave Sperling's Internet Guide

Contents

Acknowledgments                                    iii
Introduction                                       viii
Remember: Things Change                            ix
  1  Welcome to the Internet!                      2
    The Internet: What's in It for Me?             2
    A Brief History of the Internet                2
    Internet 101: The Basics                       3
    Getting Connected                              4
      Types of Connections                         4
      Dial-up Accounts                             4
      Dedicated Connections                        5
    A Peek into the Future                         5
    The World Wide Web                             5
      Web Browsers                                 6
      The Web Address                              7
    Some Cool Tips                                 8
      Terms You Should Know                        8
      Beyond the Web                               8
      Helper Applications and Plug-ins             9
      Other Cool Things to Watch for               11
      Kids Will Be Kids: A Lesson in Cybersafety   11
      Further Help                                 11
  2  Finding Resources and Information             12
    Search Engines                                 12
    Multiple Simultaneous Search Engines           14
    Directories                                    16
    Libraries                                      17
    White Pages: Finding People                    19
    Finding Software                               20
      Language Learning Software                   21
      More Great Places to Search                  22
  3  Communicating on the Net                      24
    E-mail                                         24
      Using E-mail in the Classroom                27
    Mailing Lists                                  28
      Finding a List                               29
      Student Lists                                29
      Teacher Lists                                30
    USENET Newsgroups                              34
      Finding a Newsgroup                          35
      ESL/EFL-related Groups                       35
    Web Discussion Boards                          36
    Live Chat                                      37
      Internet Relay Chat (IRC)                    37
      Web Chat                                     38
    MOOs                                           39
    Audio                                          40
    Videoconferencing                              41
    Netiquette                                     42
  4  Creating a Basic Web Page                     43
    Starting Up with HTML                          44
    Doing More with HTML                           44
      Text                                         44
      Heads                                        45
      Paragraphs and Lines                         45
      Links                                        46
      Color and Background                         47
      Pictures                                     48
    Common HTML Tags                               48
    HTML Editors to the Rescue                     48
    Onto the Net                                   49
    Promoting Your Web Page                        50
    Learning More                                  50
  5  Dave's Guide to the Best of the Web           51
    Categories                                     51
    Articles                                       52
    Associations                                   53
    Bilingual Education                            57
    Bookstores on the Web                          58
    Business English                               58
    Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)     59
    Conferences                                    60
    Dictionaries                                   61
    Disabilities                                   63
    Distance Education                             63
    Drama                                          64
    Encyclopedias                                  64
    English for Specific Purposes (ESP)            65
    Financial Aid                                  66
    Games                                          66
    Grammar                                        68
    Holidays                                       70
    Idioms                                         71
    Immigration                                    72
    Kids                                           73
    Lesson Plans and Material                      74
    Libraries                                      76
    Linguistics                                    76
    Links                                          77
    Listening & Speaking                           78
    Literacy                                       79
    Literature                                     79
    Magazines                                      81
    Meeting Other Teachers                         81
    Movies and Screenplays                         82
    Multicultural Issues                           82
    Music                                          83
    Newspapers from Around the World               84
    Online ESL/EFL Publications                    90
    Online Help                                    92
    Phonics                                        93
    Poetry                                         93
    Pronunciation                                  94
    Proverbs and Quotations                        95
    Public Speaking                                95
    Publishers                                     95
    Quizzes                                        97
    Resources                                      98
    School Directories                             99
    Schools-Individual ESL/EFL Programs            100
    Slang                                          119
    Student Internet Projects                      120
    Teacher Training                               121
    Television                                     122
    Testing and Assessment                         123
    TOEFL                                          123
    TOEIC                                          124
    Tongue Twisters                                124
    Travel                                         125
    Video                                          125
    Vocabulary                                     125
    Writing                                        127
  6  Jobs on the Net                               129
    Categories                                     129
    Africa                                         129
    Asia (General)                                 130
    Asia (by Country)                              131
    Australia                                      136
    Canada                                         136
    Chat                                           136
    Europe                                         136
    General (ESL/Education Related)                139
    Great Britain                                  140
    Information                                    141
    Ireland                                        141
    Job Interview                                  141
    K-12 Overseas                                  141
    Latin America                                  142
    Middle East                                    144
    Miscellaneous                                  145
    New Zealand                                    146
    Resume                                         146
    Summer Positions                               146
    Volunteer                                      146
  7  Copyright Law on the Net                      148
Appendix A: Country Codes                          151
Appendix B: Error Messages                         155
Appendix C: Netspeak                               157
Slang                                              157
Smileys                                            159
Other Conventions                                  159
Appendix D: Selected Bibliography                  160
Glossary of Internet Terms                         164
Index                                              169