Chapter Twenty-seven: How to Keep Up

Table of Contents: Course Syllabus Course Assignments and Due Dates Tips and Tricks Part One: Understanding The Internet Chapter One: Definitions Chapter Two: How the Internet is Changing the World Part Two: Getting On The Internet Chapter Three: Getting Connected Chapter Four: Surfing the Net Part Three: Communicating Over The Internet Chapter Five: Internet Etiquette (Netiquette) Chapter Six: Electronic Mail Chapter Seven: Listserv Chapter Eight: Usenet Newsgroups Chapter Nine: Communicating in Real Time Chapter Ten: Telnet Part Four: Finding Things On The Internet Chapter Eleven: Searching for Information Chapter Twelve: Commonly Found Internet File Types Chapter Thirteen: Downloading From the Internet Chapter Fourteen: Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources Part Five: Creating Web Pages Chapter Fifteen: Web Page Creation Strategies Chapter Sixteen: Web Page Design Chapter Seventeen: How HTML Works Chapter Eighteen: Creating Your Web Page Resume Chapter Nineteen: Putting Images on Web Pages Chapter Twenty: Using Tables for Advanced Web Page Layout Chapter Twenty-one: Making a Local Web and a Home Page Chapter Twenty-two: Publishing Files on the World Wide Web Part Six: Using Multimedia On The Internet Chapter Twenty-three: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia Chapter Twenty-four: Waveform Audio Recording Part Seven: Planning For The Future Of The Internet Chapter Twenty-five: Societal Issues Chapter Twenty-six: Emerging Technology Chapter Twenty-seven: How to Keep Up Send E-Mail to Instructor Internet Resources Home Page

After completing this chapter, you will be able to: Define what it means to publish a file on the World Wide Web. Keep up with the changes that are occurring on the Internet. Subscribe to listservs that send updates in your e-mail. Bookmark Web sites that announce and explain changes in technology. Peruse catalogs for new products that may interest you. Subscribe to free magazines that review and compare the new products. Read books that will extend your knowledge of computers, multimedia, and the Internet. Ways to Stay Current Each day, more and more tools, resources and documents are added to the content available on the World Wide Web. While many of the online tools available for searching the Internet are good, none are perfect. Here are some places you can regularly visit to keep informed about new services and emerging technologies: Web Sites The Scout Report Yahoo's What's New on the Internet Librarians' Index to the Internet: What's New This Week What's New Too! Online Resources: EduPage Insider Home Netsurfer Digest Home Page The Internet TOURBUS - Home Page The Scout Toolkit - Home CNET.com - Welcome to CNET! Hypermedia Communications, Inc. computershopper.com Internet Shopping Network Internet Product Watch NetGuide Internet World: The Voice of E-Business and Internet Technology newmedia.com Technological Horizons in Education (T.H.E.) Journal Technology & Learning Online Wired News Welcome to SyllabusWeb Search for Internet Books at Amazon.com Assignment to turn in for credit: Go to your favorite search engine and perform a search on the term "emerging technology". Which search engine did you use? How many entries were retrieved? View one of the sites and provide a brief description of the technology being discussed. Include the URL of the site and the date visited. Submit your answers Go to: Chapter Twenty-six

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