Week 3

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <H2>Week 3 - Feb 2/4 <BR> Workshop I: Basic Tools </H2> This week we'll have 2 workshops in basic tools, beginning with email and web browsing. These will be held in one of the classrooms of the Mac lab on the second floor of the Education building. They are intended as a hands-on introduction to the Internet. We will learn how to log on to your unix accounts, send email, subscribe to <A HREF="../impacts.html">the class list</A>, browse the web and view this syllabus. <P><B>You need an email account to participate in this class:</B> <BLOCKQUOTE> Everyone gets a "userid" when they register with the university. In order to get an email account to use with that userid, you go to any of the computer labs on campus and request an account from the desk. They do it for you on the spot. </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>If you need further technical assistance, you should attend tutorials offered by ACF, the <A HREF="www.nyu.edu/acf">Academic Computing Facility</A>. Information about these tutorials are available in any of the labs on campus. The Innovation Center is a walkin <A HREF="www.nyu.edu/acf/help">Help Center</A> on the 2nd floor of Warren Weaver Hall, where you can also get the software needed to connect from off campus. <HR> <A NAME="read"></A> <H2>Readings</H2> <H3>Required</H3> (copies of these readings are on Julie's desk in the department and are being put on reserve in the library): <UL> <LI>"Electronic Mail" chapter 2 of <B><i>Zen and the Art of the Internet</i></b> by Brendan Kehoe. <LI>"Usenet News" chapter 4 of <B><i>Zen and the Art of the Internet</i></b> by Brendan Kehoe. </UL> <H3>Recommended:</H3> <UL> <LI>"A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community" by Chuq Von Rospach, 1995. Posted to news.misc., news.answers. </UL> <HR> <A NAME="browse"></A> <H2>Browse</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html" target="_top">CataList: the Official Catalogue of Listserv Lists</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.liszt.com/" target="_top">Liszt Mailing List Directory</A> <LI><A HREF="http://catalog.com/vivian/interest-group-search.html" target="_top">Email Discussion Lists (the updated "list of lists")</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://webcom.com/impulse/list.html" target="_top">A Comparative List of Email Discussion Lists</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.oise.on.ca/~arojo/forums.html" target="_top">E-mail Academic discussion lists</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="http://www1.snunit.k12.il/teachers_listserv.html" target="_top">Discussion Groups of Interest to Educators</A> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.dejanews.com" target="_top">Dejanews: searching Usenet newsgroups</A></LI> </UL> <HR> <A NAME="assign"></A> <H2>Assignment</H2> <OL> <LI>send a query to the Oracle, as described by Brendan Kehoe's chapter on email. <P> <LI> sign onto <A HREF="../impacts.html">the class discussion list</A>. Send email to the list, introducing yourself to us. <P> <LI>Write a report on one of these: <UL> <LI>Find an internet tutorial on the web. This might be a page for beginners, or a "newbie" site. When you find one that you like, or that interests you for some reason, navigate through it and write a short critique of it as a learning environment. Does it work for you? If not, why? If yes, why? Learn a new skill with the help of this site. <LI>Explore the various "lists of lists" of discussion groups (some are listed above) and subscribe to some lists till you find one that you like enough to stay on for at least 10 days. Then write a report on it. <LI>Learn how to use the newsreader (find it on your menu) and visit some newsgroups that interest you. Observe such a group for 10 days and then write a repport on it. </UL> You will need a little time before you find the right list, newsgroup, or website and can observe it enough to give some kind of evaluation. <P> A report is due any time before spring recess: <A HREF="report.html">Report Guidelines</A> </OL> <HR> <A HREF="http://lrw.net/impacts" target="_top">Top Page</A> </BODY>