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“Happy Talk” A Beginner’s Guide to the Internet, E-mail, Chat, and Messaging Day 1: Introduce Yourself :-)
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What is the Internet? Short answer: it’s magic! Long answer: a global network of computer networks (like the telephone network) which allows connected machines to talk to each other. Internet = INTERconnected NETwork The Internet is asynchronous
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What is the Web? Web = World-Wide Web = WWW The Web is a part of the Internet (one application among many, like one particular type of telephone call) It’s all about hypertext (cross- references)
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Work the Web How to spot a hyperlink Single click The “World-Wide Wait” Filling out forms
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Get Hooked Up (Part 1) Option 1: Buy a computer with a modem and Internet software Option 2: Join a club (like Little House!) or visit your local library ISP = Internet Service Provider AOL, CompuServe, WorldNet, etc. WebTV
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What is E-mail? E-mail = electronic mail If it looks like a typewriter, works like a typewriter, and quacks like a typewriter… Addresses: “user@domain.abc”
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Why use E-mail? FAST - electricity runs faster than your postman can FREE - no need to buy stamps, envelopes, paper, ink, or blotters EASY - just type and send!
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Get Hooked Up (Part 2) Option 1: ISP package deals (AOL, WorldNet, WebTV, etc.) Option 2: Free E-mail on the Web (Yahoo, Excite, Juno, etc.) Let’s do it!
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Now What? Directory services: 411, etc. LHCC@mailexcite.com curtis@snout.org
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CAVEATS You can’t recall sent E-mail, so always check your addresses! Netiquette = Network etiquette Think before you speak: would you want to read this message? Check spelling and grammar DON’T USE ALL CAPS
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http://www.snout.org/happytalk/ Next week: E-mail ’til You Drop
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