Meeting Five--WebLinks and Online Discussion

Objectives:

  • Using the Internet for writing courses
  • Using the Internet for literature courses
  • Setting up a listserv discussion for your class
  • Stimulating online discussion

    Meeting Five--Links

    Perhaps the most complete online site for literature is The Voice of the Shuttle English Literature Page--the site, which is searchable, is comprehensive and includes links for everything from Alcott to Zola. English, American and literature in languages other than English are all included.

    Listserv Information

    . . . online documentation and forms to begin a listserv at UConn

    Liszt

    . . . a comprehensive and searchable list of online discussion lists.

    WebTalk

    . . . the homepage for WebTalk, an online discussion group related to integrating the World Wide Web into teaching curricula.

    Quizzes Online

    . . . extended information on online quizzes and how to create and manage them.

    WWW Tools for Instructors

    . . . a site in Hong Kong appropriate for beginners as well as experts

    MOOs, MUDs, and other banal acronyms

  • Research on MOOs and MUDs in Teaching
  • Basic Introduction to MOOs
  • Using MOOs in Teaching

  • On Teleconferencing. . .

  • WebShare Chat Server
  • Nice Comparison of Web Conferencing Software

  • Search Engines

    How to Use Search Engines

  • Understanding and Comparing Web Search Tools
  • Selected Engines

  • Search.com
  • Yahoo
  • AltaVista
  • Lycos
  • Webcrawler
  • Hotbot
  • Excite
  • Infoseek
    How to Find People
  • InfoSpace
  • Four11

  • The Online Source for Everything

  • Cnet.com
  • Also check MSNBC's The Site

  • Reference Links

    WWWebster Dictionary
    OneLook Dicitonaries
    Foreign Languages for Travelers
    Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
    The Quotation Pages
    Roget's Thesaurus
    Old Farmer's Almanac
    Britannica Online


    Good Link for your Class HomePages (Thanks Veronica!)

    How to Access the VirtualClassroom--Excellent Link for New Users


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