Key Term Website Resources

ARPAnet

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• ARPAnet, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

Asynchronous

• Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/index.asp
  
• Asynchronous, from elearnspace http://www.elearnspace.org/doing/asynchronous.htm

Avatars

• Avatarity http://www.avatarity.com/
  
• Avatar, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar

Avatar spaces

• Global Cyberspace and Personal Memespace http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0096.html

Blog

• Blogwise blog directory http://www.blogwise.com/
  
• Weblog, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
  
• Blog Primer http://www.dvorak.org/blog/primer/blogprimer1.htm
  
• Blog search engine http://www.blogsearchengine.com/
  
• Educational Weblogs http://educational.blogs.com/

Bookmark file

• Bookmark, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmark
  
• List of bookmark managers http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Web_Applications/Bookmark_Managers/

Bulletin Board (BB)

• Bulletin Board System, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system
  
• BBS Corner http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/

Chatroom

• Chatroom Safety Tips http://www.protectkids.com/parentsafety/imchatips.htm
  
• Chatroom, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_room

Cookies

• Cookie Central http://www.cookiecentral.com/
  
• How Internet Cookies Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm
  
• Cookies, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center http://www.epic.org/privacy/internet/cookies/
  
• HTTP Cookie, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie

Crackers

• Security cracking, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(computing)

Distance learning

• Distance Learning, from About.com http://distancelearn.about.com/
  
• Distance Learning Clearinghouse http://www.uwex.edu/disted/home.html
  
• Distance Learning Net http://www.distancelearningnet.com/
  
• Distance Educator http://www.distance-educator.com/
  
• North American Council for Online Learning http://www.nacol.org/

Domain designator

• InterNIC FAQ http://www.internic.net/faqs/domain-names.html
  
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers http://www.icann.org/

Download

• Uploading and Downloading, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download

Emoticons

• High-Tech Dictionary of Emoticons http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html
  
• Emoticons, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons
  
• Computer Knowledge Emoticon page http://www.cknow.com/index.html
  
• NetLingo Smileys and Emoticons http://www.netlingo.com/smiley.cfm

Filtering software

• Censorware, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorware
  
• The Censorware Project http:// http://censorware.net/

Firewall software

• Home PC Firewall Guide http://www.firewallguide.com/
  
• Firewalls, from About.com http://compnetworking.about.com/od/firewalls/
  
• Firewalls, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_%28networking%29

Hackers

• Hacker, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker
  
• Hacker Dictionary www.hacker-dictionary.com

HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

• HTTP, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http
  
• HTTP Made Really Easy http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http/

Instant messaging

• How Instant Messaging Works http://computer.howstuffworks.com/instant-messaging.htm
  
• Instant Messenger, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging

Learning communities

• Creating Learning Communities http://www.creatinglearningcommunities.org/index.html
  
• Professional Learning Communities http://www.sedl.org/pubs/change34/
  
• Serving Smaller Learning Communities http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sslc/index.shtml

Links/hot links

• Hyperlink, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink

Listserv (list)

• CataList http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html
  
• Educational Listservs http://www.cln.org/lists/home.html
  
• Mailing Lists for Teachers http://www.theteachersguide.com/listservs.html
  
• Getting Started on the Internet: Listservs http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr062.shtml

Mosaic

Mosaic, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_web_browser

MUDs/MOOs

• MUD Connector http://www.mudconnect.com/
  Multi-User Virtual Environment http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/muvees2003/index.html
  
• MUD, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

Netiquette

• Netiquette Home Page http://www.albion.com/netiquette/
  
• NetManners http://www.onlinenetiquette.com/
  
• Cyber Netiquette Comix, from Disney http://disney.go.com/cybersafety/
  
• Netiquette, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netiquette<

Spam

• Spam, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamming
  
• Spam, from the Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/spam/

Synchronous

• Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication Tools http://www.centeronline.org/knowledge/article.cfm?ID=2587
  
• Synchronous, from elearnspace http://www.elearnspace.org/doing/synchronous.htm

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)

• URL, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL
  
• HTML URLs http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_url.asp

Videoconferencing

• ABCs of Videoconferencing http://www.nwfusion.com/research/2001/1029feat2.html
  
• K-12 Videoconferencing http://neirtec.terc.edu/k12vc/index.cfm
  
• Videoconferencing for Learning http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/vidconf.html<

Web browser

• Browser Statistics http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
  
• Web Browser, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser

World Wide Web (WWW)

• World Wide Web Consortium http://www.w3.org/
  
• World Wide Web, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWW
  
• Complete Guide to Internet Statistics and Research http://internet-statistics-guide.netfirms.com//

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