ANNOUNCE> Fall '97 Make the Link Workshops

[Thomas P. Copley]

MAKE THE LINK WORKSHOP (WORLD WIDE WEB FOR EVERYONE)

The Make the Link Workshop (World Wide Web for Everyone) is an eight
week long distance learning workshop conducted entirely by HTML mail*.
It introduces the beginner to the World Wide Web (WWW), the Internet's
distributed hypermedia information system, and enhances the skills of
the somewhat more experienced user as well.  The workshop has been newly
updated to reflect the latest information on HTML authoring tools,
including NetObjects Fusion, Microsoft Front Page and Netscape Navigator
Gold.  The workshop also includes guidance on how to select an Internet
service provider.

The WWW is a powerful hyper-textual medium for integrating all of the
resources of the Internet.  You can read through a page of text, and on
the spur of the moment, link to related information anywhere in the
world.  For example, after reading a short piece on twentieth century
abstract art, you can link to and view a collection of color prints of
paintings by Picasso, Klee, and Mondrian.  High school history students
reading about Sir Winston Churchill can link to a page where, at the
click of a mouse button, recordings of his actual speeches can be
played.  A business woman in Paris, France can check out the "home page"
of her counterpart in Montreal, Canada, complete with her picture and
professional vita.  There are thousands of computers throughout the
world on the Web, and literally millions of interconnected WWW pages,
and all are easily accessible from your desktop computer.

The first graphical WWW browsers became available in 1993. Since the
introduction of the hugely successful Netscape Navigator in 1994, WWW
browsers have provided access to most of the main Internet functions,
including the WWW, FTP, gopher, telnet, USENET news, e-mail, and
real-time audio and video.  The WWW, or simply, "the Web" is the
Internet's "killer application" that integrates a variety of media,
including text, images, sound, video and small Java computer programs
called applets.  For example, a chemistry student can view a
three-dimensional picture of a molecule, and view it from any direction
or simply make it appear to slowly rotate in space on the screen.  New
browser scripting languages, such as JavaScript, have been developed for
creating a myriad of interactive Web pages.

Having a WWW home page providing one's personal information has become
the 1990's version of the business card, resume, voice mail, and on
occasion, electronic recreation area, all rolled into one. In fact, the
WWW provides an opportunity to participate and collaborate with others
at many levels.  It can be a great way to network with colleagues and
associates or even to reach potential customers concerning products or
services.

The Make the Link Workshop will focus on how to gain maximum advantage
from this simple to use, yet very sophisticated, Internet tool. During
the Workshop, you will learn:

* How to gain access to the WWW, including information on setting up a
  direct TCP/IP connection to the Internet (SLIP/CSLIP/PPP).

* How to link to specific Web resources using Uniform Resource Locators
  (URLs).  This includes how to construct URLs for various kinds of
  resources, such as WWW, gopher, FTP, telnet, etc.

* How to distinguish between various kinds of WWW browsers, including
  Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Lynx, etc. and the
  strengths and weaknesses of each.

* How to navigate Webspace and use various searching tools such as
  MetaCrawler, SavvySearch, Alta Vista, Infoseek, HotBot, CMU Lycos,
  WebCrawler, and others.

* To make WWW bookmarks and organize your bookmarks with Hypertext
  Markup Language (HTML).

* How to effectively and efficiently design your own home page with
  HTML, and how to install it on a server.

* The principles of good home page design, in order to project a
  favorable image for you and/or your employer or business.

* The advantages and disadvantages of HTML editors, such as NetObjects
  Fusion, Netscape Navigator Gold, Microsoft FrontPage, Claris Home
  Page, HoTMetaL, and HTML Assistant, and related utilities.

Three Make the Link Workshop sessions will be scheduled for this fall.
The dates are:

     August Session........... August 11 - October 3
     September Session........ September 2 - October 24
     October Session.......... September 29 - November 21

The cost of the Workshop is $20 US.

Sign up for ONE session only unless you plan to take the Workshop more
than once.  To sign up for one of the Make the Link Workshop sessions,
please send an e-mail message to the address:

     majordomo at arlington.com

and in the body of the message, include:

     subscribe links-aug

to subscribe to the August session, or

     subscribe links-sep

to subscribe to the September session, or

     subscribe links-oct

to subscribe to the October session.

This will automatically put you on the mailing list for more information
about the Workshop, and you will receive an acknowledgment with the
particulars about signing up, and unsubscribing, should you decide not
to participate.

If you have any difficulty with this procedure or fail to receive a
response, please send e-mail to this address:

     tcopley at arlington.com

In order to get the most from this Workshop it is helpful to have either
Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or another graphical
Web browser actually running one on your own computer directly connected
to the Internet.  If you wish to run Navigator or another browser you
will need to have a computer with a TCP/IP connection, that is, a direct
connection to the Internet.  Information will be provided during the
workshop about how to set up a TCP/IP connection.  In order to
participate in the Workshop you only need access to e-mail. However, it
is very desirable to actually use a WWW browser.

The Workshop leader, Thomas P. Copley, Ph.D., has taught the popular
Make the Link Workshop since 1995.  He is also the author of the Tune In
the Net Workshop <http://www.bearfountain.com/arlington/tune.html>, 
which will also be conducted this fall. During 1994-5 he taught the
Go-pher-it Workshop almost a dozen times. Go-pher-it was one of the 
first Internet workshops taught entirely by e-mail.  Dr. Copley is one 
of the founders of the Electronic University in San Francisco, and is an
experienced instructor of distance learning courses via networks.  In
addition to consulting for Apple Computer, Inc. on hyper-textual 
distance learning software, Copley has served on the faculties of
Washington State University, Antioch College, and Armstrong University.
He is also the Editor of the electronic newsletter the TELELEARNING
NETWORK SYNTHESIZER, and the moderator of the de-marketing (distance
education) mailing list.

* A plain ASCII text version is also available.


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THOMAS P. COPLEY                           tcopley at arlington.com
Make the Link Workshop           www.bearfountain.com/arlington/