__     __ __     __ __     __  web's eye view (February 1, 2000)
| | /| / /| | /| / /| | /| / /  alan levine
| |/ |/ / | |/ |/ / | |/ |/ /   Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction
|__/ |__/ |__/|__/  |__/|__/    http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/
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We do not have ground hogs in Arizona, but the ones in Pennsylvania
really appreciate our freshest bag of URLs,  ready for pickup at

   http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/curr.html

The History of NetScape
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More than you may ever want to know is available in documentary format from:
  http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/~clau/mozilla/

If you are a collector of old browsers, say the rare NetScape 0.93, you
can find more than you might ever dream existed at:
  http://browsers.evolt.org/

Tool for Teachers with Tech
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from EDUPAGE:

> TECHNOLOGY BOOSTERS SEEK BETTER TEACHER TRAINING
> The CEO Forum on Education and Technology introduced the "Teacher
> Preparation StaR Chart" last week as a tool to encourage colleges
> to think more about developing the technology skills of their
> professors.  As a self-assessment chart, the tool examines the
> various facets of teacher-preparation programs--from campus-wide
> strategic planning and faculty development to coursework
> integrating technology to enhance learning--that could result in
> the successful use of technology in classrooms.  The chart then
> breaks down each facet by four levels of capability--"early
> tech," "developing tech," "advanced tech," and "target tech"
> programs.  For example, a "target tech" program for faculty
> development would feature formal and informal training and
> mentoring for college faculty members.  Such a program would make
> use of technology in education, and offer "incentives for
> application in teaching and in research."  The
> self-assessment tool can be accessed at http://www.ceoforum.org.
> (Education Week, 19 Jan 2000)

My Human Can Beat Your SpiderBot
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from EDUPAGE:

> WEB CHANGES DIRECTION TO PEOPLE SKILLS
> Computer-automated indexes that once ruled Web search engines are
> now more often listings that depend on human minds to classify
> the information on the Net.  Yahoo! editor in chief Srinija
> Srinivasan spends her days figuring out the difference between
> what matters to people and what does not and how to form
> directories.  The top five search sites are based chiefly on
> human-generated directories as of December.  In the past, search
> engines dispatched software "spiders" to collect and index
> reports.  However, sites gathered by hand have proven to be more
> popular and relevant for the user.  NewHoo, the first man-powered
> search, was bought by Netscape and thus AOL, and was renamed the
> Open Directory Project.  It has cataloged 84,000 sites, done
> mostly by volunteers.  Most Web users are not aware of the shift
> to using human directories, and today most sites use both methods
> to search, combining them to form a hybrid search.
> (USA Today, 24 Jan 2000)

H.E.A.L.T.H. Institute Associate Degree Nurse Educator Conference
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> The 2000 ADNE Conference will take place in Phoenix, AZ March 31-April 2,
> 2000.. if you would like to preview the program you can see it at:
>
> http://www.yavapai.cc.az.us/healthinst.nsf
>
> click on the link to the ADNE program.
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Jeannette L. Sasmor, MBA, EdD, FAAN
> Director, Yavapai College H.E.A.L.T.H. Institute
> 1100 E Sheldon St, Prescott AZ 86301

Alertbox: Saying No: How to Handle Missing Features
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> The Alertbox for January 23 is now online at:
> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000123.html
>
> Instead of making users wander indefinitely and frustratingly
> around a site looking for something that's *just not there*,
> tell them when the site lacks a frequently requested feature