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Why Kids Should Care about the Web which will run all Computers and Deliver all Information

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade on 2 April 97. Foils prepared 2 April 97

This presentation updates a talk in April 95 and focusses on the opportunities for new jobs and new activities -- note previous version 2 years ago focussed on merging of TV and Web and our Living SchoolBook project.
We describe some of the impacts of the current computer and communication revolution on play, lifestyle, jobs and education
The new job opportunities include those in journalism and medical fields


This mixed presentation uses parts of the following base foilsets which can also be looked at on their own!
Master Set of Foils for Description of Why Kids Should Care about the Web
Collection of GIF Images for General NPAC Projects January 97-
Collection of GIF Images for General NPAC Projects April96-
NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces
Kim Mills Collection of GIF Images for NPAC Projects 96-
CPS616 VRML and Use of Databases as backend and Application to GIS
Collection of GIF Images for General NPAC Projects 1995-March96

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1 The World Wide Web will
Deliver All the Information and
Run all the Computers in the World
What does this mean for children?
2 Abstract of Kids and the NII Presentation
3 What is the World Wide Web?
4 Internet Trends - Internet Hosts 1989-1997
5 Internet Trends - Internet Hosts - Overall Trend
6 Components of a Web system Pictorially
7 Basic Structure of World Wide Web
8 Synergy of Kids and Adults or
InterNet and IntraNets
9 Why is Web Computer Revolution so Important?
10 What does a Computer Do?
11 What is Web Technology?
12 Models for Using the World Wide Web
13 What can you do on the World Wide Web?
14 Impact of this Changing Technology on Kids
15 What is so important about Digital ?
16 The Next Generation Home Computers include Settop Boxes and Videogame Controllers
17 What about Pornography and Viruses on the Web?
18 Some of the Jobs that will Need NII(Internet, World Wide Web) Skills
19 Why is a Particular Job impacted by the World Wide Web?
20 The NPAC CareWeb Project Home Page
21 Web Course Virtual Programming Laboratory -- Student
22 Xin Wan Bao reports ICPSEP, the "classroom across countries" between NPAC at Syracuse University, USA, and PACT at Harbin Institute of Technology, China
23 Internet Certificate in Computational Science for Weigang Li
24 Eyal Sherman -- Using Neattools
25 Pac Man Session
26 Visible Human
27 The Java Magic Cube from Michael Chang
28 Java front end to display weather information over the Syracuse region-I
29 Current weather data, using the NPAC java weather viewer - II
30 So What should you do?
31 What will be Key New Developments? Near Term
32 TANGO Collaborative System Control Panel and 3 Applications -- User 1
33 VRML Tutorial from Alvin Leung/Meryem Ispirli -- a Car!!
34 Example III - Group Nodes
35 Visible Human Head shown from various Angles - VI
36 GIS integration with Weather Simulation application - II.
37 VRML Terrain Renerer with Herkimer House Web Page
38 Link between Interactive Journey and classroom multimedia projects
39 Netscape shows the close caption text associated with the movie.
40 In the Far Future we have a "New World"

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