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

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

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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"

Outside Index Summary of Material

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Foil 1 The World Wide Web will
Deliver All the Information and
Run all the Computers in the World
What does this mean for children?

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/niikids97
Compare :http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/gcf/niikids which was version I gave in April 95! Is there Progress?
Jamesville Dewitt School
Presentation
2 April 1997
Geoffrey C. Fox
111 College PLace
Syracuse University
Syracuse NY 13244-4100
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Foil 2 Abstract of Kids and the NII Presentation

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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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
HTML version of Scripted Foils prepared 2 April 97

Foil 3 What is the World Wide Web?

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The WWW = the World Wide Web is more or less the same as:
  • The Internet
  • The National Information Infrastructure or NII
  • The Digital SuperHighway
It is the Digital connection between computers around the world
The Internet/WWW consists of Phone Lines or POTS (PLain Old Telephone System). "twisted pair", cable, optical fiber, satellites, cellular phone, wireless
  • These use "protocols" like TCP/IP ATM Ethernet etc
  • Different approachs have different trade-offs: speed, cost, reliability etc.
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Foil 4 Internet Trends - Internet Hosts 1989-1997

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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From General Magic http://www.genmagic.com/Internet/Trends/
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Foil 5 Internet Trends - Internet Hosts - Overall Trend

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From General Magic http://www.genmagic.com/Internet/Trends/
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Foil 6 Components of a Web system Pictorially

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Host with Web Server and Attached CGI Script in PERL
Perhaps linking to a database
and digital Video Servers
Host holds HTML files typically stored in a UNIX directory system but could be in a database such as Oracle or Microsoft Access
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Foil 7 Basic Structure of World Wide Web

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Browsers have SAME interface on ALL Computers
CGI Programs are typically written in PERL but can be essentially ANY UNIX Process and so do simulation, database access , advanced document processing etc.
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Foil 8 Synergy of Kids and Adults or
InterNet and IntraNets

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 9 Why is Web Computer Revolution so Important?

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The "Capitalist" Principle drives the national endevour to support the largest markets as there is more money there! (You learn this in social studies?)
Previously in computer area this was
  • "Mainframes" serving Information needed by a large company
  • Personal Computers serving individuals
The previous computing models could not be used by "real people" (like you and me) as
  • "Mainframes" only worked if you spent a lot of money and had what is called a closed architecture
  • PC's could be used by you and me but were a "limited model" i.e. provided a general electronic "desk/table" but no more
The Web provides a "complete computing communication and information" solution which can be used by both kids and big companies
  • You can benefit from money spent by big companies!
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Foil 10 What does a Computer Do?

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A computer converts data into Information using Instructions
Data has to be presented in a known way (called its format)
Computer has to be "taught" (like sports broadcasters) to "do the right thing" with the data
Information is "value-added" data
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Foil 11 What is Web Technology?

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Web Technology consists firstly of a set of formats for data
If data is type of information that appears in books, then format tells you things like "center text", "start new paragraph" etc.
Web formats include GIF or JPEG for images, HTML for documents and VRML for 3D pictures. These are used to specify stored data
The other component of Web technology is software such as Java JavaScript and Perl which are used to give instructions to compute.
These formats and software produce information displayed by HTML or VRML browsers
Web technology is so powerful as complete model for computing and communication
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Foil 12 Models for Using the World Wide Web

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There is the People's Web where you pay to access but not to use a particular site
There are clubs such as America Online, Prodigy or MicroSoft Network which offer Internet PLUS similar services available only to club members
Specialized services where you pay money to use a "premium" site
  • An example is Syracuse Language System's Online "Virtual University" where you pay "tuition" for foreign language instruction through the web
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Foil 13 What can you do on the World Wide Web?

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Find Information -- the Web is like a large version of Microsoft Encarta or similar CDROM based Multimedia Encylopedia.
Post Information -- put up your own home page
This can be sophisticated e.g. one can play games, do WebKidPix and similar activities (exploratory or interactive information)
Collaborate with people using the web
Commerce: Buy, Sell, Bank etc.
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Foil 14 Impact of this Changing Technology on Kids

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Your Play! New and Better Video game Systems
Your Job Opportunities!
  • Many "old" jobs will disappear
  • Many "new" jobs and job skills will be needed
Your Education!
  • New ways for schools to educate you so perhaps you will be less bored and learn more (in areas of great importance to your future careers)
Your Life Style!
  • Online Newspapers, Video Rental Stores, Shops
  • Online Clubs can allow you to meet people around the world
  • Can work from home more easily and so kids can be bugged by their parents more easily!
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Foil 15 What is so important about Digital ?

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Analog as in current Cable Satellite or broadcast TV or radio represents informations by WAVY SHAPES
  • Shapes can be arbitrary and if changed (distorted) canNOT be easily corrected
Digital as in current computers represents everything by NUMBERS and uses "error-correction" so that you receive EXACTLY what is sent with NO distortion of text or images
So information is more precise
  • Can do online banking
and looks better -- your great art piece is not distorted or the medical picture is transmitted without adding or subtracting tumors/pathologies etc.
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Foil 16 The Next Generation Home Computers include Settop Boxes and Videogame Controllers

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"All" children will have the equivalent of todays $20,000 business or university computer processing capability in
BOTH Settop Boxes and in Video Game Controllers which will "just" be Personal Computers
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Foil 17 What about Pornography and Viruses on the Web?

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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There is surely "inappropriate" information on the WWW
There are "bugs" on the WWW -- for instance electronic credit card numbers can be snooped and you can download software conaining viruses
On the other hand, many magazines have inappropriate material (e.g. smoking ads) and there is substantial credit card fraud using paper version of banking
Most things in life have a downside which can be exploited if you want
Society learns to live with a certain amount of "risk" (downside)
I don't see downside of Web as particularly bad
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Foil 18 Some of the Jobs that will Need NII(Internet, World Wide Web) Skills

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Computer, Telephone, and Cable Engineers
Journalists from both print, photography, and video fields
Artists, Advertising designers, Architects, Film Producers, "Book" Publishers etc.
Real Estate Brokers
School Teachers, Librarians, Government and Business workers involved with giving information to public or fellow workers
Shop owners and staff advertising their wares on digital highway.
  • Allow woodworkers in Adirondacks or heart of Africa to advertise material to all on the World Wide Web
All those in medical area -- from Virtual reality to allow surgeon in Syracuse to manipulate robot devices at accident scene to Multimedia patient records
Law enforcement (police searching worldwide databases) and lawyers accessing case histories.
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Foil 19 Why is a Particular Job impacted by the World Wide Web?

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Most jobs are heavily involved with communication (people to people, computer to people, computer to computer) and information
So most jobs are impacted by WWW which revolutionizes communication and information processing
Journalism, Teaching and Advertising will in particular have large impact from Web
But for example, Farming will be impacted less
  • Watch Web sites for new techniques, good prices for fertilizer etc.
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Foil 20 The NPAC CareWeb Project Home Page

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 21 Web Course Virtual Programming Laboratory -- Student

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Updated from Mar 11 Education Web Technology Day
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Foil 22 Xin Wan Bao reports ICPSEP, the "classroom across countries" between NPAC at Syracuse University, USA, and PACT at Harbin Institute of Technology, China

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 23 Internet Certificate in Computational Science for Weigang Li

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Presented July 22 at Harbin Institute of Technology by Geoffrey Fox
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Foil 24 Eyal Sherman -- Using Neattools

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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From work of Ed Lipson and Dave Warner
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Foil 25 Pac Man Session

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 26 Visible Human

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 27 The Java Magic Cube from Michael Chang

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 28 Java front end to display weather information over the Syracuse region-I

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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HTML version of Scripted Foils prepared 2 April 97

Foil 29 Current weather data, using the NPAC java weather viewer - II

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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shown here is the NPAC java weather viewer on the left, and a satellite image of the weather.
Also shown is the surface reports, isobars and isotherms shown with the current weather data.
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Foil 30 So What should you do?

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Learn about and take advantage of World Wide Web whereever possible
Use the Web either to find information for your school projects or to prepare (multimedia) electronic reports
Learn how to be a "Web Master" -- Author in HTML using software like Microsoft Word
Persuade JD High School to teach Java NOT Pascal as a programming language
  • Java is a better language and far more useful!
  • learning Pascal is like learning latin (which I did) because it "teachs basic principles"
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Foil 31 What will be Key New Developments? Near Term

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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New types of Collaboration enabling people to communicate with each other using web
  • Audio and Video Links
  • Shared "Whiteboards"
  • Shared "Chatboards"
  • Shared "Documents"
Will allow you to form "clubs" and other electronic societies
Allow teachers to deliver lectures remotely
Digital Video Servers will allow much more convenient distribution of video material stored on disks
  • Nice online indices to search for and recall nifty videos
Objects (3 dimensions) not just images on the Web (VRML).
  • Have your house Car Town or just you in 3D on Web!
Computer Gaming on the Web
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Foil 32 TANGO Collaborative System Control Panel and 3 Applications -- User 1

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Screen of User1. Talking Heads and Whiteboard applets started. User2 collaborates with User 1 in 2 sessions (Talking Heads and Whiteboard).
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Foil 33 VRML Tutorial from Alvin Leung/Meryem Ispirli -- a Car!!

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Foil 34 Example III - Group Nodes

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Separator node isolates its children from the rest of the scene graph.
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Foil 35 Visible Human Head shown from various Angles - VI

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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3D reconstruction of Visible Human Data.
(VRML/Open Inventor files)
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Foil 36 GIS integration with Weather Simulation application - II.

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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NPAC Web Based Geographical Information System in Stand Alone Mode
A GIS application is a specialized OpenInventor viewer, however it accepts any OpenInventor 2.1 scene model. That's why it's so easy to integrate it with third party applications, which produce IO/VRML output. The images show GIS integration with Weather Simulation application. A GIS viewer can also display animated objects controlled by Simulation Engine.
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Foil 37 VRML Terrain Renerer with Herkimer House Web Page

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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From Chris Walczak
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Foil 38 Link between Interactive Journey and classroom multimedia projects

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Living SchoolBook Material for SC95 San Diego Dec 95
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Foil 39 Netscape shows the close caption text associated with the movie.

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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Video on Demand Project
Links on the HTML page initiate seeking to a particular position in the movie.
he Video Client displays ActiveMovie OLE control with a video window (right lower corner).
ActiveMovie Control Properties window provides an extended interface to the Video Client (right upper corner).
one of screendumps presenting the user interaction with Video on Demand Client for Windows 95/NT
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Foil 40 In the Far Future we have a "New World"

From Untitled presentation Jamesvill DeWitt Middle School 5th Grade -- 2 April 97. *
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The car and TV changed society significantly
  • Needed several years
Will the WWW make a similar profound change?
YES and it will do it quicker than car
You should be ready to enjoy and exploit!
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