Maysville School District Community Education

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Maysville School District Community Education

• Browsing The Internet

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Internet Web Browsers

• Internet Explorer
• Part of Windows Operating System
• Firefox
• http//www.mozilla.com
• Safari
• http//www.apple.com/safari/download/

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Setting Home Page

• Setting home page
• Internet Explorer
• Tools ? Internet Options ?Home Page
• Firefox
• Tools ? Options ? Home Page
• Safari
• Edit ? Preferences ? Home Page

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Checking Out Some Interesting Websites

• Community Ed Page
• http//maysville.k12.mo.us/CommEd/InternetLinks.ht
  ml

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Search Engines

• Google
• (www.google.com)
• Yahoo
• (www.yahoo.com)
• Alta Vista
• (www.altavista.com)

• MSN
• (www.search.msn.com)
• Ask
• (www.ask.com)

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Finding an Internet Group

• Google
• http//groups.google.com/
• Yahoo
• http//groups.yahoo.com

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Chat
Instant Messaging

• MSN Messanger
• http//www.MSN.com
• Yahoo Messanger
• http//www.yahoo.com
• Google Talk
• http//www.google.com/talk/

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Radio

• Radio Locator
• http//www.radio-locator.com
• Radio Tower
• http//www.radiotower.com/
• Live Radio.net
• http//www.live-radio.net/info.shtml

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Internet Television

• WWi-TV
• http//wwitv.com/portal.htm
• ChanelBreak        http//www.channelbreak.com/li
  vechannel.php
• ABC      http//dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/land
  ingNBC        http//nbc.comCBS       
  http//www.cbs.com/

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Newspapers

• School Web page
• http//maysville.k12.mo.us/Newpapers/newspapers.ht
  mnewpapers
• Online News Papers
• http//www.onlinenewspapers.com/
• RefDesk
• http//www.refdesk.com/mo.html

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Google Maps

• Google Maps
• http//maps.google.com/
• Yahoo Maps
• http//maps.yahoo.com/
• MapQuest
• http//www.mapquest.com/

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Web Cams

• CamVista
• http//www.camvista.com
• Snoweye
• http//www.snoweye.com
• Hawaii Weather
• http//www.mauigateway.com/rw/video/video.htm
• Alaska Webcam
• http//www.akmining.com/webcams.htm

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Webcam (cont.)

• EarthCam        http//www.earthcam.com/
• Paris Live        http//www.abcparislive.com/
• Old Faithful Geyser        http//www.nps.gov/yel
  l/oldfaithfulcam.htm
• Africam        http//www.africam.com/
•  WildCam Africa        http//www9.nationalgeogra
  phic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam.html

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Webcam (cont.)

•     Panama Canal        http//www.pancanal.com/e
  ng/photo/camera-java.html
•     Liberty Cam        http//www.libertycam.com/
  
•     San Diego CamZone        http//www.camzone.c
  om/
•     Australian Antarctic Station       
  http//www.camzone.com/
•     Japanese Webcam 1        http//www.sekainom
  ado.com/index-e.html

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People Locator

• People Finder
• http//www.peoplefinders.com
• Addresses
• http//www.addresses.com/
• Yahoo
• http//people.yahoo.com

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Encyclopedia Dictionary

• Webopedia (http//www.webopedia.com)
• Britannica (http//www.britannica.com)
• Webster Dictionary (http//www.m-w.com)

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Genealogy

• Family Search
• http//www.familysearch.org/
• Cyndis List
• http//www.cyndislist.com/
• DeKalb County Historical Society
• http//www.rootsweb.com/modekalb/index.htmlGenea
  logical
• Ellis Island Foundation       
  http//www.ellisisland.org/
• Behind The Name        http//surnames.behindth
  ename.com/
•  Ancestors        http//www.byubroadcasting.or
  g/ancestors/

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Health

• CNN Health
• www.cnn.com/HEALTH/
• Healthfinder
• http//www.healthfinder.gov/
• National Institute of Health
• http//www.nih.gov/
• WebMD
• http//www.webmd.com/
• Med Line Plus
• http//medlineplus.gov/
• Mayo Clinic
• http//www.mayoclinic.com/
• Healthweb
• http//healthweb.org/

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Google Earth

• http//earth.google.com/download-earth.html

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Weather

• Weather.com
• Http//maysville.k12.mo.us
• Weather Underground
• http//www.wunderground.com/
• The Weather Channel
• http//www.weatherchannel.com
• NOAA
• http//www.spc.noaa.gov/

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Weather Prediction

• Farmers Almanac
• www.farmersalmanac.com
• Weather Almanac
• www.almanac.com/

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Veterans

• US Department of Veteran Affairs       
  http//www.va.gov/
• Disabled American Veterns       
  http//www.dav.org/
• VFW       http//www.vfw.org/
• Veterns History Project       
  http//www.loc.gov/vets

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Stock Market

• NYSE
• http//www.nyse.com/
• NASDAQ
• http//www.nasdaq.com/
• Quote.com
• http//www.quote.com

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Intertainment

• TV Guide
• www.tvguide.com

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Telephone Directory

• Yellow Pages
• http//www.yellowpages.com/
• White Pages
• http//www.whitepages.com

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Library Of Congress

• Library Of Congress
• http//www.loc.gov
• St. Joseph Public Library
• http//www.sjpl.lib.mo.us/
• Rolling Hills
• http//www.rollinghills.lib.mo.us/
• Cameron Public Library
• http//www.cameronlibrary.org/

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How To/???

• E-how
• http//www.ehow.com/
• Hhow Stuff works
• http//www.howstuffworks.com/
• How Things Work
• http//howthingswork.virginia.edu/
• The Physics of Everday Life
• http//htw.wiley.com/htw/

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Travel

• Fare Alert
• http//Farealert.com
• Priceline
• http//Priceline.com
• Travelocity
• http//Travelocity.com
• Expedia
• http//www.Expedia.com
• Travel Yahoo
• http//travel.yahoo.com/
• AAA
• http//www.AAA.com

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Consumer Reports

• Consumer Report
• http//www.consumerreports.org
• Consumer Guide
• www.consumerguide.com/
• Savvy Consumer
• http//www.savvyconsumer.org

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Food

• The Food Network
• http//www.foodnetwork.com
• All Recipies
• http//allrecipes.com/
• Kraft Foods
• http//www.kraftfoods.com
• Betty Crocker
• http//www.bettycrocker.com
• KQ2 Recipies
• http//www.kq2.com/recipes.asp

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Government

• Missouri State Government
• http//www.mo.gov
• The White House
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/
• First Government
• http//www.firstgov.gov/
• Missouri's No-Call List
• http//www.ago.mo.gov/nocalllaw/nocalllaw.htm

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Top Web Sites (not necessarily my opinion)

• Top Ten Links
• http//www.toptenlinks.com/
• 100 Best Websites
• http//www.100bestwebsites.org/
• Freebies
• http//freebies.about.com/od/710/tp/timewasting.ht
  m
• Top Ten Sites
• http//www.toptensites.com/
• Web 100
• http//www.web100.com/
• CS Monitor
• http//www.csmonitor.com/2005/1229/p14s02-stct.htm
  l

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Top Websites (cont.)

• Isracamera
• http//www.isracamera.co.il/dailymail.htm
• Cool Site of The Day
• http//www.coolsiteoftheday.com/
• Time Magazines Top 100 Websites
• http//www.pcmag.com/category2/0,1874,7488,00.asp

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Software Downloads

• Download.com
• www.download.com
• Tucows
• http//www.tucows.com/
• ZD Net
• http//downloads-zdnet.com.com/

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Sports

• ESPN
• http//espn.go.com/
• Sports Yahoo
• http//sports.yahoo.com/
• Foxsports
• http//msn.foxsports.com/
• MSNBC
• http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032113/
• Nascar
• http//www.nascar.com/

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Sports (cont.)

• KC Royals
• http//kansascity.royals.mlb.com/
• KC Chiefs
• http//www.kcchiefs.com/
• St. Louis Cardinals
• http//stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_idst
  l

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On This Day

• The History Channel
• www.historychannel.com/tdih/
• History.com
• http//www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

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Tree/Lawn/Shrubs

• Arbor Day Foundation
• http//www.arborday.org/
• Trees Are Good
• http//www.treesaregood.com/
• Gardenline
• http//gardenline.usask.ca/trees/index.html
• Do-it-your-self
• http//doityourself.com/shrubs/
• University of Missouri Extension
• http//muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/h
  ort/
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• http//www.mdc.mo.gov/

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Shopping

• Ebay
• http//www.ebay.com/
• CraigsList
• http//craigslist.org
• I-Lands Online Photo Ad
• http//isell.iland.net/
• Amazon.com
• http//www.amazon.com
• Yahoo Shopping      http//shopping.yahoo.com/
• QVC      http//www.qvc.com/

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