The Horn Players' Guide to the Internet

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The Horn Players' Guide to the Internet

• Version 2.0 - June 3, 1998
• Ron Boerger
• 30th Annual I.H.S. Summit - Banff, Alberta,
  Canada

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Welcome!

• Feel free to ask questions at any time
• Well take time to perform live demos

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The Horn? The Internet?

• What is the internet?
• What is the World Wide Web?
• What do you need to get started?
• How can it relate to the horn?
• The I.H.S. and the internet
• Some other recommended sites
• What does the future hold?

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What is the Internet?

• Basically, a way of connecting computers
• Created in 60s as a way for U.S. military
  computers to connect to each other
• You dont worry about how to go from Point A to
  Point B
• A co-operative anarchy
• If youve got a computer (or WebTV, etc.) and a
  modem, you can access the net

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What is the World Wide Web?

• Protocols to exhange and display information via
  some network
• Uses relatively new HTML protocol
• Allows anyone, anywhere, to become a publisher of
  information
• No standards means information ranges from
  useful to useless

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What do you need to get started?

• Terminal/computer and modem or LAN connection
• Most often a PC and a modem also technologies
  such as cable modems, ISDN, ADSL
• A service provider provides the connection to
  the internet, for a fee
• National service providers best for beginners,
  those who travel frequently however, may not be
  best in terms of performance or cost
• Remote locations may make use of satellite modems!

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How does this relate to the horn?

• The web allows anyone to publish info
• Thousands of students looking for information on
  the horn
• Many people have already started to provide horn
  pages
• Its free (so to speak)
• A topic you want not out there yet? Do it
  yourself!

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The I.H.S. and the internet

• A relative newcomer to the internet, with a
  formal presence in late 1997
• Site created by Bruce Hembd, under editorial
  supervision of Johnny Pherigo
• One of the best sites of the international
  instrumental societies with a wide variety of
  information
• Enough talking lets visit the site
  http//www.wmich.edu/horn

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Some other recommended sites

• An increasingly diverse set of sites available
• Some of the old sites still the best
• Newcomers add variety, some a different focus
• The URLs for these sites will be available
  athttp//www.io.com/rboerger/IHS98confafter
  the conclusion of the conference

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Can the web help teachers?

• Yes - plenty of information already there to be
  used for research by teachers and students
• Weeding out the trash sometimes a problem
• Teachers can put their own content on the web -
  students are used to the technology
• Great example - Tom Bacons site

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How do I create a site?

• Need an account with a service provider that
  includes web space, or use a free provider such
  as Geocities
• Many free tools help create web pages for you
  both Netscape and Internet Explorer include
  WYSIWIG page creation tools BBEDIT a good Mac
  alternative
• Two-step process edit page, publish it
• For finer control, learn HTML, the page markup
  language which controls page layout
• Many commercial office software products also
  include web publishing converters/tools

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How do I find other sites?

• Search Engines can help you
• some of the more popular
• www.yahoo.com - Yahoo
• www.altavista.digital.com - Altavista
• www.excite.com - Excite
• You can look for sites that might interest you in
  any topic, not just on horn
• Some search engines even include reviews
• Many existing horn sites also include links to
  additional sites

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What does the future hold?

• More interaction using technologies such as Java,
  ActiveX
• active, two way communication as opposed to
  passive download
• increasing bandwidth will allow use of video and
  sound - lessons on line
• probably more advertising and commercial sites
  vs. those run by volunteers

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Questions?

• Slides and links will be available at
  http//www.io.com/rboerger/IHS98conf
• Feel free to send e-mail to me at
  rboerger_at_io.comor grab me during the rest of the
  week

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Thanks to ..

• Judy Anderson-Hansen and the Banff Centre for
  setting all this up
• April Kintzel of the Centre for getting the
  laptop registered on the internet
• Our hosts - Froydis Ree Werke, David Hoyt, and
  Isabel Rolston - for allowing me to give this
  talk
• Compaq, for letting me use their laptop
• Customs, for not giving me any grief
• And, of course, you for being here!