My Home Page
People often create their own Homepage containing links to their favorite web sites and to other pages of their own. The links below in the Types of Places on the Web are examples of the kinds of places I might put on a page of my own. Your choices would certainly be different.
For Your Class
World Travel Inc. Follow the directions in your lesson.
Search the Web - a simulation
Email - (upcoming)
Discussion on the Web - (upcoming)
Chat on the Internet - (upcoming)
Types of Places on the Web
Directories
Infospace - search for names, businesses
YellowPages.com - search for businesses in your area
Search
Business
Amazon - order books, music, video and more
Barnes & Noble - books
eBay - online auction service
Expedia - Search for the best travel deals: plane flights, hotel rooms, car rentals
Microsoft - computer software
News
CNN - news of the world
CNN / Sports Illustrated - Sports news
CNNfn - financial news
Radar - current radar image in my area
Weather - current forecast for my area
Government
FirstGov - Your first click to the United States government
The White House- home of the President of the USA
IRS (Internal Revenue Service) -Dept. of the Treasury (USA)
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
Education
Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101
How Stuff Works - articles explaining how things work.
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