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HOW TO LEARN OR TEACH SURFING THE WEB IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
Step 1: Get a Unix % prompt to use Lynx, or click into
Netscape. Start the timer. Pick either Step 2.
Step 2 for Lynx in a paragraph: At the % prompt, type
"lynx" and press enter for links. Type "g" for go. For "NewsPath
to news and sources," type this: http://www.niu.edu/newspath/ and
press enter. Type "a" to add a bookmark to your personal list of
places to return to. To move up or down, use the up or down
arrow, or the hyphen or spacebar. To access a highlighted item,
press the right arrow. To leave the item, press the left arrow.
Type "v" to view your bookmarks.
Step 2 for Netscape in a paragraph: In Netscape, click on
the "location" line. For "NewsPath to news and sources," type
this: http://www.niu.edu/newspath/ and press enter. Click on the
"bookmark" button to add a bookmark to your personal list of
places to return to. To go up or down, click on the right-edge
column. To access an underlined item, move the arrow until it
becomes a hand, and click. To leave the item, click on the "back"
button.
Step 3. Start exploring. Click or right-arrow something.
Click or right-arrow something else. Go back to NewsPath and
explore something else, making bookmarks if you find something
you may want to return to. Check your watch to see how long it
took.
Avi Bass <abass@niu.edu> http://www.niu.edu/newspath/
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