The Online World resources handbook
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Home, education and work http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/5.html<br />
quizzes. You can also navigate the site by topic across cultures. You can click on a year and culture,<br />
and then another culture, to compare cross cultural developments of the same period.<br />
We dived into Ancient China, retrieved the chronology of rulers, and got lost in pictures of the<br />
Great Wall. Did you know that it is over 5,000 kilometers long?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gateway to <strong>World</strong> History page has links to documentary archives, and online <strong>resources</strong>.<br />
You can search for <strong>resources</strong> by keyword or by subject.<br />
Here are some other places to try:<br />
African History African Cultures<br />
Ancient history search engine<br />
http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/<br />
Discovery Channel <strong>Online</strong><br />
EMuseum<br />
Geography, and Country Rankings and <strong>World</strong> Statistics<br />
History of China<br />
History of India<br />
Plant Image Gallery<br />
Rulers lists of heads of state and heads of government going back to about 1700.<br />
<strong>The</strong> European Schoolnet Schools Projects<br />
Questacon is a hands on science centre in Canberra, Australia.<br />
Study, reference, and research link categories on Study Web include: Agriculture, Animals &<br />
Pets , Architecture, Business & Finance, Communications & Media, Computer Science, Criminology,<br />
Delete, Education, Family Science, Fine Arts , Geography, Government & Politics, Grammar &<br />
Composition, Health & Nutrition, History, Home & Garden, Literature, Math, Medicine , Mental Health,<br />
Metaphysics, Music, Philosophy, Reference, Religion , Science, Social Studies & Culture, Teaching<br />
Resources, Transportation , Writing & Writers.<br />
Parenthood<br />
<strong>The</strong> misc.kids newsgroup is for parents, soon to be parents, and others interested in children. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
discuss issues about pregnancy and child rearing, ask for advice from others on many parenting<br />
concerns, and seek and provide support and encouragement about raising kids. Check the Kids FAQ<br />
at http://www.cis.ohio state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/<br />
<strong>The</strong> alt.parents teens newsgroup is for parent teenager relationships. TWINS is a mailing lists<br />
for issues related to twins, triplets, etc.<br />
Your personal network<br />
Network is a word with many meanings. It can be a system set up to transport data from one<br />
computer to another. It can be an online service with many conferences, and a friendly connection<br />
between people (like in "old boys' network"). Here, we use it in the latter meaning of the word.<br />
We use our personal networks more than most of us think. We have a chain of people who we<br />
call on to ask for advice, help, and invite to participate in projects or parties. When they ask us for<br />
help, we lend a hand.<br />
<strong>The</strong> online world has some interesting characteristics. One is that most participants in online<br />
conferences already have received so much help from others that they feel obliged to pay back. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
do this by helping others.<br />
Those who help, know that helping others will be rewarded. <strong>The</strong> reward, however, may not<br />
come from the persons that they help. <strong>The</strong> contributions help maintain and develop the online world as<br />
one giant personal network.<br />
A typical example: In CompuServe's Toshiba Forum, I read an open message from a user who<br />
had bought a 425 megabyte hard disk for his laptop computer. I also wanted one, but before placing<br />
an order, I wrote to check if he was still satisfied with the unit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> happy user did more than reply. He told about other vendors and offered to help return my<br />
computer after the upgrade. He made it clear that he had no financial interest in the companies selling<br />
the upgrade. By the way, we had never been in touch with each others before that date.<br />
<strong>The</strong> online world is full of such examples. <strong>The</strong> list of what people do to help others is indeed very<br />
long.<br />
In most conferences and forums you'll get help. Just like that. <strong>The</strong>re is always someone<br />
prepared to help. Still, it is wise to invest to increase the odds of getting quality help when you really<br />
need it. This is what to consider:<br />
Your best long range strategy is to be visually present in conferences that matter to you. 'Being<br />
visually present' means that you should contribute in discussions and help others as much as you can.<br />
You see, positive contributors get a lot more friends and a disproportional amount of help from<br />
others.<br />
For example, you may contribute by telling others about your interesting finds in the online world.<br />
Keep that up over a stream of weeks or months, and you may find that others start sending you<br />
things, quite unprovoked.<br />
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