Day One: June 14, 1999
			A Workshop on
Classroom Web Technology
			Robert Beard
			Bucknell University

I. The World Wide Web

1. What is the World Wide Web and what will it be?
   1. Commerce: shopping for everything
   2. Finances: banking, taxes, investments
   3. Religion, political activities, voting
   4. Entertainment: games, TV shows,
   5. Communication: telephone, televideo, teleconferencing

2. Information: the world becomes an encyclopedia of itself
   1. Lookups: people, places, words, grammar
   2. Knowledge: reference, law, medicine, education
   3. Home remodeling, home repair, electrical wiring, plumbing, car repair

3. World-wide communities: teachers, investors, teen-agers, Thai enthusiasts

4. How is the Web relevant to education?
   1. On-line distant-learning courses
   2. On-line interactive syllabuses
   3. On-line information resources