Internet Resource Directory, Part 2: Interactive Access (Telnet) Sites of Interest to Educators version 1: July 7, 1992 The information in this file is the result of Internet "prospecting" and teamwork by 24 eastern Nebraska teachers who were enrolled in a graduate telecomputing-in-education course during the Spring 1992 semester at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Much of their work for the course entailed exploring different Internet resource sites, then writing, fieldtesting, and revising friendly documentation describing online resources that they felt to be of value to K-12 teachers and/or students. Below please find information on several Telnet sites. **This is NOT meant to be an exhaustive list of all of the sites of use to K-12 educators**. Rather, it is a beginning of what we hope will be an ongoing collaborative effort among telecomputing educators on a larger scale. We invite you to use this, share it with other teachers, amend it, append to it, and update it. We hope that the information that it contains will be useful to you. Judi Harris & the students of TED 8000: "Computer-Mediated Communications for Educators" University of Nebraska at Omaha Judi is now in the: Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Texas at Austin JBHarris@Tenet.edu (beginning: 8/10/92) *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- TELNET SITE NAME: ERIC (via ACSNet) ADDRESSES: acsnet.syr.edu 128.230.1.21 DOCUMENT AUTHOR: Sharon South LOGIN PROCEDURE: At the Telnet prompt type: telnet acsnet.syr.edu or 128.230.1.21 At the Login prompt type: suvm TERMINAL TYPE: VT100 USERID: suinfo With no prompt type once more: suinfo DESCRIPTION: ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) This file contains bibliographic information and abstracts for a variety of educational documents from the Educational Resources Information Center. The documents could be journal articles, conference papers or published research. EXIT SEQUENCE: Type LOGOFF at any time ACCESS COMMANDS: HELP ERIC, f1 help, f2 find, f3 select Additional commands: setup, command, suggest, lock, pause, end SERVICES: 1. General Interest 2. CWIS: Campus Wide Info. System 3. WOT: Network Accesible Resources 4. Demonstration 5. Application Development 6. Testing New Applications SAMPLE LOGIN: After logging in, you will see the following information: Welcome to SUINFO! You will now be able to perform online searches on all publically available databases currently carried by PRISM. Before proceeding, the following may be noted: This account may be used for PRISM searches only. Certain databases cannot be reached because of licensing restrictions You may search these databases by logging into suvm the regular way PRINTing, SENDing to a userid or the WRITing to a computer file of your search results has been disabled. Numerous error messages will be encountered if attempted! Welcome to PRISM File selection 31 files available Select a file or service by typing its name below, or, press the Return key to see a list of all files, or, type a category number to see a list of files in that category. You will see the files listed under SERVICES above. I chose the General Interest service and received the following information: Welcome to ERIC This file contains bibliographic information and abstracts for a variety of EDUCATIONAL documents from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The file contains all the ERIC data from 1984 through the first quarter of 1991 (approximately 208507 records) You can search for items using one or more keywords from a variety of fields such as title, author or subject descriptors. I used the term "staff development" for a search and found over 5000 items listed. You may receive an abstract of each listing if you wish, but not the complete article. FRIENDLY ADVICE: I would definitely recommend using ERIC. The directions are easy to follow. It is simple to login, search and exit. Directions are always given at the bottom of the screen. A fee is usually charged for doing ERIC searches in university libraries. Doing your own searches will save time and money. Graduate students in the College of Education will find ERIC helpful for doing research in education. For help call the ERIC Clearinghouse at 443-3640 To report technical problems contact: Jhychum Wang JINWANG@SUVM x-2143 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- TELNET SITE NAME: The Cleveland Freenet INTERNET ADDRESSES: freenet-in-a.cwru.edu freenet-in-b.cwru.edu freenet-in-c.cwru.edu 129.22.8.75 129.22.8.76 129.22.8.82 129.22.8.44 DOCUMENT AUTHOR: Chris Wilson LOGIN SEQUENCE: It asks you the following: Are you: 1. A registered user 2. A visitor Please enter 1 or 2: (enter 2) Would you like to: 1. Apply for an account 2. Explore the system 3. Exit the system Please enter 1, 2 or 3: (enter 2) You then receive some more information about the site and then you are given a menu. DESCRIPTION: The Cleveland Freenet is a very comprehensive and user- friendly telnet site. It contains an enormous number of complete historical documents including the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence. It also contains a vast amount of infor-mation about the Arts, Science and Technology, Medicine, Education, Business, and provides and up to date news service. One section, of particular interest to educators is the Academy One, which is an NPTN experimental program designed to meet the information and communication needs of students and educators. EXIT SEQUENCE: Type "x" to exit the system at nearly anytime. It is not hard to exit the system. ACCESS COMMANDS: The basic commands are explained in the introductory section each time you log on. The basic commands are: h=help x=exit freenet q=quit a file or section p=go to privious menu space bar=continue scrolling m=main menu go help=extended help that is very comprehensive and includes searches and file transfer directions SAMPLE LOGIN: The following is an excerpt from the Science and Technology section... ABOUT THE SIMULATED SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH This simulated space shuttle launch is a telecommunication simulation designed to assist school students in learning more about the space sciences and about telecommunications. At the core of the launch is a permanent full-scale mock-up of a space shuttle (called the "Centennial") complete with "Mission Control," which is located at University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio (Cleveland area). During this particular launch student "astronauts" will enter the mock-up and fly a very detailed and quite realistic 10 hour mission. For example, Centennial astronauts during this mission have been selected by NASA to talk directly via amateur radio with real astronauts in orbit flying shuttle mission STS-37. Other schools around the country and the world will be taking various roles in this simulated mission. This includes schools in California and Finland who will be alternate landing sites (weather stations), and an Ohio school which will be serving as a solar disturbance observatory. Shown 53%, press for more, 'q' to quit, or 'h' for help Coordination and communications between the shuttle's mission control and the other schools is conducted through the Cleveland Free-Net. Electronic mail is sent back and forth, hourly reports are posted, even real-time electronic "chats" occur between mission control and its support units. Of even greater importance, however, each "mission" becomes the culmination of weeks of educational build-up. Classes in science, mathematics, even English and reading are geared to the forth- coming "launch." Students construct their own weather instruments and other equipment, acquire computer skills, and sharpen organizational skills to help them fulfil their part in each mission. The contact person for this (April 9th) launch is Bob Morgan (ac343@cleveland.freenet.edu) The next launch will be a one school-day simulation on May 17th The contact person is Linda Delzeit (aa621@cleveland.freenet.edu) End of File, Press RETURN to quit FINAL NOTES ABOUT THE CLEVELAND FREENET: This Telnet site is definitely one of the easiest to log on to, one of the easiest to use, and one of themost comprehensive in terms of a variety of information available. So it is a great telnet site for the rookie on the Internet as well as a great resource for the veteran user. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- TELNET SITE NAME: Dartmouth College CWIS INTERNET ADDRESS: lib.dartmouth.edu DOCUMENT AUTHOR: Nancy Lyman LOGIN SEQUENCE: none required DESCRIPTION: Online services include: world factbook, MLA biography, full text of 33 Shakespeare works, electric, dictionary, encyclopedia, Bible, portion of MEDLINE, and more. EXIT SEQUENCE: Type BYE ACCESS COMMANDS: The three most common commands are FIND, DISPLAY and HELP. The main menu at the bottom of the screen looks like this. a. find - to search for items b. browse - to scan the index c. select file - to search another file d. bye - to end your session After retrieving some items you can view by typing >display. The directions say you can type help at any time, but I did not find this to be true in the search area. For further information, type> explain : find browse display set help suggest SERVICES: Able to search Dartmouth College catalog (books, orders and serial), books (books, maps, sound recordings), Orders (what is currently on order), Serials (journals, periodicals), and World Factbook Encyclopedia, Reference material such as the Dictionary and Grollier Encyclopedia are for Dartmouth users only SAMPLE LOGIN: 1. type find and index name find author Hemingway 2. type find and title find title Sun also rises 3. type find and topic find Dartmouth college SPOTS OF INTEREST: There are 33 of Shakespeare's plays listed in full text. The world FactBook is very current and gives vast geographic information on countries. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- TELNET SITE NAME: FEDIX INTERNET ADDRESSES: fedix.fie.com 192.111.228.1 DOCUMENT AUTHOR: Shirley Hasche LOGIN SEQUENCE: At login type Fedix The first time you login you will be ask the following questions: name, organization type, school, department, address, phone, if you access thru internet and your internet address. You will pick a USERID. The next times you logon you will give your USERID and be welcomed on by name. DESCRIPTION: Fedix is an on line information service that links the higher education community and the federal government to facilitate research, education and services. The system provides accurate and timely federal agency information to colleges, universities and other research organizations. EXIT SEQUENCE: Each menu has an option that will bring you back to the previous menu or the main menu. When you wish to logoff completely, type 0(zero). ACCESS COMMANDS: No commands neccessary. Every menu gives complete directions. SERVICES (Main Menu): 1. Agency Menu 2. Minority Program Information 3. Search Programs (Cross Agency) 4. Procurements; Notices and news 5. Utility Menu 6. Downloadable Files 7. Mail 8. Announements 9. System Update 10. What is FEDIX SAMPLE LOGIN: 1. At the main menu select #2(Minority Program Information) 2. At this menu select #2(Scholarship an Fellowship Programs for Minorities and Women) 3. At this menu select #5( Undergraduate opportunities by academic areas) 4. At this menu select # 4( Education). you will see a five page list of scholarships. Then it will take you back to Undergraduate opportunities by academic areas. FRIENDLY ADVICE: This telnet site is very user friendly. You can find information about conferences and opportunities for the educator as well as any programs for students. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- TELNET SITE NAME: Geographic Name Server INTERNET ADDRESSES: martini.eecs.umich.edu 3000 141.212.100.9 3000 DOCUMENT AUTHOR: Kim Burry LOGIN SEQUENCE: After connection to the site is made there is no specific login sequence. DESCRIPTION: The Geographic Name Server gives geographic information for U.S. cities, counties, and North American places by name, state/province or zip code. EXIT SEQUENCE: To exit, type exit, stop, end, quit, logout, logoff, or control-D. ACCESS COMMANDS: When you see the dot . type your query. For example, if you want information on Gretna, NE., type Gretna,NE. If you simply type Gretna, you will see that the screen scrolls by too quickly to read. You must be specific if possible. You may also type in zip codes and you will receive information on the place. SERVICES: The following is a list of the information you may receive: 0 1 2 3 A E F L P <1980 census population> R T