Once you have secured your e-mail account from the basement of the administration building, you will be ready to go. Follow the directions and answer the questions below and e-mail the answers to Dr. Good at dangood@gasou.edu
"Getting Started"
Go to Netscape, click on open and type http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/1894/index.html
This will take you to Good's homepage. Click on weather and climate. Find GaSoU/NWS Weather and click.
Answer Questions:
What is the:
1. time and date?
2. current temperature?
3. Minimum/Maximum temperature and when?
4. wind direction and speed?
5. rainfall for the month?
6. Click on the Netsearch button in the middle of the Netscape browser. Using one of the search engines, type in one of the places like Latin America, Belize, Costa Rica, etc. and click on Go Get It or Search. Look over these sites and pick one and do the following:
A. Give address and title
B. Summarize what you find
C. Relate site to importance of knowing geographic places. Use imagination here.
D. Rate the site according to the following criteria:
1=Outstanding, a must see; 2=very good, well above average; 3=helpful, functional; 4=would seldom use, nothing special; 5=wouldn't recommend under any circumstance.
7. Go back to the Good's Geography of Latin America page and click on "Miami Herald Online". Go to Latin America under NEWS. Find one article about Latin America. Do the following:
A. Identify and briefly summarize
B. Browse around Miami Herald. What do you think about Miami Herald as a source to Latin America?
8. Click on the OPEN button near the top of the screen. Type in www.cnn.com and click OPEN. Here at the CNN site, find one site on Latin America and summarize.
9. Go to Good's Geography of Latin America page and under LINKS click on World Wide Web Resources on Latin America. Click on this and give a brief summary of this site.
10. Click on OPEN again and type in www.usatoday.com and click OPEN. Find something on Latin America. Give its address and identify and summarize what you found.
11. What do you think about all this internet stuff so far? Write a brief paragraph about what you liked, disliked, would like to do, etc. Let me know.
Send all answers, questions, and comments to dangood@gasou.edu