 Creating Web Pages for Kids & Parents
Chapter 18: Ten (Actually, Eleven) Winning Web Pages
Do you get a lump in your throat when athletes climb up to the winner's platform wearing gold medals and holding bouquets of flowers, and then their national anthem starts to play? Those are thrilling moments to be sure, but another very important part is when the commentator mentions that a sports figure has achieved his or her personal best. The Web pages featured in this chapter have lots of stuff going for them, but they are here solely because they captured my imagination.
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Creating Web Pages for Kids & Parents
Chapter 6: Putting Your Pages on the Web
After you create your own Web pages, you're bound to be eager to get them online. The good news is that getting them out and into the world of Cyberspace is really quite easy. You can be your own publisher in just a matter of minutes.
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Internet Directory for Kids and Parents
Parts of Ten: Ten Great Sites for Parents
Explore your own world and that of your children with these award-winning sites. Some of these sites have sections for kids, but they're mostly for parents. So put your feet up, have a cup of coffee, chat with other parents, get the lowdown on family finances, dream of that perfect vacation, and find a pleasant support network in cyberspace.
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Internet Directory for Kids and Parents
Sample Chapter: Games and Other Fun Activities
Play online or download (copy) games to your computer's hard drive. Some are free; others involve shareware, which means that you can try something and, if you like it, you pay to keep using it. Before you run anything you download, do a virus check.
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Macs for Kids and Parents
Chapter 12: So What Is the Internet, Anyway?
There's a majic world that you may never have imagined waiting for you. It's called the Internet, and all you need to get there is a Mac, a modem, and a little software. This chapter shows you the tools and the basic signposts you need to navigate through this new world, and by the time you're done, you should be pretty comfortable with getting around the Internet.
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Macs for Kids and Parents
Chapter 16: Ten Tricks to Amaze Your Parents and Impress Your Friends
As you become a Mac expert, you pick up lots of tricks and techniques. These ten suggestions are a starting place. Try them out -- and impress your parents and amaze your friends. From simple Finder commands to suggestions for new software to get, you look like a Mac whiz when you use these tips.
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PCs for Kids and Parents
Chapter 12: Browsing the Web
Of all the fun and practical stuff you can do with your home computer, the most exciting thing is kicking your modem into gear and jumping onto the World Wide Web. By getting onto "the Web" (as most of the cyberhip call it these days), you can tap into thousands of computers all over the planet -- it's like having the world on your desktop.
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PCs for Kids and Parents
Chapter 20: Ten Real-Life Tips for Peaceful Family Computing
Introducing a computer into even the most stable family environment can produce anxiety, tension, and in some cases, out-and-out warfare. Planning for this monumental change in the day-to-day activities of your family can do wonders for alleviating this stress and avoiding potential family-feudal traps.
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The Search For Meaning Online
Everyone's An Expert About Something
THIS BOOK is for anyone who wants more online traffic, more revenue, more followers, more attention, more interest, more donations or more influence. The paradox, of course, is that the best way to get all these things is by delivering less. This is a book about focus and meaning.
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Windows 95 for Kids & Parents
Chapter 1: Diving into Windows 95 Head First
You've heard your friends talking about all the great stuff they can do with Windows 95 -- such as playing games and getting their homework finished (and finished well!) in half the time. Now you finally have a chance to figure out what your friends have been up to all this time with Windows 95. Time to get flying.
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World Wide Web for Kids and Parents
Chapter 12: Seeing You, Seeing Me on the Computer
We all know what an air-guitar sounds like, don't we? We also know what it's like to sing in an arena filled with 80,000 screaming fans. Okay, so they're imaginary fans! We've all been rock stars in the privacy of our rooms, hairbrush in hand, driving roaches outta their holes with our ultra-horrible voices. Now how about recording that horrible stuff on video and sharing it with your friends on the Web?
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World Wide Web for Kids and Parents
Chapter 18: Part of Tens - Ten Things You Should or Shouldn't Do on the Web
The Web has changed the way we live and play, the way we spend our free time, and the way we talk with others. The Web offers good things, and the Web offers bad things. The good definitely outweighs the bad -- more than 10 to 1.
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