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- Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 09:56:34 MDT
- From: Rob Slade <roberts@decus.ca>
- Subject: Book Review: "NetPower" by Persson
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- BKNETPWR.RVW 940207
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- Fox Chapel Publishing
- Box 7948L Lancaster, PA 17604-7948
- Phone#: (800) 457-9112 717-399-7999
- Fax#: (717) 560-4702
- "NetPower", Persson, 1993, 1-56523-031-0, U$39.95
- NetPower1@AOL.COM neta@aol.com
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- Apparently the subtitle used to be, "Educators Resource Guide to
- Online Computer Services." It certainly deals with online services.
- *All* of them. The Internet, private bulletin boards, commercial
- online services, commercial database services, Fidonet, educational
- networks and a number of others.
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- The educational title is being de-emphasized but this is still, quite
- obviously, a book for teachers. Two chapters are devoted to classroom
- projects, two more to a "Kid's Participation Network," and "Kid
- People." Much of the material will be of interest to others, but the
- style and the eclectic nature are definitely for educators.
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- Not all resources are listed here, of course. There is, however, an
- extraordinary wealth of material. Some of it is available online,
- such as the Inter-network Mail Guide, but this is handy if you are
- only starting online access.
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- Guidance could use some work. There does not seem to be a lot of
- order to the chapters. Also, material is sometimes duplicated from
- chapter to chapter. (K12net gets two fairly extensive citations and a
- chapter by itself, to boot.)
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- If you are a teacher or an educational researcher, this book is very
- definitely for you. If you have extensive dealings with online
- resources, you may also find a lot of useful material here.
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