Appleseeds articles from April 2008

Appleseeds archives from April 2008

A short history the Internet: AppleSeeds' Consulting Editor Professor William Joel answers some of our questions about the Internet ...(SOME Questions Answered)
April 1, 2008... Q: AppleSeeds--What is the Internet? A: William Joel--The Internet is two things. First, it's a collection of communication channels, wires, and such that connect everything together. Second, the Internet is a set of rules and regulations...

Welcome digital natives!(By the Numbers)(Chart)
April 1, 2008... STOP here to read the latest amazing facts about the Internet, an enormous and ever-growing place. (In case you didn't know, growing up with the Internet makes you a digital native.) NOW It's Your Turn Take a look at these charts and...

The good, the bad and the just plain awful: how to judge Web sites.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Are you interested in predatory animals? Do an Internet search and you might find a great Web site that explains how sea anemones eat worms. Then again, a not-so-great site might want to sell you safari tickets. And...

Spider woman weaves the map of the universe.(Reading Corner)(Short story)
April 1, 2008... The World Wide Web connects people from all over the planet and allows us to communicate with each other. But long before the Internet was invented, we were already connected. The Southwestern Native American Dineh (Navaio) people believe that...

Web detectives.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Class assignment: Make a poster about endangered animals in North America. Somewhere on the Internet, among billions of Web pages, is the information you need. Problem: How do you find what you are looking for?...

Navigating the information highway: online safety and etiquette.
April 1, 2008... Ready for an adventure? The information highway, just like a real highway, can take you to new and exciting places. It can also take you to places you shouldn't go. Real streets have stop signs and speed limits to keep you safe, but the...

Is it real, or is it ... virtual?
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Do you know a place you can go to meet millions of other kids and play fun games? Where you can go to parties or buy clothes using points you've earned? Wouldn't it be cool to chat with SpongeBob Square Pants, El...

Any RandomKid.(KIDS)
April 1, 2008... After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, 10-year-old Talia Leman of Iowa wanted kids to raise money to help. To keep track of donations, she set up a Web site called RandomKid.org. In one year, children's projects collected...

Finding friends.(KIDS)
April 1, 2008... Katy Belotte of Maryland found her pen pal online through Amazing Kids! PenPals. The online program matched her with Alyssa Kanan of Michigan. After their parents talked by phone, the 10-year-old girls began writing to each other. ...

Chimp change.(CONNECT)
April 1, 2008... Eight-year-old Brandon Smith of Illinois learned about orphaned chimpanzees through a Web site called Roots & Shoots. When hunters in Africa kill adult chimpanzees, baby chimps are left without care. To raise money, Brandon dressed in a...

A winning web site.(CONNECT)
April 1, 2008... Steven Johnston of Arizona learned about Web site design through the Boys & Girls Clubs of America's ClubTech program. Then he created Steven's Basketball Page. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steven's Web site teaches about lay-ups, jump...

Amazing cosmic powers: in an itty-bitty box.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lots of folks use their MP3 players for music, but do you know what else you can use it for? Imagine that you're about to take a long airplane trip. You love to read but don't really want to carry heavy books with...

Emoti-whats? Emoticons :-).
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As a reader, you've seen colons and semicolons, hyphens and parentheses, and even an occasional capital D. But did you ever imagine that the dot and comma of a semicolon can suggest eyes, with one of them winking? Or...

A different kind of encyclopedia.(Interview)
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jimmy Wales went from being a kid who loved to read encyclopedias to being an adult who created one of his own. In 2001, Wales started a free Internet encyclopedia called Wikipedia. On Wikipedia, anyone in the world...

You've got mail: how e-mail works.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] People send each other billions of e-mails every day You can send a message to a friend next door or on the other side of the world, in almost the same amount of time. How exactly does that e-mail message travel from...

The future of the Internet: do you ever wonder what the Internet will be like by the time you're in college? Of course, no one can predict the future, but let's see what some experts think will happen when the Internet is more grownup, too ...
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] According to Internet expert Michael Pinto, "The 'Internet' will no longer be a destination but the essential glue that holds our world together." PINTO'S PREDICTIONS ARE: * The Internet will become an even...

Word play.
April 1, 2008... Thanks to the Internet, many ordinary words now have a whole new meaning. For example: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] shouting: Once this meant talking really loud. But if you type an e-mail message in all capital letters, it's considered...

Top 10 careers for kids who like computers.
April 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1 Computer and Video Game Designer--create the next great video game! 2 Computer-Animator--create special effects and characters for movies end television 3 Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Technician--design end...

Animal tales.
April 1, 2008... Can't have a cat or a dog because your little brother is allergic? How about a cyber pet? You can "adopt" anything from cats, dogs, and hamsters to penguins and polar bears. Then you care for them and play with them online. Still want something...