Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh

Informational Newsletter
Volume 96, Number 6
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ONLINE - A PPS Internet Event

It's time to let people know about the teachers and students of the Pittsburgh Public Schools who are using the Internet in their classrooms in dynamic and powerful ways. On Friday, May 17, Common Knowledge is going to take a snapshot of Internet activity in the classrooms and homes of PPS teachers and students.

We are interested in finding out exactly what Internet activities occur during the time period from midnight to midnight on May 17. We want teachers and students to send:

written descriptions of Internet activities,
email correspondences,
digitized pictures of Internet activity (gif or jpg format),
homepages created,
resources found on the net,
relevant newsgroup postings,
mailing list communications, and
irc discussions

that relate to curriculum, professional development and learning.

These should be sent electronically to online@pps.pgh.pa.us

During the day a homepage will be created to include all contributions. The homepage will be completed by midnight on the 17th. We hope that you will use this as an opportunity to let the world know some of the powerful applications of this technology in the classroom

Let's have some fun and demonstrate how technology can be used to enrich learning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How do I put a picture on the WWW?

Answer: There are three steps to this: digitizing the picture, uploading it to your account and pointing to it from the homepage.

Digitizing can be done through a scanner, a digital camera, or by developing the film on a floppy disk. Pictures on the WWW must be in a GIF or JPG format.
Uploading a file to your account is done with software programs such as Fetch (MAC), WinFTP (Windows), or Kermit (DOS).
A graphic is displayed on a homepage by including the html command img src="file.jpg" in the homepage source code.

Workshops and Support

We are beginning a new set of workshops for anyone interested in learning more about using the Internet. Each workshop will be two hours long and can accommodate 15 people. Participants will have the opportunity to use a computer for two hours and learn about a particular aspect of the Internet. All the workshops are from 4:00 - 6:00 in Room G-8 at the Woolslair Gifted Center.

Monday, April 29	Email
Wednesday, May 1	WWW and Netscape
Monday, May 6	Newsgroups
Wednesday, May 8	WWW and Netscape
Monday, May 13	WWW and Netscape
Wednesday, May 15	WWW and Netscape

Obtaining Help

Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh maintains a number of email addresses that provide users with online help. If you have an account on the system and would like to obtain answers to common questions, send email to:

resources@pps.pgh.pa.us (curricular assistance)

trouble@pps.pgh.pa.us (technical assistance, Macslip and PCslip help)

info@ckp.edu (information pertaining to Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh)

If you are a PPS employee and would like an Internet account, call us at 622-5930.