Information and News
In the Information and News category, examples are newspapers such as
our very own Honolulu Star-Bulletin
which I enjoyed visiting. I found many interesting sites on that page such as
the special programs area. In that section, they have stories that have
ongoing updates throughout the week for example. Presently, they have
something about the election. I thought it was really interesting because
I did not have to keep looking for the back issue that they would have
usually have referred to if I were reading the actual news"paper."
Also, in the information category, I looked up information on
the
Hawaii government. What's really interesting is that I found out why
the state capitol looks the way it does. If any of you do not know, you
should check it out! Also the government incorporates some history with
the details and details about the function of each of the bodies of
government. I was curious because we just voted...haha. I did not even
know what the person who I voted for what voted for to do..haha. Anyways,
here was my crash course.
Research and
Education
For the Research and Education category, many different
possibilities are available for institutions. Websites can update alumni
with newsletters or even post up research material that was done by the
school. One such a Website is the actual one we are doing for this class. In this
Website,
students do their assignments for everyone to review. Everything that is
to be done is done on their very own Website page. It is easy to see all
that the students have to do. All the assignments that has to be done, is
to be put up on a Web page of their very own. Also, progress can be
easily marked. Without numerous amounts of deadlines, the reports are
each to be done on the students own time. In the one day of class that
the students are to meet, any questions or complaints are to be brought up
in the class. This is a real college class!
In another possibility a local high school student created a home page for his present high school. Mililani High School's website lets viewers see the school. The best part of the page that I saw was the e-mail address page. There were pages for each class that graduated. People could leave their e-mail address so that others could get in touch with them. To my surprise, there were quite a few names and addresses on there.
Professional Organizations and Membership
I'm not quite sure if the one I found for membership quite fits
the category but it is definitely something you might want to take a look
at. There is a Student Net that you
can go to either to look at people's home pages from other schools. The
cool thing is that you can post messages up to meet friends, something
like personals. Sounds like fun. You have to sign up to get membership
though in order to do the personal ads stuff. It's fun to browse around
although it takes a long time to load sometimes. Oh yea, just a warning
though, I just looked through it, and saw *sigh, sigh* only one college
student.
Another place that I found was a Friendship Club page. This page was started by a couple in their mid-20s. It is a much more *older, yay* version of the above. There's a place where you can send in a application and write an ad that would appear online. The addresses are separated by states, so if you are looking for anything in particular, you might be able to find it. Trouble is, this site is fairly new. I think I would even wait awhile before putting my address up. Don't hesitate to look for it in a while though. There's a place for homepages, viewing other people's entries, adding your homepage, and everything. Check it out!
While looking at the Avon page,
I found a few interesting things. On there, you can find out how to be a
representative ot how to get a catalog to order from.
For another site, I bank at the First Hawaiian Bank
and was curious about certain services. I did not even know that
there was such a thing as the First Hawaiian Bank Web Page. They have
really cute graphics of Pat Morita that were done by Deb Aoki. On the
page, there is information about all of their services like for example,
the College Student Plan. You will also see a map of all the sites of the
ATM's and the bank machines all over the state and even in Guam! It is a
site worth looking at simply because of the graphics!
Another link that I found for this category was a Connect 4 game
site. The computer is good at the game, too. The only thing junk is that
when you press back, you have to pass back through all of the moves before
you can get back to my page...that is if you want to get back to my
page...hehehehe!
An example of a link to a e-zine is Women's Wire. This site
won a
top ten award in the I-way
500 of e-zines. It's cool. There's sections on
fashion, sports, and women in news. I must say, it is appealing to the
eye. Using the e-zines, it's much more easier to skim to the parts that
you like, and easy to click to other place to get and even deeper feel
for that topic. I found an article on the topic of a female detective.
I was even more interested in deeper sources. Lo, and behold, there they
were. How perfect! Anyways, I enjoyed this site.
Another e-zine that I came across was Pulse! I was reluctant to try this
e-zine to begin with, but it's really a pretty good site. It's weird
because I actually wanted to read it after I saw the introduction. Never
in some odd years would I open the print magazine. Hah! Although, maybe
I can find one that's actually in English. Hmph.Commerce, Marketing, and
Sales
As for the Commerce, Marketing and Sales, people can do their
shopping, or do anything that deals with their personal finances, right
up on the Web. For instance, I found an Avon page, and a local bank to
link to.Games and Recreation
Games and Recreation was my favorite category. If you do not know
me, you will not know that I have tons of Sanrio stuff all over the
place. My favorite is the mouse, Choppi. Who's Choppi? He's the mouse
Pochacco is always with. Anyhow, visiting this page I got to see all the
characters in the Sanrio collection. I was overwhelmed and happy that I
found this page...and it even links to Tokyo. How cool!E-zines
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