Homework One

EXPLORING THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Your assignment is to explore the Internet in more detail and discuss your findings on your homework1.html page that you construct in class.

1. Go to NETSCAPE and choose a search engine (ie. Lycos, Alta Vista, Yahoo, etc.).

2. Choose five museum web sites that interest you. Do not include the Smithsonian Instiution - we will look at that one later in the term.

3. Write a paragraph about each of your choices. Keeping the Kouwenhoven and Hesseltine reading in mind (words vs. things), analyze how well the site uses images and text. Are the two equally balanced or is one favored over the other?

In each paragraph, be sure to include the following:

     - Why you chose the site;
     - What you like or dislike about the site; and
     - The global link to the site.

5. Your finished product should include five paragraphs. You should also be sure that the global links work.

6. Be sure to put your name on your homework1.html page.

PROJECTS ARE DUE IN CLASS, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 18 Hand in a paper copy of your work

Here are some sample museum sites. You may use others if you wish.

Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee

History Museum of Slavery in the Atlantic

Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson

Museum of the City of San Francisco

Tenement Museum

South Street Seaport Museum

Wisconsin Veterans Museum

Louvre Museum, Paris France

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