Instructional applications of the WEB

[George Spagna <gspagna@rmc.edu>]

Dear phys-l community  -  for what it's worth, I'm passing this on to the
group as a project that somebody may wish to take on.  At the moment, I
lack both the time and the specific expertise to give towards the project.
Please respond directly to Ms. Twombly, not to me or to the list!

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> From: Kathryn Twombly <KATHT@jbpub.com>
> To: George Spagna <gspagna@rmc.edu>
> Subject: Per our conversation re: web contributor
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:12:17 -0400
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> Dear Professor Spagna:
>
> 	Thank you for taking a few moments to speak with me this morning
> on the phone, and your offer of assistance- I appreciate it very much.  
>
> 	As I mentioned this morning, I am looking for a professor or
> graduate student who would be interested in contributing some web
> materials over the next several weeks (compensated), to an introductory,
> 1-semester Astronomy text.  The text in question is In Quest of the
> Universe by Karl Kuhn, 2/ed., which my company recently acquired.  Below
> is a description of the work in question.
>
> 	More than one person may work on this, if 2 persons wished to
> split the work, one taking the Starlinks, and one taking the
> end-of-chapter exercises.  I would appreciate it if you could copy me on
> your email, or otherwise let me know that you have forwarded this
> message.  I can be reached by phone at: 508-443-5000 x8138, and email
> at: katht@jbpub.com (contact info below as well).  Please feel free to
> call or email me at any time.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kathryn Twombly
> Project Editor
> _______________________
> Starlinks  Web sites which the students will access for recently updated
> and/or additional material related to that covered in the chapter. 
> There will be 2-4 web sites per chapter, the topics will be provided by
> the author.
> The information that will be needed is: a Web Site title and URL, and a
> brief description of the site, to put it in context so the student will
> know why they are  going to it.
>
> End of Chapter Questions/Exercises  to be used as homework assignments. 
> The information that will be needed are 2 web sites per chapter with
> questions and/or net activities, that the instructor can require as
> homework.  Requested from the contributor will be the Web Site URL,
> description of the question or exercise, question/exercise, screen shot
> of the site's homepage, and the webmaster's address (for permissions
> requests).  Also, the contributor will be requested to Star* exercises
> he/she thinks might be valuable on a CD- we would like to capture some
> screen images and put them on a CD, so the instructor can give an
> example(s) in class, and be assured the information will be there.
>
>
>
>
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