The Exploratorium,
3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco CA 94123
McBean Theater, Sundays, January 22-March 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
This year, we brought back the highly popular workshops of
Multimedia
Playground '94
by offering another series of expertly navigated Internet
orientations. Workshops covered introductions for the uninitiated; information
on how to hook-up from home; an introduction to tools such as Turbo Gopher,
Mosaic, and Telnet; a "what's there?" of electronic publishing and local bulletin
boards; and updates on the national debate around the official "information
superhighway" versus the less-traveled web of decentralized "blue highways."
January 29
Gutenburg Revisited - A How-to of Electronic Publishing
with Dennis Woo
Dennis Woo led attendees through the process of getting on-line and introduced
some of the possibilities of being connected.
February 5
Finding Local Hangouts in the Virtual Village
with Eric Theise
Eric Theise took a look at The WELL, PeaceNet/EcoNet, Women's Wire, SF
Net, and other virtual communities.
February 12
Eyes and Ears on the Net
with Eric Theise
Eric Theise toured some new developments on the Internet such as the
World-Wide Web, CU-SeeMe, and Maven. He also spoke about the mixed news of
using this technology in the home.
February 19
A Non-Technical Guide to the Internet
with Dennis Woo
A jargonless beginners orientation led by Dennis Woo included a
technical overview and a discussion of access and privacy issues on the
Internet.
February 26
What's Out There?
with Karen Coyle
Librarian Karen Coyle, Chair of the Berkeley chapter of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility, introduced attendees to conducting
specific searches on the Internet.
March 5
A Non-Technical Guide to the Internet
with Dennis Woo
A jargonless beginners orientation led by Dennis Woo included a
technical overview and a discussion of access and privacy issues on the
Internet.
March 12
The Future of the Internet
with Karen Coyle and Eric Thiese
Librarian Karen Coyle, Chair of the Berkeley chapter of Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility, and Eric Thiese co-founder of Bay Area
Internet Literacy, led a discussion of the latest issues surrounding the
future of the Internet. Coyle and Thiese explored questions surrounding
equitable access, commercial opportunity, and visions of worldwide
communications.
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The Exploratorium,
3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco CA 94123