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LM_NET FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
January 7, 1996
This listing of questions frequently asked (and answered) on LM_NET has
been created in hope of reducing some of the repetition encountered by our
members. Members may wish to save the FAQ for quick reference. We post
this twice each month, note in subject line when changes are made, and
mark with an asterisk (*)in the contents items updated that issue.
Information in items 1,2,3,4 & 5 comes from postings to the listserv. We
can take no responsibility for accuracy. Please direct corrections or
updates of this information to: sbaker@orca.esd114.wednet.edu
Contents:
1. biblographic citations for electronic resources
2. -gry words
3. sources for keypals/penpals
4. sources for internet acceptable use policies
5. listservs for educators and others
6. signing off LM_NET
7. temporarily stopping LM_NET mail
8. reaching the LM_NET archives
*****1. Bibliographic citations for electronic resources*****
http://www.hol.edu/main/aca_ref.htm
http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.html
http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/libweb/w_sch/sc_mla_cite.html
http://doe.state.in.us/LearningResources/cybercite
http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/estyles.html
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MLA Examples:
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/mla.html
http://www.csc.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MLAStyleShe
et.html
Take a look at the interactive forms at:
http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/research.ht
ml
http://achilles.gonzaga.pvt.k12.dc.us/library/mlabibli.txt
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APA examples:
http://www.pitt.edu/~grouprev/Language/apa-cite-forms
http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/cite.html
http://www.cc.emory.edu/WHSCL/citation.formats.html
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Print resources:
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane's Electronic Style (Westport,CT: Meckler
Publishing,
*****2. -gry words*****
Language Puzzle Solutions:
http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~arlet/puzzles/sol.cgi/language/english/
spelling/gry
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Search the Stumpers archive:
gopher://gopher.cuis.edu:70/11gopher_root2%3A%5Bstumpers-l%5D
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In Richard Lederer's _Adventures of a Verbivore_....at least 50 -gry words
in
addition to angry and hungry and every one of them is either a variant
spelling,
as in augry for augury, ... or ridiculously obscure, as in anhungry, an
obsolete
synonym for hungry; aggry, a kind of variegated glass bead much in use in
the
Gold Coast of West Africa; puggry, a Hindu scarf wrapped around the helmet
or
hat and trailing down the back to keep the hot sun off one's neck, or gry,
a
medieval unit of measurement equaling one-tenth of a line.
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>From an article in the Chicago Tribune, Ap 17, 1981 by Jack Mabley:
anhungry & mawgry.
*****3. sources for keypals/penpals*****
For "keypals", try these:
- KIDINTRO@sjuvm.stjohns.edu A penpal intro group for kids.
- http://www.usa.net/~pitsco/pitsco/keypals.html
- keypals from different countries
- FLTEACH (http://cnidr.org:90/lists.html) for Spanish and French keypals
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WEBSITES
CyberFriends http://www.dare.com/fr_main.htm
CyberKids http://www.woodwind.com/mtlake/CyberKids/
Find a Key Pal http://www.kidscom.com/
Exchange Programs http://www.eskimo.com/~user/zpenpal.html
E-Mail Key Pal Connection http://www.comenius.com/index.html
The Global Classroom Keypal Page
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~reed/global/keypal.html
Global Rigby Keypals
http://www.reedbooks.com.au/rigby/global/keypal.html
Looking for Keypals
http://www1.snunit.k12.il/snunit_e/keypals..htm
Heinemann Global Keypals Email anyone on the list with
a mouse click or post your own request for keypals or
partner classes. Grades (approx.) 7-12. Another great
place to seek and find.
http://www.reedbooks.com.au/heinemann/global/keypal.html
Mighty Media's KeyPals Club ht
Example "sub JTIT-L Jane Doe" email
to lx
Keypals - A listserv for educator's searching for individual or
classroom pen pals: keypals@esd105.wednet.edu
K12Pals - Electronic Communication and Pen Pals:
listserv@unccvm.uncc.edu
PEN-PALS - Pen Pals
listproc@mainstream.com
PENPAL-L - Electronic Communication and Pen Pals
listserv@suvm.syr.edu
PENPAL-L - On-line penpal exchange
listserv@unccvm.bitnet
TESLEC-L - Electronic Communication and Pen Pals
listserv@cunyvm.bitnet
IECC - International E-Mail Classroom Connections
iecc-request@stolaf.edu
(This list is not for discussion or for individual penpals, but
only for teachers seeking partner classrooms for international
or
cross-cultural connections.)
For "old fashioned" penpals
Gifted Children's Penpals International (GCPPI) [ages 4-18], contact:
Dr. Debby Sue Vandevender
3076 Silver Maple Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23452-6772
phone/fax: (757) 431-1017 e-mail - debbysue@juno.com
Japan Penpals' League, P.O. Box 121, Okayama, 700-91 Japan.
The following addresses came from the Kids Address Book by Levine.
--International Pen Pals, P.O. Box 290065, Brooklyn, NY 11229
--Science Fiction Pen Pal Center, P.O. Box 2522, Renton, WA 98056
--World Pen Pals, 1694 Como Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
*****4. sources for internet acceptable use policies*****
ericir.syr.edu
->17. Internet Guides and Directories/
->1. Acceptable Use Policies/Agreements
riceinfo.rice.edu
->2. More about armadillo and other gophers/
->2. Acceptable and unacceptable use of net
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/acceptable.html
inspire.ospi.wednet.edu
->9. K-12 Acceptable Use Policies
http://inspire.ospi.wednet.edu/AUP.html
gopher://ds.internic.net:70/11/rfc/rfc1746.txt
->4. Internet documents
-> Acceptable Use Policies
http://www.uwsp.edu/acaddept/comm/591class/14/tempb.htm
http://silver.ucs.indiana.edu/~lchampel/netadv.htm
http://www.wentworth.com/classroom/crcsamp.htm
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mstimson/hotspots.html
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A simple way to start a search for this information is to do a webcrawler
search--to do this if you have only a lynx connection to the world wide
web is this -- type: lynx http://www.webcrawler.com
when you get there simply follow the directions.
*****5. listservs for educators and others*****
Tile.Net. is a directory that allows you to locate listservs by subject
or name and provides you with current subscription information.
The address is http://tile.net/listserv/
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Lists of educational listservs:
http://k12.cnidr.org:90/lists.html
http://edweb.cnidr.org/lists.html
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Resource tool on the Web: Shirl's Internet Toolbox
http://www.bcr.org/garden.html. Scroll down to the 6th group "Find an
internet mailing list" Click on "Listserv All-in-One Resource" and go
from there. There are lots of other goodies on this page as well.
A shortcut to listserv searches can also be found at:
http://www.liszt.com.
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Good list of lists available on the web or gopher...usually known as the
Kovacs list, real name is the Directory of Scholarly and Professional
E-Conferences. The access information is taken from a posting distributed
on Net-Happenings. list, real name is the Directory of Scholarly and
Professional E-Conferences. The access information is taken from a posting
distributed on Net-Happenings.
http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS
Contact: Paul Kramer paul@n2h2.com
gopher://gopher.usask.ca/1/Computing/Internet
Information/Directory of Scholarly Electronic Conferences
Contact: Earl Fogel earl.fogel@usask.ca
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One source is *John December's List of Mailing Lists*
FTP access address: ftp.rpi.edu
Instructions: To change directories type cd pub/communications
Then type get internet.cmc
The listserv file will be downloaded.
*****6. signing off LM_NET*****
In the event that you want to unsubscribe/sign off from LM_NET....
1. Send your signoff message to:
listserv@listserv.syr.edu
2. Send these words in the first line of the message:
signoff lm_net
and you will be dropped. (No other words are necessary.)
*****7. Temporarily Stopping Mail From LM_NET*****
If you want to stop receiving mail from LM_NET for a period of time, all
you have to do is send a specific message to the listserv computer which
handles LM_NET mail.
Send the message to this address: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the body of the message, on the first line, type the following:
set lm_net nomail
To restart your LM_NET mail, send to the same address, the following:
set lm_net mail
*****8. finding the LM_NET archives*****
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related
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gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/11/Listservs/LM_NET
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/wwwwais
Another way to find it is to telnet to ericir.syr.edu
and then, by going through a series of menus, you will reach the
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