Sunday, October 24, 1999 11:20 AM

The Educational CyberPlayGround <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com>
was given MSNBC.com Site Pick Award this past week.
[was] <http://www.msnbc.com/msn/msnnews_front.asp?>
MSNBC it seems that they have selected 3 new sites today.

You can still see it by going to
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com>
click on MSNBC.com award. You to see what it looked like
when the Site Pick Award was Live.

USA Today put in the newspaper on October 20th
Life Section D page 10 Tech Area

"The Educational CyberPlayGround provides teachers, parents, librarians,
home schoolers and regular folks a "webliography" of links to educational
resources in a wide range of subjects. With a cool choice of site maps to
browse from".

Won USA Today Hot Site Award
<http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/chc1015.htm>
on October 14th.

ZDnet.com

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/callforhelp/teacherzone/jump/0,3652,2319901,00.html

The crisp and clean playground walks technophobic teachers and parents
through crystal-clear instructions. A wealth of pertinent topics and subtopics each with their
own set of useful resources and links.

Despite all the resources and opportunities for education that the Internet
can provide, cyberspace can be a confusing place for new learners, parents, educators,
and particularly teachers who have little experience on the rapidly growing
World Wide Web.

What does a person do when a simple search can bring thousands of sites to
evaluate?

The main purpose of the Educational CyberPlayGround is to help
all teachers, parents, librarians, home schoolers and regular folks, even
those with little or no online experience, to use the Internet effectively
to aid teaching. In The Education Vendor Directory you'lll find an
outstanding easy to use resource that will help you locate the very tool
you needed and wanted.

all the best,
Karen Ellis


and

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 07:48:12 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gleason@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> [DUC] INFO: US Census Bureau: US Census Bureau Reveals New
Profile

From: Karen Ellis
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 7:05 PM
To: DUC
Subject:  INFO: US Census Bureau: US Census Bureau Reveals New Profile

US Census Bureau: US Census Bureau Reveals New Profile

A report by the Census Bureau, based on a survey taken in October 1997,
found that 20 percent of Americans used the Internet in 1997 and nearly
47 percent of adults used a computer, up from 36 percent in 1993. 57
million people aged 3 and older surfed the Net.

75 percent of students, public and private, said they had access to a
computer at school. 42 percent of public students had access to a
family PC while 65.3 percent of private students had a PC at home. Of
the 14 million children who used the Internet, 9 million went online
from school and 7 million went online from home.

70 percent of women use a PC in the home however women were more likely
to have used a computer at work than men, 57 percent compared to 44
percent of men. Women used computers primarily for word processing, 60
percent compared to 54 percent for men. Only 20 percent of women used a
computer for analysis compared to 34 percent of men while 11 percent
used a computer for programming compared to 20 percent of men.

43 million people aged 18 or over used the Internet and 28 million had
their own accounts at home. 21 million logged on from work and 6
million logged on from school. Male and female surfing habits differed
slightly. 58 percent of men logged on to view news, weather and sports
compared to 41 percent of females. Men were more likely to check
schedules, make reservations or buy tickets online, 27 percent compared
to 23 percent of females.

Of those adults that used the Internet at home, 80 percent used it for
email, finding government information, business, health and education.
The report is based on interviews with 50,0000 households and over
128,000 people.

<http://www.census.gov>

collected from
http://listweb.bilkent.edu.tr/inet-adm/06/date.html#642
http://listweb.bilkent.edu.tr/inet-adm/06/0642.html