SITE REVIEWS BY MARCIA RYDER

Educational Technology

1.Videoconferencing in the Classroom and Library / Instructional Strategies

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/instruct/instruct.html

• Information is organized and easily read. Presentation is primarily text with colorful bullets and icons

• Information is in logical form and format
• Information is timely. Audio and videoconferencing is becoming a more cost-effective method of presenting educational content. As a lecturer, I welcomed information on these new methods. I will be presenting in an audioteleconference next fall to approximately 40 national and international sites. I gained useful insight and some tempting ideas from this information.

• The author's are Merry Woodruff and Jennifer Mosby, Graduate Students at San Diego State University, Department of Educational Technology (with faculty guidance). Should be credible!
• Only a few links were available
• Yes, I would offer this site to others since limited information is currently availabe on the topic

2. Biographical Formats for Citing Electronic Information

http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/apa.html

• This site was presented totally in text format. It is not an attractive presentation but in this case probably was unnecessary since the information is an "awesome find" for anyone who writes or publishes.
• Form and format is logical with helpful examples
• Information most timely
• Author's are Xia Li and Nancy Crane, University of Vermont (most likely students)
• No links except to authors, however important references were listed
• A must for all students using electronic references

Clinical Information

1. Cells Alive!

http://www.comet.net/quill

Before I discuss this site, I would like to point out some sites of interest on the trail to the Cells Alive! Site. I started out at Mirsky's Best. From there:

www.thejournal.com/

T.H.E. Online (Technological Horizons in Education)

This site displays interesting, colorful icons and links to many sites related to technology and education - check it out!

From here I linked to: www.the journal.com/roadmap/roadindex.html

T.H.E. Journal: Road Map to the World Wide Web

This site has a long list of links to categories such as Cool sites for educators:

Social Sciences

State Departments of Education

Grants and Funding

Etc.

From here I linked to: www.the journal.com/roadmap/hardsci.html (Hard Sciences)

31 links were listed to all types of very interesting subjects from chemistry to seeds to NASA to Interactive Atlas of Mars to Hubble Space Telescope images and many more.

From here I linked to: Cells Alive! http://www.comet.net/quill

• This is (to me) the most exciting site I have found to date. It is most attractive, colorful and readable
• The material is presented in a logical form and format
• This site was a Finalist in the 1996 NII Awards / Education Category
• Based upon the information presented in my Biochemistry, Microbiology and Histology courses at UCSF the material included here is very timely and accurate. While there was no real "new" information for me, the photographs and videos were highly complimentary to the material I learned in class.
• The author of the site is Jim Quill of Quill Graphics, a biotech company who does blot scanning, scanning microscopy, technical illustration with 3D animation, photomicrography and video microscopy. This represents an example of an outstanding educational production as well as an excellent marketing tool!
• The links are excellent..... The Discovery Channel, Innerspace, a planetarium multimedia event, etc.
• This site is must see for any student interested in microbiology or mechanisms of infection.

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