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W3 C: A Little History of the World Wide Web

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a timeline with information about the world wide web dating back to 1945. The timeline includes links to other information relating to the web.
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A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Intonation

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site as a resource for changing tone and voice in the written medium of email. Discusses asterisks, capital letters, punctuation, whitespace, and lower-case letters.
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A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Acronyms & Jargon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting and fairly detailed list of many of the acronyms that are used in email. Also discusses some unique internet/email "jargon," such as "spam."
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A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Gestures

For Students 9th - 10th
Another site giving advice to beginning email users; this one deals with gestures in emails, such as smileys, pause equivalents, and creative punctuation.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Living in the Information Age

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the technological advances that brought on the information age at the beginning of the 21st century. The internet, e-mail, and the spread of fiber-optic cables revolutionized the amount of information available to the ordinary...