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Direct linkDescy, Don E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
In this article, the author discusses text messaging and instant messaging (IM). In a nutshell, text messaging is another name for Short Message Service (SMS). SMS is a service available on most digital mobile phones that permits the sending of short messages (also known as SMSes, text messages, messages, or more colloquially texts or even txts)…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Electronic Equipment, Word Processing, Age Differences
Descy, Don E. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1996
Reviews three basic Internet functions, i.e. communications such as e-mail, remote logon, and file transfer, and highlights useful Internet resources for media technologists in each. Several useful tools to aid in using the Internet are discussed, including gopher, World Wide Web, Veronica, and WAIS (Wide Area Information Server). (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Electronic Mail, Internet, Resource Materials
Descy, Don E. – Educational Technology, 1997
Most users have misconceptions about how the Internet works. Provides a brief history of the Internet and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP); discusses electronic mail, privacy, and voluntary and involuntary information gathering; and contrasts the Internet and libraries, focusing on the Internet's lack of consistent…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Education, Electronic Mail, Internet
Peer reviewedDescy, Don E. – TechTrends, 1993
Discusses changes in the Internet, including new e-mail addresses. Several new discussion groups are described, including groups that encourage participation by kindergarten through grade 12 students, parents, teachers, and administrators; one concerning curriculum issues; and one exploring educational potentials of the Internet. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedDescy, Don E. – TechTrends, 1995
Discusses ways to locate information on the Internet. Highlights include LISTSERVs; files to download, including text, graphics, software, sounds, and animations through Archie; locating files on a Gopher via Veronica; the World Wide Web; and electronic mail addresses. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedDescy, Don E. – TechTrends, 1993
This first of a two-part series highlights three tools that improve accessibility to Internet resources: (1) Alex, a database that accesses files in FTP (file transfer protocol) sites; (2) Archie, software that searches for file names with a user's search term; and (3) Gopher, a menu-driven program to access Internet sites. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Mail, File Transfer Protocol
Peer reviewedDescy, Don E. – TechTrends, 1993
This introduction to the Internet with examples for Macintosh computer users demonstrates the ease of using e-mail, participating on discussion group listservs, logging in to remote sites using Telnet, and obtaining resources using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Included are lists of discussion groups, Telnet sites, and FTP Archive sites. (EA)
Descriptors: Discussion, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, File Transfer Protocol
