| Meta Crawler |  |
| http://www.metacrawler.com/ | |
| Web Crawler | |
| http://www.webcrawler.com/ | |
| Yahoo | |
| http://www.yahoo.com/ | |
| Lycos | |
| http://www.lycos.com/ | |
| Yahooligans (a special search service for kids) |
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| http://www.yahooligans.com/ |
SURFIN SAFARI
The Aim of the Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada is to help young girls become responsible citizens able to give leadership and service to the community, whether local, national or global. The Internet, also known as the Information Super-Highway, reaches around the world touching members of Guiding and Girl Scouting in many different countries. Use of the Internet and the resources it offers can enable you as a Guider to open new worlds to your girls and introduce them to Guiding in a global sense. Each one of the objectives of Guiding can also be enhanced through use of on-line resources. Have fun and "Look wide"!
ON-LINE SAFETY
These sites are useful ones to visit if you are new to the Internet. Leaders and girls will find information regarding the safety rules of Internet use. Parents will also find them useful sites.
http://www.yahooligans.com/docs/safety/
(Yahooligans: Staying Street Smart on the Web)http://www.larrysworld.com/child_safety.html
(Lawrence Magid: Child Safety on the Information Highway)http://www.discribe.ca/childfind/educate/info/hwy/hte
(Internet safety along with other safety tips and links)
INTERNET TOURS AND ON-LINE CLASSES
Need help getting started on the Internet? These pages are for you!
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/2875
This Website is a teaching tool for members of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to learn about the World Wide Web and a list of great links. It was prepared by Barb Wright, Southern Vancouver Island Area, Victoria, B.C. Canadahttp://www.i1.net/~peterpan/troop250/tour.html
(a "user-friendly, on-line, just for girls internet tour" by Karen McNaughton of Troop 250, GSC of Greater St. Louis.)http://www.otal.umed.edu/~jpaolett/gs.ttt.htm
("designed for the leaders and older girls who have Internet access and want to learn how to use it to enhance their Scouting activities" by Jo Paoletti of the GSC of the Nation’s Capitol
GIRL GUIDE /GIRL SCOUT BASICS
Official Homepage for the Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada - Girl Guides Online
Jennifer Walker’s nifty Guide links includes an e-mail directory for Guider’s and links to most WAGGGS member countries which have a homepage as well as a multitude of other useful Guiding links.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/jwalker/Guidelinks.html
The Guide Zone is a compilation of wonderful information that has been posted by Guiders and Girl Scout leaders from many countries but primarily from Canada. It has crafts. songs, games and many other resources and is quick and easy to download from.
Web page for the 453rd Toronto Girl Guides - this is an excellent page with links to many great sites. It has sections on games, skits, crafts, and has an amazing guest book that can help you make contact with Guides around the world. It also has the information on how you can join the Guiding list. (see Canadian Guider - Jan-Feb. 97)
Becky’s Guiding Resource Centre: put together by Becky Vincent this site includes a Guiding songbook, games section, camping tips, program links, Guiding links, colourized Girl Guide clipart and more...
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6690/
The MacScouter offers great skits, songs, camping information and lots more applicable to Guides or Scouts, both male and female.
CRAFT SITES
Need a craft in a hurry? Try some of these sites loaded with easy crafts for kids of all ages!
http://www.michaels.com/kids/kid-main.html
http://www.ok.bc.ca/summer/index.html
http://www.bigtop.com/kids/crafts_1110.html
S.W.A.P.'s
Share With A Pal or Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere
No matter what you think the initials stand for, these little tokens of friendship are a hit with Girl Guides everywhere. Need some ideas on what to make? Want to join a S.W.A.P. exchange? Check out these pages:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3810/
http://www.cais.net/cwelch/gsrc/swaps.htm
Guiding Mailing List
The Guiding / Scouting List is a forum for exchanging ideas, opinions, problems, and concepts, etc... related to working with children, leaders, and parents in the Guiding and Scouting organizations. Typical discussions include sharing ideas on crafts, camping, games, and anything else that comes to mind. Members are primarily Canadian, but there are also members from many other WAGGGS countries. This is a busy mailing list with fifty to sixty messages a day at times. It is available in a digest format. For details see: http://www.skl.com/~453rd-GGC/ggc-mlist.html
Shortcut to Subscribe to "Guiding"
Subscribe to the list by sending an E-mail note to ListServ@skl.com
In the subject of the message, enter: subscribe guiding <Your Name>
WAGGGS-L Mailing List
WAGGGS-L is a mailing list. A mailing list is a group of individuals that discuss issues of common interest. Members subscribe (no charge) to the list and then can post messages that are distributed to all list members. Those who do not subscribe cannot read this mailing list.
WAGGGS-L is a mailing list designed for Girl Scout and Girl Guide leaders and older girls around the world. It is a WONDERFUL resource! The majority of the list members are from the United States, but there is a good representation of other countries as well. Members share ideas, news, and programs as well as lend each other moral support in their Girl Scouting/Guiding efforts. This is a very busy list, which can generate up to sixty messages a day. It is available in digest form.
Follow These Directions:
To subscribe to the list, send the command to: listserv@iupui.edu
Enter ONLY the following text in the body of your letter:
subscribe WAGGGS-L YourFirstName YourLastName
Making a Home Page
Want to make a home page for your unit or district, but don't know where to begin? Try these sites for some great ideas and suggestions:
Diane Hoag teaches you how to make a Girl Scout home page step-by-step
http://www.azmetro.com/classes.htmlGeocities offers free home pages and step-by-step instructions
http://www.geocities.com/join/freehp.html
Miscellaneous Sites
(.... Or sites on the Internet you didn't even know you wanted to know about!!)
Putting together a Thinking Day project and want some flags on your newsletter?
http://www.globalserve.net/~photodsk/flags/flags.html
Going camping and want to know what will be in your night sky?
http://www.skypub.com/whatsup/saag.shtml
Organizing a Safety Day and need some information on stranger danger?
Forgot to send your favorite leader a birthday card? No problem. Send her electronic flowers and she will receive them today.
http://www.virtualflowers.com/
Wondering what the weather will be like for tomorrow's field trip? Find out:
http://www.sarnia.com/weather/
Want to know the endangered species in Canada?
http://www.web.apc.org/save-species/
Chatting on the Net
There are many different resources available to allow you and your girls to chat with Guides from around the world. It is important to be aware of on-line safety rules and provide close supervision when chatting. Why not consider chatting over Thinking Day?
IRC is short for Internet Relay Chat. It is sometimes referred to as the "CB radio of the Internet" as it gives you the ability to converse textually with numerous other people on a completely "live" and interactive basis. IRC has become very popular as more people get connected to the Internet because it enables people connected anywhere on the Internet to join in live discussions. Unlike older chat systems, IRC is not limited to just two participants.
IRC uses software (referred to as client software) to connect to an IRC server via the Internet. The IRC client is a program that runs on your computer and sends and receives messages from an IRC server. The IRC server, in turn, is responsible for making sure that all messages are broadcast to everyone participating in a discussion. There can be many discussions going on at once; each one is assigned a unique channel.
Once connected, you can send private messages to people, join chat rooms (more commonly called channels) and, of course, chat. IRC is real-time text based chat in a special "room" called a channel, so that if you write a comment you get a very quick response from other people in the channel. The client software is software that runs on your PC or Macintosh that connects you to the servers. A common client software package for Windows users is mIRC, and for Macintosh users Ircle. These software packages include basic IRC instructions on how to use IRC. They are shareware programs which means you can try them out for a limited time before registering them. (Registering means sending $ to the people who were nice enough to program them for our enjoyment).
There are various different networks for irc - and if you are meeting people it can be important to make sure you both connect to the same network. This just means picking a server that is on that network.
A few WWW sites with information on IRC:
http://www.poolside.tni.net/irc.html
IRC Awesome IRC Links
http://www.cu.soltec.com/irc.htm
Internet Relay Explanations
Chat (IRC) help
Search Services
Looking for something specific, but just don't know where to find it? Try using a search service. A search service, also called a search engine, is usually the fastest and easiest way to find something on the Web. It is like an index to the Web. You type in the topic, and the search service finds the articles for you. Try these search services to find that special topic you're looking for:
| Meta Crawler | |
| http://www.metacrawler.com/ | |
| Web Crawler | |
| http://www.webcrawler.com/ | |
| Yahoo | |
| http://www.yahoo.com/ | |
| Lycos | |
| http://www.lycos.com/ | |
| Yahooligans (a special search service for kids) |
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| http://www.yahooligans.com/ |
All of the resources found in these pages can be used as a starting out point in your journey round the World Wide Web. You are limited only by your imagination! Many thanks to Donna Pugh of Pioneer Valley Girl Scout Council and Anne Elzenaar & Cheryl Watson of Wellington, New Zealand for their assistance in putting together these notes. Thanks also to Electro-Byte Technologies for so graciously opening their doors and offering their assistance with this workshop and with other Guiding events! Enjoy!