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A hotlist is a web page (HTML
document) which contains links to web sites. The list can
contain instructions for students, a description of the
site, or any kind of note which will help the user.
A printed list of sites, with URL"s, can
also be prepared for students to use at home.
- To create a list of suitable web
sites for students, a teacher can do the initial
searching (in their own time), bookmarking suitable sites
for the students to use for their research.
- When a suitable site is visited,
select Add Bookmark from the Bookmark file or use the
keyboard shortcut COMMAND D.
- Teachers can add notes to assist the
search or guide research.
- Open the Bookmark file in the
Netscape menu or use the keyboard shortcut COMMAND B.
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Netscape Communicator
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- When the Bookmark window opens, click
on the name of the site (which should be the last one in
the list) and select Get Info from the Edit menu or use
the keyboard shortcut COMMAND I.
- Click in the Description section of
the window that opens, type in the notes which will help
those who will use the final product, then click OK. The
space is limited and will bip when full.
- If you want to print the hotlist of
sites showing the URL's, highlight the address in the
Location box, copy it (COMMAND C) then paste it COMMAND
V) into the Description box before adding the
comments.
- When your collection of bookmarked
sites is complete, open the bookmark file (COMMAND B or
Navigator menu. Select SAVE AS from the File menu and
type in a suitable name for the file (eg Indonesia
bookmarks). Click OK.
- Quit Netscape and open the file just
saved in a program that allows the creation of web pages
- Claris Home Page, Netscape Communicator,
etc,etc
- Delete all unnecessary sites from the
file, leaving only the names of sites which the students
will be using for the research activity.
- The notes can be edited and more
information added if needed. Save the file as an HTML
page (eg bm.html).
- Make the file available for the
students by copying it to a disk, a server or the school
Intranet.
- If the URL's were added in the
Description box, the page can be printed (for students to
take home, ).
- To use the hotlist open Netscape (or
browser of choice), then select Open Page from the File
menu and open the file (eg bm.html) containing the
links.
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Netscape Communicator
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- Have the students bookmark the file
before they start browsing to enable them to return to
the file easily. The Back button can also be used.
Students can click on the links, following the teacher's
instructions to gather information and images.
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