"The Internet is a mirror of the world around us.
If something exists in real life, it probably exits
in some form on the Internet... good or bad. "

      When preparing for class presentations, you may consider using Internet resources in an off-line mode:

     You are preparing for class and there is a picture on the Web that you would like to show the class. Browsers provide strategies that allow you to grab pictures or graphics from the Web, and then go off-line and show them to your class.

     Examples:

• As the History teacher you can show a picture of Allied Soldiers storming Normandy Beach to grab the attention of your students at the beginning of class.
  
  How? Search for a Web site about D-Day. Locate your picture and right click on the picture and select Save Image As... to save it to disk. In class you can then open Netscape off-line and click on File | Open Page | click the Browse button | Select your File | Open | Open. There you have it!
  
  
• As the Art teacher you can display several famous paintings from the Louvre museum to start a group discussion on Renaissance art with your class.
  
  How? Search for the Louvre. Grab your pictures as described above. To prepare your graphic presentation, open your browser off-line, click on File | Open Page | Select your File | Open | Open. Cache your pictures. To present them, simply use the Back or Forward buttons to bring each up for viewing and discussion.
  
  
• As the science teacher you can show actual photos of two planets so your students can compare planet sizes.
  
  How? Search for pictures of the planets in the solar system. Grab your graphics, go off-line, and in your browser open a window for each planet picture. Finally, you may right click on the Task bar and select Tile Vertically to view both pictures side by side.

     There are software programs that allow you to view entire Web sites off-line with your students.

- www.bluesquirrel.com

• Enables you to download entire Web sites including text and images to your hard drive, Zip disk, or Jazz disk.
  
  
• Allows whacked information (a mirror image of the same information on the WWW) to be viewed locally at fast speeds.
  
  
• Permits you to schedule unattended updates of Web pages.
  
  
• Enables you to monitor sites for updated information.

- www.dataviz.com

• Collects Web pages and entire sites from the Web for fast, convenient off-line browsing.
  
  
• Allows for automatic delivery of Web pages and sites to your computer.
  
  
• Organizes all the information you find on the Web in one central place.

     With WebWhacker or Web Buddy you can easily control student access and restrict it to only pre-approved sites you have visited.

Review: What new idea will you use to keep your students safe on the Internet in your classroom? What do you need to know to accomplish this?