Anne Elizabeth Murphy
Activity Module
Internet Chatrooms
SLM 521
Objective:
Students will be able to access and communicate
with other users.
Introduction:
The Internet gives you the opportunity to find others who have
similar interests and opinions as you. One of these opportunities
are chat rooms. Chat rooms never close and you will be
able to find someone, anytime of the day or night. Please
be advised that there are some sketchy characters in this world
and some have them also have access to the Internet. There
is also some mature content found on the Internet that may
be more graphic than you favor. If you do not know a person
who sends you a link and you are unsure of what it is, then do
not activate the link by clicking on it. There are policies and
etiquette that you should follow in the chat room and if they
are not followed then you could be booted from the room.
Activity:
Go to one of the chat sites listed below or select your own
and register a user id. Find a chat room discussion that
you would like to participate in or are curious about. Explore
different rooms and "talk it up"! Create your own room
and become an operator. Happy surfing!
For help on acronyms, how to use htmls in chat rooms and to see an
entire database on how to make smiley faces please go to
http://www.solscape.com/chat/
. This site also provides a large collection of chat room
sites that you may wish to investigate.
If you would rather, please check out one of the following sites:
http://www.allsearchengines.co.uk/chat%201.htm
http://chat.yahoo.com/c/dhtml/
http://www.talkcity.com/
Assignment: Send your instructor
an email (300 words) describing your experiences in cyberspace.
Make sure to include the site address, your user ID and a summary of
your experiences--the good, the bad and the funny.
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