Transcript Advantages for the Michigan Celery Industry by Using Computers

Advantages for the Michigan Celery
Industry by Using Computers
Roger Brook, Ph.D.
Agricultural Engineering Dept.
Michigan State University
Bringing Knowledge to Life
Individual Activities
Planning (e.g. spread sheets)
Word processing
Accounting
Games
Email
Web surfing
What is the Internet / Web ?
A collection of connected computers
that communicate with each other
in a “common language”
server
you
Telephone
Cable
Satellite
Speaking Internet
Web browser
Internet Explorer
Netscape Communicator
Email software
Application software
Adobe Acrobat reader
Hi, web
world ...
Email - Your private post office
[email protected]
you - your email name
server - your email provider
domain - com, org, net, edu, gov, mil
country - not used for US addresses;
generally a 2-letter designator
[email protected]
[email protected]
Making Email Effective
use name and return address
use descriptive subject line
do NOT use only uppercase
use bullets instead of long paragraphs
put blank line between paragraphs
for replies, use parts of original
use spell check (if available)
email is sent immediately; think twice before
sending something offensive
Internet Address
http://www.server.domain/structure
http
www
server
domain:
structure
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
generally used, but not always
server name
com, org, net, edu, gov, mil
location on that server
http://www.michigancelery.com/home
server: michigancelery
domain: com
structure: home
Group Activities
Using a list serve to send to an
identified group of people (push)
Using a news or discussion group for
archival of email (pull)
Using a web page for information
summary (secure)