Tech_Advice.html

Manfred Kuechler

Technology-related Advice and Discussion Pages

Last update: February 25, 2006

These pages have evolved over the years. Some have been and are still updated, others are rather dated by now. Check the revision/last update information on each document .

Equipment and Basic Services
- What kind of computer should I buy? Advice for students buying a first computer
- How to find reviews and competitive prices for computer products
- How to protect your office/home station against viruses, trojan horses, etc.
- Finding the right Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- What determines the speed of your Internet connection?
- An E-mail primer for faculty/staff -- added in October 2001
- How to best manage your e-mail
- Using Filters in Eudora to fight spam and manage your mail more efficiently -- added in December 2003
- Check your Hunter e-mail from anywhere in the world via the web: for faculty/staff and for students
- How to access full text data bases ("licensed resources") from home -- for Hunter faculty, staff, and students
- How to display Chinese/Japanese/Korean pages with Netscape
- Download course rosters (for faculty only)
What is the Web good for?
- Using the Web in the Classroom (Preprint of 1999 SSCORE article)
- Using the Web in the Classroom (Outline of ESS 2000 presentation with links to many examples)
- Bringing the Web to the Classroom (Handouts from Oct 18, 2000, Hunter ICIT seminar)
- COURSEPAGE-L, web interface and archive for a special e-mail list for faculty interested in course web pages
- The Web as a Research Tool in the Social Sciences (April 2000 version)
- The Internet Research Paper: A new Type of Writing Assignment in the Social Sciences (Summary of presentation at Baruch, March 2002)
Technical Advice for (prospective) web page owners