Online Tools for Teaching

Tools for the Winter, 1997

Browser Integrated Tools

• Netscape Gold

  Netscape 3.0 Gold includes an editor and publisher which is at least as useful as a word processor and quite a bit better in supporing the interactive hooks. But, there is no spelling checker! Later this spring, Netscape 4.0, aka, the Communicator, will be out with more advanced tools.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 3.0

Word Processors

• ClarisWorks

  ClarisWorks 4.0 allows word processing documents to be "saved as" HTML files.

• Microsoft Word

  Interent Assistant for Word

  Microsoft offers two "plug in" assistants for Microsoft Word 6.0 for windows and Word for Macintosh.

  • for Macintosh

  • for Windows

• WordPerfect

  WordPerfect 3.5 for the Macintosh, and 6.? for Windows allows files to be saved as HTML files.

Stand Alone Tools

• Claris HomePage

  Claris Homepage is a compact, easy to use, and very nicely designed package. It produces very clean HTML as well as "object oriented" manipulation of page elements. A 30 day trial version is currently available.

• Sausage

  Sausage is the manufacturer of the HotDog HTML editing tool (for Windows). A 30-day free trial version is available off the web.

Simple things should be simple, 
complex things should be possible.
   -- Alan Kay (creator of Dynabook, Smalltalk...)