There are still places available on the Allegro Training
course "Wired for Sound" to be held at Hackney Community College, London on 28
March. The course is an introduction to music information on the World Wide Web,
and assumes no wide experience of Internet use. (Those with more experience
might like to consider our advanced course "Music of the Spheres". Please
contact us for further details of that course)
Wired for Sound
Cost: £175 for the day including constant internet access on
your own terminal, coffee, lunch and tea.
Objectives
At the end of the day delegates will:
be familiar with linking to the World Wide Web
know how to use a web browser
know how to construct effective searches on appropriate search
tools
be familiar with music information sources on the
web
know where to go to find further information
9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Introduction to the World Wide Web
Navigating
around sites
Understanding addresses
11.15 Coffee
11.30 Search engines, portals, metasearchers
etc.
Developing search strategies
12.30 Lunch
1.45 Advanced Searching
Bibliographies and catalogues on the net
3.00 Tea
3.15 Assessing the value of net
knnnowledge
The
internet and the public
4.15 Review and feedback
The day will conclude at around 4.30
Each delegate has their own terminal and there are regular
guided exercise sessions.
To book a place please fax (01962 771719) or e-mail ([log in to unmask]) with details of your
name, address, order number (if required), invoice address (if different),
phone/fax/e-mail
