If the group maintains a log, make sure the participants critique this meeting, noting the advantages and disadvantages of this form of communication. Go on a Virtual Field Trip Reserve a computer teaching lab on campus, and take the class on a virtual field trip. These classrooms typically come equipped with individual student workstations and an instructor's workstation connected to a projection device. Use this time to demonstrate course-related web sites, or how to use a search engine. If early enough in the semester, you can also have students sign up for a class listserv or Usenet group.
Every faculty member has a personal network drive.
This is the folder available to the World Wide Web. The latest versions of most word processors allow you to automatically convert documents to HTML format, a file that can be read by an Internet browser. Try saving your course syllabus as an HTML file, and then put it in the network Web folder. Or use an HTML editor like the free Composer in Netscape Communicator to write a short homepage for the course. If done in advance, show this page as part of your virtual field trip.