• Chapter 1: Telecommunications in the Classroom
• Educational applications and services
• Advantages of telecommunications

• Chapter 2: Florida Information Resource Network
• Contacting FIRN
• Services offered by FIRN
• Email
• How to register for a FIRN Profile
• Account status
• FIRN registration reference sheet
• FIRNTECs

• Chapter 3: Hardware
• Hardware for telecommunications
• Phone line
• Modem
• External modems
• Internal modems
• PCMCIA cards
• Cable modems and ISDN
• Dialing the phone number

• Chapter 4: Configuring your Computer
• Macintosh 7.6 and 8.0
• Macintosh 8.5 through 9.2
• Macintosh OS X
• Windows 95/98/ME
• Windows 2000
• Windows XP
• Connecting to a 28.8 Kbps dial-up number
• Direct connections

• Chapter 5: PPP Email Applications
• Using Netscape Mail to access POPmail

• Chapter 6: Implementation

• Appendices

|| Telecommunications in the Classroom || Florida Information Resource Network || Hardware ||
|| Configuring your Computer || PPP email Applications || Implementation || Appendices ||

Florida Department of Education       www.firn.edu/doe This publication was produced under grants from the Florida Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, and the Florida Information Resource Network, The Honorable Charlie Crist, Commissioner of Education.

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