Instant Communications
-- e-mail, chat, newsgroups, discussion
forums
-- connect with people all over the world, learn about other cultures
-- get to know relatives online, e-mail grandparents, cousins,
etc.
News and Reference
-- BadgerLink
- Articles/summaries from over 4,000 magazines and 40 newspapers
-- homework help
-- encyclopedias, directories
-- up to the minute information - news, weather, sports,
Entertainment
-- movie and book reviews, online videos,
star bios, lyrics
-- have fun as a family learning together, planning trips, playing
games, etc.
Commerce
-- shop for bargains, find plane schedules,
real estate
Education
-- Improve information/communication skills
-- learn how to use technology to do research, solve problems.
-- Learn how to analyze reliability, usefulness of information.
Enhance critical thinking skills.
-- hone reading and writing skills