You will undertake a case study and each year the subject is defined somewhere with the realm of globalization and its impacts on peoples, environments, cultures, economies and the like. These topics will especially focus on issues on concern to the next World Trade Organization (WTO) and other institutional agents of globalization. Students may also undertake case studies dealing with environment and conflict issues, but these must be arranged on an individual basis. See the Inventory of Conflict and Environment.

Each student will carry out research and program a version in HTML for posting on a Web site. This case study will be part of a virtual conference that will take place in November-December, 2000. We have had prior virtual conferences that can be found at the following address and this class will add to the 8th TED Virtual Conference.

The TED Virtual Conferences

Eighth TED Virtual Conference: After Seattle -- New Cases that Will Help Define the Limits of the World Trading System (Fall, 2000)

In completing the basic class objective here is the grade and assignment distribution.

BE LEGAL! Make sure that you have the right to use the graphics files you send me to post on the Web. You cannot take any materials that are copyrighted or otherwise protected. There are many places to obtain free graphics you can make your own. Usually you can ask permission to use files and often all that is required is to express thanks to the author and acknowledge ownership. I repeat: be sure that you have the right to use the graphics you use in the TED case studies. You are in essence the owner of the page and thus liable in case of copyright infringement. I want you to provide me a bibliography of all the graphics files used in the document attesting to the rights of usage (include this in the bibliography).

There are two books in the course along with lots of recommended readings that will mostly be found on the Web or provided as hard copies.

James R. Lee, Exploring the Gaps: The Vital Links Between Trade, Environment and Culture, West Hartford, Connecticut: Kumarian Press, 2000. See the Book's Web Support Page
The book can be ordered from the publisher Kumarian Press

Elizabeth Castro, HTML 4 for the Worldwide Web, Berkeley, Ca.: Peachpit Press, 1998 ($17.95 at last check). Contact:
Ms. Zigi Lowenberg, Peachpit Press
1249 Eighth Street, Berkeley, Ca. 94710
510-524-2178 [ph], 510-524-2221 [fax], 1-800-980-8999
zigi@peachpit@com, (or) jimbo@peachpit.com
The book can be ordered from the publisher Peachpit Press

Both books are available through Amazon and other online vendors.

First, here is a bibliography of related works on computers, trade, environment and other topics.

You may want to buy a book that comes with free software (shareware). For example, a book entitled Web Pages that Suck comes with Homesite, a program designed for writing HTML code.

There are many books on HTML and you should choose one appropriate to your computer skill level. You can also easily download documentation on HTML from a variety of WEB sites, which usually are more current than most books.

I will show you how to program in HTML using only Wordpad. Wordpad creates "flat" files, or computer code not dependent on any software commands to write HTML. It is a version of Word. You can also use your Word Processor, Netscape Composer, or other software packages to automatically create HTML code. If you know the commands for HTML, you can use a word processor to write the code and then save it in a DOS format. You will write the code for your case study. Once you learn how to do coding from the bottom up, then we can start using packages, and in this case a program called "Dreamweaver".

However, you can many buy packages which help in Web programming. There is a program called "HTML WRITE" and I used something called "HTMLED." Other programs include "HoTMetaL" or "HOT DOG Pro" Front Page, or PageMill. More mechanical programs include Cold Fusion and the like. Also, you might want to get a copy of Photoshop, since graphics are important parts of Web pages. I will show you hwo the program in HTML using WordPad and then later on will also give you an introduction to Dreamweaver.

Here are other sites that offer free and pay-for HTML support.

PageTutor

Bare Bones Software, Inc. (Software that still doesn't suck)

Buy lots of 3 1/2" x 5" DOS-formatted disks, preferably high density. I will require you to turn in some assignments on disk, by email, or in hard copy.

Here is a link to some Search Engines that might be useful as well as some key links for TED case study information.

Related Sites of Interest

Here are some related sites of interest you might explore on the topics of interest to the class this semester. These sites are naturally related to the Wen in some fashion, but also heavily invest into issues of trade, culutre and environment.

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