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Date: 16 May 1993 08:39:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: Neal Helman <N230163%UNIVSCVM.BITNET@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
Subject: Hammond School's Telebration Experience


     I would consider Hammond School's participation in the
KIDS-93 Telebration to be a success.  While it consisted solely
of IRC conversations, despite our plans for fax & Ham Radio talk,
a considerable number of kids made some interesting contacts.
Unfortunately, we did not have press coverage of the event, nor
were we able to make our own video record.
     Throughout the day Thursday and Friday, at least one student
was online.  We at least checked the IRC activity once during
every class.  Lunch and break were spent with a crowd around the
IRC computer.  Indeed, quite a few students got a chance to talk.


          Michael Allen, a seventh grader who has been
     learning much about Gopher, MUDs, and now IRC this
     year, got permission to spend all of Thursday and
     most of Friday online.  He tried arranging a Latin-
     speaking channel and a few debates, but to no avail.
     He did have some interesting insights that he will
     post sometime in the near future.


          On Friday afternoon, John Jenkins and Ashley Crowe,
     two eighth graders, had an extended conversation with
     students in Connecticut.  Apparently substantial snail-
     mail penpal relationships have sprung up from the IRC
     chats.  John says "talking on the computer makes me want
     to type faster," something that has been a problem for
     him for some time now.


          Maggie Collier, an eighth grader active in community
     theater, began a conversation with a peer who has
     Broadway experience.  Maggie may work on a project with
     her next year.


          On Saturday, Gini Allen made an acquaintance from
     New Zealand who will be able to teach her more about
     Internet computing than I probably can. She is maintaining
     that and other e-mail relationships through a commercial
     online service.


          Later that day, Trey Helms, a sixth grader who
     hopes to study computer engineering(!), had a conversation
     with several people at once, turned to me, and said, "This
     will really help me learn how to network computers together."


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Neal Helman
Hammond School
Columbia, SC, USA
n230163@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu

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