Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 09:56:34 MDT From: Rob Slade Subject: Book Review: "NetPower" by Persson BKNETPWR.RVW 940207 Fox Chapel Publishing Box 7948L Lancaster, PA 17604-7948 Phone#: (800) 457-9112 717-399-7999 Fax#: (717) 560-4702 "NetPower", Persson, 1993, 1-56523-031-0, U$39.95 NetPower1@AOL.COM neta@aol.com Apparently the subtitle used to be, "Educators Resource Guide to Online Computer Services." It certainly deals with online services. *All* of them. The Internet, private bulletin boards, commercial online services, commercial database services, Fidonet, educational networks and a number of others. The educational title is being de-emphasized but this is still, quite obviously, a book for teachers. Two chapters are devoted to classroom projects, two more to a "Kid's Participation Network," and "Kid People." Much of the material will be of interest to others, but the style and the eclectic nature are definitely for educators. Not all resources are listed here, of course. There is, however, an extraordinary wealth of material. Some of it is available online, such as the Inter-network Mail Guide, but this is handy if you are only starting online access. Guidance could use some work. There does not seem to be a lot of order to the chapters. Also, material is sometimes duplicated from chapter to chapter. (K12net gets two fairly extensive citations and a chapter by itself, to boot.) If you are a teacher or an educational researcher, this book is very definitely for you. If you have extensive dealings with online resources, you may also find a lot of useful material here. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKNETPWR.RVW 940207. Distribution permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists. Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca User p1@CyberStore.ca Security Canada V7K 2G6