The Cyberworld of James A. Petrait
Welcome to my Cyberworld which is a part of my Cyberuniverse sytem of
home pages. The photo of Comet Hale-Bopp that appears at the heading
was taken and computer-processed by me.
(Updated on February 25, 2003)
ACCESSING EXCELLENCE
I had the privilege of being one of the 100 biology teachers to
be selected for the Access Excellence program sponsored by Genentech
in the San Francisco area in the latter part of June, 1996. What a
fantastic experience that was! Not only was I introduced to using a
Macintosh Powerbook but I also was able to meet many other
interesting and accomplished teachers and mentors. A high point of
the Access Excellence program was the performance of Lily Tomlin at
the California Academy of Science. She carried on a live, large
screen, real time videophone call with Vice-president Al Gore in
addition to many other acts. I also got some excellent tours of
Genentech's high tech drug making facilities. I felt like the winner
in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"! Now I know how to use
DOS, Windows, MAC, Unix, and HTML. The Macintosh Powerbook has given
me the opportunity to really access the WWW. This is not to say that
Windows cannot do it as well but that the MAC has much more operating
power in it. I have been a DOS fan and I still am but the MAC's OS is
really impressive compared to all of the latest Windows
releases.
(Note: The Access Excellence Website is now run by the National
Institute of Health and still maintains its excellence.)
WEB DESIGN AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS
CLASS WEBSITES
The websites in these links are part of the learning process in
this class, which I teach. These websites are meant for student
practice in my class and are not necessarily complete.
© 1996-2003 James A. Petrait