THE WEB AS A TOOL FOR TEACHING DRAWING - At the 1998 University of North Carolina CAUSE conference, Professor Donald Sexauer (East Carolina University's School of Art) demonstrated how he used the Web in his beginning drawing classes. The Web in well-suited for illustrating concepts that are difficult to present with slides or on the blackboard. For example, Sexauer created a series of Web pages to show students how changing the direction of a light source affects the shadows in a drawing. See http://ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu/~arsexaue/bagmenu. htm Using a few tools (Web browser, hand scanner, digital camera) and some basic knowledge of HTML, Sexauer devised resources that he can reuse for each year's class, while adding new student work each semester to maintain the freshness of his Web site. The URL for his beginning drawing class pages is http://ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu/~arsexaue/art 1020.htm

SOME REPORT CARDS ARE OUT ON Y2K READINESS - Saying "the picture is a gloomy one," Congressman Stephen Horn, chair of the House subcommittee responsible for overseeing government progress on averting the Y2K problem, has given out new report cards to federal agencies. Three departments flunked: Justice; Health & Human Services; and State. The Defense Department gets a D- minus. Three departments get A grades: Small Business Administration; Social Security Administration; and the National Science Foundation. The Social Security Administration began working on the problem in 1989, eight years before most other government agencies. (USA Today 24 Nov 98)