AFTER COMPLETING THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
    

Understand how multimedia is transforming business and industry into a global economy

 

Consider the appropriate uses of point-of-sale kiosks, videoconferencing, and just-in-time training systems

 

Examine how these technologies are being used in your local community

 

Question whether digital video will replace the VCR as the primary means of distributing video recordings

 

Experience what it is like to shop for merchandise on the World Wide Web


MULTIMEDIA LITERACY RESOURCES:

Interactive Multimedia Merchandising
 


Florsheim



Video Merchandising
 

DMR Alliance

BlockBuster Video Online



Internet Kiosks
 

MontegoNet Solutions

Kiosks.Org

TouchVision Interactive Systems

CyberCash



Virtual Shopping
 

Malls.com

Shop.com

1-800-Flowers.com

Internet Product Watch

Buy.com

Lands End

Barnes & Noble

Amazon.com

FAO Schwartz



Comparison Shopping
 

LycoShop

Shopping.com

Yahoo! Shopping

FerretSoft



Desktop Videoconferencing
 



CUSeeMe World




Multimedia Travel Systems
 

Concierge.com

American Express

Travelocity.com

Holland America

Expedia.com

TravelWeb



CNN.com Travel Guide



Financial Services
 

CNNfn

KnightRidder.com

Dow Jones Newswires

CNN.com

Reuters

Infogate (formerly Entrypoint)
The Infogate service has been discontinued as
happens sometimes on the Web, which is a work in progress.


US SEC


Real Estate
 

Realtor.com

Coldwell Banker

HomeQuest Network



Corporate Training
 

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

1998 Learning Technology Research Report

Union Pacific Railroad - Facts Figures & History

Union Pacific Railroad Harriman Dispatching Center









 Mass Market Applications
 


Styles on Video
no longer available, 5/2003



 Day Trading
 
US SEC
SEC Congressional Testimony, 9/16/99

Investor Education and Assistance

CharlesSchwab

E*Trade

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Online

Ameritrade

Datek Online




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