CYBERKIDS JOIN WORLDWIDE PHOTO DAY.Byline: Dawn Yoshitake Daily News Staff Writer With a click and whirr whirr v. & n. Chiefly British Variant of whir. whirr or whir Noun a prolonged soft whizz or buzz: the whirr of the fax machine , third-grader Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis (born March 27, 1927, New York City) is a prominent liberal intellectual, writing for The New York Times op-ed page and and his Van Nuys classmates Classmates can refer to either:
More than 1,000 photographers fanned out across the globe in a single day to snap images of how the Internet has changed people's lives. Photographs ranging from a cyberbar in Bangkok to Vice President Al Gore's wife, Tipper, taking pictures of an Internet-equipped classroom were posted on the project's World Wide Web site (http://www.cyber24.com). 24 Hours in Cyberspace is one of several businesses operated by Bay Area-based Against All Odds Productions, producer of the "Day in the Life" book series. The company is also planning to publish a "24 Hours in Cyberspace" book and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). by fall. "We hope people walk away with seeing how cyberspace is changing people's lives. It's not about technology or its acronyms. It's about people, and we hope to tell some terrific stories about this new thing called cyberspace," said Tom Melcher, the project's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and technology coordinator. Computer users tapped into the site, filled with photographs and essays more than 2 million times during the day, Melcher said, adding that the response has exceeded expectations. Meanwhile, third-graders at Valerio Street Elementary School elementary school: see school. are hoping their picture will also be posted on the project's "digital cave wall." The project coordinators will sift through the photographs, taken by selected professionals and amateurs, to decide which to post on the site. Professional photographer Douglas Kirkland Douglas Kirkland (born 1934 in Toronto, Ontario) is a prominent photographer based in the United States. At age twenty-four, Kirkland was hired as a staff photographer for Look hovered over the students as they played chess with an expert in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "I don't even play chess, but I found myself being drawn into what they were doing," said Kirkland. Teacher Yvette LeWinter said her class was selected for the project by the American Chess Foundation. Her classroom, which is equipped with computers and linked to the Internet, is part of the national Chess in the Schools program. Anthony Lewis, the third-grader, said he finds the world of cyberspace "weird." He noted, as he moved the wooden chess pieces across the board and messaged his opponent, that he couldn't see his opponent and wondered whether the rival was receiving outside advice. Other students pondered whether the Internet would bring them fame. "Me and my friends think we're going to be famous," said Diana Noud, 8. Her friend, Jessica Gonzalez, 9, chimed in: "I'm happy because people will be able to see what we look like and know that we're here." CAPTION(S): PHOTO Douglas Kirkland snaps photographs of third-graders during Thursday's Internet chess adventure at Valerio Street School in Van Nuys. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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