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Our primary goal in designing this site
was to provide students and teachers with an online
resource dedicated to the study of English
literature.
Production of this site began in May of
1998 as soon as we had our team assembled. Team
Leader Mike Traeger introduced the team and started
correspondence. A few mock pages were thrown together
and colors and graphic themes were decided. With this
decision out Technical designer set to work on the
site layout. Close communication was kept up between
all team members as the site Editors worked on
compiling lists of works and their authors. The final
lists were assembled and the task of writing was
divided up by mid-June. Potential lapses of
communication during members' vacations were avoided
through the use of laptop computers. A wide variety
of communication software was used including
Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Juno, ICQ, and
America Online. Other software used in the production
of this site includes Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw,
Microsoft Front Page, and WS FTP LTE. The month of
August was definitely the busiest month. Write-ups
were flying in for conversion and uploading to the
site. Mike Traeger and Sarah Martin submitted all
write-ups to each team member for approval and then
the final copy was sent to Mike Ross who applied the
file to a template for uploading. Thanks to the
sophisticated communication technology of the
Internet, team members never needed to ever
physically meet. All online discussions were via
email or hosted through ICQ.
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Michael Traeger - Team
Leader / Site Editor |
Michael Traeger is a freshman at
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Johns
Hopkins' Talent Search and the National Library
of Poetry have recognized him for his
excellence in both literature and writing. In
addition, Michael has won various contests and
awards for his compositions. He has performed
in various theatrical shows (vocal and acting)
and has produced two of his own works. Michael
served as assistant editor to his school paper
and as prose editor to the creative magazine.
For nearly a year he held the position of
Choral Editor for America Online's Extreme
Culture. In his non-existent free time, he
enjoys to read, play baseball, and get himself
involved in more activities.
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Sarah Martin -
Assistant Editor |
Sarah Martin is a senior at Blue
Springs South High School, in Blue Springs,
Missouri. During her high school years she has
participated in varsity sports, theatre,
forensics, Spanish club, and Odyssey of the
Mind. During her free time she played fastpitch
softball as a pitcher for 10 years, and in 1995
her team placed 13th in the nation. She doesn't
have any free time anymore. She will graduate
in January, 1999, and intends to attend Truman
State University that same month, hopefully to
continue with graduate school at MIT, if she
does her homework. In college she plans to
study Computer Sciences, and major in computer
programming. She has also participated and
recieved awards in art and many other contests.
She has a notably small long term memory, and
can't remember what else she ever did.
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Mike Ross - Technical
Designer |
Mike is thrilled to once
again be a part of the Think Quest competition.
His first entry two years ago entitled
"The Chaos Experience"
is consistently in the top 50
out of over 900 entries. Mike is a 1998
graduate of Plum Senior High School located
just outside
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Interests include: music, theater
(performance and technical), soccer, tennis,
skiing, literature, computers, and reading
minds (I know what you're thinking...."He can't
do that"). Mike is currently a freshman
at Syracuse
University and is
studying Computer Information
Systems.
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Acknowledgements
Team 23846 gratefully acknowledges the
contributions of the following people:
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Who |
What |
| Dr.
Carter |
Literary
Advice |
| Matt's Script
Archive |
Foundation code for the
search engine |
| Sanford Morton |
Foundation code for the
feedback script |
| Mr. Greg Sciullo |
Unix testing
equipment |
| Mrs. Loretta
White |
Literary Advice |
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