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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:
| 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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