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Tour of the Norwegian Web

Welcome to our tour of the Norwegian Department Web at St. Olaf College. If you are unfamiliar with using Netscape, you might want to read the short overview of Netscape Basics in the St. Olaf College documentation before you begin.

If you are using the electronic version of this tour, then you have already found the Norwegian Department home page as well as this exercise which is located under the What's New section of the page. You will need to use the Back and Forward buttons in the Netscape tool bar to navigate back and forth between the tour instructions and the various web pages. You can also choose Go from the menu at the top of the page, so you can go directly to any of the sites which you have recently accessed.

If you are using the printed version of this exercise, you can get to the Norwegian home page by selecting Open Location from the Netscape File menu and typing the URL: http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/norwegian

Or you can go to the St. Olaf College home page and click on:
St. Olaf Information, then Academic Departments, and then Norwegian.

  1. When you look at the Norwegian Department home page, the first thing you notice is most likely the Norwegian weather map. This map is updated every day and displays the current temperature (in Celcius), the weather conditions, and wind directions. Click on the map and go to the Norwegian weather site.

    The capital city of Oslo is located in the southeastern part of Norway at the head of the Oslo fjord. According to the map, what are the weather conditions for the Oslo area (sunny, cloudy, rainy, etc.) ________________________ and what is the current temperature in Celcius _______ and its approximate equivalent in Fahrenheit ______?
    (0 C = 32 F / 10 C = 50 F / 20 C = 68 F / 30 C = 86 F).

     

  2. The only photograph on our home page is a current picture of Oslo which is updated every 15 minutes. What time of day (or night) does it appear to be in Oslo right now based on what you can see in the picture? __________________________________

     

  3. On the left side of the home page, there is a list of topics beginning with General Information and ending with St. Olaf College. Click on General Information and read about the Norwegian program at St. Olaf. Is it possible to get a major in Norwegian at St. Olaf? _____________ What skills can be developed by studying Norwegian? _______________________________

     

  4. In the Calendar of Events section, we will keep an updated list of Norwegian activities and events on campus. What is listed on the calendar for September? ______________________________________________________

     

  5. The Academic Program section contains information about all aspects of Norwegian instruction here at St. Olaf. How many courses are required for a major in Norwegian? ___________ Explore the web pages for the course you are currently taking. What information is found there? _________________________________________________ Which of the co-curricular activities sponsored by the Norwegian Department are required? ________________________ Who should you meet with if you are interested in studying in Norway? __________________________

     

  6. Go to the Department Projects section and click on the Digital Photo Album. Look at the first picture and read the text that goes with it. Who is in the picture, how old is she, and where is she from? _________________________________________________________. If your computer has RealAudio (most St. Olaf computers don't), then you could also hear a recording of the text by clicking on the title, which is in red.

     

  7. Look at the Faculty section. Find the teacher of your course and click on your teacher's e-mail address. A separate window will appear, and you should write your teacher a short message in Norwegian and then click on the Send Now button in the upper left corner. If your teacher has a home page, you might want to look at that as well.

     

  8. In the Students section, you will find a list of all the courses being taught this semester. Click on your section, and you will see a list of all the students in your class and their e-mail addresses. There is also a course e-mail address listed there so that you can send a message to your entire class at once. What is your course e-mail address? ______________@stolaf.edu
    When you are finished with this exercise, send an a short e-mail message in Norwegian to your class using the course e-mail address.

     

  9. In the Norwegian Tutorial section, you will find a link to a Norwegian dictionary. Go to the dictionary and type in the word "student." The form of Norwegian we are learning is "bokmål" so you should click on "Søk i bokmålsordboka (Search in the "bokmål" dictionary)." What definition 2 of "student"? _______________________________________

     

  10. In the Norwegian Links section, you will find a list of the most important Norwegian links organized by topic. Some of the most useful are the Indexes (Kvasir and Origo Index) and the newspapers (Aftenposten, Dagbladet, and VG). Find a Norwegian home page that interests you, print it, and bring it to class.
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