As my friends at the Irvin E. Houck Computing Center at Oberlin College, where I teach, can attest, I am not a geek. I never fiddled with the autoexec.bat file on my old DOS computer, I do not know any hard-core programming languages, and I still have trouble remembering which combination of keys to hit when an application freezes. Without question, my three children (ages nine to thirteen) are more comfortable with computers than I am or ever will be. But that very fact has spurred my fascination with educational technology. The coming generation of students will arrive at colleges and universities with many years of experience using computers for education, communication, and entertainment. To ignore or willfully deny this historical transformation is foolhardy, I believe, if we wish to reach and teach these students effectively. Whatever personal ambivalence we may feel about computers, we need to prepare ourselves for the brave new world of bits, bytes, network protocols, and a glut of Internet resources. Fortunately, it is getting easier for klutzy folks such as me to use sophisticated technology in our teaching. Most college professors today have access to the userfriendly World Wide Web from our offices, our homes, or public computer labs on campus. Many have surfed the Web, at least occasionally, and some have developed their own Web pages. A few have become involved in distance learning strategies aimed at delivering courses electronically to students off campus. I am not among the last group. At Oberlin we are firmly committed to face-to-face, close proximity education. Yet within this conventional collegiate context, I have experimented with creating Web-based dynamic syllabi for my American history courses. The experience has been rewarding for both me and my students. Below I will briefly chronicle my efforts and offer a few suggestions (and warnings) for others interested in pursuing this approach. Having first encountered the World Wide Web in the summer of 1994 -when Mosaic was the reigning browser -I set about creating a Web site for the Oberlin College history department in January 1995. I started by enlisting the assistance