Re: Internet for K12 educators (fwd)

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@ericir.syr.edu>]

The following message was sent to me by Allison.
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Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 09:35:32 -0500 (EST)
>From: Allison G Kaplan <akaplan@brahms.udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Internet for K12 educators (fwd)
Allison G. Kaplan
Education Resource Center
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716-2940

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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:28:28 EST
>From: Deb Rollins <ROLLINS@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list EBSS-ALA <EBSS-ALA@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Internet for K12 educators
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Date:         Sun, 20 Nov 94 08:41:41 EST
>From:         Paul Fehrmann <PFEHRMAN@KENTVM.KENT.EDU>

Saw this item as well ?? (culled from INFOBITS).


IAT INFOBITS    October 1994            No. 16          ISSN 1071-5223

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ANOTHER INTERNET GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS

In response to last month's article "Educational Resources on the
Internet" [IAT INFOBITS, September 1994], Patrick Golden of the
Virginia Space Grant Consortium sent in information about another
guide. THE EDUCATOR'S GUIDE TO THE INTERNET, written for teachers who
are Internet novices, provides enough detail to get the beginning user
of telecomputing up-and-running on common Internet functions. Many of
the examples used to guide readers through the process of mastering the
Internet are computer sites and discussion groups of immediate use and
appeal to educators. Of particular interest to teachers interested in
using this emerging technology in their classroom is the section of
model lessons. These lessons will give educators at all grade levels
from Kindergarten through high school ideas of the ways they can
integrate Internet-accessible math, science and technology resources
into their curriculum. Activities range from communicating with other
classes and subject matter experts around the world to gathering
weather data from remote locations and comparing climate trends with
those at the students' own school.

Accompanying the Educator's Guide is a NASA videotape on using the
Internet in the classroom and a diskette of IBM or Macintosh software
and documents. An order form for The Educator's Guide to the Internet
is available by contacting the Virginia Space Grant Consortium at
2713-D Magruder Boulevard, Hampton, VA 23666 USA; tel: 804-865-0726;
email: vsgc@pen.k12.va.us. The 170-page guide, videotape and software
diskette (either IBM or Macintosh) are available for $16 (US). Priority
or international orders are available at additional cost.

The Virginia Space Grant Consortium is a non-profit coalition of
Virginia colleges and universities, the state community college system,
NASA, state government agencies, and other organizations with
wide-ranging aerospace interests. The Consortium works to improve math,
science, technology, and engineering education in Virginia and to build
the Commonwealth's aerospace-related research infrastructure. For more
information, contact: Patrick Golden, Program Manager, Virginia Space
Grant Consortium; email: vsgc@pen.k12.va.us; tel: 804-865-0726.
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