Library & Information Science, Course 250: Instructional Strategies.
Dr. David Loertscher
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THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION

CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC

The Internet is an international computer network composed of thousands of

smaller networks. Recently, through state and regional education networks

and commercial providers, the vast resources of the Internet are

increasingly available to administrators, school library media specialists,

and classroom teachers. This Digest lists a sample of no cost Internet

resources of special interest to K-12 educators. Readers should be aware

that the resources and their Internet addresses below are subject to change.

GUIDES TO INTERNET RESOURCES:

The Argus Clearinghouse: A large collection of guides to Internet resources

categorized by topic.--http://www.clearinghouse.net/

AskERIC InfoGuides: Topical guides to Internet, ERIC, and print resources.--http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/InfoGuides/

LESSON PLANS AND TEACHING MATERIALS:

The AskERIC Virtual Library contains hundreds of lesson plans, including,

but not limited to, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.

Also included are lesson plans from School Library Media Activities Monthly,

Newton's Apple Educators Guides, and Crossroads: K16 American History

Curriculum.--http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/

The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) is a "virtual card catalog" to

lesson plans, activities, project, and curriculum found all over the

Internet.--http://www.thegateway.org

KEYPALS AND PENPALS:

IECC-Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections maintains a suite of

listservs that facilitate international and cross-cultural classroom

exchanges via e-mail over the Internet. Archives and general information can

be found on the St. Olaf's WWW server.--http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES:

Many schools which provide Internet access to students and staff have

created policies and agreements for the appropriate use of Internet

accounts. Samples of agreements, policies and opinion pieces have been

collected at: Armadillo's WWW Server.--http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/acceptable. html

TECHNOLOGY PLANS FOR K-12 SCHOOLS:

The National Center for Technology Planning collects technology plans and

makes them freely available over the Internet. Guidebooks and articles for

developing technology plans are also included.--http://www.nctp.com/

INTERNET PROJECTS FOR THE CLASSROOM:

Examples of telecommunication projects that incorporate the use of the

Internet in the classroom can be found on the following sites:

Global SchoolNet Foundation: Internet Projects Registry Archive Service:--http://www.gsn.org/project/index.html

Pitsco Online Collaborative Projects:--http://www.pitsco.com/pitsco/collab.html

GRANT INFORMATION:

U.S. Department of Education Grants & Contracts Information: Includes

current grant application announcements. --http://gcs.ed.gov/ Select "Grants Information"

Foundation Center: Provides a searchable database of funding activities as

well as links to private or corporate foundations' Web sites.--http://fdncenter.org/

E-RATE INFORMATION:

E-Rate Hotline: The E-Rate Hotline provides answers to questions about how

the universal service program works, how you can take advantage of the

discounts and which services are covered.--http://www.eratehotline.org/

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION:

Louisiana State University Libraries U.S. Federal Government Agencies Page:--http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html

The Federal Web Locator, from the Villanova Center for Information Law and

Policy.--http://www.law.vill.edu/fed-agency/fedwebloc.html

FedWorld Information Network--http://www.fedworld.gov/

STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS:

The following sites provide links to the State Education Departments:

U.S. Department of Education Links and Addresses of State Education Agencies--http://www.ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SEA.htm

Links to State Education Agencies from The Council of Chief State School

Officers--http://develop.ccsso.cybercentral.com/seamenu.htm

STANDARDS-BASED EDUCATION:

The Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) is recognized

for its work in standards-based education. This Web site includes several

full-text online resources that will assist educators to develop their own

standards based curriculum.--http://www.mcrel.org/standards/

REFERENCE RESOURCES:

The Libraries of Purdue University: The Virtual Reference Desk: An extensive

collection of online ready reference resources, such as dictionaries,

thesauri, phone books and zip codes.--http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html

Internet Public Library Reference Center: Another excellent collection of

reference sources, also allows patrons to ask reference questions through

e-mail or on the Web.--http://www.ipl.org/ref/

LIBRARY CATALOGS:

webCATS, from the University of Saskatchewan Libraries is a directory of

library catalogs which can be searched via the Web. webCATS is organized for

searching geographically, by type of library, and by library catalog vendor.--http://www.lights.com/webcats/

Library of Congress: Provides access to the holdings of the Library of

Congress, U.S. Government copyright files, federal legislation, foreign law,

and gateway access to many other library catalogs.--http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/

OTHER RESOURCES:

Hundreds of resources covering almost every subject imaginable exist on the

Internet. Here are some additional ones that would be of special interest to

K-12 educators.

ACCESS ERIC: Gateway to the Internet sites of the Educational Resources

Information Center (ERIC).--http://www.aspensys.com/eric/index.html

Consortium for School Networking (CoSN):--http://www.cosn.org/

Education World: A searchable database of 50,000 education links for

teachers, parents, and students. Includes lesson plans, education news, an

educators forum, and more.--http://www.education-world.com/

NASA Spacelink: Information about NASA, including the space shuttle program,

and science curriculum activities.--http://spacelink.nasa.gov/.index.html

Roadmap: An Internet Training Workshop.--http://ua1vm.ua.edu/~crispen/roadmap.html

Web 66: A K-12 WWW Project from the University of Minnesota.--http://web66.coled.umn.edu/

Yahoo: A hierarchical subject-oriented catalog for the World Wide Web and

Internet.--http://www.yahoo.com/

REFERENCES

AskERIC Toolbox: Favorite resources of AskERIC's Question-Answering service:

http://www.askeric.org/Qa/Toolbox/

Junion-Metz, G. (1996). "K-12 resources on the Internet: An instructional

guide." Internet workshop series, number 5. San Carlos, CA: Library

Solutions Press. (ISBN-1-882208-14-5). (ED 389 316)

K-12 computer networking. (1995). "The ERIC Review," 4(1). (ED 392 413)

Lankes, R. D. (1996). "Bread and butter of the Internet." ERIC Digest.

Syracuse, NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. (ED 402 925,

IR-97-02)

Miller, E. B. (1996). "The Internet resource directory for K-12 teachers and

librarians, 95/96 edition." Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.

(ISBN-1-56308-366-3). (ED 389 330)

Serim, F. & Koch, M. (1996). "NetLearning: Why teachers use the Internet."

Sebastopol, CA: Songline Studios, Inc. and O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. (ED

396 700)

Tennant, R. (1996). "Internet basics: Update 1996." ERIC Digest. Syracuse,

NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. (ED 392 466)

Valauskas, E. J. & Ertel, M. (1996). "The Internet for teachers and school

library media specialists: Today's applications, tomorrow's prospects." New

York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. (ISBN-1-55570-239-2). (ED 395 594)

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