The Internet for teachers and school library media specialists today's applications, tomorrow's prospects

• Other Authors: Valauskas, Edward, Ertel, Monica
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Neal-Schuman Publishers 1996
• Series: Neal-Schuman netguide series
• Subjects: Education > Computer network resources; Teaching > Computer network resources; Internet in education > Computer network resources
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: x, 231 pages illustrations, map. 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-213) and index
• ISBN: 1555702392 (alk. paper); 9781555702397

How can teachers and librarians successfully incorporate the Internet into their school's curricula? Here are actual, successful Internet programs that have been used in elementary, middle, and high schools to teach math, science, history, literature, music, and more. Included are such examples as classes in which students download French periodicals on the Net to practice language skills; look at weather data from a Gopher server, use the data to make a map and a weather forecast, and return to the Net to check their accuracy; and access promising Gopher files on genetics for classroom debates on the merits of genetic engineering. Each example contains goals and results; budget, technical, and curricular information; plus photos and illustrations. A discussion of the Internet's future educational prospects, a bibliography about the Net's educational applications, a listing of the best sites for curricular integration, and an index round out this innovative resource.