Using
the Internet in Education
In the beginning ... there was the High
Performance Computing Act of 1991 - designed to wire our nation's schools.
This Act was extended by the Clinton and G.W. Bush administrations. As a
result, by 2002, 99% of public schools in the U.S. had access to the
Internet. 94% of these schools had broadband connection; 86% had a
school web site; 23% had wireless connections. [source]
Both inside and outside school, "using the
Internet is the norm for today's youth." [source]
I. Trends in online research
in for K-12 teachers and students
A. Use of Internet resources by teachers &
librarians to gather & share information, e.g.:
The
Gateway to Educational Materials project, a consortial
effort to provide educators with easy access to collections of educational
materials found on federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial
Internet sites.
Education
World, "a home for educators on the
Internet, a place where teachers could gather and share ideas."
Blue
Web 'n, "a library of Blue Ribbon Learning sites on the Web."
Listservs
- eg.
ECENET-L: Early
childhood education, to age 8.
EDNET: Forum on educational possibilities of the Net.
EDTECH: Educational Technology.
K12ADMIN: K12 educational administration.
MIDDLE-L: Education of children 10-14 years of age.
SPECED-L: Special education issues discussion.
(search for lists related to your educational interests at CataList)
Blogs
- eg.
Weblogg-Ed
Portland Public Schools math weblog
Goochland County School Board
B. Use of internet resources by students (in
traditional classroom settings), e.g.
Collaborative projects
at the Global Schoolhouse, a web site that
offers online curriculum, support services, educational internet based
learning projects, etc.
Kidlink.org,
"a non-profit grassroots organization working to help children through
the secondary school level be involved in a global dialog.
"
C. Use of internet for (non-traditional,
web-based) distance learning, home-schooling, homework help, e.g.
Jon's
Homeschool Resource Page
Homework
Spot
Live
homework help
The
World Lecture Hall (U. of Texas) and Open
Courseware (MIT)