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##  An Introduction to Internet Resources for K-12 Educators. Part I:               Information Resources, Update 1998. ERIC Digest.                             

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/ REFERENCESAskERIC 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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ERIC Digests are in             the public domain and may be freely reproduced and disseminated.                This publication was prepared with funding from the Office of                   Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education              under contract no.RR93002009. The opinions expressed in this report             do not necessarily reflect the positions of OERI or ED.                      **Title:** An Introduction to Internet Resources for K-12 Educators. Part I:               Information Resources, Update 1998. ERIC Digest.                             **Note:** For Part II, see IR 018 927.                                                 **Document Type:** Information Analyses---ERIC Information Analysis Products (IAPs) (071); Information Analyses---ERIC Digests (Selected) in Full Text (073); **Available From:** ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, 4-194 Center for              Science and Technology, Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 (free while supply              lasts).                                                                      **Descriptors:** Class Activities,  Computer Assisted Instruction,  Educational                  Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Publications,             Grants, Information Networks, Information Policy, Information                   Sources, Instructional Materials,  Internet, Lesson Plans, Library              Catalogs                                                                     **Identifiers:** Electronic Resources, ERIC Digests                                           
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