Sponsored by the National Science Foundation , NTEN allows educators to participate in telecomputing courses taught by university scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign , has created the Learning Resource Server web site to meet the needs of teachers and students at all levels. It will be available free to schools in the U.S. this spring. With the server installed, schools can provide electronic mail and bulletin board services, publish their own home pages, and access the Internet. There's a new place for kids on America Online that combines educational and entertaining content in a multimedia format.
Kids also have access to games and exercises that spark entrepreneurial drive.
With its latest software, Internet In a Box for Kids, CompuServe is piloting the program in five sites across the country. Features include the Global Campfire that allows children to read part of a story and add to it t hemselves, book reviews, and links to related sites. New on the Net Computer Curriculum Corporation launches CCCnet , a new World Wide Web site to provide original, interactive online curricula. Its premier project is Energy Flows in Amazonia, in which students visit the Smithsonian's National Zoo and other WWW sites where they learn about food chains and various plant and animal species. Included in the design is an area for students to share and publish their work, lesson plans, a teacher chat area, and a bulletin board for teachers.