Each discussion group has its own chronologically arranged archive. Students might browse discussion group archives for topics which generated more than ten messages and can write a summary of the discussion and points of consensus that emerged. These summaries can be distributed to class members or reviewed by the teacher educator. The World Wide Web and Gophers are depositories of publicly accessible information that can be used to supplement course textbooks or readings. The Web is a hypermedia environment consisting of text, graphics, audio, and video.
Gophers are menu-based resources of text files.
The local network administrator can provide information about the availability and use of this software. Using the World Wide Web and Gophers, students can try the following activities. Parents and guardians are important partners in educating young children and often request information from early childhood educators. Possible topics include kindergarten readiness, children and the mass media, sibling interactions, and discipline. Students developing lesson plans on particular topics can search the Web for examples.