Read some sample letters. Using the Internet to Support Student Learning and Peer Teaching by Mary Moyer and Joan Sambucci Students at all levels are beginning to take responsibility for their own and others' learning. Mary describes how she worked with Joan's fourth-grade class to begin an Internet research project that culminated in class presentations. Visit the Web sites the students used. Frequently, when educational technology is funded, little money is earmarked for support.
Most schools have one or two resident technology experts who bear the brunt of that site's needs.
In business, however, most of the money for new technology is spent on support and training. Frequently the Internet changes substantially in the six months between the time that a column is submitted and the time it appears in print. The Mining the Internet Web site will provide a location for updates to each issue's column. It will also provide a way to offer active links to Internet locations mentioned in the column and a place for material that would not fit in the confines of a four-page column.