I will post the results of this survey when a sufficient number of responses have been received. I apologize in advance for any multiple posting of this survey. A mechanism for collecting such educational materials and effectively disseminating them would have many benefits to the educational community. The Internet would be an ideal place to store and supply these educational documents. As yet, however, no codified effort has been made organize or standardize these documents, and very few efficient procedures, guidelines or methods have been created.
Many issues remain unexplored and unexplained to the average educator.
For example, the average school teacher not only doesn't know that such electronic resources exist or know the procedures for uploading or downloading them, but definitely doesn't know such obscure issues as copyright laws or how to encourage additional teachers to participate. This project will examine the feasibility of using the Internet as a nationally organized mechanism to collect and disseminate various educational documents. The project coordinator will develop initial guidelines for using the Internet as a educational document resource, as well as provide a simple set of procedures the average teacher could use to contribute and utilize this resource. Upon completion of the project, a detailed report of findings and a set of guidelines and standards for the average school teacher will be created. These findings, guidelines and standards will be published electronically through educational listservs and news groups.