And they are teaching teachers how to find use their computers, to find lesson plans, discuss ideas with other teachers throughout the world, link to teacher associations, find books that are out of print, participate in instructional projects, search out reference materials-all on the Internet. They are setting the standard for other school systems around the country. In fact, representatives from Chatham and Granville school systems in this state recently have visited Albemarle. This summer, they will conduct 37 workshops for teachers, including exploring the Internet, using e-mail, software designed for elementary and secondary teachers, creating a Web page, troubleshooting, Pagemaker, Microsoft Works, and Claris Works. Teachers will search catalogues, find research materials, and use encyclopedias on the Internet.
Students can use the Internet for research.
This was not possible as recently as a year ago. The amount of useful material on the Internet was sparse. Today, however, thousands of books are available, the complete poems of major poets, whole encyclopedias. On the more technical side, teachers now have available on the Internet large amounts of instructional material. Teachers and administrators will be linked on a daily basis and each will have access to the state Department of Instruction and U.S. Department of Education.