The United States Telephone Association has proposed a plan to give schools and libraries free access to the Internet and advanced telecommunications services, to be paid for through a universal service fund that would collect revenues generated through interstate telecommunications services. For those of you jetsetting around the globe, this service from Berkeley Software Design, presents a large list of cities and geographic areas to find the local time in that area. This is a good site to visit if you don't know the exact town or city for the area in which you are interested. The page includes links to resources in distance education, adult education, K-12 education, and multimedia. I mailed Bill and suggested he include The University of Melbourne in his list of Universities - someone might let me know if he's done it.
Some sites focus exclusively on teaching while others are multi functional.
A consortium of education groups wants to recruit 100,000 computer-knowledgeable teachers, each of whom would be willing to volunteer time this summer mentoring five other teachers on how to use technology in the classroom. Rather than providing a broad and light coverage of topics as has been the case to date, the list will move towards less breadth with more depth, selecting a particular theme each week. Possible themes could include something like the difficulties of online testing - if this was of interest, you could write a brief overview of what you are doing in this area and share your experiences with others as well as promoting what you are doing. This list should be a way of unashamedly promoting and publicising the work of subscribers and in so doing, share thoughts and expertise with others. A logical outcome would be collaborative work across campus, across Australia and across the world.