The Global Net Project also has samples of Internet projects for schools. This is an excellent place to learn about Internet research techniques. Indexed by subject and by grade level. Another good starting place for teachers interested in school projects on the Internet is the Kings County Education Home Page . The Blue Web'n Update is a site filled with weekly suggestions for teachers.
Various tools exist for extracting information from the Internet.
In the last few years, information has been stored on the Internet using Gopher, Telnet, WWW, FTP, E-mail, Usenet. For a lesson on the meaning of these tools, go to Internet Tools Lesson . For a few samples of Internet materials, click here . These resources give a teacher or student a good preview of the kinds of research resources they can expect to use in researching their topic. The International Education and Resource Network .