Both sites allow searching by categories or key word, a good concept to introduce to elementary students. It is helpful to introduce primary students to the Internet and its resources in little chunks that are relevant to the current curriculum. Melanie Olsen, a teacher at Olympic View Elementary School in Washington, uses the Internet to find relevant pictures to add to projects her students are completing. Melanie's next plan is to have her students share their writing samples with other classes via e-mail. Students will exchange drafts and provide editing and revising advice to one another.
Students then get their own story back with the peer editors' suggestions and remarks.
Using the Internet in projects of this nature is a valuable way to teach students editing and revising for effective communication. Melanie believes that her students will take more pride in their work knowing another class will be critiquing it. AfriCam employs seven live cameras focused on watering holes in several African game preserves. The cameras send live, still images, like photographs, over the Internet, allowing students to observe any activity that occurs at the watering holes. For example, at dusk at the Djuma Game Reserve a herd of elephants approach the hole for a drink and the camera captures their image.