The Internet: Page 1
October 8, 1996

Human Resources

E-Mail	Beginner's Guide to Effective Email - style guide. Etiquette For Public E-mail Systems - How to avoid flames, how to use smilies, signitures, etc... Eudora Lite -- Free e-mail software available for downloading from the Internet.
Mailing Lists	Liszt - searchable directory of over 35,000 listserv, listproc, majordomo and independently managed mailing lists. Tile Net -- Reference to Discussion Lists Internet Mail Lists archived at ERIC Online Discussion Groups at CNIDR

Human Resources
Instructional Applications

Research

Computer Networks: Creating Real Audiences for Students' by Margaret Riel & Mosha Cohen Jacobson, M. J., & Levin, J. A. (in press 1996). Conceptual frameworks for network learning environments: Constructing personal and shared knowledge spaces. Journal of Educational Telecommunications. Waugh, M. L., Levin, J. A., & Smith, K. (1994). Organizing electronic network-based instructional interactions: Successful strategies and tactics, Part 1. The Computing Teacher, 21(5), 21-22. Harris, Judi. Activity Structures Classification. Department of Curriculum and Instruction; 406 Sanchez Building; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX 78712-1294. Harris, Judi. A Content Domain Classification. Department of Curriculum and Instruction; 406 Sanchez Building; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, TX 78712-1294. Judi Harris' "Mining the Internet" columns from The Computing Teacher/Learning and Leading with Technology . Warlick, David F. Recess Could have a Whole New Meaning as Children Travel the World on a Wire. North Carolina Libraries, Spring 95.

Projects

Global SchoolNet Foundation I*EARN: International Education and Resource Network Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

Digital Resources

Demo of the World Wide Web	http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
Professional Applications	Current Awareness -- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction & The Landmark Project ERIC Database -- the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) North Carolina Standard Course of Study -- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Teachers ToolKit -- Wake County Public Schools
Instructional Resources	Landmarks for Schools

Getting Connected

Dial-up

14.4 kbs Modem Can be used, but slow with graphic intensive pages...$50 28.8 kbs Modem Faster, more practical...$100 to $200

Network Connections

Switched 56kbs line Twice the speed of high speed modem. Can run a fifteen-unit lab for independent research. ISDN (128kbs) Speed of 4 1/2 high speed modems. Can run a fifteen-unit lab for independent research. Can also do video/audio teleconferencing. T1 and fractional T1 T1 is the speed of over 50,000 high speed modems. Ideal for connecting a large school network or an entire school system, with fractionals running to the schools.