Overview
of the Internet
The Internet is much more than just the World Wide Web.
FCIT Internet in Education PowerPoint Presentation:
The Internet: Ideas, Activities and Resources
Additional Resources
Internet
Overview:
US Department of Education Technology and Education Reform Report
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/SER/Technology/ch9.html
Internet Statistics http://www.emarketer.com/estats/welcome.html
Web66 School Internet Registry http://web66.coled.umn.edu
Internet 101 for Education http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/classes/internet101
Teachers Internet Use Guide http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/index.htm
Interactive
Leaning Sites
Ask Expert sites
Ask an Expert Locator http://www.vrd.org/locator/subject.html
Ask Dr. Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math
Grammar Lady http://books.grammarlady.com:8080/~grammar
Ask the Experts http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/index.html
Ask Author sites
Authors on the Web http://www.books.com/scripts/authors.exe
Just for Kids Who Love Books http://www3.sympatico.ca/alanbrown/kids.htm
Art Museums
Louvre http://www.paris.org/Musees/Louvre/
Metropolitan http://www.metmuseum.org
MOMA http://www.moma.org
Science Museums
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu
Nat’l Air & Space http://www.nasm.edu
New Eng. Aquarium http://www.neaq.org
Computer Museum http://www.tcm.org
Historical Sites
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov
Maya Adventure http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma
World Tours
Tour Antarctica http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour
Virtual Tours http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/tours.html
Web Cams
Discovery Cams http://www.discovery.com/cams/cams.html
Live NASA Cams http://www.ambitweb.com/nasacams/nasacams.html
National Zoo Cam http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/zoo/hilights/webcams/webcams.htm
Digital Camera Network http://www.dcn.com/index.html
Internet Integration Ideas http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/integrationideas.htm
ACEE/FCIT
Internet and the Curriculum Workshop, 1999