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Teacher's Guide to the Information Highway, A, 1/e

William Wresch, University of Wisconsin

Published December, 1996 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1997, 202 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-621558-0
$24.00


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This book takes two fold approach: how to navigate the internet and how to incorporate the internet into traditional curriculum.

Describes the basics of Email, Gopher, and the World Wide Web. The book is tied into a 15-part PBS video series (15-30 minute segments) showing the Internet being used in real classrooms across the country. Offers a Web page for the book itself — with links to over 100 major World Wide Web sites for teachers and for supplementary materials.



    1. Introduction. What's Out There?
I. GETTING CONNECTED.
    2. Email to the World.
    3. Getting Connected - Gopher.
    4. Getting Connected - World Wide Web.
II. CURRICULUM INTEGRATION.
    5. Classroom Management and the Net.
    6. Introducing Students to the Net.
    7. Curriculum Integration - Science and Math.
    8. Curriculum Integration - Social Science.
    9. Curriculum Integration - Humanities.
III. KEY PERSPECTIVES.
    10. The School Library - Books in a Digital World.
    11. Teachers - Training and Professional Resources.
    12. District Planning, Wiring, and Acceptable Use.
    13. International Perspectives - You Can/Can't Call There from Here.
IV. HOOKING UP TO THE INTERNET.
    14. Hardware - Modems, Phone Lines, Access Points.
    15. Access - Getting to the Net.
    16. Futures - The Next Five Years.
V. RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS.
    17. Web Sites for Schools.

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