Overview of the Internet

The Internet is much more than just the World Wide Web.

FCIT Internet in Education PowerPoint Presentation:

Language of the Internet

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

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ACEE/FCIT Internet and the Curriculum Workshop, 1999