Books:
Estrada, Susan, Connecting to the Internet, O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc., 1993. ($15.95: To order call: 1-800-998-9938
between
7 a.m.-5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, or email: order@ora.com)
Kehoe, Brendan P., Zen and the Art of the Internet: A
Beginner's Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall, 1992.
($22.00: Online copies of first draft: cs.widner.edu in the
/pub/zen directory.)
Krol, Ed, The Whole Internet: User's Guide and Catalog,
Sebastopol CA, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1993. ($24.95: To
order call: 1-800-998-9938 between 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Pacific
Standard Time or email: order@ora.com)
LaQuey, Tracy, The Internet Companion:
A Beginner's Guide to Global Networking, Reading, MA,
Addison-Wesley, 1993. ($10.95)
Documents:
"Building the Foundation: Harnessing Technology for North
Carolina Schools and Communities." Available for $15.00 from
the Forum, Kroger Center, Cumberland Building, 3739 National
Drive, Suite 210, Raleigh, NC 97612 or call at: 919-781-6833.
Building the Future: K-12 Network Technology Planning Guide
published by the California State Department of Education,
Sacramento, CA, 1994. ($10.00: order from the California State
Department of Education's Publications Office.)
On-Line Information:
SpaceLink is a NASA-
sponsored resource that will have a copy
of the document you're now reading, the accompanying slides
and information on how to order the Connecting to the Future
video. (Telephone: 205-895-0028)
The Global SchoolNet
Foundation has a
comprehensive set of background material you may
need to keep your project moving forward.
Quest is a NASA-sponsored
gopher designed to direct teachers
to curricular information. This gopher hosts an Internet
access list provided specifically for K-12 educators,
administrators, and in some cases, students.
The
Armadillo site has many good documents on K-12 Acceptable
Use Policies and background.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF) hosts
information on policy and law as well as an extensive
collection of friendly Internet guides. You can also call them at 202-
544-9237.
Inet is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Education's Office
of Educational Research and Improvement and hosts links to
education related information.
AskERIC provides a clearinghouse
of abstracts of educational
research and documents produced by the U.S. Department of
Education. You can call at: 315-443-3640.
