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Way of the Ferret: Finding and Using Resources on the Internet W&M ScholarWorks School of Education Books School of Education 1995 Way of the Ferret: Finding and Using Resources on the Internet Judi Harris College of William & Mary Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/educationbook Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Harris, Judi, "Way of the Ferret: Finding and Using Resources on the Internet" (1995). School of Education Books. 1. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/educationbook/1 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Education at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Education Books by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DOCUMENT RESUME IR 018 778 ED 417 711 AUTHOR Harris, Judi TITLE Way of the Ferret: Finding andUsing Educational Resources on the Internet. SecondEdition. Education, Eugene, INSTITUTION International Society for Technology in OR. ISBN ISBN-1-56484-085-9 PUB DATE 1995-00-00 NOTE 291p. Education, Customer AVAILABLE FROM International Society for Technology in Service Office, 480 Charnelton Street,Eugene, OR 97401-2626; phone: 800-336-5191;World Wide Web: http://isteonline.uoregon.edu (members: $29.95,nonmembers: $26.95). PUB TYPE Books (010)-- Guides -Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. Mediated DESCRIPTORS *Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Communication; *Educational Resources;Educational Technology; Electronic Mail;Information Sources; Instructional Materials; *Internet;Learning Activities; Telecommunications; Teleconferencing IDENTIFIERS Electronic Resources; Listservs ABSTRACT This book is designed to assist educators'exploration of the Internet and educational resourcesavailable online. An overview lists the five basic types of informationexchange possible on the Internet, and outlines five corresponding telecomputingoptions. The book contains an overview and four sections. The chaptersin Section One, "Information Resources," focus on:(1) Gopher Tools;(2) The World Wide Web; (3) Interactive Telnet Sessions;(4) File Transfers on the Internet;and (5) Receiving and Uncompressing Files. SectionTwo, "Interpersonal Resources," contains chapters:(6) Electronic Mail Services;(7) Internet-Based Discussion Groups; and (8) Finding People onthe Internet. Section Three, "Educational Applications," includeschapters:(9) Telecollaborative Educational Activities, includinginterpersonal exchanges, information collections, problem-solving projects,and an educational telecomputing archive; and (10) TeleresearchActivities. Section Four consists of five appendixes which list recommended gophers,World Wide Web pages; telnet sites; FTP archives; and mailing lists;and an index.(AEF) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the bestthat can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** Feire "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Maia S. Howes TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Finding andUsing U.S. DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION Office of Educational Researchand Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESINFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Educational This document has been Resources reproduced as received from the person ororganization originating it. Minor changes have been madeto ontheInternet improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinionsstated in this document do not necessarilyrepresent official OERI position or policy. Publications jUDI HARRIS CY IN S z BEST COPY AVAIIABLE About the Author Judi Harris taught at the elementary school level for sixyears before completing her doctorate in instructional technology at the University of Virginia. She currently is workingas an assistant professor of instructional technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. Her teaching and research interests include: instructional applications of and profes- sional development with Internet-based telecomputing, the nature of online conversationsamong adults and children, and emerging trends in the design of contexts and roles for computer-mediated teaching and learning. Harris writes a column for educators in Learning and Leading With Technology entitled "Mining the Internet," and coordinates a number of educational telecomputing projectson the Internet. One of these projects is the Electronic Emissary, a service that matches volunteer subject matterexperts (SMEs) with teachers and their classes studying topics in the SMEs' fields of expertise,so that teach- ing and learning can occur asynchronously via electronic mail. Harris offers Internet-related presentations and workshops at state, national, and international educa- tional computing conferences, such as the Texas Computer Educators' Association Annual Confer- ence, the National Educational Computing Conference, and TelEd. She also teaches a "mostly online" Internet-based telecomputing graduate course eachyear at the University of Texas at Austin. Project Coordinator Jean Hall Editor Corinne Tan Production Corinne Tan Graphics Percy Franklin Book Design Corinne Tan Cover Design Tamara Kidd © International Society for Technology in Education, 1995 Administrative Office Customer Service Office 1787 Agate Street 480 Charnelton Street Eugene. Oregon 97403-1923 Eugene, Oregon 97401-2626 Phone: 541-346-4414 Order Desk: 800-336-5191 Fax: 541-346-5890 Order Fax: 541-302-3778 America Online: ISTE CompuServe: 70014,2117 Internet: [email protected] World Wide Web: http://isteonline.uoregon.edu Second Edition ISBN 1-56484-085-9 Way of the Ferret Finding and Using Educational Resources on the Internet Judi Harris © International Society for Technology in Education, Second Edition, 1995 From the Publisher The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) promotes appropriate uses of technology to support and improve learning, teaching, and administration. As part of that mission, ISTE's goal is to provide individuals and organizations with high-quality and timely information, materials, and services that support technology in education. Our Books and Courseware Department works with educators to develop and produce classroom-tested materials and resources that support ISTE's mission. We look for content that emphasizes the use of technology where it can make a differenceeasing the teacher's job; saving time; motivating students; helping students with various learning styles, abilities, or backgrounds; and creating learning environments that are new and unique or that would be impossible without technology. We develop products for students, classroom teachers, lab teachers, technology coordinators, and teacher educators, as well as for parents, administrators, policy makers, and visionaries. All of us face the challenge of keeping up with new technologies and the research about their educational applications while we are learning about and implementing appropriate applications in our teaching/learning situations. Please help us in our efforts to help you by providing feedback about this book and other ISTE products and by giving us your suggestions for further development. Jean Hall, Director, Books and Courseware Department Phone: 541-302-3775; Internet: [email protected] Anita Best, Editor Phone: 541-346-2400; Internet: [email protected] International Society for Technology in Education Books and Courseware Department 480 Charnelton Street Eugene, OR 97401-2626 Acknowledgments Most of the material for this book originated as a series of columns called "Mining the Internet," published since August 1992 in Learning and Leading With Technology, formerly called The Computing Teacher (TCT). The phrase "mining the Internet" (Gargano, 1991) is one that was borrowed with permission from a document and an electronic event written and conducted by Computing Services personnel at the University of California, Davis. I am grateful to them for sharing a powerful analogy with the Internet community. Talbot Bielefeldt and Ron Renchler, associate editors for TCT, deserve medals for their care, wit, accuracy, and patience in working with me on an almost- monthly basis. Jean Hall, manager of Books and Courseware for ISTE, also has my appreciation for her patience, positive attitude, and administrative skill as I struggled to complete and, later, update the book. Thanks go to Christy McMannis for her perseverance and diligence in producing a consistent and connected first edition of the book, and to Corinne Tan for her considerable editing skill, and conscientious and easygoing manner in finalizing the second edition. Percy Franklin's creative illustrations continue to astonish and delight me, as does his apparent ease in conceiving and producing them. Reviewers Irene Smith and Talbot Bielefeldt spent many hours carefully reading and responding to the first draft of the book; I appreciate their many helpful suggestions for revision. I also am grateful to Anita Best, Sharon Yoder, and David Moursund for their many motivating conversations with me and for their general confidence in my work. I dedicate this book with love to my father, Gerald Harris, who encouraged me to play with machines as a child and insisted that I learn to care for them properly. This special sensitivity, developed without regard to gender-specific stereotypes, allows me to continue to explore new computer-mediated worlds and to freely share the results of my
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