A collection of actual, successful examples of Internet programs used on a daily basis in elementary, middle and high schools from across the United States. They provide ideas for teaching mathematics, science, history, literature, music and more. This volume features examples such as: a French class in which students are exploring French periodicals on the Net and then downloading them to practice language skills; an earth science class in which students look at daily weather data from a Gopher server, use the data to draw a map of the US and invent a forecast for the next day, and then...
A collection of actual, successful examples of Internet programs used on a daily basis in elementary, middle and high schools from across the United S...
What are filters and how do they work? Which ones are the most effective for school and public libraries? Are there legal ramifications to using filters. As more libraries offer Internet access to their customers, filtering is becoming a major topic with library boards, governing officials, and the community. This book is a guide that aims to prepare and inform librarians in schools and public libraries about the issue. Contents include: a description of filters and their alternatives, along with factors to consider in the library's decision whether to use them or not; explanations and...
What are filters and how do they work? Which ones are the most effective for school and public libraries? Are there legal ramifications to using filte...
The introduction of public Internet access has raised a host of policy questions for librarians, such as: where should terminals be located?; how can users be trained?; and how can copyright violations, sexual harassment and other inappropriate uses be prevented? Beginning with an overview of the policy development and implementation process, this handbook identifies policy options - and the pros and cons of each option - for a wide range of issues. Individual sections then deal with physical considerations, access issues, acceptable use policies, filters and training. Additional material on...
The introduction of public Internet access has raised a host of policy questions for librarians, such as: where should terminals be located?; how can ...
The Internet is a two-edged sword for public, academic and school libraries. This work examines how to successfully manage this controversy by communicating in a planned and consistent way with trustees, community leaders, staff and the press.
The Internet is a two-edged sword for public, academic and school libraries. This work examines how to successfully manage this controversy by communi...
The Internet is one of the best tools ever devised to assist learners and teachers in and out of the classroom. But, many teachers and librarians don't use this excellent resource to its fullest extent because most are too busy to explore the countless sites on the Internet. This guide does the searching in advance for teachers and learners at all levels -- from kindergarten through college. It is filled with useful Internet sites containing pre-made lesson plans, a wide variety of resources for independent learning and research, and thousands of other easily accessible resources on hundreds...
The Internet is one of the best tools ever devised to assist learners and teachers in and out of the classroom. But, many teachers and librarians don'...
An Internet resource prepared for librarians. This edition contains updated coverage of everything librarians need to know to keep up-to-date with the enormous changes taking place in both the world's biggest computer network and libraries. The text covers the entire spectrum of library-related topics from Internet basics to digital library design, intranets, extranets, metadata, computer security, information architecture, filters, copyright, operations, domain name registration, the Linux, e-books, and more. The features of this new edition include: the "Multimedia Experience" - how to...
An Internet resource prepared for librarians. This edition contains updated coverage of everything librarians need to know to keep up-to-date with the...
Benson, the highly acclaimed author of the Neal-Schuman Complete Internet Companion and Connecting Kids and the Internet has created a new and comprehensive multimedia handbook designed specifically to help teach kids to use the Internet and Web resources safety and effectively. School media specialists, children and youth librarians, teachers, home schoolers, parents, and caregivers - even those with no prior knowledge - can quickly get up to speed and immediately use these resources, lesson plans, and ideas. Browsers, email, chat rooms, virtual libraries, search engines and subject trees,...
Benson, the highly acclaimed author of the Neal-Schuman Complete Internet Companion and Connecting Kids and the Internet has created a new and compreh...
