Visit the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa...

find a book or a photograph at the Library of Congress...

and tour  the solar system at NASA.

The Internet and the World Wide Web and Their Importance to Educators

Chapter One provides a general introduction and discussion of how the Internet and the World Wide Web represent important resources for the field of Education. Its relevance for preservice teachers is indicated by the increasing interest of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teachers (NCATE) in issues related to technology and teacher training.

NCATE is the main teacher education accreditation group in the United States. They have recently released a report on technology skills for teachers in the 21st century, which is a "must read" for every teacher entering the field.

National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education http://www.ncate.org

Technology and the New Professional Teacher: Preparing for the 21st Century Classroom (1997)                                                                          http://www.ncate.org/projects/tech/TECH.HTM

Why are the Internet and the World Wide Web Important for Education?

The Internet and World Wide Web provide exceptional resources for teachers and students. You can see this by visting just a few sites like the ones listed below:

Musee du Louvre                                                              http://www.paris.org:80/Musees/Louvre/

The Library of Congress                                                   http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html

The Victoria and Albert Museum                                  http://www.vam.ac.uk/

Mars Pathfinder                                    http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/index1.html

National Aeronautics & Space Administration                                    http://hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html

Nine Planets Tour                                    http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Friends and Partners                           http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/home.html

Index of Slave Narratives, University of Virginia Hypertext Library         http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html

Ellis Island                                                              http://www.ellisisland.org/

Paris Virtual Tour                                          http://www.paris.org/AfterHours/

Perseus Project                                                  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

Project Libellus                                     http://www.hhhh.org/perseant/libellus/

Aquarium Museum                                                        http://aqua.ucsd.edu

Monterey Bay Aquarium                                           http://www.mbayaq.org/

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations    http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett

Roget's Thesaurus    http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html

Virtual Reference Desk        http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/reference/index.html

Webster's Dictionary                                     http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

World Atlas on the Web                           http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map/

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/index.htm

Web66                                                                 http://web66.coled.umn.edu

Web66 and Web66NT Mailing Lists http://web66.coled.umn.edu/List/Default.html

Teacher Talk                            http://www.mightymedia.com/talk/working.htm         

Teachers Helping Teachers                             http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

National Education Association                                       http://www.nea.org/

American Federation of Teachers                       http://www.aft.org/index.htm

American Educational Research Association                          http://aera.net/

Florida Department of Education                                     http://www.firn.edu                                  

Diversity                                     http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/diversit.html

Inclusion Resources http://www.hood.edu/seri/serihome.htm#inclusion_resources

Walk a Mile in My Shoes                     http://www.wmht.org/trail/explor02.html

Multicultural Pavilion                  http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/multicultural                                  

Getty Information Institute                http://www.gii.getty.edu/giibroch/index.html