Imagine journeying with your students to a far-off museum. Discussing what you see with artists and museum staff. Creating your own artworks. Sharing with children from schools around the world. This book and disk shows how this can be done through the Internet without leaving the classroom.

Imagine journeying with your students to a far-off museum. Discussing what you see with artists and museum staff. Creating your own artworks. Sharing with children from schools around the world. And never leaving the confines of your own classroom.This sort of education is already a reality on the Internet. Teachers have been denied access to this avenue due to lack of time, resources or expert guidance. This book addresses all three areas. "A Teacher's Project Guide to the Internet" walks readers through the Internet, step by step, suggesting classroom projects along the way. These ideas come with Web site addresses plus a disk (compatible with IBM and Macintosh System 7.5 systems) that provides direct access (through your Web browser) to all the sites noted in the appendices.

The Internet and the Classroom - Preparing for Your Voyage
E-Mail - the 20,000-Mile-an-Hour Postal Service
Usenet Newsgroups - the Electronic Newspaper
File Transfer Protocol - Millions of Computers at Your Fingertips
Gopherspace - Finding Your Way
The World Wide Web - a Virtual Community
Creating a Classroom Presence on the Web - a Year in Brief
Appendices - A - Listservs of Interest to Teachers and Students, B - Newsgroups of Interest to Teachers and Students, C - FTP Sites of Interest to Teachers and Students, D - Gopher Sites of Interest to Teachers and Students, E - World Wide Web Sites of Interest to Teachers and Students.