WWWEDU

"WWWEDU is an unmoderated list sponsored by The Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval (CNIDR) and The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The purpose of WWWEDU is to offer educators, webmasters, and policy makers a continuous discussion on the potential of World Wide Web use in education. The Web, with its attributes of simplicity, hypertextuality, and interconnectivity, is an ideal environment for teaching students of all ages. A well-conceived Web site can inspire creativity and interactivity, yet it is still too new of an environment for us to completely grasp its potential. What are teachers and students doing with the Web today? How can the structure of the Web positively affect learning and assessment? What else can be done to expand the Web's role in education? And how can we encourage non-Web using schools and educators to take advantage of this new tool? WWWEDU will hopefully provide a forum for these questions and others as they come up.

WWWEDU is targeted for use by educators, as well as webmasters and web providers, but anyone with a keen interest in the use of the Web methodology in education is welcome to join. The group is maintained by Andy Carvin, education and information technology specialist at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and author of EdWeb. Discussion is unmoderated, so anyone may jump in at any time to begin a new topic. Standard netiquette applies at all times, and flaming will not be tolerated." text by doemel@MACALSTR.EDU (Christopher Doemel)