• NET-HAPPENINGS includes many items specifically for teachers. These articles are indicated by the prefix `K12' in the subject line. 'This list is dedicated to announcing new sites, events, publications, training, and miscelleaneous information happening on the Internet.' To subscribe, send mail to listserv@cs.wisc.edu with the following command in the body of your email message: SUBSCRIBE NET-HAPPENINGS
  This is a
  Here's a response to my INFO request, titled 'Information about the NET-HAPPENINGS list', which I received 4 Feb 1998.
  Here's a monthly reminder describing the list and associated resources, posted 2 Sep 1997.
  Here's a digest dated 4 Feb 1998. Look for the articles prefixed 'K12>.' The last two of the 15 messages are 'Student question of the week' and 'Black History Website Updated.'
  You may also view postings to this list at newsgroup comp.internet.net-happenings

• NETWORK_NUGGETS-L. The Network Nuggets list has been created as part of the Open School's CLN (Community Learning Network) to share information about educationally relevant Internet resources. List members receive one message each day during the school year, helping them to find educationally relevant information via the Internet. Send a one-line message -- SUB NETWORK_NUGGETS-L your_name -- to listproc@etc.bc.ca
  Here's a message posted to this list on 3 Feb 1998 re Children's Literature.

• KIDLINK is an international project for students up to 15 years old. There are dozens of mailing lists here, such as KIDLEADER and KIDWRITERS (KIDLINK Writers Project). But first you must join the main KIDLINK list, a low-traffic list for announcements from the leaders.
  We expect everyone on this list to be subscribed to the KIDLINK list so you will get the important announcements that are posted there. For more information about the whole project, you can retrieve the file KIDLINK.GENERAL. The commands to do this are:
  SUBSCRIBE KIDLINK your-full-name-goes-here
  GET KIDLINK.GENERAL
  
  These commands must NOT be sent to the address of any of our lists. The correct address is LISTSERV@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU
  Full information about KIDLINK is also available from from our web server at: http://www.kidlink.org/

• Teacher-2-Teacher ` ...the email companion to the Teachnet.Com website located at http://www.teachnet.com. This list focuses on the exchange of ideas relevant to preK-12 classrooms. Lesson plans, teaching tips and techniques used in the classroom are the primary focus, but if you can find no other list or forum for another topic, post it here anyway. Learning from one another is what this is all about.' To subscribe to the list in digest form, send message to majordomo@teachnet.com reading: subscribe postings-digest YourEMailAddress
  If you choose to subcribe to the list in non-digest form, you'll get one or two dozen messages daily. Substitute 'subscribe postings' to receive the list in individual messages.
  Here's a digest of 11 Jan 1998.
  ------TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST------
  1. A Martin Luther King Treasure Trove
  2. Re: Children's Lit. sites
  [and 14 more] ---------------------------------
  Here's a digest of 27 Dec 1997.
  ------TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST------
  1. List Serves
  2. Re: List Serves
  3. Re: List Serves
  4. Re: Listservs
  5. old calendars
  6. Re: old calendars
  7. Re: old calendars
  8. Re: Polar Bears
  9. Re: Polar Bears
  10. Teachers Not in the Classroom
  11. technology curriculum
  12. Re: technology curriculum
  13. [Fwd: One Final Christmas Humour :))]
  ---------------------------------
  Here's a digest of 9 Nov 1997.
  ------TOPICS IN THIS DIGEST------
  1. *Egyptian Mysteries* Scavenger Hunt
  2. Re: assemblies
  3. Blended Classes
  4. book month
  5. Re: Chocolate
  6. Re: Chocolate Day
  7. Enough Chocolate!!
  8. highlite tape
  9. Hilighter tape
  10. Re: International Food Fair
  11. internet ideas
  12. Parent Visitation Day
  13. Reading Comprehension
  14. slow worker
  15. slow worker
  16. Re: slow worker
  17. Re: Spelling Ideas
  18. Teachers-teaching-teachers
  19. Teachers-teaching-teachers
  20. Re: Teachers-teaching-teachers
  21. Re: Teachers-teaching-teachers
  22. Thanksgiving
  ---------------------------------

Advocacy and Administration

• EDInfo: 'Information from & about the U.S. Department of Education publications & more.' To subscribe to EDInfo, address an email message to: listproc@inet.ed.gov and write SUBSCRIBE EDINFO YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME in the message body. Here is a message posted 7 Dec 1997, titled 21st Century Community Learning Centers.

• DEOS: ' ... the Distance Education Online Symposium, consists of DEOSNEWS and DEOS-L. DEOSNEWS is a biweekly, international, electronic journal about distance education. DEOS-L is a free international discussion forum about distance education, established to facili- tate discussions of the issues presented in DEOSNEWS, as well as other issues of interest to distance educators. To subscribe to DEOSNEWS and DEOS-L, just post the following commands to LISTSERV@LISTS.PSU.EDU:
  • SUBSCRIBE DEOSNEWS Your Full Name
  • SUBSCRIBE DEOS-L Your Full Name'

• ICONnect, the American Association of School Librarians technology initiative dedicated to assist library media specialists, teachers and students meet training and support needs for navigating the Internet, offers online classes via email. Enrollment info is available at the ICONnect: Online Courses web site. For info on mini-grant applications and KidsConnect, 'ICONnect's FREE question-answering, help and referral service for K-12 students on the Internet,' see this message title ICONnect Technology Initiative, posted on 27 Oct 1997.

• OERG-L: On-Line Educators Resources Group. To subscribe send message to listserv@wvnvm.wvnet.edu with message body reading subscribe OERG-L Your Name If you wish to receive the digested version of the postings, just issue a SET OERG-L DIGEST command after you've subscribed.
  Do you know how to MOO? To learn about this method of interacting, check out this message of 15 Jan 1998 titled MOO Show'n'Tell. 'If your browser supports Java (new versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer do), you can connect via the integrated web interface by going to http://moo.du.org:8000.'

NASA: Natural Science, Astronomy, Space Travel

• updates-lfrf Live From the Rainforest, NASA's current Passport to Knowledge Project. I think this list replaced updates-lfm (Live From Mars, highlighting the Mars Pathfinder mission) in Jan 1998. Projects such as Weather Worlds seem to have continued from LFM into LFRF.
  To subscribe to the updates-lfrf mailing list, send a message to: listmanager@passport.ivv.nasa.gov In the message body, write these words: subscribe updates-lfrf
  Here's an introductory message posted to Live From the RainForest on 16 Jan 1998.
  Here's a message posted to Live From Mars on 7 Nov 1997. Included are
  PART 1: Weather Worlds Update: Final Plans & Updated Timetable
  PART 2: Live Event: November 13 Broadcast!
  PART 3: Opportunity: Send in Your Questions for Live Broadcast!
  PART 4: Rock Star Report
  PART 5: Two New Web Chats Scheduled
  PART 6: New Challenge Question
  PART 7: Mars Pathfinder Mission Status

Special Education

• SPEDTALK. `Spedtalk is an open, unmoderated list hosted by the University of Virginia. It is a forum for people to discuss current issues about practices, policies, and research in special education.' To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@virginia.edu with the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe spedtalk end

Environmental Education

• EENETS ` ... a moderated forum for people interested in the development and operation of electronic networks for environmental education.' To subscribe, send a message to majordomo@igc.apc.org containing the following single line of text: subscribe eenets
  
• cybermarch-net ` ... a discussion group designed for teachers and students who are interested in environmental projects from local and global perspectives. Cybermarch-net is a collaborative effort between Vistanomics, Inc., a company specializing in developing monitoring tools and teaching materials on topics such as lower atmospheric ozone and water pollution, and the Global Thinking Project, an environmental and telecommunications project linking schools from several countries to explore environmental education topics. Vistanomics has developed the EcoBadge Monitoring System in which students use chemically treated filter paper that reacts to ozone in atmosphere. The Global Thinking Project, headquartered at Georgia State University is providing professional support to teachers interested in implementing project-based teaching in their classrooms.' To subscribe send mail to Majordomo@igc.org with the following command in the body of your email message: subscribe cybermarch-net

Technology Training and Development

• See also the Technology Training and Development section of my Guide to Electronic Mailing Lists.

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