Subject:
AASL's ICONnect Technology Initiative
Date:
Mon, 27 Oct 1997 17:12:52 -0500
From:
Steven Hofmann
To:
ICONNECT Using Internet and Web Search Engines Effectively
October 27, 1997
Have you taken advantage of everything ICONnect has to offer?
In addition to the online courses, AASL's ICONnect technology
initiative also offers:
***Mini-Grants***
Awarded annually to library media specialists and classroom teachers
who work together to develop curriculum-related projects that focus
on the Internet as an information resource. Deadline for the 1998
Mini-Grants is Thursday, December 4, 1997. Complete application
guidelines and evaluation criteria are available on the ICONnect web
site at:
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/minigran.html
Mini-grant application guidelines are also available via the ALA
Fax-on-Demand system. Dial 1-800-545-2433, then press 8 to reach the
Fax-on-Demand system. Follow the prompts to request document 801.
***KidsConnect***
KidsConnect is ICONnect's FREE question-answering, help and referral
service for K-12 students on the Internet. KidsConnect helps
students access and use the information available on the Internet
effectively and efficiently. Library media specialists from
throughout the world are collaborating on KidsConnect to provide
direct assistance to any student K-12 who is looking for resources
for school or personal interests. Through e-mail, students contact
the main KidsConnect address and will receive a message from a
volunteer library media specialist with assistance within two school
days. Students can send questions to KidsConnect from the AskKC web
site at:
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html
Or sending the question in an e-mail message to: AskKC@ala.org
Library media specialists, teachers and parents can learn more about
KidsConnect by visiting the KidsConnect home page at:
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kidsconn.html
***Curriculum Connections***
Curriculum Connections offers annotated, evaluated web sites in all
curriculum areas and listserv discussions of curriculum and technical
issues of Internet use to assist you with integrating the Internet
into the classroom.
***New Online Courses***
Beginning in January 1998, four new online courses will join the
ICONnect lineup:
"Learning Partners: Parents and Kids on the Internet," "Information
Literacy and the Internet," "Using Advanced Internet Search Engines,"
and "Integrating the Internet into the Elementary Curriculum." A
current online course schedule and course descriptions are available
on the ICONnect web site at:
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/onlineco.html
For more information, contact ICONnect at:
American Association of School Librarians
a division of the American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(800) 545-2433 x4389
ICONnect@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/ICONN