The World Wide Web (WWW) offers educators access to electronic resources that can be used in the classroom. The WWW can provide access to lesson plans, K-12 classroom projects, content information, educational research, libraries, and databases. 

"Access to these resources brings the world to you.
It extends the classroom walls
and adds resources to your library."

     The WWW can provide on-line databases and directed classroom activities for students. Examples include:

  • Collect weather data and view weather maps from any state or part of the world.

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  • Access current events by reading on-line newspapers or visiting CNN's Web site. 

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  • View pictures of our Solar System from the Hubble Telescope or Galileo.

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  • Take a virtual field trip and view paintings at the Louvre in France. 

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  • Perform model simulations that are impractical for the classroom. 

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  • Watch video clips of historic events. 

 

     Bringing you such an incredible amount of information, the WWW can be overwhelming. In this book you will find:

  • Professional development and classroom Web sites

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  • Web searching tips for educators

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  • Strategies for keeping students safe on the Internet 
  • Information on how to access local products, services, people, maps and community links

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  • Tips on how to evaluate Web resources for the classroom

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  • Copyright resources

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  • Interactive uses of the Web for the classroom and research projects for students

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  • Web page development and use

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  • Information on special discussion groups called lists

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  • Procedures for downloading files

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  • List of free Web classroom resources 

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    Copyright © 2000 WOW Project
    University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO