Introducing WWWEDU, an unmoderated list dedicated to the use of the World
Wide Web in education
WWWEDU is a brand new, unmoderated list sponsored by The Coalition for
Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval (CNIDR) and The Corporation
for Public Broadcasting. 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 advantagf 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 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 (http://edweb.cnidr.org).
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.
To join WWWEDU, send a message to listserv@k12.cnidr.org and in the body
of the message write
subscribe wwwedu (your name)
You will then be added to the WWWEDU list.
When you first join WWWEDU, please post an introduction of yourself to
the group, and feel free to suggest any discussion topics. You may post
at any time by sending a message to wwwedu@k12.cnidr.org. As WWWEDU is a
brand new list, it may take some time to begin a truly rigorous
discussion, so please feel free to be forward and state your ideas so we
can get some good ideas floating around.
Please join us at WWWEDU for some great discussions. I look forward to
hearing your thoughts.
Cheers!
Andy Carvin
WWWEDU Owner
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
acarvin@k12.cnidr.org