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%A   Gregory Giagnocavo jgg@wentworth.com
%A   Tim McLain
%A   Vince DiStefano
%A   Chris Noonan Sturm cnsturm@wentworth.com
%C   1866 Colonial Village Lane, PO Box 10488, Landcaster, PA   17605-0488
%D   1995
%G   0-932577-10-5
%I   Wentworth Worldwide Media, Inc.
%O   U$39.99/C$53.99 800-638-1639 fax 717-393-5752 connect@wentworth.com
%P   271
%T   "Educator's Internet Companion"
"Educator's Internet Companion", Gregory Giagnocavo, 1995, 0-932577-10-5,
U$39.99/C$53.99
 
The video which accompanies this book (little more than an ad for Internet
access--and "Classroom Connect") states at one point that the Internet's
educational resources are almost uncharted.  This is true only in comparison to
the overexposure that other topics get.  "Educator's Internet Companion" is,
too, almost a sampler of other Wentworth products.  Still, it is worth
consideration for some practical ideas and a quick, easy-to-follow resource
guide.
 
The lesson plans of chapter one are quite terse and provide more suggestions
and sites than usable curriculum.  Still, the thirty outlines do cover a range
of topics and activities (albeit they rely heavily on Gopher, and World Wide
Web).  The idea of "guided" tours through menu-driven systems is odd, but the
Internet can be daunting initially.  The lists of Gopher, telnet, ftp, and WWW
sites, as well as mailing lists and newsgroups, are brief, but to the point and
easy to read.  A discussion of funding sources is limited in specifics to the
United States, but possibly extremely helpful there.  A series of appendices
cover, concisely, Internet concepts and tools, acceptable use policies, and the
major commercial online services.
 
Wentworth seems to be quite serious about the educational market, and their
offerings are practical in both content and prices.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKEDINCM.RVW   950529
 
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