RFC 1941
Frequently Asked Questions for Schools
7. Questions About Security and Ethics 7.1 I've heard that there is a lot of objectionable material on the Internet. How do I deal with that problem? Because sensational media accounts tend to downplay the educational uses of the Internet in favor of the more controversial material available, this will almost certainly be an issue raised when you discuss getting an Internet connection in your school. Concerned educators should learn more about this issue and formulate a strategy for resolving problems before they arise. One important point to realize early is that students do not accidentally bump into objectionable material in the course of most educational explorations. Although we are not suggesting that people never run across objectionable material by chance, most find this material only because they're looking for it. At the time of this writing the most important and effective action schools can take is to develop clear policies to guide students' use of the Internet and establish rules - and consequences for breaking them - that govern behavior on the Internet. These policies, called Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs), work best when they are in line with rules governing other behavior at school. Additionally, schools should integrate issues around technology and ethics into the curriculum [3]. Schools need to exercise reasonable oversight while realizing that it is almost impossible to absolutely guarantee that students will not be able to access objectionable material. It may be
wise to make this clear to parents and students before a student is given access to the Internet. To limit a school's liability, some systems obtain signed releases from students and parents stipulating that they have read the AUP and that the student agrees to abide by it. Several commercial software products are available which attempt to address the problem of access to objectionable material. They block access to controversial sites, look for specific text in email messages, or do both. Some can be configured in the home or school and some block a preconfigured collection of sites which is maintained and configured by the company. Some success has been achieved through the use of proxy servers. A school hooks up all its computers to a single computer that has full Internet access. This computer server then becomes the gateway to the Internet for all of the school computers. The server can be configured to mask away sites that have objectionable material, including Web pages, Gopher and FTP sites, and network news and WAIS servers. One further step can be taken by also installing a caching server on the gateway machine. A caching server can hold Web pages locally after they have been retrieved from other sites. Once a page has been loaded into the server it can thereafter be fetched from the cache, useful if a set of Web pages needs to be accessed frequently from a site that is usually busy. Although proxy and caching servers are relatively easy to set up by a system administrator, entering all the sites that are objectionable and keeping the cache up to date can be time consuming. Also, this method does not stop teachers and students from receiving and sending objectionable material as email attachments. The store-and-forward method is one way to filter information to which students are exposed. Usenet News and email (both described in Section 5, "Questions About Using Internet Services") are "stored" on a computer until the time appointed for that computer to contact the next one along the path to the final destination, at which time it is "forwarded" along its way. Most computers are set up to process outgoing requests at least every 30 minutes. This method requires quite a bit of management on the part of humans. It is also possible to control the times and opportunities that students have to access the Internet and only allow access under supervision. Many teachers find that engaging their students in meaningful, supervised learning activities operates as an effective deterrent to unauthorized Internet exploration.
At the time of this writing none of the technical solutions discussed above has proven wholly successful in addressing the problem of student access to controversial material. However, this area is currently the focus of intense development efforts. In the mean time, these solutions may be used in combination with clear policies and consequences for breaking them to ensure the integrity of the school, its students, and its educators. No matter what option or combination of options you choose, teaching the ethics of Internet access as a matter of course is imperative. There are resources for further exploration of the issue of students and objectionable material available on the Internet. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has produced a sensible and practical brochure entitled, "Child Safety on the Information Highway," written by Los Angeles Times columnist Lawrence J. Magid. It is available both online and hardcopy. Another good document, "Internet Parental Control Frequently Asked Questions," describes the tools available at the time of this writing to help with issues of children using the Internet, from guidance by parents to government restrictions to rating and filtering systems. It is produced by the Voters Telecommunications Watch and is available on the Internet. There is also at least one mailing list which you may want to join called Children Accessing Controversial Information (CACI). For information on all of these, please see Section 8, "Suggested Reading," and Section 9, "Resources and Contacts." 7.2 How do we keep our own and other people's computers safe from student "hackers"? In the language of computer folks, a "hacker" is someone who is excellent at understanding and manipulating computer systems. A "cracker" is someone who maliciously and/or illegally enters or attempts to enter someone else's computer system. Computer security is unquestionably important, both in maintaining the security of the school's computers and in ensuring the proper behavior of the school's students (and others who use the network). In this area, not only school policy, but also state and national laws may apply. One source of information which you can read to help you sort through security issues is the Site Security Handbook (FYI 8), which suggests to site computer administrators, Network Information Centers, Network Operation Centers, and others how to set up security policies and directs you to further information. A good book available commercially is "Computer Security Basics" by Russell and Gangemi. The full reference for these two sources of information can be found in Section 8, "Suggested Reading."
Your school's AUP (see Question 7.4) should specify the consequences for such activity, and it may also be prudent to require a signed release from each student stating that he understands these consequences and possible legal implications of intentional exploitation of computer networks. In the unlikely event that someone from outside your school breaks in to a computer on your network, you should report the activity to the CERT Coordination Center. Contact information for the center can be found in Section 9, "Resources and Contacts." 7.3 How do we keep viruses from attacking all of our computers if we get connected to the Internet? Even if you use the Internet to exchange only data (such as text or pictures), virus infection can be a problem. This is because many programs today allow data files to include commands which are run when the data is loaded. Certainly when you download software programs and run them on your own computer you should use caution. Anything you download over the Internet or an electronic bulletin board system could have a virus. For that matter, any program and even some documents, whether on tape or a disk, including commercial software still in its original packaging, might possibly have a virus. Therefore there are two precautions you should take. First, install virus protection software on all your computers. Second, use only trusted sources from which to download software and files. If you are uncertain about whether to download something, ask someone first. Virus checking software is available free over the Internet via Anonymous FTP from the CERT Coordination Center. Your hardware or software vendor, your network access provider, your technical support resources, or your colleagues on network mailing lists should be able to provide more specific information applicable to your site. Contact information for the CERT Coordination Center can be found in Section 9, "Resources and Contacts." 7.4 What are the rules for using the Internet? When your Internet connection is established, your access provider should acquaint you with their Acceptable Use Policy. This policy explains acceptable and unacceptable uses for your connection. For example, it is in all cases unacceptable to use the network for illegal purposes. It may, in some cases, be unacceptable to use the network for commercial purposes. If such a policy is not mentioned, ask for it. All users are expected to know what the acceptable and unacceptable uses of their network are.
Remember that it is essential to establish a school-wide policy in addition to the provider's AUP. A school's AUP is usually more restrictive and specific than the one used by the service provider. A repository of sample school AUPs can be found on the Armadillo Web server, listed in section 9, "Resources and Contacts." As mentioned earlier, some school systems have found it worthwhile to make Internet access contingent upon a student's signed agreement to abide by the school's AUP. Beyond your service provider's AUP and the one you create for your school, there are no overreaching rules for Internet use. There are, however, community standards and conventions that should be observed. You can review some generally agreed-upon guidelines at Arlene Rinaldi's etiquette page and by reading FYI 28 (RFC 1855), "Netiquette Guidelines." See Section 9, "Resources and Contacts," for the location of the etiquette page, and Appendix B, "Ways to Get RFCs" for instructions on obtaining FYI 28. 8. Suggested Reading Those items marked with an asterisk (*) are available free online. For information on retrieving RFCs and FYIs, see Appendix B, "Ways to Get RFCs." * Connecting to the Future: A Guide For Building a Network Infrastructure for Education. NASA IITA, Department of Education NCES. 1995. Gopher: quest.arc.nasa.gov/How to Get Connected to and How to Use the Internet (Also available from NASA CORE with accompanying video. See NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators in Section 9, "Resources and Contacts.") * Conrad, L. B. "Getting US Educators Online" http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/online/table.html (State-by-state compilation of Internet service offerings especially for teachers.) Cummins, J. and D. Sayers. Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy Through Global Learning Networks. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Ellsworth, J. H. Education on the Internet: A Hands-on Book of Ideas, Resources, Projects, and Advice. Indianapolis, Indiana: Sams Publishing, 1994. * Electronic Frontier Foundation. EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet. http://www.eff.org/pub/Net_info/EFF_Net_Guide/netguide.eff and from the EFF online archives at ftp.eff.org, gopher.eff.org, AOL keyword EFF, CIS EFFSIG forum.
Estrada, S. Connecting to the Internet: An O'Reilly Buyer's Guide.
Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly and Associates, Inc., 1993.
* FYI 4 "FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly asked
`New Internet User' Questions," Marine, A., J. Reynolds, and
G. Malkin. (fyi4.txt or rfc1594.txt)
* FYI 5 "Choosing a Name for Your Computer," Libes, D. (fyi5.txt or
rfc1178.txt)
* FYI 8 "Site Security Handbook," Holbrook, J.P. and J.K. Reynolds.
(fyi8.txt or rfc1244.txt)
* FYI 18 "Internet Users' Glossary," Malkin, G. and T. LaQuey Parker.
(fyi18.txt or rfc1392.txt)
* FYI 20 "What is the Internet?" Krol, E. and E. Hoffman. (fyi20.txt
or rfc1462.txt)
* FYI 26 "K-12 Internetworking Guidelines," J. Gargano, D. Wasley.
November 1994. (fyi26.txt or rfc1709.txt)
* FYI 28 "Netiquette Guidelines," Hambridge, S. (fyi28.txt or
rfc1855.txt)
Giagnocavo, G., et. al. Educator's Internet Companion (with diskette
and video). Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wentworth Worldwide Media,
1995.
Harris, J. Way of the Ferret: Finding and Using Educational Resources
on the Internet. Eugene, Oregon: International Society for
Technology in Education, 1995.
Krol, E. The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, Second Edition.
Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1994. (Also available
in textbook version)
* National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.org/information_superhighway.html (Online
brochure "Child Safety on the Information Highway")
Also available from
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
2101 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 550
Arlington, VA 22201-3052
1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Protheroe, N. and E. Wilson. The Internet Handbook for School Users.
Arlington, Virginia: Educational Research Service, 1994.
* RFC 1480 "The US Domain," Cooper, A. and J. Postel. June 1993.
(rfc1480.txt)
[This document will also be useful to people not in the United
States. See the sites listed under the FYI documents for the
location nearest you from which to download the file.]
* Rinaldi, A. "The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette,"
http://rs6000.adm.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette.html
* Rogers, A. "Global Literacy in a Gutenberg Culture,"
http://gsn.org/gsn/article.gutenberg.html
Russell, D., and G. T. Gangemi, Sr. Computer Security Basics.
Sebastopol, California: O'Reilly and Associates, 1991.
* Safdar, S. J. "Internet Parental Control Frequently Asked Questions,"
Voters Telecommunications Watch, 1995.
http://www.vtw.org/pubs/ipcfaq, or email vtw@vtw.org and in the
subject line type "send ipcfaq" without the quotes
Steen, D.R., M.R. Roddy, D. Sheffield, and M.B. Stout. Teaching with
the Internet: Putting Teachers Before Technology. Bellevue,
Washington: Resolution Business Press, Inc., 1995.
9. Resources and Contacts
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CONFERENCES
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A list of other conferences, primarily in the United States, can be
found at http://www.classroom.net/classroom/conf.htm
NECC and Tel-Ed
International Society for Technology in Education
1787 Agate Street
Eugene, Oregon 97403-1923
USA
Phone: 503-346-4414 or 1-800-336-5191
Fax: 503-346-5890
Email: iste@oregon.uoregon.edu
(CompuServe: 70014,2117)
(AppleLink: ISTE)
See also "Internet Computers" in this section.
INET
Internet Society
12020 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Suite 210
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USA
Phone: 703-648-9888
Fax: 703-620-0913
Email: isoc@isoc.org
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INTERNET COMPUTERS
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Academy One (National Public Telecomputing Network)
via WWW:
http://www.nptn.org/cyber.serv/AOneP/index.html
Armadillo's WWW Server
via WWW:
http://riceinfo.rice.edu:80/armadillo/
BBN National School Network Testbed
via Gopher:
copernicus.bbn.com
via WWW:
http://copernicus.bbn.com:70/testbed/
Censorship/Freedom of Speech/Child Safety on the Internet Web page
via WWW:
http://www.voicenet.com/~cranmer/censorship.html
Classroom Connect on the Net
via WWW:
http://www.classroom.net/
via FTP:
ftp.classroom.net/wentworth/Classroom-Connect/aup-faq.txt (for an
FAQ document on Acceptable Use Policies)
Chatback Trust and Chatback International network server
via WWW:
http://www.tcns.co.uk/chatback/welcome.html
CERT Coordination Center
via WWW:
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/SEI/programs/cert/CERT.info.html
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/technology/trustworthy.html
via email:
cert@cert.org
via FTP: info.cert.org
cd pub/
Consortium for School Networking
via Gopher:
cosn.org
via WWW:
http://cosn.org/
CU-SeeMe
via WWW:
http://cu-seeme.cornell.edu/
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
via WWW:
http://ericir.syr.edu/
via Gopher:
ericir.syr.edu
via telnet:
telnet bbs.oit.unc.edu
login: launch
(Follow directions on screen for registration. At the main menu,
choose number 4, "Topical Document Search (WAIS)", and move to
eric-digests. For help in WAIS, type a question mark.)
via email:
askeric@ericir.syr.edu
(In your message ask for the topic you're interested in. A human
will answer you.)
Empire Internet Schoolhouse
via Gopher:
nysernet.org (port 3000)
Electronic Frontier Foundation ("A non-profit civil liberties
organization working in the public interest to protect privacy,
free expression, and access to online resources and information.")
via WWW:
http://www.eff.org/
via email:
ask@eff.org
via snailmail, telephone, and fax:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
1550 Bryant Street
San Francisco CA 94103 USA
+1 415 668 7171 (voice)
+1 415 668 7007 (fax)
EdWeb
via WWW:
http://edweb.cnidr.org:90/
European Schools Project
via WWW:
http://www.educ.uva.nl/ESP/
Foundation Center
via WWW:
http://fdncenter.org/
Geometry Forum
via WWW:
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/wwwhtml.html ("Learning
to Use the Web and Create Web Pages")
Global SchoolNet Foundation
via WWW:
http://gsn.org/
http://gsn.org/gsn/article.connect.levels.html ("Internet
Connectivity Levels")
http://gsn.org/gsn/article.design.project.html ("How to Design a
Successful Project")
http://gsn.org/gsn/article.gutenberg.html ("Global Literacy in
a Gutenberg Culture")
Grants Web
via WWW:
http://infoserv.rttonet.psu.edu/gweb.htm
Hot List of K-12 Internet School Sites (Gleason Sackman, SENDIT)
via WWW:
http://www.sendit.nodak.edu/k12/
International Education and Research Network (I*EARN)
via WWW:
http:// www.iearn.org/iearn/
via Gopher:
gopher.iearn.org (port 7008)
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Internet School Networking (ISN) working group home page (publishers
of this document)
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via WWW:
http://isteonline.uoregon.edu/
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isteonline.uoregon.edu
KIDLINK
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gopher.kidlink.org
Learning Resource Server, University of Illinois College of Education
via WWW:
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/Activity-Structures/ (Judi Harris' Network-
Based Educational Activity Collection)
via Gopher:
gopher.ed.uiuc.edu
MBONE (Multicast Backbone)
via WWW:
http://www.mbone.com/techinfo/
NASA Jason Project
via WWW:
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/JASON/JASON_HOME.html
NASA Online Educational Resources
via WWW:
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/OER/
NASA Quest
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http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/essay/essay-index.html ("Networks, Where
Have You Been All My Life" student essay contest winners)
via Gopher:
quest.arc.nasa.gov (port 70)
via FTP:
ftp quest.arc.nasa.gov
NASA Spacelink
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http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/
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spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
via telnet:
telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
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ftp spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
To find information on the NASA Teacher Resource Center Network,
choose "Educational Services," then "Teacher Resource Center Network."
For television schedules, follow the menu for "Educational Service"
to nthe menu option, "Technology."
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
via WWW:
http://www.missingkids.org/
http://www.missingkids.org/information_superhighway.html (Online
brochure "Child Safety on the Information Highway)
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
via WWW:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html
(Mosaic Home Page)
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html
(A Beginner's Guide to HTML)
via FTP:
ftp ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu (to download the Mosaic WWW browser)
National Center for Technology Planning
via Gopher:
gopher.msstate.edu
Choose "Resources Maintained at MS State University," then select
"National Center for Technology Planning."
National Science Foundation's (United States) Science and Technology
Information System (STIS)
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stis.nsf.gov
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telnet stis.nsf.gov
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Follow instructions on screen.
Netscape Communications
via WWW:
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ftp ftp.netscape.com
Netscape's WWW browser can be downloaded from Netscape's FTP sites at
ftp.netscape.com, ftp2.netscape.com, ftp3.netscape.com...through
ftp7.netscape.com.
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (U.S. Department of
nEducation)
via WWW:
http://oeri.ed.gov/
via Gopher:
gopher.ed.gov
Providers of Commercial Internet Access (for a list of Internet
Service Providers)
via WWW:
http://www.celestin.com/pocia/
THE LIST (for a list of Internet Service Providers)
via WWW:
http://thelist.com
Voters Telecommunications Watch
via WWW:
http://www.vtw.org/
http://www.vtw.org/pubs/ipcfaq [Internet Parental Control
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) by Shabbir J. Safdar]
World Wide Web Consortium
via WWW:
http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/
via telnet:
telnet telnet.w3.org (public access Lynx client. Use "lynx"
without the quotes if a login is requested.)
Web66
via WWW:
http://web66.coled.umn.edu/
http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html (International WWW Schools
Registry)
http://web66.coled.umn.edu/Cookbook/contents.html (Classroom
Internet Server Cookbook)
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NEWS GROUPS
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alt.algebra.help
alt.comp.shareware.for-kids
alt.education.distance
alt.kids-talk
bit.listserv.edtech
comp.security.announce
k12.chat.elementary
k12.chat.junior
k12.chat.senior
k12.chat.teacher
k12.ed.art
k12.ed.business
k12.ed.comp.literacy
k12.ed.health-pe
k12.ed.life-skills
k12.ed.math
k12.ed.music
k12.ed.science
k12.ed.soc-studies
k12.ed.special
k12.ed.tag
k12.ed.tech
k12.edu.life-skills (especially for school counselors)
k12.euro.teachers (in Europe)
k12.lang.art
k12.lang.deutsch-eng
k12.lang.esp-eng
k12.lang.francais
k12.lang.russian
k12.library
k12.news
k12.sys.projects
misc.education
misc.education.language.english
misc.education.multimedia
misc.kids
misc.kids.computer
news.announce.newusers
uk.education.misc
uk.education.teachers
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Phone: 1-503-346-4414
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Asia Pacific Network Information Center
c/o The United Nations University
53-70 Jingumae 5-Chome
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150
Japan
Phone: +81-3-5467-7014
Fax: +81-3-5467-7015
Email: hostmaster@apnic.net
WWW: http://www.apnic.net
AskERIC Project
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources
Syracuse University
4-194 Center for Science & Technology
Syracuse, New York 13244-4100
Phone: 315-443-3640
Fax: 315-443-5448
Email: AskERIC@ericir.syr.edu
See also "Internet Computers" above.
CERT Coordination Center (Formerly CERT, Computer Emergency Response
Team)
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15313-3890
USA
Phone: 412-268-7090
Fax: 412-268-6989
Email: cert@cert.org
See also "Internet Computers" above.
Chatback International
Dr. R. Zenhausern, Executive Director
Psychology Department
St. Johns University
SB 15, Marillac
Jamaica, NY 11439
USA
Phone: 718-990-6447
Fax: 718-990-6705
Email: drz@sjuvm.stjohns.edu
The Chatback Trust
Tom Holloway, UK Director
6 St. Mary's Crescent
Royal Leamington Spa
Warwickshire, 1JL
Phone: +44-926-888333
Fax: +44-926-420204
Email: t.holloway@warwick.ac.uk
See also "Internet Computers" above.
Consortium for School Networking
P.O. Box 65193
Washington, DC 20035-5193
USA
Phone: 202-466-6296
Fax: 202-872-4318
Email: info@cosn.org
See also "Internet Computers" above.
European Schools Project ("...a support system for secondary schools
to explore applications of educational telematics.")
University of Amsterdam
Centre for Tele-Learning
Wibautstraat 4
1091 GM Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Contact: Dr. Pauline Meijer or Dr. Henk Sligte
Phone: +31-20-5251248
Fax: +31-20-5251211
Email: risc@esp.educ.uva.nl
WWW: http://www.educ.uva.nl/ESP
FidoNet
1151 SW Vermont Street
Portland, OR 97219
USA
Contact: Janet Murray
Phone: 1-503-280-5280
Email: jmurray@psg.com
WWW: http://bbs.owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html (A Fidonet Primer)
Global SchoolNet Foundation (formerly FrEdMail)
P.O. Box 243,
Bonita, CA 91908
USA
Phone: (619) 475-4852
Fax: (619) 472-0735
Email: info@gsn.org
See also "Internet Computers" above.
International Education and Research Network (I*EARN)
c/o Copen Family Fund
345 Kear Street
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
USA
Contact: Dr. Edwin H. Gragert
Phone: 914-962-5864
Fax: 914-962-6472
Email: iearn@iearn.org
See also "Internet Computers" above.
Internet Society
12020 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Suite 210
Reston, Virginia 22091
USA
Phone: 703-648-9888
Fax: 703-620-0913
Email: isoc@isoc.org
WWW: http://www.isoc.org/home.html
KIDLINK Society
4815 Saltrod
Norway
Phone: +47-370-31204
Fax: +47-370-27111
Email: kidlink-info@kidlink.org
See also "Internet Computers" and "Electronic Mail Lists" above.
K12Net
1151 SW Vermont Street
Portland, OR 97219
USA
Phone: 503-280-5280
Contact: Janet Murray
Email: jmurray@psg.com
Gopher: gopher.psg.com
WWW: http://arlo.wilsonhs.pps.k12.or.us/k12.html
Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
Kruislaan 409
NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 592 5065
Fax: +31 20 592 5090
Email: ncc@ripe.net
WWW: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/default.html
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VIDEOS
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Master Communications Group
7322 Ohms Lane
Minneapolis, MN 55439
Phone: 1-800-862-6164
Fax: 1-612-835-9573
Titles:
Experience the Power: Network Technology for Education (produced
by the National Center for Education Statistics)
Future Schools: Connected to the World (produced by MIT)
NASA Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE)
Lorain County Joint Vocational School
15181 Route 58 South
Oberlin, OH 44074
USA
Phone: 1-216-774-1051, x293/294
Fax: 1-216-774-2144
Email: video-info@quest.arc.nasa.gov
Titles:
Global Quest: The Internet in the Classroom
Connecting to the Future: A Guide for Building a Network
Infrastructure for Education
Global Quest II: The Internet in the Curriculum
Others
The fee for the videos is cost plus shipping and handling. You may
also make a copy yourself by taking a blank copy to the nearest NASA
Teacher Resource Center. For information on the NASA Teacher Resource
Center Network or on NASA Select, contact your nearest NASA facility
or consult NASA Spacelink, listed above in "Internet Computers."
Wentworth Worldwide Media
1866 Colonial Village Lane
P.O. Box 10488
Lancaster, PA 17605-0488
USA
Phone: 1-717-393-1000
1-800-638-1639
Fax: 1-717-390-4378
Titles:
The Amazing Internet
Internet Email
Searching the Internet
Discovering the World Wide Web
Others
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