Learning Aids : Getting Started on the Internet

This book was written to help instructors build classroom lessons with the use of the Internet. By following easy-to-understand steps, users will soon be on their way to developing their own curriculum journeys on the Internet. The book provides an introduction to computer use, explores Internet resources, and shows how these resources can be "fit" to the existing school curriculum. Written "by teachers for teachers," users will appreciate the support and guidance evident in each chapter. For pre-service and practicing teachers, and other educators.

The authors are practicing educators in northeast Florida.

Michele Keating is a fifth grade teacher at R. B. Hunt Elementary School in St. Augustine, Florida. She has won numerous awards for teaching in math, science, and special education and serves as the technical specialist in her school. Michele is a member of the prestigious Florida League of Teachers.

Jon Wiles is a professor of education at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The author of twelve major texts in the area of teaching and educational leadership, Jon is currently focused on Internet-assisted curriculum.

Mary Wood Piazza is an English teacher at Palatka High School in Palatka, Florida and is the designer of the LearningWebs Internet site (http://www.learnweb.org).

The authors are co-directors of a nonprofit Florida corporation, LearningWebs, Inc., dedicated to assisting teachers entering the new technological age in schools.