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Peer reviewedLewis, Joan D. – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
This guide to the Internet for educators and parents of gifted children covers e-mail, talk, listservs, news groups, bulletin boards, Telnet, Gopher, World Wide Web, Mosaic, Netscape, file transfer protocol, and WAIS (Wide Area Information Service). Examples of sites for educators are included throughout the article. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Discussion Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Download full textLee, Paulette – 2001
This booklet provides parents with basic information about how to use the computer to find information and communicate with others. It describes what is needed to get started on the Internet and points to some of the many resources available online for parents and children. The book discusses: a brief definition of the Internet, including what the…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Gore, Tipper; And Others – Our Children, 1996
Discusses children's access to information through the media and parents' responsibility to protect them, noting what parents should know and how they can learn more. One sidebar examines parenting in the information age. Another sidebar describes how three states are helping parents use critical viewing to take charge of their televisions. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Computer Networks, Critical Viewing, Elementary School Students
Educational Resources Information Center (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
This brochure provides teachers, students, and parents with information on how to connect to a computer network; describes some of the education offerings available to network users; and offers hints to help make exploration of computer networks easy and successful. The brochure explains the equipment needed to connect to a computer network; ways…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software
ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, MD. – 1997
The Internet is a vast network of computers that connects people and information all over the world. Children often know far more about computers than their parents do. However, children need their parents' involvement, experience, and judgment, whether the children are experienced computer users or just getting started. This booklet provides…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This second edition of the "Parent's Guide to the Internet" is intended to help parents--regardless of their level of technological know-how--make use of the online world as an important educational tool. This booklet provides parents with basic information about how to use the computer to find information and communicate with others. It describes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
