Education

Internet need not be so daunting

"WE HEAR so much about the Internet these days in the media but rarely see it discussed in the context of education," says Gerard…

Tue May 7 1996 - 01:00

"WE HEAR so much about the Internet these days in the media but rarely see it discussed in the context of education," says Gerard Morgan, a part-time lecturer in St Patrick's College, Maynooth, who teaches H.Dip students about technology in teaching.

"Hundreds of schools have gone on-line recently. However most schools are still finding their feet with this new resource," he says.

Morgan is also a project officer in the NCVA, Marino, Dublin, and a member of the national executive of the Computer Education Society of Ireland (CESI) and the Educational Media Association of Ireland (EMAI). He has compiled a short list of Irish and international Web sites which would give teachers a good starting point for exploration.

http://ireland.iol.ie/ednet/index.html

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Set up to provide information for teachers, this contains e-mail addresses of schools throughout Ireland. It also includes subject-related resource sites and project details.

http://www.scoil.ie

A new site designed for Irish teachers, it has a guide for schools getting started, including tips on how to get up and running. It includes a list of schools, Irish university sites, search engines and educational sites.

http://www.indigo.ie/lcvp

This sites explains the new Leaving Certificate Vocational programme and has a list of useful materials.

gopher://ericir.syr.edu/

A comprehensive subject-specific list of class plans with a useful search facility.

http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/

This site has almost 200,000 "visitors" a week and a database of 10 million documents and pictures. "Famous painting" category is popular; remember to double click on the thumbnail pictures for a larger image.

http://world.std.com/

The full texts of a long catalogue of books are available here. Choose the option "On Line Book Initiative".

http://www.lib.umich.edu/chouse/tree/edu.html

Lists sites and resources for specific curricular areas. When an area is chosen select the "hypertext guide" for a compiled list of resources and links in that area.

http://george.lblgov/itg.hm.pg.docs/dissect/dissect.html

A full dissection of a frog where the user has full control of where to make the first incision and 360-degree viewing.

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