From assist@execpc.com Wed Mar 20 17:32:25 1996 Date: Thu, 04 May 95 20:07:38 -500 From: OnLine Assist To: paulc@npac.syr.edu Subject: Would you mind adding us? [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] Hello: I wanted to drop you a quick email to inquire as to whether or not you would be interested in including a pointer from your pages back to our "Kids Only" site on the Web that we are just opening on Monday, May 8th, 1995. We would also like your permission to put a pointer back to your site from our Kids Only pages. The url for the site is http://wwww.execpc.com/milwaukee/kids/ It is basically a "fun and games" interactive site dedicated towards kids, and also is monitored and written in manner so as to parse out vulgar words, stalkers, etc. At any rate, this is just and inquiry, and the site has not "officially" opened. I'm just hoping we might be able to work something out. Thanks very much for your time. Deanna Tieman OnLine Assist assist@execpc.com From root@spectracom.com Wed Mar 20 17:32:46 1996 Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 10:12:13 +0600 From: SpectraCom Root Account To: kidsweb@npac.syr.edu Subject: ANNOUNCE: KidsCom Please consider linking to us: KidsCom, a communication playground for children ages 8-12 is up and running. Kids can find key pals, get help with Internet questions from an Internet guru, talk about what they'd like to be when they grow up, explore links to other children's sites, enter sweepstakes to win prizes, and give feedback on what they'd like to see and do on the Internet. http://www.spectracom.com/kidscom/ For more info, please email kidscom@spectracom.com Thanx, -Scott Yanoff From LAURENCE@ACC.FAU.EDU Wed Mar 20 17:53:07 1996 Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:00:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Helen Laurence To: paulc@npac.syr.edu Subject: More re: kids web Paul, I forgot to mention -- please take a look at the "Fun & Games" section of our "Just for Kids" page. We DO rely heavily on Yahoo indexes in other subject areas in our website, but not here. The URL is http://www.fau.edu/library/kids.htm Thanks. Helen Dr. Helen Laurence Library Systems Dept. (407)367-3789 Florida Atlantic University, P.O. Box 3092, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Internet: laurence@acc.fau.edu Bitnet: laurence@fauvax From cairns@astro.washingtion.edu Wed Mar 20 17:59:01 1996 Date: Sat, 05 Aug 95 15:48:59 0700 From: Alan Cairns To: paulc@npac.syr.edu Subject: SciEd: Science and Math Education Resources Paul, I was browsing through KidsWeb and didn't find any mention of SciEd. Below is the list of urls for it. Feel free to include it with KidsWeb if you deem it appropriate. Thanks, Alan Cairns SciEd: Science and Mathematics Education Resources http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/science.html AstroEd: Astronomy and Space Science PhysicsEd: Physics ChemEd: Chemistry EarthEd: Earth Science BioEd: Biology EnviroEd: Environmental Science Oceanography and Marine Biology Meteorology Anthropology, Paleontology, etc. Mathematics General Science (more than one discipline) Health Education Museums and Exhibits related to science History of Science Ethics in Science Doing Science Skepticism and Pseudoscience Science Reference Shelf (Physical constants, etc.) Other Science/Math Gateways Suppliers of Equipment and Software From VANDERGRIFT@zodiac.rutgers.edu Wed Mar 20 18:38:24 1996 Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 10:25:34 -0400 (EDT) From: VANDERGRIFT@zodiac.rutgers.edu To: paulc@npac.syr.edu Subject: Home Pages Paul: I enjoyed the home page and thought you might like to visit my home page --I think it does provide additional information on materials for children and young people. The address is: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/kayhp2.html Let me know what you think. Kay Vandergrift@Zodiac.rutgers.edu From rep@awod.com Wed Mar 20 19:02:21 1996 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 11:23:52 -0700 From: Russ Pollanen To: paulc@npac.syr.edu Subject: Hello hello, If you see my page as appropriate to yours I would be grateful for a link on your page. You can find a link to your page at:http://users.aol.com/rpollanen/7.htm. Either way THANKS for at least taking the time to read this message. I have links to several of your pages and plan on adding your index site that I'm mailing from too. Pollanen's Cyberland http://users.aol.com/rpollanen/ Excellent Links Plenty of Links Original backgrounds rep@awod.com THANKS again From Koechley@facstaff.wisc.edu Wed Mar 20 19:10:20 1996 Date: Sun, 05 Nov 95 17:13:28 0600 From: Bob Koechley To: kidsweb@npac.syr.edu Subject: Cross post? I like the material you've created and it's format. I am including a link to if from my WebEd k12 Curriculum Links page, http://badger,state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/www/WebEd.html If you evaluate my site, and value it, feel free to include a link. Thanks for the excellent work. From garland@main.morris.org Wed Mar 20 19:34:32 1996 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 95 19:46:21 0000 From: Jim Garland To: kidsweb@npac.syr.edu Subject: (no subject) EXCELLENT PAGE! I just started a site for my library in New Jersey. http://www.gti.net/mountarlington/ If you get a chance, stop by... I could use some input. Jim Garland Mount Arlington Public Library From gcf@oldnova.npac.syr.edu Wed Mar 20 22:41:32 1996 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 95 19:28:59 EST From: gcf@oldnova.npac.syr.edu Reply to: gcf@npac.syr.edu To: edlipson@suvm.syr.edu, bwm@oldnova.npac.syr.edu, kim@nova.npac.syr.edu, paulc@oldnova.npac.syr.edu Cc: gcheng@oldnova.npac.syr.edu Subject: Searching Gang's education database of USEnet messages gives very useful URLs For instance If you select misc.education.science get following useful URL's There are too many 's but still looks interesting source of internet addresses Geoffrey Fox gcf@npac.syr.edu, http://www.npac.syr.edu Phone 3154432163 (Npac central 3154431723) Fax 3154434741 http://sun1.iusb.edu/faculty/mkinyon/ http://www.cam.org/~aselby/logic_lessons http://www.cam.org/~aselby/ http://www.cam.org/~aselby/index.html http://www.idis.com/vv http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/jupiter.html http://www.intersurf.com/~spcsinc/ http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://www.crs4.it/~calis/IPERLER/ http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/melissa/projects.html
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This page is produced by Infomall at Tuesday , 19:18 11/21/95 EST from NPAC News Archive Server on Asknpac From mchildre@tricon.net Wed Mar 20 23:32:05 1996 Date: Fri, 22 Dec 95 00:35:09 0500 From: Michelle Childress To: kidsweb@npac.syr.edu Subject: your url I've recently included your page as a link from my the page listed below: http://pen1.pen.k12.va.us:80/~mchildre/teched.html I'm in the process of updating my homepage and links from all pages. Please let me know if you'd prefer I NOT use your url on this page. Many thanks, Michelle From k-mail@internet-for-kids.com Wed Mar 20 23:49:51 1996 Date: Fri, 29 Dec 1995 16:18:22 +0000 From: "Internet for Kids, Inc." To: kidsweb@npac.syr.edu Subject: (no subject) PRESS RELEASE Internet for Kids, Inc. Features Fast Growing List of International E-Pals [For immediate release. Please contact Dr. Victoria Williams at 512/261-6101 (phone or fax) or at k-mail@internet-for-kids.com for further information.] Internet for Kids, Inc., an Internet web site and publications firm, is drawing attention as a rapidly growing site where young folks, usually 12 years or younger, can share e-mail addresses and interests. "We have nearly 1,000 names on file and over 300 of them verified and posted (http://www.internet-for-kids.com)," according to Dr. Victoria Williams, President of the firm. "We have kids from all over the world communicating with one another, including from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, South Africa, Sweden and a number of other countries," she adds. Dr. Williams, a former school superintendent and expert in communication technologies in the classroom, feels that the Internet, especially in the form of the World Wide Web, is a "natural" for kids who have grown up using computers. "We ought to teach our kids about the Internet, get them online, show them the fun stuff instead of worrying about them going right to the trash," says educator and author Dr. Victoria Williams, in designing an Internet web site just for kids. The site specializes in activities for children aged 12 years or younger. Pilot tests have shown that some activities can be used by children as young as 3 years. Williams, an author of such books as Growing up with Computers, Teach Your Baby to Use a Computer, Microcomputers in Elementary Education, and Kids Can Read Better, is about to complete a new book, Internet for Kids: Early Adventures on the Information Superhighway. The Internet for Kids, Inc. home page (http://www.internet-for-kids.com) also features guides to web activities for younger children ("Playground"), online games ("Fun and Games"), scientific projects ("Science"), and an upcoming on-line fantasy game ("House of Airotciv"). A service for kid's classified ads has recently been launched. There are also suggestions for Internet based activities for school ("School Crossings"). Williams and her associates regularly test the suggested web sites because, in her experience, many sites listed for kids are really more for adults working with kids, and still others are of no educational or recreational value. Because web sites change so frequently, the Internet for Kids, Inc. staff will offer weekly updates of all suggested links. "This is strictly a kids 'hands-on' project," emphasizes Williams. ___________ Dr. Victoria Williams, President Internet for Kids, Inc. 421 Sunfish St. Austin, Texas 78734 Telephone and Fax 512/261-6101 Email k-mail@internet-for-kids.com Home Page http://www.internet-for-kids.com From stib@pacificnet.net Thu Mar 21 00:21:23 1996 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 96 23:15:45 -0800 From: Gary Stibal To: kidsweb@npac.syr.edu Subject: Cybertown Campus Hi; We hope you don't mind but we have just used your site in our new Campus in Cybertown. You might want to take a look at it: http://www.cybertown.com/campgene.html Keep up the good work. Thanks and have one of your best years ever. From gcf@npac.syr.edu Thu Mar 21 00:32:53 1996 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 13:08:14 EST From: Geoffrey Fox To: paulc@oldnova.npac.syr.edu Subject: FYI Geoffrey Fox gcf@npac.syr.edu, http://www.npac.syr.edu Phone 3154432163 (Npac central 3154431723) Fax 3154434741 ------- Forwarded Message Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 09:22:04 -0800 From: George Lake To: All dept , lgblanch@u.washington.edu, hpcc exploder Subject: Best of the Net: Science & Eng (fwd) The k12 outreach component of my group's WWW site won an award for "Best Education Site in Science and Engineering". The URL is in the text below. - --George > >Congrats again! You've obviously put a lot into your Internet efforts! > >Toodles, >Sharii > >======================================================= >Shari Worthington >Editor.............................Science & Engineering Network News > >THE Guide to Internet Resources for Scientists & Engineers >======================================================= > >1996 Best of the Net: Science & Engineering > >What makes for a really good Internet site? To me, it's a lot like parenting. >To raise an intelligent and fairly well-adjusted child, be straight-forward, >make the day-to-day routine interesting, and demonstrate useful things along >the way. So to create a good Internet site, keep it simple, make it >interesting to explore, and provide useful content. In both cases, sticking >to the rules and praying for a little luck will usually turn out a good >end-product. > >It's not that there's any big secret here, but in all our travels, most of >the time we find that people just don't seem to be willing to take the time >and make the necessary sacrifices to do things right. And boy, did we see a >lot of short-cuts along the way as we chose the "best of the best online," in >this our first annual survey. > >The Criteria > >The 1996 Best of the Net: Science & Engineering is our attempt to show you >just how valuable the online world can be. And if you're working on your own >site, we hope you'll listen to a few of our pointers. We searched high and >low for the top 10 sites that really stand out as the best. > >It all started with a list of nominees submitted by all the SENN editors (see >Table 1), each of whom is an expert in his/her technical discipline. Each >site was reviewed in detail and evaluated according to the following >criteria: online content, organization of the material, ease of use, types of >access, links to other sites, and currency. > >For a site to really stand out as the best of the best, though, we were also >looking for something different, something compelling that could keep our >interest and keep us coming back to the site for more. Sites with this kind >of magic, are few and far between, but we found a few. > >The Competition Categories >This month, we will cover the first three categories in our competition: >- Best Educational Site >- Best Commercial Site, Small Company >- Best Commercial Site, Large Company > >In our next few issues, we'll cover the remaining categories: >- Best Meta-Site (pointers to pointers) >- Best Technical Society Site >- Best E-Publication >- Best Government Site >- Best Shareware/Freeware Site >- Best Science & Engineering for Fun Site >- Best Online Database > >Best Educational Site > >There are two general types of sites you'll find online-those that are >developed and maintained by someone who gets paid to do the work, and those >that are created by people who donate their time and effort. While there is >plenty of room in cyberspace for both kinds of efforts, often the reality is >that most of us have to work for a living. And so, unless people are being >paid for the work, a site often becomes stale and out-of-date. We saw this in >several of our categories where a would-be "Best of the Net" was eliminated >because the site hadn't been updated for months. Of course, there are >exceptions-those sites that are based on donated efforts and are stellar >examples of straight-forward, interesting, and useful information. > >Our "Best Education Site" winner is just such a case. Developed and >maintained by Alan Cairns at the University of Washington, SciEd: Science & >Mathematics Education Resources is an impressive site. Located at >http://www-hpcc.astro .washington.edu/scied/science.html, SciEd presents a >mammoth amount of information in a practical, efficient manner. Alan hasn't >bothered to waste his time or ours with fancy graphics. He gets right to the >meat of it. > >SciEd is broken down into 23 different categories of scientific disciplines >and miscellaneous other resources. The primary sciences covered include: >Astronomy/Space Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Biological >Sciences, Environmental Science, Cellular/Microbiology, Oceanography/Marine >Biology, Meteorology, Mathematics, General Science, and >Anthropology/Paleontology. Other categories include Science Museums, History >of Science, Doing Science, Ethics in Science, Skepticism and Pseudoscience, >Science Reference Shelf, and Suppliers of Equipment and Software. SciEd even >includes links to several of the popular online search engines, such as >INFOMINE, ERIC, and Lycos, in case you're not sufficiently overwhelmed by the >local resource list. > >At the top level of each scientific discipline you'll find an overview that >includes such categories as: what's new, curriculum materials and online >courses, online publications, image libraries, newsgroups and mailing lists, >education projects and organizations, demos, and more. The quantity of >original material and the large number of links to useful other sites keeps >you coming back to the site for more. I was especially impressed with the >collection of curriculum resources. You'll find a variety of written >materials for elementary, high school, and college-level courses. You'll also >find links to a number of "Education Projects," such as the Remote Access >Astronomy Project, developed to allow undergrads, and now high school >students, to combine theory with observations by working with satellite >imaging data and a Remotely Operated Telescope. > >One of the best parts about SciEd is that brief descriptions of categories >and linked sites are included in most places. This gives you a clue as to >what you're going to see before you waste the bandwidth going somewhere you >don't want to be. One of the problems with the site, though, is that there is >little consistency in the organization of resources within the different >disciplines. For instance, AstroEd lists the following general categories: >- What's New >- AstroEd (curriculum materials) >- Popular Astronomy Articles >- AstroNews (newsletters, mags, pubs, etc.) >- AstroImage >- AstroHistory >- Ask-an-Astronomer >- Additional Astronomy Resources >- NASA > >EarthEd, on the other hand, skips the top level and mixes a different outline >with the next level of detail, thus combining links and headers. > >The other problem with the SciEd Web site is just that...it's only a Web >site. Although Alan has included a number of references to mailing lists and >FTP sites, unless you're already on the Web, you won't be able to find out >about these resources from him. > >Lastly, one of the hidden gems at SciEd is the "Science Reference Shelf." A >quick listing of sites that provide constants, tables, and safety info, this >is a great resource for all scientists, not just those in education. >x SciEd 8.5 > ------- End of Forwarded Message From sean@communigration.com Thu Mar 21 11:24:22 1996 Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 22:01:53 -0400 From: Sean Branagan To: Paul Coddington Cc: sean@npac.syr.edu Subject: Microsoft on the Web for K-12 Paul, Check out these sites where Microsoft is spending time and money in their quest for getting a place in the Education market. These are two major Microsoft initiatives where Microsoft is doing things for the K-12 crowd. There's lots here, but nothing here is as authoritative and far-reaching as Kids Web. These sites offer a lot of resources for teachers . . . and plenty of sales copy! The Global School House (Microsoft and MCI in places) http://www.gsh.org/ Focus on K-12 (Microsoft) http://198.105.232.6:80/k-12/ Here's the extent of links to WWW sites for education: http://198.105.232.6:80/K-12/resources/resourcs.htm It reads: "Elsewhere on the Web - COOL LINKS IN EDUCATION Journals, publications, newsletters and reports related to education can be found at the following sites. NOTE: you are leaving Microsoft's site, so please read our disclaimer before continuing. 1.America's Agenda 2.Techology, Learning & Leading 3.NEA Today 4.T.H.E. Journal 5.CUE Newsletter 6.Wilson Library Bulletin 7.Utah State Library 8.The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) - The information source for K-12 math and science teachers including lesson plans, activities, curriculum, publications and links to education resources on the web" Let me know what you think about these. sean