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From the Publisher
"True to its title, The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web is a valuable time saver for teachers and parents everywhere. An hour with this book will save you months of research!"
Jean Armour Polly, Author of the Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, 2nd Edition
"Finally a book written by an educator who understands the reality of the classroom and that teachers have very little time to waste. Read this book and it will save you time and enrich the learning and lives of your students."
Alan November, Educational Renaissance Planners
"If you sometimes feel like the Internet is more like a yard sale or an unjuried craft show than a library, you will find Marjan Glavac's Guide a godsend. He has done the driving around, the weeding and the quality control to save you from info-glut and info-garbage. Tired of wading through 40,000 'hits?' Cut directly to the chase!"
Jamie Mckenzie, Editor - From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal
"Today's students will live their entire life in a technological world. Schools must get serious about preparing them for that world. In this book, Marjan Glavac has identified valuable ways teachers can use the technology to prepare their students for this technological world."
Bill Daggett, International Center For Leadership In Education, Inc.
"Net-using educators cramped for time can benefit from the ideas in this book. Marjan's guidance makes this book a great starting point for using the Internet effectively in a classroom setting."
David Thornburg, Thornburg Center for Professional Development
"Been afraid to 'Surf the Net'? Felt intimidated by the vast quantities of information on the World Wide Web? Well, fear no more. Marjan Glavac has taken the worry out of 'Surfing' and made it idiot proof."
Kim Larue, Parent, Bonaventure Meadows Public School, London, Ontario, Canada
This book is for every parent, teacher, librarian, administrator-anyone who uses the Internet, and more specifically its graphical tool the World Wide Web to teach children ages 4-18 (K-12). It is for anyone who has experienced information overload trying to use the many resources now available on the Internet. It is also for those educators who already have access to the Internet and the World Wide Web and are comfortable and knowledgeable with the basics of navigating the Internet. It is for those educators who have a vision of giving their students the skills they need to communicate beyond the four walls of their classroom to the world and beyond and who want children to read, write, share, build, communicate and contribute using telecommunications. It is for those who want to do all this, in addition to being in the classroom all day with your students, teaching, dealing with discipline problems, collecting fund raising money, providing extracurricular activities, attending meetings, sending home notes, phoning parents and doing all the necessary "stuff" that makes an educator, an educator. You are the "busy educator" in the book's title.
Glavac's been there, done it and knows what educators go through every day with administrators, parents, students and computers! --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
