The Teacher's Internet Companion

Charles R. Crawford, a former associate professor of computer science at
York University, is a computer programming and mathematics consultant in
Toronto.

The Teacher’s Internet Companion explains how the Internet can be used
in the classroom.

The book is organized very much like a textbook. The first chapter
begins with an overview of the Internet, with statistics on how it is
being used in schools. The remainder of the chapter gives examples of
how the Internet has been used to support various teaching methods and
learning theories. The second chapter describes several ongoing Internet
projects and how a teacher or class might join one of them. The third
chapter focuses on planning and evaluating an Internet project by an
individual or an entire class. These first general chapters provide a
good introduction to how the Internet is currently used in the
classroom.

The remainder of the book is more technical, while still including many
links to examples. The next three chapters deal specifically with the
World Wide Web, including Internet browsers, evaluating and citing
Internet sources, and even an introduction to Hypertext Markup Language.
The last four chapters deal with email, Internet tools (such as
downloading software and audio streaming), setting up Internet terminals
in a school, and miscellaneous topics such as home-schooling.

Unlike many books about computers in the classroom, this one focuses on
teaching rather than on the technology. The writing is clear and does
not rely on technical or academic jargon. There are notes and a
bibliography for each

chapter. A CD that accompanies the book provides many more Internet
links, organized by subject.