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Subj:=09 Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Web Site
Date:=097/8/98 7:33:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:=09Carol.B.Muller@Dartmouth.EDU (Carol B. Muller)
To:=09hs-eng@Mac.dartmouth.edu, Engineering-Problem-Solving@Mac.dartmouth=
.edu
UPDATES FROM THE U.S. DEPT OF EDUCATION =ECCOMMUNITY UPDATE=EE
FREE WEB SITE PROVIDES NEW RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) Web site is a new=
web
site which is a collaboration of the efforts of more than 35
federal agencies, and makes hundreds of Internet-based education resource=
s
easier to access for students and teachers. It provides information on a
treasure trove of historical documents, scientific experiments, mathemati=
cal
challenges, famous paintings, and other tool for teachers and students.
Thousands of topics can be searched: the Civil War, the Constitution,
photosynthesis, condensation, immigration, Picasso, Jefferson, Henry Davi=
d
Thoreau, Mary Cassatt, famous FBI cases, cartography, genealogy, the
Renaissance, the solar system, and others. Resources can also be viewed =
in 10
subject areas.
The FREE Web site was developed in response to a directive President Clin=
ton
issued more than a year ago to expand access to Internet-based education
resources for children, teachers and parents. The FREE Web site supports
President Clinton=EDs Technology Literacy Challenge, which comprises four=
goals:
1. All teachers will have the training and support they need to help stud=
ents
learn to use computers and the information superhighway.
2. All teachers and student will have modern computers in their classroom=
s.
3. Every classroom will be connected to the information superhighway.
4. Effective and engaging software and on-line learning resources will be=
an
integral part of every school=EDs curriculum.
To facilitate future partnerships between teachers, federal agencies and
organizations, the site also offers a =ECLooking for Partners=EE page to
facilitate
future partnerships between teachers, federal agencies and organizations.
For more information about the FREE Web site, visit
<http://www.ed.gov/free>http://www.ed.gov/free. To obtain the U.S. Depar=
tment
of Education=EDs publication =ECParent=EDs Guide to the Internet=EE visit
<http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet>http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/i=
nte
rnet
or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.
Excerpted from U.S. Department of Education, Community Update, June 1998=
=0A
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