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EdSelect Š2002

What is a list server?

It is an automatic mailing list. Members send a message and everyone on the list receives that message in their e-mail in-box.

What is EdSelect?

This list server is established for Ontario teachers and teacher-librarians to share urls and teaching strategies that they have found useful.

You are invited to send me an e-mail to join the EdSelect List Server. Please include your name, School, Grade, Board, and curriculum interests. This helps me to select sites that best serves the subscribers. I will add your e-mail address to the list on receipt of this information.
You will then receive a message outlining the policies and protocol for using the listserv.

List Servers

LM_NET Listserv
http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
For teacher-librarians: A caution- there can be up to 100 messages a day during the school year. However, it is worth weeding through the messages to harvest valuable sources and contacts. You can also receive the messages in digest form. The LM_NET archive can be searched at LM_NET Archive
EDTECH
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb/
For teachers and computer site administrators: Messages are moderated. The topics include computer technical queries, computer program suggestions, activities and lesson plans for computer use.
Child Lit
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/childlit/about.html
Child_Lit is an unmoderated discussion group convened for the express purpose of examining the theory and criticism of literature for children and young adults
Network Nuggets (listserv suspended, may resume at a later date)
http://www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/nug_index.html
This is the list server that got me hooked using this mode of resourcing. It is sponsored by the British Columbia Ministry of Education. There are many sites in their archive for your web page selecting including on-line resources and lesson plans.
Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Many useful sites are archived here, including resources and lesson plans organized subject area.
Big6
http://www.big6.com/index.php
Lesson plans, teaching ideas, on-line newsletter, and listerver for Information Literacy strategies. Read about their electronic discussion group. Sign up information can be found here.
Net-Happenings
http://www.classroom.com/community/email/;jsessionid=WTAEM5KKJRWVPQFIAJICM4Q?_requestid=209073Net-happenings distributes announcements about the latest Internet resources, especially education-related.
Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher
http://listserv.classroom.com/archives/
A list of listservs to join
- Net-Happenings Newsletter
  http://listserv.classroom.com/archives/net-happenings.html
  Sends out the latest of internet resources on many topics.
The Classroom Flyer
http://pages.info.riverdeep.net/riverdeep/ed/ClassroomFlyerSignup.atl
Click on The Classroom Flyer and sign up for the digest of your choice. Each day a different grade level of lesson plans and urls suitable for that grade are sent. Free email newsletter from River Deep.

Listserver Programs

Yahoo! Groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/
Start your own free list server by registering with Yahoo Groups (formerly eGroups). This is the list server that Simcoe Selections is on.
Topica
http://www.topica.com/index.html
Start your own discussion group or on-line newsletter.
CommunityZero
http://www.communityzero.com/
Community zero provides a secure environment for discussion and file sharing. 30 day free trial.
Quick Topic
http://www.quicktopic.com/
A location for on-line discussion.
MailMan
http://www.list.org/
Mailman is free software for managing electronic mail discussion and e-newsletter lists. Mailman is integrated with the web, making it easy for users to manage their accounts and for list owners to administer their lists. Mailman supports built-in archiving, automatic bounce processing, content filtering, digest delivery, spam filters, and more. You will need to download this program to your server.

Chat Sites
Teachers.Net
http://www.teachers.net/
Chat site and lesson plan collection. An on-line chat forum for teachers.
ICQ
http://www.icq.com/
Free chat program to download. You can select your setting so that you choose who is on your chat list. A good program for communicating with long distance students and solving technical problems with colleagues.
mIRC: An Internet Relay Chat program
http://www.mirc.com/
A free chat program to download. This program is used by many list servers and chat sites.
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/index.html#anchor563053
An archival site of lesson plans. Includes chat rooms and on-line bulletin boards by subject area for teachers using mIRC. Guest visitors who lead professional discussions are regular highlights.

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