NSN Community
Work in Progress
Opportunities for teachers, students, NSN partners open now on the National School Network, through our partners, and from the national education community. We've highlighted a number of exciting projects and discussions where you can join.Recent Events
NSN Goes to POTLATCH@NECC 97
NSN project members attended the NECC Conference in Seattle, Washington, from June 30 to July 2, and reported back to you here on the Exchange, in a special July/August edition of the NSN Newsletter. To submit a story, send us email.
Listen to student blues recording
Student musicians presented original jazz compositions and talked with classrooms around the country.
Speaking of Public Service
Children's Express covered the Service Summit in Philadelphia and sampled NSN student opinion online, Monday, April 28, via ichat.NetDay 1997: Now That You're Wired
National School Network Celebrates NetDay Nationwide and Welcomes New Internet Classrooms.
Listen to "Mahler in Blue Light"
"Mahler in Blue Light" was broadcast on March 13th. Welcome to MOTET curriculum.
Black History Month
During February, NSN celebrated Black History Month with a series of events highlighting the history, culture, and current issues of the African-American community.
Children's Express Online Chat on Bangladesh
Children's Express presented an online chat on Thursday, December 5th, and explored child labor conditions in Bangladesh.
Election Project
Special offerings for the national and local elections, October 25 - November 12, 1996.
America Goes Back to School
For the week of September 9-13, 1996, NSN classrooms linked to actors, astronauts, athletes, authors, industry leaders and congressional members.
Earthwatch Annual Meeting
Ground-breaking technology supported the Virtual Expedition.Community Projects
National School Network partners at work--a sampling of projects underway by our members and partners, demonstrating the challenge, the process and the results of building and supporting state-of-the-art networks and applications for education, with the focus on the link between schools and their communities.NSN Community Highlights
Find out about NSN's "Call for Stories" of school community involvement. Learn more about telementoring in "Modern Adventures in Telementoring."
Surveys
We will regularly ask for your participation in surveys and studies to help us document important work, and to measure how we are doing.School-Community Connections
Read a draft by Hank Becker, "The Local Community Can Become an Important Focus of School Network Activity," to learn more about ways in which the community and the schools can work together via the tool of computer networking.
