In order to more expediently answer any questions you may have about our web site, we have prepared this FAQ question-and-answer list. Please take a few minutes to read through it, and if you feel your question has not been appropriately answered send the CEARCH Archivists a note at cearch@metalab.unc.edu or visit the comments page.
1. "I am
trying to find [a
website] with such-and-such information. Can you help?"
2. "We hope to create a home page -
any help would be appreciated"
3. "We're interested in making
[keypals,
email pals, penpals] with other schools - please sign us up!"
4. How do I get my material
archived on CEARCH?
5. Wait, this isn't the Cisco home
page!
6. What do I need to do to submit a
link?
8. I can't find [such and such] on
your website.
9. "We wish to partner with your
company to provide greater web site hits to both our sites!"
1. "I am trying to
find [a website] with such-and-such information.
Can you help?"
8. I can't find [such and
such] on your website.
9.
We wish to partner with your company to provide greater web site hits
to both our sites!
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to the Virtual Schoolhouse | Return
to the CEARCH main page
CEARCH is an erstwhile digital library but does not perform
searches for topic materials. We highly recommend using either
Altavista
(http://www.altavista.digital.com/) or Lycos
(http://www.lycos.com/) for
searches of web- or USENET-based information. Should you come across any
websites which are appropriate resources for said topic, please send them
to the CEARCH archivists so we may better expand our site to suit
fellow educators' needs.
2. "We hope to create a
home page - any help would be appreciated."
Take a look at our Network Operations
Center - casually referred to as the Schoolhouse NOC!. Here you will find
information arranged according to question and topic - anything and
everything dealing with bring the Internet to your classroom or school.
3.
"We're
interested in
making [keypals, email pals, penpals] with other schools
- please sign us up!"
We do not, unfortunately, have the resources to provide a
matching service for schools looking to correspond electronically.
However, the following pages may serve as starting points for schools
wishing to have an electronic exchange:
4. How do I get my
material archived on CEARCH?
Kidleader -
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDLEADER/
"KIDLEADER is an informal meeting place for teachers, coordinators,
parents, social workers, and others interested in KIDS-97. This is
where we exchange curriculum ideas, network on a personal level, ask
for help, request hello messages, present ourselves, etc."
Global SchoolNet's
Projects Registry -
http://www.gsn.org/gsn/proj/index.html
"GSN's Internet Project Registry is for busy teachers
searching for appropriate on-line projects to integrate
into their required coursework. "
eMail Classroom
Exchange - http://www.iglou.com/xchange/ece/index.html
"Email Classroom Exchange (ECE) provides students with an opportunity
to meet and correspond with other students from around the World!
Search our online database of classrooms or add yours to our search
engine for free."
Schoolworld Internet
Education - http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/
"Established in January, 1996, SchoolWorld is designed to allow
schools to participate in a wide range of varied programs and
projects, to interact with other schools from around the world,
and to provide a platform for using the Internet for educational
enhancement." Information on email penpals is located in their
"Programs" section.
CEARCH accepts unsolicited materials and will put them on the
Cisco Educational Archives pages provided that they are themely and
confine to our guidelines - for more information, please see
our guidelines page.
5.
Wait, this isn't the Cisco home page!
CEARCH, while sponsored by Cisco Systems
and housed on metalab, does not offer
information or support for
Cisco products. You can, however, find all the information you need on
Cisco's products and services on Cisco's
home page.
6.
What do I need to do to submit a link?
On our mailform and comments page
we have fill-in boxes for links you think would be appropriate for the
CEARCH archivists to investigate and add to the Archives. We request that
you fill out all informational boxes provided so we can match your link
with the section it fits most. We reserve the right to not link up with
sites which have no immediate educational content.
7.
I'm looking for another school/email
for a school that I don't see listed... If you know the school/email,
could you send it?
CEARCH is an archival service only. We do not perform searches,
find schools, contact long-lost teachers, &c. However, we can
point you to major search engines and directories, which will enable
you to better gather the proper data you seek:
The following search engines contain thousands of documents,
indexed and ready to search: Altavista, by Digital
Inc., Lycos,
or eXcite.
The American School Directory
(http://www.asd.com/) has created
a web site for nearly all of the K-12 schools in the United
States. There is an archive of Finnish schools on the
'net
(http://www.wakkanet.fi/school/schoolen.html - in English) and
of Australian
schools (http://www.dominic.tas.edu.au/SchoolsDir/).
A very comprehensive list for schools in the U.K.
can be found
on EduWeb, at
(http://www.rmplc.co.uk/meeting/ewdir.html).
As for school directories for other nations/continents, if you
should come across anything in your web travels, please send
it on to us at cearch@metalab.unc.edu .
Please take a look at the Metaindex ,
which is a hierarchically-organised layout of the CEARCH site. If you still have
questions, please send us email.
CEARCH is not a business. We provide links and information for
educators and students in the K-12 and beyond categories. We also accept
requests to provide links to legitimate educational resources on our site
(see question #6). You are welcome to
send email to the Cisco Systems Education Team, edu@cisco.com, if
you wish to inquire about Cisco Education Programs.