Responsible Use of the Internet in Education: Issues Concerning Evaluation, Citation, Copyright and Fair Use of Web Materials

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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: This short book is packed with more information, useful tips, examples, instructions and web addresses than most books twice its length. Professor Ebiefung follows up every thought with practical, usable information, including step-by-step instructions and detailed examples from the workshops he's conducted. There is not a page in the book without a highly useful tip or bit of information. And he doesn't shy away from the controversy of the place of the interent in education. He adresses both sides of the issue and makes the very practical point that if a teacher or parent is not sold on the idea of using the internet for education and willing to put the considerable effort into that it takes to make it successful, it is probably better to choose other methods for enhancing education.

The end of the book deals with how to accurately cite sources used in internet research. Again, it's easy to understand and has examples for every point.

For any teacher or parent, from the elementary school level through graduate school, who wants to use the internet for educational purposes, this book is indispensable.