FYI on Questions and Answers - Answers to Commonly Asked "Primary and Secondary School Internet User" Questions
RFC 1578
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(February 1994; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 1941
Was draft-ietf-isn-faq (isn WG)
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Author | Jennifer Sellers | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
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IESG | IESG state | RFC 1578 (Informational) | |
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Network Working Group J. Sellers Request for Comments: 1578 NASA NREN/Sterling Software FYI: 22 February 1994 Category: Informational FYI on Questions and Answers Answers to Commonly Asked "Primary and Secondary School Internet User" Questions Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The goal of this FYI RFC, produced by the Internet School Networking (ISN) group in the User Services Area of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), is to document the questions most commonly asked about the Internet by those in the primary and secondary school community, and to provide pointers to sources which answer those questions. It is directed at educators, school media specialists, and school administrators who are recently connected to the Internet, who are accessing the Internet via dial-up or another means which is not a direct connection, or who are considering an Internet connection as a resource for their schools. Table of Contents 1. Introduction................................................... 2 2. Acknowledgments................................................ 2 3. Questions About the Internet in an Educational Setting......... 3 4. Questions About School Support for an Internet Connection...... 5 5. Questions About Implementation and Technical Options.......... 10 6. Questions About Security and Ethics............................12 7. Questions About Educational Collaboration, Projects, and Resources..................................................... 15 8. Suggested Reading............................................. 18 9. Resources and Contacts........................................ 21 10. References.................................................... 35 11. Security Considerations....................................... 35 12. Author's Address.............................................. 35 Appendix A: Examples of Projects Using the Internet.......... 36 Appendix B: How To Get Documents Electronically.............. 43 Appendix C: Glossary of Terms Used in This Document.......... 47 Sellers [Page 1] RFC 1578 FYI Q/A - for Schools February 1994 1. Introduction The elementary and secondary school community of teachers, media specialists, administrators, and students is a growing population on the Internet. In general, this group of users approaches the Internet with less experience in data network technology and fewer technical and user support resources than other Internet user groups. Many of their questions are related to the special needs of the community, while others are shared by any new user. This document attempts first to define the most frequently asked questions related to the use of the Internet in pre-university education and then to provide not only answers but also pointers to further information. For new user questions of a more general nature, the reader should get FYI 4, "FYI on Questions and Answers: Answers to Commonly Asked 'New Internet User' Questions" [1]. For information on how to get this document, see Appendix B. It is important to remember that the Internet is a volatile and changing virtual environment. I have tried to include only the most stable of network services when listing resources and groups for you to contact, which is a good solution to the problem of changing offerings on the Internet, but by no means a fool-proof one. This constant change also means that there is a lot out there that you will discover as you begin to explore on your own. Future updates of this document will be produced as Internet School Networking working group members are made aware of new questions and of insufficient or inaccurate information in the document. The RFC number of this document will change with each update, but the FYI number (22) will remain the same. 2. Acknowledgments The author wishes to thank for their help and contributions to this document the members of the Consortium for School Networking, Kidsphere, and Ednet electronic mailing lists, Ronald Elliott, Science and Technology Center; Klaus Fueller, Institute for Teacher Training of the German federal state of Hesia (HILF), and educator; Ellen Hoffman, Merit Network, Inc.; William Manning, Rice University; and Anthony Rutkowski, CNRI. Special thanks go to Raymond Harder, Microcomputer Consultant, and Michael Newell, NASA Advanced Network Applications, who not only made contributions but also kept a steadyShow full document text