USENET Groups

USENET Discussion Groups

USENET is a vast network of discussion groups that are accessible through an Internet connection's news function (often the Unix command 'rn' or 'news,' or an automatic news browser in a program such as Chameleon, Eudora, or even Netscape). There are literally thousands of USENET grouups, with subjects ranging from Star Trek to sex to Singaporean culture. For those interested in education, several dozen USENET groups are available. Some are unidirectional newswire servers which report important breaking stories in education. Most groups, however, involve active discussions between teachers, students, parents, researchers, etc. - in other words, anyone who has an interest in education. Groups must be subscribed to in order to be read (subscribing varies from system to system), and readers are not required to participate in discussion.

K12Net

K12Net is a totally decentralized collective of educational BBS's available over the USENET under the hierarchy k12. Membership: none. Users: uncounted, probably in the tens of thousands. Use: Information exchange, discussion. For more information, contact: Janet Murray, jmurray@psg.com.

k12.chat.elementary - Informal discussion among elem students, grades K-5.
k12.chat.junior - Informal discussion among students in grades 6-8.
k12.chat.senior - Informal discussion among high school students.
k12.chat.teacher - Informal discussion among teachers in grades K-12.
k12.ed.art - Art curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.business - Business education curriculum in grades K-12.
k12.ed.comp.literacy - Teaching computer literacy in grades K-12.
k12.ed.health-pe - Health and Physical Education curriculum in grades K-12.
k12.ed.life-skills - Home Economics and Career education in grades K-12.
k12.ed.math - Mathematics curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.music - Music and Performing Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.science - Science curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.soc-studies - Social Studies and History curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.ed.special - K-12 educ for students w/ handicaps or special needs.
k12.ed.tag - K-12 education for talented and gifted students.
k12.ed.tech - Industrial Arts and vocational education in grades K-12.
k12.lang.art - Language Arts curriculum in K-12 education.
k12.lang.deutsch-eng - Bilingual German/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.esp-eng - Bilingual Spanish/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.francais - Bilingual French/English practice with native speakers.
k12.lang.russian - Bilingual Russian/English practice with native speakers.
k12.sys.channel0 - Project channel 0 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel1 - Project channel 1 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel10 - Project channel 10 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel11 - Project channel 11 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel12 - Project channel 12 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel2 - Project channel 2 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel3 - Project channel 3 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel4 - Project channel 4 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel5 - Project channel 5 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel6 - Project channel 6 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel7 - Project channel 7 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel8 - Project channel 8 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.channel9 - Project channel 9 (allocated on a per/project basis).
k12.sys.projects - Coordination of projects which use k12.sys.channelN.
schl.sig.k12admin - K-12 School Administrators Discussion. (Moderated)

In addition to the K12Net, there are dozens of other newsgroups which pertain directly or indirectly to K-12 education. Among some of the better groups:

alt.education.disabled - Education issues facing the disabled.
alt.education.distance - Learning over nets etc.
aus.education - Helping educators in Australia.
aus.education.bio-newtech - New Technologies in Biology Teaching.
bit.listserv.aect-l - Educational Communication and Technology.
bit.listserv.aera - American Educational Research Association. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.edpolyan - Education Policy Analysis Forum. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.edtech - EDTECH - Educational Technology. (Moderated)
bit.listserv.edusig-l - EDUSIG Discussions.
bit.listserv.vocnet - Vocational Education Discussion Group.
clari.nb.education - Computers in education. (Moderated)
clari.news.education - Primary and secondary education. (Moderated)
comp.ai.edu - Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Education.
comp.edu - Computer science education.
comp.edu.composition - Writing instruction in computer-based classrooms.
comp.edu.languages.natural - Computer assisted language
misc.education - Discussion of the educational system.
misc.education.home-school.christian - Christian home-schooling.
misc.education.home-school.misc - Almost anything about home-schooling.
misc.education.language.english - Teaching English to speakers of other languages.
misc.education.multimedia - Multimedia for education. (Moderated)
misc.education.science - Issues related to science education.
nptn.teacher.jewish-ed - NPTN Jewish education. (Moderated)
pnet.school.k-12 - Discussion about K-12 education.
pnet.school.k-5 - Discussion about K-5 education.
relcom.education - Education discussions.
schl.news.edupage - Educom's thrice weekly EDUPAGE Newsletter. (Moderated)
schl.sig.ethics - Discuss character/ethics/morals education. (Moderated)
schl.sig.satl-con - Satellite Conferences with Sec'y of Education. (Moderated)
sci.edu - The science of education.
uk.education.teachers - For discussion by/about teachers.
za.edu.comp - Discussions on the use of computers in education (South Africa)
za.schools - Issues affecting primary and secondary education (South Africa)

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