Ways to Use Computer Networks
Glean Information
- Receive action alerts and timely news
- Look up information on other individuals and groups
- Search resource lists
Broadcast Information
- Post time-urgent announcements to broad or selected audiences
- Publicize conferences, events, calendar of activities, and services available
- Post newsletters or other documents for broad access
Communicate Interactively
- Ask questions
- Dialogue with friends and colleagues
- Hone opinions and positions
Work Together
- Coordinate meetings and plans
- Link to other electronic mail and database systems
- Make decisions with dispersed members
- Plan conferences and follow-up
- Publish on-line (newsletters, occasional papers, etc.)
- Coordinate a group-authored paper
Also...
- Reduce phone expense and eliminate phone tag
- Dial locally, act globally
(Adapted from the "Guide to Creative Conferencing,"
Institute for Global Communications)
Using Computers in Environmental Education: Handouts and Overheads for Teacher Workshops