A mailing list (or listserv) is a closed network of
subscribers who share an interest and correspond by e-mail. One becomes a
subscriber to a mailing list and then accesses the entire group of
subscribers. Any subscriber can send or receive a message to and from everyone
else in the group.
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- A mailing list (listserv) is an excellent way to
participate in a discussion with many people on a common topic. You can
search for mailing lists by keyword, using a search engine.
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- Warning: When
you subscribe to a mailing list, you will receive all
the messages sent by the subscribers, which can amount to hundreds of
messages in a short period of time. Before you subscribe to a mailing list,
make sure that you know how to cancel your subscription, if you so desire.
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- 1. Pick a list, using a keyword and a search
engine, or use one of the samples below.
2. Open a new e-mail message, and address it to:
listserv@listserv.net
3. You may leave the subject line of your e-mail
message blank.
4. In the body of the message, type the following:
- subscribe [name of mailing list and your name]
- Ex.: subscribe
kidsphere <Jane Doe>
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- 5. Send the message. You will join the subscribers
who correspond through kidsphere, arguably the most active K-12 mailing list
in the Internet. Before long, you will receive a message welcoming you to
the mailing list. Keep this message because it will tell you the rules as
well as how to send messages and how to leave the list. (Otherwise, you
could be stuck there forever.)
6. To subscribe to other lists, replace kidsphere
(above) with the name of another mailing list.
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- 1. Address your message to: listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu
2. In the body of your new message, type: list
global/ <keyword>
- Ex.: list
global/museum
- The search will send you a list of the active
mailing lists that match your keyword.
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- Kidsphere
- K-12 discussions about bringing technology into the
classroom.
- See sample above.
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- Field Trips
- Join to share information about field trips with
K-12 classes in the U.S. and abroad
- e-mail to :
majordomo@acme.fred.org
- Type: subscribe
fieldtrips-L
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- Middle-L
- Those interested in Middle School education share
ideas, projects, resources, problems, solutions, etc.
- e-mail to: listserv@listserv.net
- Type: subscribe
middle-L <your name>
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- World Wide Web
- Discuss how to use the WWW in the K-12 classroom.
- e-mail to: listserv@k12.cnidr.org
- Type: subscribe
wwwedu <your name>
- *This section is adapted from Educator's
Internet Companion, edited by
Gregory Giagnocavo, Tim McLain, Vince DiStefano, and Chris Noonan Sturm
(Lancaster, PA: Wentworth Worldwide Media, Inc. 1995).