Education-related Newsletters and Mailing Lists

Newsletters, mailing lists and listservs are great ways to stay in touch with what's new and what others are thinking and doing in the education community.

The latest technology used for getting updates is RSS.

displays on websites that offer this feature. You can then use a Newsreader to review the information. For more information on RSS, see our RSS News Feed section on the SAU 16 website. Many of the excellent resources listed below have enhanced their websites with RSS so you may want to consider this option instead of subscribing.

What is a Listserv?

A listserv is an e-mail server that will route a posted e-mail to a given list of subscribers. It is simple to subscribe to mailing lists and listservs.

How do I subscribe?

Some websites have enrollment screens to fill out and some request you send a specifically formatted e-mail to a subscribe address. Usually they will automatically send you an e-mail that you must confirm - this is to keep others from enrolling your e-mail address. Each mailing list has different instructions to subscribe and unsubscribe - the first few e-mails you receive will usually have these instructions and some post the instructions on the bottom of each e-mail.

What about spam and inappropriate content?

All the resources listed below are "clean" - that is, they do not share your e-mail address with others (as of August 2004) but you may want to check privacy policies. Most of the listservs are moderated (that means that someone reviews posts and assures appropriateness). Some of them offer posts in a "digest". This means you can opt to receive a compilation of e-mails daily or review them on an archive webpage.

Have fun - try a few and see how you like them:

WWWEDU (pronounced 'we do') is the Internet's largest forum on the use of the World Wide Web in education. WWWEDU is a moderated discussion with over 1600 members from 35 countries.

http://www.edwebproject.org/wwwedu.html

http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/wwwedu/rss

Education World: select the correct newsletter (they have several). Fill in the form and they'll send you an e-mail which you must reply to.

http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml

Global Schoolhouse has a list of available mailing lists related to education:

http://www.gsn.org/gsh/lists/

The GLEF Blast monthly e-newsletter delivers news, research, and inspiring stories from the frontlines of K-12 education. Each month you will receive links to what's new on the www.glef.org website. http://www.glef.org/products/blast.php

Edutopia Magazine - The George Lucas Educational Foundation's new magazine on innovation in education. It will give you practical, hands-on insight into what works now, what's on the horizon, and who's shaping the changing future of education. http://www.glef.org/mag/fa

http://www.edutopia.org/rss.php

MarcoPolo Listserv: Join this moderated online discussion group and share resources and ideas with other educators who are using MarcoPolo in their classroom. http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/mp_listserv.aspx

MarcoGrams are valuable curriculum e-mail newsletters, distributed monthly to educators across the country, highlighting common themes from space exploration to family culture. Each MarcoGram features motivating warm-ups for classroom discussion and links to the best K-12 interdisciplinary lessons and resources from our Content Partners. http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/marcograms.aspx

S.O.S. -- Sites of the School Days - Kathy Schrock's DiscoverySchool.com posts lists of topic-related sites that you may use to integrate technology into the teaching and learning process. You can also sign up to have the weekly site automatically e-mailed to you! Link for information on joining the S.O.S. e-mail mailing list.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/sos.html

TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers, their students, and even students' families. Join their mailing list:

http://www.teachersfirst.com

TechLearning News is a weekly update brought to you by Technology & Learning Magazine and TechLearning.com. It features education news and articles and includes a varied collection of tips, advice, grants, and other information designed for anyone in a school or district who integrates technology or supports it for use in classroom instruction or administration.

http://techlearning.com/forms/newsletter.jhtml

T.H.E. Journal's Family of Newsletters: http://www.thejournal.com/newsletters/

T.H.E.'s Newsletter is a weekly bulletin comprised of recent announcements that affect the education community.

T.H.E. Focus is a bi-weekly interactive online newsletter that offers an in-depth look at a specific area of educational technology through articles written by technology experts.

The EduHound Weekly newsletter covers tips on using the Internet in education and special topics with activities and links.

EDTECH Listserv - EDTECH deals with the uses of technology in education for many universities and school districts. Read the Welcome Message and then click on Subscribe on left menu

http://www.h-net.org/~edweb/

Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator - eSchool News is the K-12 decision makers' source for up-to-date and reliable information.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/emailprofile/

http://www.eschoolnews.com/exchange/newsfeed.xml

WWWTools for Education is designed to keep you informed and to save valuable time in tracking down information and resources on the World Wide Web. Whenever a new article is added to the database you will be informed by email. You can opt-out of the email list at any time. Select Subscribe from left menu:

http://magazines.fasfind.com/wwwtools/

http://magazines.fasfind.com/wwwtools/rss_xml.xml

The Project Approach refers to a set of teaching strategies which enable teachers to guide children through in-depth studies of real world topics. For additional information, see the ECAP Collaborative website from University of Illinois. Sign up for the listserv:

http://www.project-approach.com/listserv.htm