The results of the students' and our work has really been amazing. We receive mail almost daily from students of all ages, parents, teachers and even professors of education. The funniest notes come from middle school and high school children who are shocked that second graders actually have something to teach them!   

Professionally, this work has put Mrs. Taverna and I in touch with college professors who have responded very positively.  It's so exciting to get mail from an expert on Vietnam (when we did the Children's Guide to Vietnam) encouraging us in our work. 

Teaching can be very isolating but this kind of Internet work brings the 
world into our classrooms. The children love to read the e-mail we get! They check the counters regularly. We even had a Harriet Tubman reunion (pizza party followed by ice cream and the reading of a new book about the Underground Railroad) with the children who created the Harriet Tubman site. They are now going into 4th grade.   

Our e-mail comes from all over the United States, Asia (a Japanese woman looking to learn English by reading our work), New Zealand (a teacher reading about Charlotte's Web), Europe and English woman inviting us to join her Webring on Woman's History) and Australia (an expert in WebQuests). 

Our success with the Harriet Tubman webpages, our first site, has given Mrs. Taverna and I the motivation to tackle two new sites this year. One is a Children's Guide to Vietnam and another is a site about the book, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. 

It has also encouraged other teachers on our staff to try creating some web 
sites of their own. Our newest sites are first grade sites on Nutrition, 
Dinosaurs and Weather. All have been very well received. We try to encourage the children to remember that they are teaching other people about the topic we are doing. This makes them responsible for their own learning, its accuracy, and gives an authentic importance to what they are doing. This really has brought a new excitement to everyone who gets involved.