This book and available package were developed to introduce educators to the capabilities of the Internet and related telecommunications. Each chapter typically has the following features: "Introduction,""Getting Started,""Confidence Builders,""Common Commands to Master,""Odds and Ends," and "Starting Places for Exploring." The chapters include: (1) "Your Introduction to the Internet"; (2) "Email: Instantaneous Communication All around the Net"; (3) "Internet Listservs: Subscribing to Electronic Interest Groups"; (4) "Telnet: Accessing Computer Resources Anywhere"; (5) "FTP: Gathering Files from around the Net"; (6) "Gopher: All the Internet Burrowing and None of the Pain"; (7) "The World Wide Web: Browsing the Multimedia Net"; and (8) "Bringing the Internet into the Classroom: Benefits and Model Lessons." A selected list of 107 Internet resources in math, science, and technology, a glossary of Internet-related terms, and a list of some common new-user questions are appended. (Contains 12 references.) (BEW)