Feedback on the KIDS Report from educators and librarians

• From Tish Raff, Discovery Channel School Online Educator:
  "Here's a great site for students by students, which makes it perfect for teachers and administrators, too. It's a joint project of four schools operating under specific site selection guidelines, all of which are a model for others. Check it out."
• From Brian McCabe, School Principal, Nova Scotia:
  "Boy, am I impressed! As a teacher for thirty years including a school Principal for the last 15, I felt I must write a note to tell you what a NEAT idea you have developed and the excellence of your choices. One of the major problems with teachers and students using the Internet is the time it takes to find good sites that relate to the curriculum. You have done teachers and students everywhere a great service by choosing sites that kids like and that are still educationally relevant. I am impressed with the quality of the reviews . . . I will tell all the schools in the area about you . . ."
• From Jean Hewlett, Librarian, North Bay Cooperative Library System, Santa Rosa, CA:
  "I'm writing to request permission to reproduce and distribute a screen printout of your site and a copy of your selection guidelines at a workshop I'm doing for children's librarians. I've looked at a number of evaluation checklists, and I think yours is one of the best around. The fact that it was developed by kids should be a real eye-opener for some of the people at the workshop . . . I think I'm probably safe in saying that some of your students could teach this workshop with ease. What you're doing is very exciting."
• From Stephen Alsford, Curator, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec:
  "I was gratified to find out that the criteria on which students are being asked to judge sites are pretty well the same criteria I apply in creating Web modules."

Feedback on the KIDS Report Project from participating teachers

• From Renee Nolan, Junior High School Teacher, Fond du Lac, WI:
  "All of the student goals listed in the KIDS Report Project handbook are important to us. We especially feel critical thinking skills need to be focused on. [Teachers] need to know the full realm of using the Internet to supplement the curriculum."
• From Nora Kneebone, Middle School Teacher, Iron River, MI:
  "The students are doing more than I ever expected as we pursue this project. The books you sent were a great help in getting us started. 'Kudos' on a job well done to those who put this material together."