What is the Communicator?
What does the Communicator offer?
How can I receive Communicator updates?
Reprints?

What is the Communicator?

Communicator is a web-based newsletter providing educators with news and ideas to enhance civic education and improve the understanding of Congress. Communicator is one of the six sites that make up The Dirksen Center's Web suite, a collection of integrated Web sites functioning as a single unit. Communicator is a free service and publication.

What does the Communicator offer?

Communicator is a collection of featured classroom resources and teacher topics drawn from information posted on The Dirksen Center's Web suite. Each monthly publication includes selected resources and topics. Communicator will provide information about any changes to the other five sites in The Center's Web suite, share classroom uses of the information posted on them, and highlight any Center related accomplishments.

“Classroom Resources” features a lesson plan, hot links to related Web sites, and links to interactive, fun-filled experiences.

"Teacher Topics" includes information highlighted especially for the "teacher." Many of these features will help with research, special projects, and share any news or views from The Center or other educators.

Missed a Communicator? "Site Resources" includes a link to archives of past Communicator e-newsletters.

"General Information" offers guidelines if you are interested in becoming a Communicator sponsor, an author of a lesson plan or featured Communicator article, or want to join the Communicator mailing list. Communicator also welcomes questions, comments, and suggestions from its users. Your feedback makes a difference. General Information's "Talk to Us" section provides contact information for users to share information or ideas.

How can I receive Communicator updates?

Communicator highlights many new resources each month. Depending on your time and particular needs, there are a couple of ways to stay current with the latest publications.

Bookmark Communicator - http://www.webcommunicator.org -- and return to the site periodically. Communicator is updated at the beginning of each month.

The Dirksen Center sends an e-newsletter alerting subscribers to highlighted resources, topics, and activities once a month.

SUBSCRIBE: To join the Communicator mailing list, send an e- mail to enews@webcommunicator.org with the phrase - Subscribe Communicator -- in the body of the message.

UNSUBSCRIBE: To be removed from the Communicator mailing list, send an e-mail to enews@webcommunicator.org with the phrase - Remove Communicator -- in the body of the message.

UPDATE E-MAIL ADDRESS: To change your e-mail address, send an e-mail to enews@webcommunicator.org with the phrase - E–mail Change -- in the body of the message and list your old e-mail address and new e-mail address.

FORWARD E-MAIL: We encourage you to forward The Dirksen Congressional Center's Communicator to a friend!

Reprints?

All material presented on the Communicator Web site are designed for classroom use and may be reproduced for classroom instruction. Please see our "Visitor Guidelines" for additional details on using the materials included on Communicator.

Communicator also provides links to many other resources published by other organizations or individual Internet users. The right to reproduce these materials will vary and must be approved by each site.