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In This Section... Main Page How to Register Welcome for new visitors Welcome for teachers Welcome for librarians Welcome for after school programs Welcome for parents How to use Camp Internet Class Schedule Camp Internet Staff Sign up for E-mail Sign up for the Listserv Working with the Camp Internet Listserv - Creating Team Groups ( teachers can print this, read it to the class, and then add to Workbook ) Subscribe to the listserv by sending an email message to camp-outpost-l-request@rain.org (You can click on the underlined address right here and go to an auto-email). Type subscribe in the subject line. Leave all of the body of the message blank. Do not sign with your name. Send the email and you will shortly thereafter receive an automatic response with Welcome information. Introduce yourself on the listserv. Tell about your class, your school and your interests in exploring this online Expedition of the Channel Islands. If you are joining the Camp Internet program from an Outpost with one computer, and you are part of a larger group, we suggest getting your group to divide up into ‘Clans’. This will allow each Clan to use the computer as a resource together, rather than waiting one student at a time. If you are at an Outpost that has a full computer lab, you can also work as teams in Clan groups. Some of the Camp activities will include assignments directed at specific Clans. Others will challenge Clans to enter into friendly competitions towards positive mutual goals. So, establishing Clans with in your group can help you join in many of the learning activities. If you are a homeschooler participating, let your family choose a Clan name so you can join in the same activities. The same applies if you are an individual subscriber to the Camp. This helps us organize the many hundreds of participants into interactive group activities that will link learners across vast geographic areas. Clan choices are : Clan of the Dolphins Clan of the Island Fox Clan of the Cormorant Clan of the White Shell Bead Clans, as they exist around the world, are a tribal organization of groups of people with in a larger society. The Clans may include one or more families who are bound together by certain interests, skills, responsibilities, or beliefs. These Clans are part of a larger social structure, and help a growing society provide a comfortable identity for individuals by placing them in a small group structure for support and guidance with-in the larger society. The Camp works with many Native American references, and these Clan units will be seen as groups working together in conjunction with the other Camp Clans to form and enrich the overall program experience. There is no requirement to choose a Clan designation in order to enjoy Camp Internet. We think it might be useful for you, especially if you are working in a large group. ( teachers, see Recommended Student Team Program Structure under the teacher’s support area of the Camp web site for more details )