The Internet, a worldwide network of computer networks, is a noncommercial service with acceptable use restricted to the advancement of education and research. Although it has been in existence for quite a while, it is still new to most elementary and secondary educators in the Pacific region and elsewhere. This report is an introduction to the Internet and global networking. Pacific-region education faculty have access to the Internet through the University of Guam and the University of Hawaii and will soon have access through the PEACESAT (Pacific Educational And Communication Experiment by SATellite) project, a partner with the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory. Basic Internet applications are described, including electronic mail, remote login, and file transfer. Real life examples are given of the ways in which elementary and secondary school teachers can use the Internet. These include professional use by teachers and use by students in discussion groups through electronic mail. Prerequisites for Internet use are described. (Contains 16 references.) (SLD)