Drew Polly and Clif Mims


Before We Begin

1. Setup your Social Bookmarks (Example)

Introduction
Your Principal is interested in the students at your school collaborating with other students around the world. He has asked you to discover ways to use the Internet to collaborate with other teachers and students in areas that fit into your curriculum. Here's an overview of some types of projects.

Task
Using the below resources (and others that you find), you will come up with a product that provides 3 options for online collaborative projects that you can integrate into your curriculum. Your product can be in any form, including: a PowerPoint, a wiki, a webpage, an audio file, a brochure created in Word, etc.

Process

1. Think of a concept that you teach that students have trouble learning.
2. Could collaborative activities with other students in North Carolina, in the United States or around the world assist student learning?
3. Visit some of the websites below. As you visit them consider:
   1. How do these projects or websites assist students' learning?
   2. How do these projects address content that you teach?
   3. What other skills (in addition to content) will students develop?
4. Synthesize your information.
5. Make a project proposal.
   

Resources

1. Zoho - Collaborative tool to share documents (word processor, spreadsheets, presentations)
2. Google Documents - Share documents (word processor, spreadsheets, presentations)
3. CIESE- Collaborative projects in science education
4. iEARn Global Classrooms - Global collaborative projects that focus on international partnerships
5. iEaRN Social Action Projects - Global collaborative projects that involve social action
6. Global School Net - Database of ongoing projects and upcoming collaborative projects
7. Internet Classroom Project - Lots of ideas in various curriculum areas
8. NASA's Internet in the Classroom Project - Projects focused on space and NASA
9. Kid Proj - Website with various projects to connect students around the world
10. Teacher TAP - Resources and lots of links to other projects
11. Project Globe - Collect, share and interpret data collected from various locations around the world
12. Collaborative Projects across Curriculum - Projects are grouped by curriculum
13. Virtual field trips
14. Four to Explore

Evaluation
Your principal expects that there will be the following information in your proposal:

• Content/Standards
• Description of the Project
• Overview about How the Project Will Be Implemented

Other Resources
Notes from 7/22/08- 1 p.m.

Online Projects
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Diigo
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Eyes on Art

Fast Draw

http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/Telecollaboration/index.html