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- Problem
Solving w/
WebQuests
- Information
Processing
- Collaboration
- Authentic
Activities
- Visual
Communication
- Text
Communication
- Writing
Activities
- Book-Internet
Connections
- Integrating
Technology
- Return
to Eduscapes
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- Collaboration
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- Collaborating
with teachers and students in other
schools is a great way to reach outside
your classroom. Consider developing web
pages that would allow students to share
their ideas with other students around the
globe. Your students could do book
reviews, post reports, or share
informational projects. Think about the
following categories:
- Time
- Short term, long term,
ongoing
- Size
- Partner schools, a few schools, many
schools
- Background
- Similiar or different schools,
grades, ages, locations, race,
gender
- Content
area focus - single subject,
interdisciplinary
- Types
of activities - surface mail, email,
web, video conferencing
- Explore a
sample project:
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- Activity
1: Explore the
following websites. Search for projects at your grade
level and interest area. Discuss whether this project
would work for your class. Use the following criteria
in evaluating the project.
- Does the project
match my learning outcomes?
- Does the project fit
my grade level?
- Do we have the
hardware and software to implement the
project?
- Does the timeline fit
the needs of my class?
- Will the students
find the project interesting and
motivating?
- Is the project
"doable"?
- What type of data
would be collected and shared? Why? Is there a good
reason for using the Internet?
- How would you
disseminate information, share results, and discuss
the project: email, web discussion, chat, video
conferencing?
- Locating
Collaborative Projects
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- Web Posting
Projects
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- Other Types of
Projects
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- Online Book Review
Projects
- Activity
2:
Create a plan for your own sharing project. Use
the Eduplace
Online
projects for examples. Consider each of the following
areas.
- Topic/Title:
- Overview:
- Content
Areas:
- Outcomes/Standards:
- Ages of
Participants:
- Participant
Requirements:
- Type/Level of
Interaction:
- Materials
Needed:
- Procedure:
- Timeline:
- Contact
Person:
- Activity
3: Explore
projects and discuss one that you could share with
another school. Create a plan for the
project.
- Check out the
Teacher
Tap: Collaborative
Projects page
for lots of ideas.
Created by Annette
Lamb,
1/00. Updated 01/02.
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