Teacher Education Information/Technology
Literacy Curriculum Integration
University of Northern Iowa
Resources on Telecollaborative Projects
Contents
Telecollaborative Projects
K-12
Keypal Sources
Schools with Internet
Homepages
How to Start Your Own
Telecollaborative Project
- Each of the sites for
telecollaborative projects lists projects in a variety of
discipline areas, which may have taken place in the past
and may be studied as models for new projects. Other
projects are current and may be joined by following the
instructions given.
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- Hilites Archive by
thread
- 1996 ThinkQuest Contest
Winners
- Project sites created by students age 12-18,
organized by subject area.
- Adventure Online
- Free adventure sites to a variety of geographic
locations.
- Bell Atlantic WORLD
SCHOOL
- Classroom projects, lesson plans, parent's
corner, etc.
- Educational
Telecomputing Activities-K-12
- Iowa AEA 10 alphabetical list of sites for
Curriculum-Based Telecollaboration and
Teleresearch Projects.
- Electronic Emissary
Home Page
- Electronic Schoolhouse
- Global SchoolNet's
Internet Projects Registry
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
Project Center - K-12 Projects by Discipline Area
- I*EARN
- Intercultural E-Mail
Classroom Connections
- JASON Project
- Judi Harris'
Network-Based Educational Activity Collection
- KIDLINK: Global
Networking for Youth 10-15
- Global organization for KIDPROJ, long-term
collaborative projects, KIDFORUM, organized kids
discussion topics, and KIDCAFE, individual
discussion for kids.
- KIDSPHERE-List Project
Archive
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- NickNacks:
Collaborative Education on the Internet
- Official Iditarod Home
Page
- OnlineClass:Internet
Education Projects
- Collaborative projects such as Ocean Expo '97,
Balloteers, and Antarctica Live will specify
intended grade levels.
- UN CyberSchoolBus:
Curriculum Corner
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- Elementary Problem of
the Week
- Designed by Ruth Carver, this project challenges
students in grades 3-6 (ages 8-12) with creative,
non-routine problems. It encourages them to
explain their solutions, and provides registered
classes with individualized feedback from
"Visiting Math Mentors."
Math Mentors are typically high school classes,
pre-service teachers, professional educators, and
even other elementary school classes.
- KIDPROJ Money Project
- For students in grades 5-6. Makes a collaborative
comparison of what things cost throughout a
variety of countries. Conducted through e-mail.
- labs.calculus.net -
Laboratory Projects
- Calculus@internet is a reform and CAS-skills
based laboratory text that includes automated
answer-checkers and online laboratory exams with
grading scripts. Calculus@internet takes the
standard core calculus curriculum and puts it in
the context of a variety of computer math
platforms.
- MathMagic!
- MathMagic is a K-12 telecommunications project
developed in El Paso, Texas. It provides strong
motivation for students to use computer
technology while increasing problem-solving
strategies and communications skills. MathMagic
posts challenges in each of four categories (k-3,
4-6, 7-9 and 10-12) to trigger each registered
team to pair up with another team and engage in a
problem-solving dialog.
- Taking Stock
- A stock market simulation involving participants
in grades 5 through 12, this project has been
expanded recently to include up to 50 schools per
session across the country.
- M&M
Math Project
- For grades 4-8. Purpose is to determine the class
percentage of each color of m&ms, to compare
data worldwide, and to compare the data to the
percentages used by the Mars Co in manufacturing
the candy. Involves math skills: finding
averages, ratios, and percentages; analyzing,
graphing.
- Current
NASA Projects
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- Global Heinemann
- KIDCAFE-INDIVIDUAL:
KIDLINK's Individual Youth Dialog for Youth 10-15
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- These sites provide links or search
utilities to locate schools with Internet homepages
around the world.
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- Classroom Connect
ClassroomWeb
- International searchable database.
- HotList of K-12
Internet School Sites
- U.S.A. only searchable database.
- Web66: International
WWW School Registry
- International searchable database.
- Welcome to CU-SeeMe
Schools!
- Reflector site schedules, directory of schools,
technical information, listservs, etc. about the
use of CUSeeMe in education.
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- The following sites explain important
tips for structuring an online telecollaborative project.
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- Cyberlinks for
Cyberkids (See Project Development Resources)
- Under Project Development Resources Section are
listed 5 links to sites with tips about setting
up effective telecollaborations.
- ICONnect: Keypal and
Telecollaborative Projects
- NickNacks:
Collaborative Education on the Internet
- Tips for developing a collaborative project.
Created by Karla Krueger (karla.krueger@uni.edu),
Curriculum & Technology Specialist, University of Northern
Iowa. Copyright: 1996.
Last Updated: October 1996.