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Participating in an Internet Project

Discover a collection of exciting internet projects that support curriculum, provide a global perspective, and empower students to make a difference. Engage in hands-on activities, utilize technology authentically, and connect with a larger audience. Enhance 21st-century skills while having fun!

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Participating in an Internet Project

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  1. Participating in an Internet Project Judith Conway

  2. WHAT IS IT? • An educational activity that • supports your curriculum and standards • provides students with an opportunity to get a global (or larger) perspective or audience • Provides students the opportunity to make a difference • Uses the power of technology in an authentic way

  3. EARTHDAY GROCERY BAGS • Register, get materials • Organize (divide classrooms, develop instructions for teachers and students, letter to parents) • Get bags, distribute bags • Research – discuss – read stories • Decorate bags, collect bags, return bags to store • Take pictures along the way, send report to project • Make book for next year’s students showing them ‘how to’

  4. WHY DO IT? • It is interesting and fun • It advances your curriculum and standards • Hands – on • Higher level thinking skills • Authentic use of technology • Larger audience motivates students • 21st century skills

  5. Share Your Music With Me • A way to make the writing of music less overwhelming • They learn to play what they have written • A way to get feedback from other music people

  6. One day when I . . . • capture nature in the words of a child through personal stories • Begin each story with the phrase "One day when I..." and end the story with what you learned, that frogs can jump really high, or how you felt, such as happy, surprised, or scared.

  7. HOW DO YOU DO IT? • Find a project • Register • Get materials • Get organized • Do activities • Submit report or projects • See what others submitted • Reflect on what you learned

  8. E-IDITEROD PROJECT • Overview • Timeline

  9. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

  10. Food, Fotos, and Fun • Write out the recipe for their favorite food • Have a photo taken of themselves with their favorite food • Complete the food information card. (provided at project site) • Calculate the cost for preparing their favorite food

  11. E-Pals Project • Find a class to work with • Read the same book • What’s “in” to wear, eat, carry, listen to, see • Virtual tour of school • Nature mapping close to school

  12. HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY DO WE NEED TO USE? • Just enough • To get the job done • That you and your students can manage

  13. Frosty Readers Project • Project Information • Examples • California • Canada • Wisconsin

  14. WHERE DO YOU FIND ONE? • http://www.epals.com • http://gaggle.net • http://www.kids-learn.org/ • http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html • http://www.iearn.org/projects/project_gateway_languages.html • http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html • http://www.eduplace.com/projects/

  15. Thank you This presentation will be posted in the conference vault

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