April 1 contact Debi McNabb at Lightspan s online Expeditions. in a wondrous relationship with a classroom in Louisiana. Sometimes collaboration ideas start like that. http://newtown.k12.ct.us/~royalk/articles/4101.htm
Extractions: April 1, 2001 If you're looking for some ways to use computers and the Internet in your classroom or computer room, then you could consider collaboration with a museum, an online expedition, another school or classroom. In this article, I'll share three collaboration examples and I hope that these examples will spark and generate new ideas for collaboration in your own classroom. Opportunities abound, and a simple e-mail may begin a wonderful journey. Collaboration with a Museum Museums, have always shared collections of everything from mummies to spiders, to art, to types of vegetation. They are now faced with the need to take what they do and transform it to the digital world, and yet maintain contact with patrons. After all, a museum without patrons, is just a warehouse. Computers and the Internet are breathing new life into some of the oldest museums in the world. How does one go about finding a museum for collaboration? Well, a simple e-mail to the museum's education representative is a great start. There are some wonderful museums in the area where I teach, but one does not have to remain local to collaborate. I was lucky enough to receive an e-mail about three years ago from a division of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, in Chicago, asking me if I was interested in taking a look at an online program they were launching, called " States of Science " from the
Civics Online - [Re]Envisioning The Democratic Community Civics online hopes to not only provide a Ideally, these online linkages would pair diverse districts such as an urban classroom with a could be arranged for further collaboration. http://www.civics-online.org/teachers/activities.cfm
Extractions: Life Liberty The Pursuit of Happiness Common Good Justice Equality Diversity Truth Popular Sovereignty Patriotism Rule of Law Separation of Powers Representative Government Checks and Balances Individual Rights Freedom of Religion Federalism Civilian Control of the Military Civics Online hopes to not only provide a rich array of multi-media primary sources, but to also give teachers ideas on using those sources in the classroom. Explore the general activities below, or investigate the activities created for specific grade levels and core democratic values Teaching Activities For Civics Online Preface The following strategies are based on the classroom use of primary documents and the incorporation of interactive learning. As far as possible, these strategies should be integrated into the social studies classroom with the goal of placing students in learning situations that will promote critical thinking and application of knowledge. These strategies are intended as a springboard for dialogue and discussion. Teachers are encouraged to adapt and modify the strategies for their own classroom.
Instructional Technology classroom practice and curriculum, and collaboration with colleagues projectbased activities, and using online K-12 Productivity in the classroom-Lessons at a http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/vrschool/intwebcl.htm
Extractions: Sabine Teachers Search Reference ... Integrating Technology Worksheet Technology in the classroom promotes an increase in writing skills; better understanding of math; the ability to teach others; and greater problem solving and critical thinking skills. Learn more from these sites. The Benefits of Information Technology - This article by John Kosakowski discusses the advantages of using technology in the classroom. Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom - Wesley Fryer offers a variety of articles and ideas for jumpstarting instructional planning. Planning Lessons that Use Technology - This site offers advice on assessing your technological resources and planning activities within your comfort zone. Understand Your Acceptable Use Policy - This site includes a lesson plan and handout for teaching students about AUPs. The Traits of an Effective Technology Coach and Signs of a Robust Program - This site discusses the many roles coaches can play, such as cheerleader, sidekick, or judge. Bringing A Nation Online The Importance of Federal Leadership - Both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government are working to bridge the digital divide. This report examines the data in A Nation Online and highlights the gaps between those using technology tools and those who are not.
Awards with computer interface, software, online web subscriptions of technology in the classroom and provide counselor Sharlee Funderburk in collaboration with Dan http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/awards.htm
Extractions: Grants Sabine Reading Council Anthology Receives Top State Award for 2002 The award winning Anthology is a compilation of Sabine Young Authors winners of district and state writing contest. Mary Anne Russell, Young Authors chair person, and Jennifer Helms organized and published the Anthology. School libraries and students placing in the Young Authors competition received a copy of the Anthology. Sabine Schools Recognized for Academic Growth Converse, Ebarb, and Zwolle Intermediate were recognized for "Exemplary Academic Growth" and Many Junior for "Recognized Academic Growth" based on School Performance Scores . (See Photos LASIP Grant LaSIP Info: Students and Teachers Excelling in Mathematics , STEM will form a collaborative partnership between educators in Sabine Parish and DeSoto Parish along with Northwestern's LEAP into DEEP. Sabine Parish and Northwestern will cost share with two separate allocations of funding through LaSIP of $60,000 and $70,000 respectively, with ten teachers each attending from Sabine Parish, DeSoto Parish, and Vernon Parish. The focus of the project will be to actively involve stakeholders in professional development that will directly impact student success in life and high stakes testing. Teachers of the Year Kim Parker - Florien Elementary Sherri Laffitte
ENC Online About ENC Our Partners ENC Partners Vendors These vendors have contributed K12 curriculum resources to the ENC collection. Scroll through to find the ENC catalog records that describe their products. Activities to teach mathematics in the http://www.enc.org/partners/donors/0,2134,86181,00.shtml
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Harnessing The Power Of The Web tool for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural Finding Projects, partners Collaborative Tools join exemplary online projects. Where to find partners and how http://www.gsn.org/web
Extractions: a Tutorial for Collaborative Project-Based Learning The Internet has made the world smaller. Of particular significance is the ability for students, teachers and researchers to use the web as a tool for interaction, collaboration, distance education, cultural understanding and cooperative research with peers around the globe. Whether you're just starting out, or ready for advanced levels this tutorial will help you to implement collaborative, project-based learning on the Internet. Section A:
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Designing Yur Own Project as email, be established with your online partners? websites designed to connect classrooms; consider real Developing a Collaborative Project - From NickNacks. http://www.globalclassroom.org/collaboration/design.html
Extractions: At times you might want to design your own online collaborative project that is tailored to the needs of your classroom and your learning outcomes. In the beginning of your online work with students it is probably easier to connect with one or two classroom teachers than to try to plan a global project inviting many teachers to join. Plan a small project or activity for your first attempt in joining the online educational world with your students. Don't try to handle more than your time allows. Curriculum Maryland's Content Standards Secondary Social Studies - Core Learning Goals [Maryland]; government, US History and World History While using emerging technologies in the classroom it is important to remember that curriculum is at the heart of what we must teach our students. Use your curriculum guides and plan to use technology as a tool to enhance student learning. As you design your lessons and projects understand the needs of your students in relation to these guidelines and frameworks. What do you want your students to know that they didn't know before?
Extractions: Advanced search Search Databases Choose a DB > Articles Events Grants Product Announce Reviews Web Picks Become a techLEARNING.com author Home Home Resources > Online Resources Professional Organizations Return to Top Professional Development Apple - Teacher Professionalism Apple Staff Development Online Self-paced courses designed to help educators integrate technology into teaching and learning. Single course, $49; annual subscription starts at $249. offers the Virtual Academy, a centralized resource of online courses from accredited colleges and universities. Autodesk Foundation Bell South's Education Gateway is organized for students, teachers, and parents and contains links to many education locations, including Teacher 2 Teacher, which offers information about professional growth, technology planning guides, collaborative projects with other schools, and more. Classroom Connect's Connected University Launches mid-September with technology training in the form of in-depth courses, a How-To Center, and premium courses featuring national consultants.
Teach Online At Business.com recognized degree programs without classroom attendance Listings Results for teach online (110 of Collaborative Learning Platforms Category found in Distance http://www.business.com/popular/teach_online
IEARN : News the coordinator encourage in the online classroom, what problems IEARN resources and collaborative projects provide an It partners high school classrooms from http://www.iearn.org/events/event_cairo2000.html
Extractions: iEARN CIVICS - CAIRO, November 10-14, 2000 I*EARN for Beginners. Getting started in iEARN projects, overview of online forums and website, reading and posting the online project forums, getting involved in projects, integrating projects into the curriculum. Local Organizational Development. This workshop will focus on how to develop a sustainable iEARN program in your local community or country, and will also provide a general overview of the structure of I*EARN as an international network.
IEARN : Professional Development for print and online publication. for the International School Partnerships through Technology involved in international classroom collaboration using Internet http://www.iearn.org/professional/science.html
Extractions: iEARN ONLINE SCIENCE/ ENVIRONMENT/ MATH COURSE 'The PBL course on line has been a refreshing and enriching course. I have been attending workshops for the past ten years as a teacher, but this time I feel the on line course changed my perceptions with regards to teaching and learning. The contributions from team mates have great bearing on my approach to teaching and learning in the future. PBL enhances concepts and marries learning to real life. The use of technology in learning and teaching is a new , but welcome development. I am a changed teacher.' Paul Mpofu, Zimbabwe Make Math, Science and Environmental education more alive! In this workshop, you will learn how to integrate a math, science or environmental iEARN project into your classroom by being involved in one. You will examine the various iEARN math, science and environment topics and determine how they connect to your curriculum standards. You will design ways to guide your students to in a project-oriented, interdisciplinary approach using action research, traditional scientific methods, mathematical problem-solving and historical analysis. You and your students will identify and analyze a relevant problem in their community that relates to the curriculum and share their results, conclusions and concerns with other students around the world.
Muirhead Effective partnerships Key to the future of distance education collaboration in distance education MP Collins (Eds.), Wired together The online classroom in K http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~iejll/volume3/muirhead.html
Extractions: Helen G. Langford The emergence of online schooling is a recent phenomenon within Alberta. Since 1995, 23 online programs have begun operating in the province. Online education depends on new network technologies to expedite access to information while simultaneously making it possible it to post lessons and course content on the Internet. The development of online programs to address the needs of K-12 students has resulted in duplication of effort among the programs. One solution to the duplication of effort to build course content and the identification of "best practices" for online education is the formation of a provincial consortium. This paper will argue that the formation of a provincial consortium for online education holds many potential benefits for online programs within Alberta. The emergence of online schooling as an educational option is a recent phenomenon. Within Alberta, since 1995, 23 virtual schools (online programs) have begun to offer services to students (
Centra Press Release: 2001 Web application for live eLearning and collaboration, to offer in a grouporiented, virtual classroom setting with successful when they learn online, said Ms http://www.centra.com/corporate/press/prsrlse.asp?Year=2001&Id=98
TeleLearning-PDS Activities to teach in the networked classroom through collaborative inquiry Designing the TL Student teachers online collaborative journal writing and reflective http://www.telelearning-pds.org/tlpds/actiang.html
Extractions: The TeleLearning PDS supports innovative pedagogy using information and communication technologies (ICT). It is a shared space devoted to the understanding of teaching and learning in network-enabled classrooms, schools, and university-school partnerships. Collaborative reflection on practice, inquiries into learning to teach with ICT, and knowledge building are the main activities. Pre-service teachers, in-service teachers, graduate students, and teacher educators conduct network-enhanced activities at different local sites. They participate in local and regional professional development workshops as well as in major international scientific meetings. The professional development model With TL-NCE funding having been extended until march 31st, 2004, this page offers an opportunity for a closer look at our activities: Designing the TL-PDS Phase III (2002-2004): Collaborative knowledge building activities by and for teachers Designing the TL-PDS Phase I (1995-1999): A virtual community of support and communication for pre-service teachers Student teachers' online collaborative journal writing and reflective practice (early field experiences and student teaching in associated schools) (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Kennedy Center: What techniques do we use for classroom management, including discuss issues of school culture with our partners? The artist, in collaboration with the sponsor http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/partners/creating_capacity3.html
Extractions: Creating Capacity A Framework For Providing Professional Development Opportunities For Teaching Artists Prepared by The National Conversation An Initiative of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ArtsConnection, Kansas City Young Audiences, the Kentucky Center for the Arts, Lincoln Center Institute, the Music Center Education Division, the Perpich Center for Arts Education, Urban Gateways: Center for Arts Education, and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts Autumn 2001 The Kennedy Center THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS James A. Johnson, Chairman Michael M. Kaiser, President Derek E. Gordon, Vice President, Education The Kennedy Center wishes to acknowledge Jane Remer for the inspiration to convene this group to explore teaching artist professional development. Introduction professional development opportunities available to these artists, a need made more acute by demands for increased accountability in education. At present, the purpose, range, and depth of such opportunities, where they exist at all, vary greatly from organization to organization, and locality to locality. Schools and teachers, arts specialists, artists, and arts organizations can work together to design and participate in professional development that prepares each of the collaborators to provide the highest quality arts education experiences for students.
PolarHusky.com / Public {Experience Authentic Learning Online} the University of Minnesota in partnership with Nomads developing leaders who can teach well, adding in a unique collaborative online classroom infrastructure. http://polarhusky.com/public/mission.asp?menuID=2
Coaching Kids - Get Set Expeditions OZProjects Scholastic online Activities Teacher Guide to International collaboration on the Internet Teams classroom Projects Telecollaborate http://www.iage.com/section2.html
South Carolina Online Professional Development ETLO s online courses are developed in collaboration with leading based, technologyenhanced teaching strategies into their classroom curriculum. http://www.myscschools.com/scopd/about.html
Extractions: Enroll in a Free Demo course! Other Online Opportunities Instructional Television (ITV) South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV) Distance Education South Carolina (DESC) Face-To-Face Opportunities INTEL Teach To The Future SASIxp Training Links Regional Technology Centers Office of Technology South Carolina Teaching, Learning, Connecting My South Carolina Schools About South Carolina Online Professional Development Program About SCOPD Tom Snyder Productions, a Scholastic company, is a leading developer and publisher of educational software for K-12 classrooms. The company was founded more than 20 years ago by Tom Snyder, a former science and music teacher, who pioneered the use of technology in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning. The Microsoft Office Workshops for Teachers, written by Janet Caughlin, an experienced teacher, has been incorporated into seven online courses. This best-selling series shows teachers how to use today's most popular software and integrate it into the curriculum. Each course includes easy-to-follow instructions, lesson ideas from teachers and students.
Teaching With Electronic Technology online resource for teaching, learning, research, and collaboration. Making the Virtual classroom a Reality The MVCR series of online faculty development http://www.wam.umd.edu/~mlhall/teaching.html
Extractions: Sidereus Nuncius Pull-Down Menu of Website Teaching with Electronic Technology Humanities Scholarship Schools on the Web Art and Natural History Museums Online Journals and E-Zines Michael's Hotlist Michael's Home Page T Michael L. Hall General Support Projects ... More The following links provide information about conferences, publications, and general discussions of teaching with electronic technology. By Stephen C. Ehrmann, who directs the Flashlight Program at the nonprofit TLT Group. This article appears in the September/October issue of
