Collaborative Tools For E-Learning or instructors, online meetings and virtual classrooms. or pages expands the types of online collaboration. In terms of trainer collaboration on assessment http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_feature.asp?articleid=41&zoneid=30
The Promise Of Online Simulations it is mostly played as a collaborative classroom exercise sitting next to each other in the classroom. While online simulations have been getting much attention http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_feature.asp?articleid=382&zoneid=2
CREDE Publications And Products 1) online and learn about recent activites, research role of the paraeducator in the classroom, the nature The collaborative role of teachers and researchers in http://www.cal.org/crede/pubs/
Extractions: Research Reports Educational Practice Reports Occasional Publications Directories ... Frequently Asked Questions A recent edition of Education Week (April 21, 2004) features two extensive stories on CREDE's work and Starlight Elementary School, a demonstration school site at which the Five Standards Pedagogy is being implemented and measured. To see the articles, log in to Ed Week online and look for the articles, "Keys to Success" and "Testing Ground." The Immigrant Parents' Computer Literacy Project: A Strategies Guide for Implementation This report provides information on practical lessons learned in implementing a technology-based project with immigrant parents. Carried out over 5-years, the project brought parents, students, teachers, and community members together to develop parents' computer skills and knowledge of their children's schooling experiences. The report discusses the key issues and challenges that the research team encountered, such as program location and logistics, retention and recruitment of participants, and goal setting and evaluation. It includes a checklist of strategies for conducting similar projects with this population. Purchase through the CAL store Eagerly-Awaited Study Reports on Academic Outcomes for Two-Way Immersion Students!
Teacher Role Of Library Media Specialist to get input from teachers regarding classroom teacher s instructional Want your collaborative lesson published online website (K8 only); CD-ROM distributed to http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/office/partner.html
FIPSE Grant Database resources creating a virtual transatlantic classroom with internationally promote cultural experiences, and continue collaborative learning in online REFERENCE http://www.fipse.aed.org/grantshow.cfm?grantNumber=P116J010013
OII's Entry For The NII Awards that moving from teachercentered classrooms to student activities with a national online support structure. Real-Time collaboration happens on our WWW site http://oii.org/html/nii_entry.html
Extractions: OII's Entry for the NII Awards OII in 25 words... OII is a grassroots national telecollaboration effort to help people place themselves at the center of their own learning, within a vibrant online community. Summary Description The Online Internet Institute ( OII ) is an emerging paradigm for ongoing collaborative professional growth. Created by classroom educators and supported by proponents of education reform, the Online Internet Institute demonstrates the network's power to help change the way people teach and learn. The OII is an expanding virtual community of practioners and others who care about reinventing teaching and learning, by reflecting on our teaching practices, supporting our peers, and fostering a knowledge-building learning environment. Since our beginning in June of 1995, OII has helped 1130 participants invest more than 18,800 hours in their own professional growth. Background OII started from a conversation between Ferdi Serim and Bonnie Bracey, who were reflecting on the difficulty educators face in learning to use the Internet. They thought that creating a "place" on the Internet where the Internet ethos (share what you know, help who you can as others have helped you) could nurture anyone who wanted to discover how the Internet could support lifelong learning would be very powerful and effective. On January 18, 1995, a single message was sent to 20 luminaries in the field of educational networking asking if they'd serve as advisors as we developed the project. Every single person said "No! We don't want to advise, we want to *do* the project!". Most of these folks were usually competitors on big grants, and rarely had the opportunity to collaborate. We had no money, no organization, we were just two teachers with an idea.
Professional Development Through Learning Communities to integrate rich and powerful online original sources For some, this collaboration marks the first time they have used technology in their classrooms. http://www.glef.org/php/article.php?id=Art_481&key=238
About Global SchoolNet Choice Page Develop an online system training and support in an effective and appropriate manner in their classrooms. and community partnerships for ongoing collaboration. http://www.globalschoolnet.org/about/
Extractions: HOME Home About Awards ... .pdf About Global SchoolN et In a connected world, students need a global perspective. Global SchoolNet combines smart teaching ideas with web publishing, video conferencing and other online tools that bridge geographic gaps, allowing young people around the world to learn together. Global SchoolNet is a growing international network of 70,000+ online educators, who engage in online project-based learning activities. Since its inception, Global SchoolNet has reached more than a million students from 25,000 schools across 100 countries. GSN seeks opportunities to partner with schools, universities, communities, businesses and other organizations to co-develop free or low cost programs to help students become literate and responsible global citizens, and to prepare them for the workforce. Global SchoolNet is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit education organization. Vision Mission Objectives Recognitions ... Who Uses GSN Our Vision To provide educational opportunities that connect US students with students worldwide, so that they may communicate, collaborate, and learn from one another.
Classroom Activities She has participated in online collaborations through using MOO environments in her classrooms, particularly for and to organize collaborative efforts between http://www.uiowa.edu/~ddrhet/activities.htm
Extractions: Classroom Activities Amy Bruckman has used MOOs in her teaching since October of 1985. She is the founder of both MediaMOO, a MUD designed to be a professional community for media researchers, and MOOSE Crossing, a constructionist learning environment designed to get kids excited about reading, writing, and programming. For more information about her classroom activities, please see her homepage Michael Brundage has been using MOOs in his teaching of freshman-level multivariable calculus and geometry for about a year and a half. For the freshman calculus course, the MOO functioned as a fancy Web server, providing access to online copies of handouts given in class, answer keys (not usually available in class), test schedules, interactive worksheets (such as a partial differentiation drill), bulletin boards, and even a Mathematica graphing engine (which allowed students to enter a one, two, or three variable equation and then see its graph). Used in this capacity, the MOO was accessed over 1000 times each week. Jeff Cooper teaches English at Richmond High School. He has used MOOs to conference with students on-line and to introduce students to object oriented programming.
CITE Journal -- Volume 2, Issue 3 studies teacher can bring to the classroom. than one portal for accessing information online. Presently, the VRROOM collaborative includes four organizational http://www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss3/socialstudies/article1.cfm
Extractions: Contents Editorial Current Issues Science Mathematics English Social Studies ... Seminal Articles Volume 2, Issue 3 ISSN 1528-5804 Submit a Commentary Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], (3). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol2/iss3/socialstudies/article1.cfm The Standards Connector: Designing an Online Resource for Teaching the Massachusetts History and Social Studies Curriculum Framework ROBERT W. MALOY The Ohio State University, USA Irene is a senior year American Studies major who is planning to do her student teaching in 11 th -grade United States history at a local high school. Just before the beginning of the school year, the school, in response to a new state curriculum framework and high stakes test for students, reassigned Irene's cooperating teacher Mary to a different grade and subject. Irene and Mary will now be teaching 9 th Greg is a midcareer professional who has decided to return to college to become a history teacher after many years operating a successful family flower shop business. Early in the semester before student teaching, he was hired by a local middle school to fill a mid-year vacancy in 8 th -grade United States history. As part of his methods class at the university, he had been preparing a unit on ancient Egypt. Now he must teach the American Revolution with an emphasis on the founding documents, material he has not reviewed since he was an undergraduate student more than 20 years ago.
Online Learning: An Overview with curriculum used in the traditional classroom. is based on principles of collaborative and constructivist or one of the Illinois online Network partner http://www.mvcr.org/Courses/C-CourseDetail.asp?course=1&textonly=false
Extractions: The phenomenal growth of the Internet and the wealth of resources from institutions such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have the potential to significantly enhance science education in our schools. Forging strong collaborative partnerships between organizations such as science museums and NASA allow new space science discoveries to be transformed into well designed Web-based learning materials. These resources offer exciting new learning opportunities for teachers, students, and the general public. The Internet has also created a new means by which museums function and interconnect with other institutions. Interesting new work environments are opening up for museum professionals who enjoy blending education, public relations, science, and technology talents with museum and teaching experience. Technology has thereby expanded opportunities for professionals to find employment outside of the museum, but in contexts that support their mission. Such openings, for example, can be found in collaborative partnerships with museums established by universities, school districts, and even the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Online Collaborative Projects are many different kinds of collaborative projects available. Global classrooms encourage groups of students to share you might chat with an astronaut online. http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic1a.htm
Extractions: Online Collaborative Projects: Exploring Projects Before joining a project, you'll want to explore the possibilities. There are many different kinds of collaborative projects available. Judi Harris at her website called Virtual Architecture identifies three types of telecollaborative projects. The discussion below highlights Harris's categories and project areas. What kind of project would meet your need for interpersonal exchange, data gathering, or problem solving? When possible look for projects that contain archives so you can look at past projects. For example, JASON contains all their past expeditions online. Go to the JASON expeditions . Spend some time exploring one of the previous expeditions. What can you learn by reading through the archival materials Interpersonal Exchange You've probably heard of projects where students around the global communicate through traditional mail, email, chats, forums, video conferencing or other means. By designing activities that match specific subject area standards, these projects can go beyond simple pen pal exchanges.
Extractions: In memory of William Ellis, who initiated the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities' exploration of teacher preparation. Mr. Ellis served as a representative to the NJCLD for The Orton Dyslexia Society and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Preparation of General Education Teachers in a Core Curriculum All prospective teachers need to have, at a minimum, an overview of the scope and sequence of the curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade. In addition, teachers should be well prepared in their subject areas and understand the central concepts and tools of inquiry in these areas. The curricular areas required for all prospective teachers are reading, writing, communication skills, mathematics, social studies, the sciences, health/physical education, fine arts, and vocational/transition education. The emphasis in
National Defense Magazine creation of SCORM was a collaborative process between a Technology Project (DTTP), an online training “Internet that National Guard DTTP classrooms also could http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/article.cfm?Id=672
Weekly Integration Topics 2003-2004 Presented on Wednesdays, Periods 2 through 8. in the Staff Development Lab, Room 1418. by the members of the Ranger Advisory Team http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/webmeisters/cchausis/wit.html
Extractions: Have you ever needed to send an AppleWorks document to a PC user? Wanted to post an assignment or a study guide on the web? Wanted your students to print out a notes sheet from a PowerPoint without the web address, date, and time at the top and bottom? You can do all this with a pdf (portable document format)! Presented: Discover ways to use Internet tools and resources to engage your students in exciting telecollaborative projects with people in different locations. Explore how to find appropriate activities and projects amidst the ever-expanding vastness of the Web. Here are some places to begin: IECC a free teaching.com service to help teachers link with partners in other cultures and countries for email classroom pen-pal and other project exchanges. Since its creation in 1992, IECC has distributed over 28,000 requests for e-mail partnerships.
