Opening Your Classroom to Computer Technology

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Opening Your Classroom to the World of
Computer Technology
(Links to Assist You with Curriculum Integration)

Classroom Collaborations

Collaborate with other Students
ThinkQuest - create a web site designed to help others learn something.
http://www.thinkquest.org
http://www.advanced.org

Collaborate with Experts
Ciese's Ask an Expert http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html
Ptisco's Ask an Expert http://www.askanexpert.com/
Sci Network http://www.madsci.org
Franklin Institutes' Ask a Scientist http://sln.fi.edu:80/tfi/publications/askexprt.html
Ask a Volcanologist http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/ask_a.html
Grammar Lady http://grammarlady.com/

Another idea: Find a web site that includes the info that you are teaching and also presents the info in a way that is similar to the way that you present it to your students. Do research about the web master of that site and contact them by e-mail asking if he/she would be willing to answer some questions from your class.

Finding Internet Communities

Internet Mailing Lists
Classroom Connect, moderated by Gleason Sackmann http://www.classroom.com
Catalist, an online database of Lists that utilizes the listserv http://www.lsoft.com/lists/list_q.html
Topica http://www.topica.com/
Publicity Accessible mailing lists http://pami.net/
Tile.Net http://www.tile.net/

Finding Other Classes
American Assn of School Librarians http://www.ala.org/aasl/
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages http://www.actfl.org
American Library Assn http://www.ala.org/
Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org/
International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org
Music Educators National Conference http:www.menc.org/
National Art Education Association http://www.naea-reston.org
Nat'l Assn for Bilingual Ed. http://www.nabe.org/
Nat'l Assn for Sport and PE http://www.aahperd.org
Nat'l Council for the Social Studies http://www.ncss.org
Nat'l Council of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org/
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics http://www.nctm.org/
Nat'l Science Teachers Assn http://www.nsta.org/

Find Classes in a Specific Geographic Region
Web66 http://web66.umn.edu/

Translator
Babelfish http://babelfish.altavista.com/
If you need to communicate via a translator, Babelfish is good, though sometimes slightly inaccurate in regards to your intended meaning. If using a translator, you may want to begin with an announcement that you are using electronically translated text. "This text has been translated by a computer. I regret any misunderstandings that might result from the translation."

Peer Collaboration and Project-Based Learning
Project Approach Learning http://www.project-approach.com/
Types of Online Projects http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu//~jbharris/virtual-architecture/
Global Classrooms http://www.ga.unc.edu/NCCIU/ispt/

Finding Existing Online Projects
Global School House http://www.globlschoolhouseorg/
IEARN http://www.iearn.org
Houghton Mifflin Company Project Watch http://eduplace.com/projects/index.html
TEAMS Classroom Projects http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/projects/projects.html#current
KIDLINK Special Projects http://www.kidlink.org/KIKPROJ/
Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
The WebQuest Page http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
The Projects Registry http://www/gsn.org/pr/

Collaboration through Web Assignments

Articles about WebQuests
Dodge, Bernie. "some Thoughts about WebQuests" http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html

Starr, Linda. "Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier than You Think."
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech011.shtml

Schrock, Kathy. "WebQuest in our Future: The Teacher's Guide for Educators." http://school.discovery.com/

Yoder, Maureen Brown. "The Student WebQuest." http://www.iste.org/L&L/archive/vol26/no7/features/yoder/

"LSU WebQuests." http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/

Marsh Tom. "Web and Flow." http://www.ozline.com/learning/

BEST INFO: Bernie Dodge's WebQuest page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/

HTML and Web-Based Templates:
Bernie Dodge's example: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html

Filamentality - acts like a tutorial. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Kiko - simpler to use for experienced WebQuest builders. http://www.kiko.com/webquests

TrackStar - a "track" of links to other web resources http://trackstar.hprtec.org/

QuizStar - when used in conjunction with TrackStar, it provides space for students to answer questions online. http://quiz.4teachers.org

Server.com - An outstanding tool for creating online assignments, though server.com was not created for teachers specifically, but for Internet users who wanted to create interactive tools for their friends, family, and associates. It is extremely reliable. http://www.server.com