Helpful Information About Projects
A good project always begins with planning and decision-making on issues such as the type of project, whether to join an existing project or design your own. The links below provide helpful information on planning, organizing, and implementing an Internet project.
Types of Internet Projects
- NickNacks provides strategies for educators, including practical tips on
exchanging files, leading or participating in a successful project, Internet
tools and resources, and sample.
- Judi Harris provides samples of each of the types of project in her classification
structure.
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- Some basic helpful hints to consider when creating an online project from
the Houghton Mifflin's Project Center.
- Tips on designing a successful classroom project, 1995 Yvonne Andres & Al
Rogers.
Telecollaboration
Planner
- NickNacks provides you with a template for designing
a project!
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- To find out about Kidsphere projects, you must subscribe to the mailing
list. To subscribe, use this link, or send an email message to "kidsphere-request@vms.cis.pitt.edu"
and in the body, type: subscribe kidsphere & Your Name (First and Last).
- To find teachers who want partners for an Internet project, subscribe to
this list. To subscribe, use this link, or send an email message to "iecc-request@stolaf.edu"
and in the body, type: subscribe iecc & Your Name (First and Last).
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- A database of teachers looking for other teachers who want to do collaborative
projects.
- Register your project and find many teachers who want to take part in your
project.
- You can publicize your online project here by filling in the online Project
Submission Form.
- A great place to find other teachers to participate in your project.
- To post your project, you must subscribe to the Kidsphere mailing list.
To subscribe to this mailing list, send an email message to "kidsphere-request@vms.cis.pitt.edu"
and in the body, type: subscribe kidsphere & Your Name (First and Last).
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- An article by Yvonne Andres listing the benefits of telecomputing for students.
- An excellent article by Yvonne Andres about the collaborative process, breaking
it into three phrases: before, during, and after collaboration. If you're
planning a collaborative project, be sure to read this one.
- A nice overview of the process of projects in the classroom.
- A more academic description of how to design and implement an Internet project.
- Good advice from Internet gurus Al Rogers, Yvonne Andres, Mary Jacks, and
Tom Clauset.
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Other Collections of Internet
Projects
- Teachers from all over the world register their project here for you to
join!
- A collection of K-12 collaborative projects.
I*EARN Projects Page
- I*EARN is a nonprofit organization that links schools together globally
and involves them in meaningful projects.
- A collection of project announcements
- A great place to get your students collaborating with other students in
Internet projects.
- By browsing through listserv archives, you can get ideas from past project's
Calls for Collaboration and postings for a project of your own. Beware--you
may have to read through many postings in order to find a gem!
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