Cool online stuff for teachers and students.

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Cool online stuff for teachers and students.
Whats on the Web?
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Why use online resources?

• Limited classroom resources
• Expand the walls of your classroom
• Connect to the real world
• Unique opportunities otherwise unavailable
• Work with real-time (or near real-time) data

Just a few examples
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http//www.nctm.org/standards/content.aspx?id2460
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http//www.amnh.org/learn-teach
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http//www.marsquestonline.org/
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http//bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/
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http//www.virtualjamestown.org/
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http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/
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Telecooperative Telecollaborative Projects
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What is telecollaboration?

• Projects that involve students in doing related
  activities in different places and at different
  times, then viewing others similar products,
  data, or activities online.

Harris, J. (1999). First steps in
telecollaboration. Learning Leading with
Technology, 27(3), 54-57.
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What is telecooperation?

• Projects that require online interaction between
  or among participating classrooms, often over an
  extended period of time, and they require active
  and ongoing coordination to be successful.

Harris, J. (1999). First steps in
telecollaboration. Learning Leading with
Technology, 27(3), 54-57.
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Why use telecollaboration or telecooperation
activities?

• Exposes students to different opinions,
  perspectives, beliefs, experiences, and thinking
  processes
• Encourages the comparison/contrast of similar
  information collected in dissimilar locations
• Encourages communication with a real audience
• Expands global awareness

Harris, J. (1999). First steps in
telecollaboration. Learning Leading with
Technology, 27(3), 54-57.
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Just a few examples
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http//www.learner.org/jnorth/
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http//www.epals.com/
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http//www.allexperts.com/
http//ciese.org/askanexpert.html
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http//landmark-project.com/ggl/index.html
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http//www.sci-journal.org/index.php?c_check1
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http//www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode
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http//nschubert.home.mchsi.com/education/pir/