Cape May County ETTC Technology Proficiency Courses

TPC16-5 - Internet Projects (part of the Web-based Projects course)

Outline for Internet Projects

Handout Links

What Are Internet Projects?

Internet Projects, in the most general use of the term, use the Internet to complete an instructional activity.

Two major categories involve either using the Internet for research/information gathering or in a tellacollaborative (the exchange of information with someone via the Internet) project.

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/mining/February95-TCT.html- an article describing different types of projects (activities)

http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/index.html - visit the different rooms to see examples of projects.

We will examine a few of the basic types of projects

Hunts and Hotlists - A HotList is a list of links to be used in the classroom (much like a collection of bookmarks). A Hunt is a guided tour of web sites. You present a question to be answered and the link to find the answer in the most controlled setting and just the question or just a collection of links in the most general setting. The basic strategy here is to find Web pages that hold information (text, graphic, sound, video, etc.) that you feel is essential to understanding the given topic.

Places to Visit

  1. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntperiodicre.html - an example of a list of questions and a list resources
  2. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson068.shtml - has a basic hunt and a more advanced hunt
  3. http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/dinosaur/dinohunt.html - another basic hunt
  4. http://www.lightspan.com/search2/pages/topics.asp?_prod=LS&_nav=N1_SEARCH&cat_id=3429 - list of hunts
  5. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/formats.html#Hotlist - some nice examples
  6. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/formats.html#Hunt - some more examples
  7. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/problemsolving.html - contains tellecollaborative and hunt examples
  8. http://www.connectedteacher.com/teacherContact/search.asp - register to connect with teachers
  9. http://netsquirrel.com/hunt - lessons on searching the Internet and a new Internet hunt each month
  10. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/noncoll4.htm - how to develop a hunt

 

Keypals and Basic Tellecollaboration (trading information via email) - Exchanging ideas and information with other via the Internet

Places to Visit

  1. http://www.stolaf.edu:80/network/iecc - the IECC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) is a free service to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges.
  2. http://www.epals.com - ePALS is the world's largest online classroom community, connecting over 2.8 million students and teachers through 38,739 profiles. Members from over 65,000 classrooms in 182 countries use our free online collaborative technology.
  3. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/coll1a.htm - good article on finding keypals
  4. http://www.tapr.org/~jbharris/locators.html - list of links
  5. http://www1.minn.net/~schubert/NickProjects.html - good demos of online lessons
  6. http://www.cln.org/int_keypals.html - list of links
  7. http://www.cln.org/int_expert.html - list of Ask-an-Expert type of sites
  8. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/interpersonalexchange.html - some good projects
  9. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/informationcollection.html - more project examples
  10. http://www.tapr.org/~ird/Wadbrook/telementoring/WebQuest.htm - a WebQuest about telementoring

WebQuests - A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge with Tom March, and was outlined then in "Some Thoughts About WebQuests". (from Bernie Dodge's WebQuest page).

Places to Visit

  1. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html -One of the best resources for WebQuests.
  2. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/materials.htm - great resources and a very good WebQuest about WebQuests activity. Also, if you decide on a WebQuest as your project, there are some helpful materials here on designing and finding WebQuests.
  3. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html - a great source of information by Kathy Schrock including examples.
  4. http://www.teachersfirst.com/webquest.htm - a good example and tutorial for WebQuests

 

Things to Consider When Joining/Creating an Internet Project
  1. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Articles/First-Steps.pdf - good article with important issues and questions to be answered.
  2. http://www.ket.org/Education/IN/tips.html - to to consider when starting a project
  3. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks- a great site to help you plan a project.
  4. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/NNreschek.html - a checklist of hardware and software needed.
  5. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/NNplanner.html - a planner to help setup a project.
  6. http://www.bergen.org/ETTC/projects/TeachProjTemplateold.html - another planner to help you set a project up
  7. http://bvsd.k12.co.us/~blackl/curric/ptemplate.html - yet another good planner
  8. http://bvsd.k12.co.us/~blackl/curric/settingup.html - good article on setting up a project, has example project solicitation emails
  9. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Articles/Netiquette.pdf - a good look at netiquette issues.
  10. http://www.redrival.com/netschoolbus/netiquette.html - review this list on netiquette
  11. http://www.albion.com/netiquette - good page, take the netiquette quiz
  12. http://www.darkmountain.com/netiquette/index.shtml - very good netiquette page, has international considerations
  13. http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/schools/whms/teacherwebeval.htm - good web site validity evaluation tool
  14. http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/index.htm - good examples from Kathy Schrock
  15. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html - specific forms from Kathy Schrock
  16. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Articles/Failures.pdf - a good article about the downside to Internet projects.
  17. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/Tools.html - a good list of some of the resources you may need

Finding Projects
  1. http://gsh.lightspan.com/pr/index.cfm - Use to be the Global SchoolHouse, now part of LightSpan (http://www.lightspan.com/teacher/pages/projects/default.asp?_prod=LS&_nav=T2_proj ) this is the project registry. You can join Hilites and receive email notification of new projects
  2. http://www.lightspan.com - Click on the Link for Internet
  3. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/EdHelpers.html - a good list of places to go
  4. http://www.tapr.org/~jbharris - a very good list of places to go
  5. http://www.cln.org/int_projects.html - list of links
  6. http://www.ket.org/Education/IN/tips.html - scroll down to the "How To Receive Notifications" section
  7. http://www.ket.org/Education/IN/projects.html - in addition to help on starting a project, this site has links to projects
  8. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/join.htm - good list of projects to join
  9. http://7-12educators.about.com/education/7-12educators/cs/internetprojdes/index.htm?terms=%22internet+projects%22 - good list of links

Places Online to Create Projects - the following sites contain preset templates and projects that can be customized for your class.

  1. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/guides.html - Filamentality - one of the better sites for creating and housing basic Internet Projects
  2. http://www.4teachers.org/premier/archive - Find or create Web-based lessons in a flash with SCR*TEC's TrackStar, the best way to bring the Web into your teaching. Especially good for creating hunts or guided lessons

Homework for Next Class-What Types of Projects Interest You?
  1. Complete the Hardware checklist for your classroom/computer http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/NNreschek.html - a checklist of hardware and software needed.
  2. Think about what topics and types of projects you would like to try http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks- a planner to help setup a project.

    3. http://www.bergen.org/ETTC/projects/TeachProjTemplateold.html - another planner to help you set a project up

  3. Explore some of the project sites and find a project idea you like

HANDOUT LINKS

  1. http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/mining/February95-TCT.html
  2. http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/index.html 
  3. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html 
  4. http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-c.shtml 
  5. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html 
  6. http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/coll.htm 
  7. http://bvsd.k12.co.us/~blackl/curric/settingup.html  
  8. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/

Form handouts

  1. http://www.calvertnet.k12.md.us/schools/whms/teacherwebeval.htm
  2. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/NNreschek.html
  3. http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks

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last Modified August 23, 2001