Tips for Participating in
Internet Classroom Projects

• Making the Link! Using The Internet In The K-12 Curriculum

• Harnessing the Power of the Web is a tutorial that takes teachers step-by-step through a process of integrating the Web into the classroom.

• Keys to Successful Telecomputing talks about project design

• Setting Up Your Own Project includes a Project SolicitationTemplate

The NickNacks site gives some good guidelines for participating in Internet projects:

Tips for designing online projects

• Making Networked Projects

• Making the Net Work for Schools: Online Research Modules gives step-by-step instructions for developing online research modules for your students.

Other good guidelines for participating in Internet projects:

• Plugging In:Choosing and Using Educational Technology includes indicators of engaged learning and of high technology performance.

• In Tales From the Electronic Frontier ten teachers share "actual classroom experiences using the Internet in K-12 science and mathematics." Each story is followed by questions and issues, making this an ideal resource for teacher preservice or inservice instruction on classroom use of technology.

Other helpful sites:

• Curriculum Treasure Hunt answers the question "How Do I Integrate the Internet into my Classroom Curriculum?"

• One elementary teacher tells how she organizes telecommunications in her classroom.

• Teachers.net Homepage Maker- Creating your own Homepage is as easy as 1-2-3...

• Setting Up A School Website: An On-Line Guide will help educators who want to begin a web site or who have one going but would like a few additional ideas regarding content and technique.

1. Finding Networked Projects

2. KIDLINK is a non-profit grassroots organization aimed at getting as many youth through the age 15 as possible involved in a global dialog. Check out their KIDLINK Projects.

3. NickNacks

   NickNacks News delivers monthly--updates on telecollaborating resources, projects and plans to your EmailBox. To subscribe, send email with the subject

   subscribe NickNacks News

   to: schubert@minn.net

4. Classroom Connect

   To subscribe to the Classroom Connect Mailing List, create a new email message and address it to:

   crc-request@classroom.net

   and type the command

   set digest

   on the first line of the BODY of your message. You may type anything you wish (including nothing!) in the Subject Line. You will be put in the "DIGEST" subscriber list.

5. Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

   To subscribe to the IECC Project mailing list, send a message containing the word

   subscribe

   to: IECC-PROJECTS-REQUEST@STOLAF.EDU

Issues in Technology Integration

Keep up with the latest school-technology issues--or participate in discussions of them. How do you wire your school for Internet access? How do you ensure equitable use of educational technology? How do you meet the challenges of introducing computers to reluctant staff or students? Three Web sites with articles, columns, forums, and links on these subjects are:

• The Electronic School
• Pathways to School Improvement
• The Technology Education Lab site has a thorough list of online resources pertaining to education and technology, go to "K-12 Educational Resources." This annotated directory has links to Web sites, listservs, newsgroups, and online forums related to curricular applications of technology.