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Project / Inquiry-Based Learning Resources

Project / Inquiry-Based Learning: An instructional method that uses complex,
real-life projects to motivate learning and provide learning experiences;
the projects are authentic, yet adhere to a curricular framework.

Articles About Project / Inquiry-Based Learning:

• Home Base: Harnessing the Power of the Web This guide will help you to understand collaborative,
  project-based learning on the Internet. We use the term NetPBL (Networked, Project-Based Learning) to
  describe this kind of learning. (-From the Global Schoolhouse)
  
• All Together Now: A guide through the collaborative technology jungle (from Electronic-School).
• Authentic Challenging Tasks (ACTS) Characteristics of challenging curriculum for all students
• Design Features for Project-Based Learning
  
• Project-based Learning and Other On-line Teaching Resources
  
• Project Based Learning: What is it? (from 4Teachers)
  
• Foundations of Project Based Learning: how to build a project, teacher’s experiences, project models, processes, resources, glossary (2Learn.ca)
• Building Motivation (from 4Teachers)
  
• Characteristics of Collaborative Classrooms: Teacher and student roles, research, examples
• Using Multiple Intelligences (from 4Teachers)
  
• Project Based Learning (from the Buck Institute)
  
• Project Based Learning: An Introduction (from the Buck Institute)
  
• Project-Based Learning with Multimedia -San Mateo County Office of Education
• The Power of Project-Based Learning -by Terry Thode (-from the George Lucas Foundation)
  
• Cyber English An Excellent Reading List About Learning and the "NET"-Generation-By Ted Nellen
  
• Real Audiences Worldwide: A Case Study of the Impact of www.publication on a Child Writer's Development
  by Judy Keiner University of Reading, England
  
• Encouraging Teachers to Use Your School's Network -by Kerry Fraser
  
• Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections -free service to help teachers link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges.
  
• Technology: To Use or Infuse by Nancy Sulla
  
• United States Education Secretary, Richard Riley, has challenged education leaders to make sure all new teachers have the technology skills and training they need to enter the classroom (BBC)
  
• The Ten Stages to Web-Use Nirvana -The idea behind these Ten Stages is to provide a set of milestones for those who use the Web with students or train teachers who do. -by Tom March & Ozline
  
• Towards An Interactive School -by Crawford Kilian Capilano College North Vancouver BC
  
• Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students -by Dr. Jamie Mackenzie
  
• Working the Web for Learning: Theory and Practice -from Tom March @ Ozline
  
• O.K., Schools Are Wired. Now What? By Lisa Guernsey
  
• The Technology-Infused English Classroom -by Phil Coogan (based on a world-wide study tour)
  
• Myths and Realities about Technology in K-12 Schools -Glenn M. Kleiman, The Center for Online Professional Education (COPE) at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
  
• Why Do Project-Based Learning? -San Mateo County Office of Education
  

Academic References:

• Alternative Modes of Teaching and Learning Alternative modes to delivery -from the University of Western Australia
  

Awards / Contests:

• Cable and Wireless Childnet Awards -is a unique Global contest, which rewards children, and those working with them, who are developing outstanding Internet sites and activities which directly benefit other children.
• Global Junior Challenge -projects will be judged for their contribution to the development of the education of children and young people
• Multimedia Mania 2000 -from ISTE -The International Society for Technology in Education
• Stockholm Chalenge, The -this award focuses on the positive effects of today's information society, and the benefit information and communication technology can bring people and society. The technology itself is not the issue.
  
• Technology & Learning Magazine -honors teachers who make a difference integrating technology in their classroom.
  
• Thinkquest -Thinkquest Internet Challenge is an international program for students aged 12-19 that encourages them to use the Internet to create information-rich tools and materials.
  

Books: Classroom Integration and Training:

• Ackerman, Ernest and Karen Hartman. The Information Specialist's Guide to Searching
  and Researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web. ABF, 1998.
  Common sense strategies and exercises for learning how to use the Web effectively.
  
• Barrett, Daniel J. NetResearch : Finding Information Online. O'Reilly, 1997.
  A book that teaches general strategies and search techniques for finding all types of information on the Internet. Lots of tips and tricks about the process of searching.
  
• Baumgarten, J. Alan et.al. Exploring the Internet : A Cyberspace Odyssey.
• Cromwell, Sharon. My First Book About the Internet. Troll, 1997.
  
• Dresang, Eliza. Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age. Wilson, 1999.
  
• Gilster, Paul. Digital Literacy. Wiley, 1997.
• Glavac, Marjan Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web
  
• Glossbrenner, Alfred and Emily. Search Engines for the World Wide Web. 2d ed. Peachpit Press, 1998.
• Krupnick, Karen and Kenndy, Kelly Kids School on the Net : Fun-Filled Internet Activities Across the Curriculum
  
• Lloyd, David. English@work: A Passport to Cyberspace. Beaumont Publishing, 1999. For high school. Through a combination of book and web site, students use the Internet as a communicative tool and as a research tool. Collaborative learning at its best.
  
• Marzano, Robert J. et. al. Assessing Student Outcomes: Performance Assessment Using the Dimensions of Learning Model. ASCD, 1993.
• Morton, Jessica G.and Cohn, Amy L. Kids on the 'Net: Conducting Internet Research in K-5 Classrooms
  
• Offutt, Elizabeth Rhodes and Charles R. Offut. Internet Without Fear! : Practical Tips and Activities. Good Apple, 1996.
• Ost, John and Barbara Schulz. Scribes Online: Learning in an Electronic Writing Space. Beaumont Publishing, 1999. Grades 4-6. Collaborative writing on the Internet using the Writing POD.
  
• Polly, Jean Armour. Internet Kids and Family Yellow Pages. 4th ed. OsborneMcGraw-Hill, 1999.
• Renehan, Edward J. Jr. Great American Websites : An Online Discovery of a Hidden America. Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1997.
  
• Roerden, Laura Parker. NetLessons : Web-Based Projects for Your Classroom. O'Reilly, 1997.
• Serim, Fermi and Melissa Koch. NetLearning : Why Teachers Use the Internet. O'Reilly, 1996.
  
• Shelly, Gary B., Thomas Cashman, et.al. Teachers Discovering Computers: A Link to the Future. Course Technology (ITP), 1999.
• Shenk, David. Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut. Harper, 1997.
• Simpson, Carol. Copyright for Schools: A Practical Guide. 2d.ed. Linworth, 1997.
• Simpson, Carol and Sharron L. McElmeel. Internet for Schools. 2d. ed. Linworth, 1997.
• Skomars, Nancy. Educating With the Internet . 2d. ed. Charles River, 1999.
• Sueoka, Lynn. CyberDesign: Architects of the Future. Grades 5-8. Student's book and teacher's book with their own integrated web site. Through interaction on the web site and collaboration with their peers, students will apply their skills to the design and construction of their own web sites.
  
• Valenza, Joyce. Power Tools: 100+ Essential Forms and Presentations. ALA, 1998.
• Weeg, Patti. Kids@work: Math in the Cyberzone. Grades 4-6.
• Integrating Technology Into the Curriculum - Lessons designed for teachers and which are consistent with the instructional methodology suggested for their students
  
• Network-Based Activity Structures - activities organized under three headings: Problem-solving, Information Collection, Interpersonal Exchanges - Judi Harris
  
• Technology and Information for Teachers Lesson Plans - developed by Florida educators
  
• The Great Satellite Search! - a lesson plan for a collaborative project in which students use computers to do Internet research and then present their findings

Constructivism, Learning Theory and Related Sites:

• A Journey into Constructivism by Martin Dougiamas
• Constructivism: by Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver School of Education
• Constuctivism -2learn.ca
• Constructiing Knowledge in the Classroom -from Classroom Compass
• http://www.emtech.net/construc.htm -a very comprehensive list from EMETCH (Emerging Technologies)
  
• A Manifesto for a Constructivist Approach to Technology in Higher Education -David Jonassen, University of Colorado, Terry Mayes, Ray McAleese, Heriot-Watt University
• About Learning This Web page examines 12 different theories on how people learn -by Funderstanding

Educational Reform:

• http://www.emtech.net/reform.htm -a fairly detailed list from EMETCH (Emerging Technologies)
  
• http://www.rbs.org/eisenhower -Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium Research for Better Schools.

Free Stuff:

• GenScope -gives students the ability to create dynamic models for manipulating a number of species characteristics such as horns, wings, legs, color, sex, scales, plates and the ability to breath fire. (free software downloads)
  
• From Tom Snyder Productions

Funding / Philanthropic Resources:

• National Center for Charitable Statistics -a program of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (Urban Institute), is a national repository of data on the U.S. nonprofit sector.

Videos:

• Internet for Educators (White Rain Films,1996), 66 minutes A bit-dated in the screen shots, this video would be a useful one to support an after school teacher workshop dealing with the Net. Viewing parts of it in preparation for online practice in such a workshop would enhance the experience.
  
• Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998), 3 hours This 3-video set, a sequel to Triumph of the Nerds, contains interviews with all the major players in the Internet world, both past and present. An historical overview of how this Net came to be!

Professional Development:

• INTEC -is an online professional development course that introduces inquiry-based teaching and learning to mathematics and science classrooms
  
• TAPPED IN™ is a growing community of over 5000 K-16 teachers, staff, and researchers engaged in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues
  
• Web-and-Flow -uses a project-based approach to professional development and collegial sharing. Rather than struggle through instructional design, HTML publishing, searching techniques and integration strategies as separate endeavors, Web-and-Flow brings all these elements together. One of Web-and-Flow's greatest strengths is its ability to differentiate your professional development.

Project Directories:

• A List from the Global Schoolhouse
  
• Education World's Collaborative Project Directory
  
• Finding Teacher Projects:Registries and Mailing Lists -a directory from the Global Schoolhouse
  
• Internet Project Registry -from the Global Schoolhouse
  
• Judi Harris' Network-Based Educational Activity Structures
  
• A List of Porjects from Kathy Schrock
  
• Landmarks for Schools -One of the earliest educational websites on the Internet, Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and collaborative online projects.
  
• Internet Keypal Exchanges -a directory from the Community Learning Networks (British Colombia, Canada)
  
• OnLine Class -interdisciplinary, inquiry-based units that integrate the Internet into classroom teaching
  
• Spaghetti Book Club -Book Reviews for Kids by Kids
  
• The WebQuest Page -This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web.
  
• ThinkQuest -a directory of world-class, award-winning telecollaborative online projects created by young people and teachers-in-training from around the world.
  
• AT&T Virtual Classroom
  "AT&T Virtual Classroom 1998 offers three stimulating online programs for all levels of primary and secondary school students, including the popular AT&T Virtual Classroom Contest, a website design competition for multinational teams."
  
• Computer Pals Around the World (CPAW)
  CPAW is a non profit global educational electronic network with a presence in over 20 countries. They provide an online calendar of global projects from which members can choose. Note that there is a fee to become a member of this organization.
  
• EduWeb: Projects
  If you are looking for an Internet project partner outside of North America, be sure to check out EduWeb - there is a decidedly European flavour to the projects that are posted on their site. EduWeb is hosted by a U.K. internet service provider and provides search capabilities by grade and/or subject areas. They check all projects before they are posted for educational suitability and, as project start dates are passed, notices are removed from the database.
  
• Global Kids Commons
  In addition to sponsoring a number of Internet Projects, Global Commons Inc. offers the "Electronic Sister School Program" - a service through which schools are matched with other schools around the world. Schools then communicate with each other to set up either project or keypal exchanges.
  
• Global Schoolhouse Foundation: Internet Projects Registry
  If you're looking for an Internet project for your students, this site is a good place to start. It contains information about GSN projects as well as those from many other organizations as well. Project information is organized by the month in which it is scheduled to start.
  
• [The] Grassroots Program
  If you have an idea for an Internet classroom project, Canadian teachers may submit project proposals to the GrassRoots Program for funding ($300). To be eligible, your classroom project will need to use Internet resources for educational purposes and be open to participation by other classes/students. Or, search this site to find Canadian projects to join or just browse through the project descriptions to learn more about what can be done with an Internet project. This program is operated by SchoolNet Canada in co-operation with provincial and corporate sponsors.
  
• iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
  iEARN enables young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people. It offers a web of 35-40 structured projects, each with a teacher-facilitator, in social studies, science, environment, math, arts, literature, and interdisciplinary areas.
  
• Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
  The IECC Organization manages several mailing lists intended to help teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges. This site contains subscription information, request forms, browsable archives, and searchable archives. Note: archive files will take a long time to download and have limited value due to the time sensitive nature of the original requests.If you're interested in keypals or projects, we recommend you join the lists.
  
• Kidlink
  Kidlink is a grassroots organization aimed at involving students aged 10-15 in a global dialog. These dialogs may involved open email discussion, moderated discussions around a theme, and special projects.
  
• NickNacks: Telecollaborate
  B.E.S.T. reviewed this site as follows: "This site guides educators through the process of creating a collaborative internet project between schools across the country or across the world. There are sample projects as well more technical information about how to decide on file formats, types, how to get shareware, how to use ftp or the web (and HTML), sound files, and much more. There is also a resource center of other WWW resources regarding internet projects. Lastly, there is a page on "Leading a Successful Internet Project" which includes hints for designing your lesson plan, recruiting, preparing and running your project, as well as wrap-up procedures." Caution: Intrusive and annoying advertising.
  
• On-line Projects
  Looking for an on-line project for your students to join? This Pitsco meta-list has links to over 80 WWW sites that have information on collaborative projects. Some are specific to a particular project, while other links are to organizations that sponsor a whole range of collaborative projects.
  
• Online Collaborative Projects -from Beaumont Publishing
  
• Online Treasure Hunts (3 levels of difficulty): -from Beaumont Publishing
  
• Houghton Mifflin's Project Center provides information on a number of classroom projects involving the Internet. Categories of projects include: Reading, Math, Social Studies, Science, and General. This information may be used to either get directly involved in the project or it may be useful in stimulating ideas for your own project.
  
• Sharing NASA
  Find out more about NASA's "sharing projects" in which students can participate in authentic scientific and engineering pursuits.
  
• TeleCollaborative Projects
  The Quebec English Schools Network has a host of internet projects dedicated to helping teachers use Internet in the everyday classsroom or check out their archives for some project ideas. They also have resources to assist students and teachers in learning how to communicate on the Internet.
  
• ThinkQuest
  ThinkQuest is an annual contest for students aged 12-19 with scholarship prizes over a million dollars awarded. Students design an educational internet site that can be used an a teaching or learning tool. Learn more about the contest, or examine the sites that have been part of previous years' contests.
  
• World Kids Network
  The World Kids Network is an interactive web site for kids and run by kids.
  
• WorLD Links for Development -an excellent global reference list from the World Bank

Policies:

• Acceptable-use policy for Newport-Mesa Unified School District and other California districts
  
• A Legal and Educational Analysis of K-12 Internet Acceptable Use Policies -©1996 Nancy Willard, Information Technology Consultant
  
• California School Boards Association -Highlighted Sample Policies Online
  
• "Critiquing Acceptable Use Policies," by Dave Kinnaman:
  
• Safeguarding Your Technology -(from NCES) which explains the necessity for developing a comprehensive and customized electronicsecurity policy and offers guidance to educational administrators indevising and implementing one.
  
• Sample AUPs at Rice University
  
• Web Publishing Policies for K-12 -a collection
  
• Who's Got E-Mail? -Policy Advice on Staff and Student E-Mail

Portfolios -Digital Porfolios for Students:

• Feasible Electronic Portfolios: Global Networking for the Self-Directed Learner in the Digital Age http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/why_digital_portfolios.html
  by Todd Bergman, Sitka, Alaska *****
• Assesment Rubrics -by kathyr Schrock
• Lessons Learned About Student Portfolios http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/kheb9804.htm
  By Elizabeth A. Hebert (not-specifically digital references)
• Student Portfolios: Administrative Uses http://www.ed.gov/pubs/OR/ConsumerGuides/admuses.html
  -produced by the Office of Research, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department of Education
• Creating Electronic Portfolios http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/portfolio.html#What are
  Educational Technology Laboratory at the University of Delaware
• Digtal Portfolios Listserv for teachers -You can participate in an e-mail conversation on Digital Portfolios. To do this, send mail to mailserv@uaa.alaska.edu. In the message body, type SUBSCRIBE EL-PORT and send the message
• Digital Portfolios: Their Use in Education http://www.icponline.org/feature_articles/f2_00.htm
  by Elizabeth Hartnell-Youngn in Australia
• The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance http://www.essentialschools.org/pubs/exhib_schdes/dp/dpframe.htm
  -This is the report of initial research on Digital Portfolios. The project, funded by IBM, and sponsored by the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, looked at how six schools began their work with Digital Portfolios. *****
  
• Creating an Electronic Portfolio http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/Spencer/webquest/lasindex.html
  by Lisa Spencer
• What to Consider When Planning for Electronic Portfolios http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/LLTOct98.html
  by By Helen C. Barrett Feature Article - Learning & Leading with Technology (October, 1998)
• Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio (using off-the-shelf software) http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/toolsarticle.html
  by Helen C. Barrett, Ph.D. to be published in the April 2000 issue of Learning & Leading with Technology
  
• Electronic Portfolios http://www.wallowa.k12.or.us/wallowa/Tips/index2.html
  This site includes a simple how to section on creating electronic portfolios.
• Instructional Technology Curriculum: What is a Porffolio? http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/educators/portfolio.asp
  Includes "What is a Portfolio?" and many samples.
• Portfolios for Assessment and Instruction. ERIC Digest. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed388890.html
• Rubric for Assessing Electronic Portfolios by Joyce L. Morris, Ed.D. University of Vermont
  Department of Education
• Student Digital Portfolio and Public Performance Project http://www.buffalo.k12.mn.us/learning/techportfolio.html
• Acceptable (Internet) Use Guidelines http://www.port-aransas.k12.tx.us/PAISD-AUP.html (Texas)
• Helen Barrett's Site on Technology and Assessment *****
  Dr. Helen Barrett, of the University of Alaska, is one of the nation's experts
  on the implementation of electronic portfolios. Her site includes a number of
  her articles. She regularly looks at the various formats that can be used to
  create electronic portfolios, and makes recommendations for schools about
  what they need to get started. Helen has also spent significant time looking
  at the development of teacher portfolios both for pre-service and in-service teachers.
• Center for Innovative Learning Technologies
  CILT is a new organization led by many of the leading researchers in K-12
  educational technology. At the moment, CILT has four primary focus areas,
  one of which is technology and assessment. CILT's member organizations
  are working together to build a community of researchers in its various focus areas.
• Creating Electronic Portfolios with HyperStudio
  This article, posted on Roger Wagner Publishing's HyperStudio site,
  contains a short article describing the benefits of electronic portfolios
  and links to portfolios using the Portfolio Assessment Toolkit --
  software from Forest Technology that uses HyperStudio.
• Tuttle, Harry Grover. "The Multimedia Report: Electronic Portfolios Tell a Personal Story".
  Multimedia Schools. January/February 1997 • V 4, N 1.
  http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan97mms/portfol.htm
  This article describes the author's experiences with selecting software and beginning an electronic portfolio project in the Ithaca, New York, school district.
  

Articles about Digital Portfolios

• A search of the ERIC Database for "electronic portfolios" or "digital portfolios" yielded the following results:
  
  
• EJ563836. Wall, Beverly C.; Peltier, Robert F.. "Going Public" with Electronic Portfolios: Audience, Community, and the Terms of Student Ownership. Computers and Composition; v13 n2 p207-17 1996.
  
• EJ563834. Campbell, Jo. Electronic Portfolios: A Five-Year History. Computers and Composition; v13 n2 p185-94 1996.
  
• EJ563830. Purves, Alan C.. Electronic Portfolios. Computers and Composition; v13 n2 p135-46 1996.
  
• EJ562019. McKinney, Marilyn. Preservice Teachers' Electronic Portfolios: Integrating Technology, Self-Assessment, and Reflection. Teacher Education Quarterly; v25 n1 p85-103 Win 1998.
  
• ED405329. Ryan, Charles W.; And Others. Teacher Education Field Experiences: Impact on Self-Esteem of Professional Year Program Interns via Electronic Portfolios.
  
• ED390377. Lankes, Anna Maria D.. Electronic Portfolios: A New Idea in Assessment. ERIC Digest.
  ED387115. Riggsby, Dutchie; And Others. Electronic Portfolio: Assessment, Resume, or Marketing Tool? .
  
• EJ513735. Milone, Michael N., Jr.. Electronic Portfolios: Who's Doing Them and How? Technology & Learning; v16 n2 p28-29,32,34,36 Oct 1995.
  EJ512269. Moersch, Christopher; Fisher, Louis M., III. Electronic Portfolios--Some Pivotal Questions. Learning and Leading with Technology; v23 n2 p10-14 Oct 1995.
  
• EJ476250. Reilly, Brian; And Others. Collaborative Readings of Hypermedia Cases: A Report on the Development and Testing of Electronic Portfolios to Encourage Inquiry in Teacher Education. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education; v1 n1 p81-102 1993.
  
• ED418057. Cole, Donna J.; Ryan, Charles W.. Documentation of Teacher Education Field Experiences of Professional Year Interns via Electronic Portfolios.
  EJ556260. Mohnsen, Bonnie; Mendon, Karen. Electronic Portfolios in Physical Education. Strategies; v11 n2 p13-16 Nov-Dec 1997. 1997
  
• EJ555836. Farmer, Lesley S. J.. Tools for Electronic Portfolios. Technology Connection; v4 n7 p30-32,47 Dec 1997.
  Georgi, David; Crowe, Judith. Digital Portfolios: A Confluence of Portfolio Assessment and Technology. Teacher Education Quarterly; v25 n1 p73-84 Win 1998.
  
• ED422274. Lennex, Lesia C.. Digital Portfolio Production Among Preservice Secondary Teachers.
  
• EJ563870. Wiedmer, Terry L.. Digital Portfolios: Capturing and Demonstrating Skills and Levels of Performance. Phi Delta Kappan; v79 Apr 1998.
  
• ED400261. Niguidula, David. The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance. Studies on Exhibitions (No. 13).
  
• EJ553830. Niguidula, David. Picturing Performance with Digital Portfolios. Educational Leadership; v55 n3 p26-29 Nov 1997.

Examples of Student Porfolios Online:

• Mt. Edgecumbe High School Digital Learner Portfolios http://www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/portfolios/portfolio.html -Alaska
• Discovery Middle School http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/portfolios.dms.html -Orlando, Florida
• Ligon GT Magnet Middle School http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/ligon/passports.html -Raleigh, North Carolina
• Digital Portfolios: A Sampler http://www.ideasconsulting.com/dp/index.html
• Mrs. Silverman's Second Grade Class http://kids-learn.org/ -Clicking on Class 1999-2000, or other school year, will lead you to "webfolios".
• Comsewogue New York School District Showcase http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/showcase2000/

Related Organizations:

• American Association for Higher Education's Teaching, Learning and Technology Group -The TLT Group can help you understand realistic options and develop effective strategies to help you direct and shape technology's impact.
  
• Autodesk Foundation -The Autodesk Foundation is dedicated to the study, promotion, and evaluation of PBL and they have gathered and produced many valuable ideas and resources on their Web site
  
• Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project -an innovative program that harnesses the power of multimedia to engage students in challenging learning activities.
  
• Computer Society, The -With nearly 100,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world's leading organization of computer professionals. Founded in 1946, it is the largest of the 35 societies organized under the umbrella of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
  
• COSN -the Consortium for School Networking
  
• International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
  
• The ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education
  
• Project Approach -in Early Childhood Education
  
• SchoolWorld -The Global Internet Classroom for K-12 Teachers and Students
  
• WEB Project -one of 19 original Technology Innovation Challenge Grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to improve student learning through multimedia and telecommunications.
  
• The Buck Institute for Education -is a non profit research and evaluation organization dedicated to improving schools by advancing knowledge about the practice of teaching and the process of learning
  
• 4Teachers -from the South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium and the University of Kansas
  
• SCORE -Connecting California's Classrooms to the World
  
• Galileo Educational Network
  
• NCRTC -the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium.
  
• OETC -Oregon Education Technology Consortium. Dedicated to the integration of technology in education

Related Publications / Resources:

• AACE publications - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education publications links to technology in education journals (with abstracts) and books
  
• A Partial Bibliography of Recent Graduate Research in Technology Education and Related Fields - Electronic Supplement #1 to the Journal of Technology Education
  
• CatchWord - an Internet publishing solutions provider for publishers of academic journals and research material
  
• Educational Technology & Society -Journal of International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
  
• Educational Theory (Journal) - tables of contents and abstracts of articles for years 1992-1997
  
• From Now On - Jamieson McKenzie's Educational Technology Journal
  
• International Society for Technology in Education - ordering information for "Learning and Leading With Technology" (formerly The Computing Teacher) and "Journal of Research on Computing in Education" journals plus other periodicals and links to some online articles
  
• The Journal of Critical Pedagogy -A Western Montana Collegeof The University of Montana
  
• Journal of Education for Teaching - information on hard copy and electronic versions
  
• Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education description and online ordering
  
• Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE) tables of contents and abstracts of articles for years 1995-1997
  
• Journal of Technology in Education - full text of articles available in both HTML and PDF formats
  
• Join the Autodesk Foundation’s PBLNEWS/PBL Pointers Newsletter
  
• K-12 Technology: The Fraser Report
• Learning Page, The -from the Library of Congress
  
• Learning Technology -a publication of IEEE Computer Society
• List Universe -a large directory of e-mail list servs on a wide variety of subjects
  
• Lower Hudson Regional Information Center - Educational technology resources and information available. Includes school technology plans, technology lesson plans, and technology leadership instruction. Also offers educational software, school networks, student information systems, and data warehouse tool.
• PBL Workbook, provides tested information on incorporating project-based learning into your curriculum from the (Autodesk Foundation)
  
• Ed's Oasis -ED's provides teachers with a comprehensive lesson plan library as well as resources teachers can use to help them develop and implement technology in their classroom.
  
• From Now On -The Educational Technology Journal by Dr. Jamie Mackenzie
  
• How Teachers Learn Technology Best -by Dr. Jamie Mackenzie
  
• Learn and Live -from the George Lucas Foundation. Offers extensive resources in book and video on viable and interesting ways to integrate technology into teaching and learning. Learn and Live can be ordered in print and video formats, or it can be viewed on the Web.
  
• KidPub -more than 36,000 stories from kids all over the world. A great place to get your students published on the Web.
  
• Application of Multiple Intelligences Research in Alternative Assessment -by Joseph Walters
  Harvard University
  
• MidLink Magazine © The Digital Magazine for Kids
  
• MultiMedia Schools magazine -a practical how-to magazine that addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today—CD-ROM, multimedia, online, and Internet resources.
  
• National Centre for Tehcnology Planning -a wonderful list of technology plans compiled by Larry Anderson of Mississipi State University. Why re-invent the wheel?
  
• PBS TeacherSource
  
• Project Based Learning Handbook (from the Buck Institute)
  
• roject Based Learning Resources
  
• Puzzles with polyhedra and numbers -On this site one can print copies of polyhedron puzzles (for non-commercial purposes only) and one can read several mathematical articles on the subject.
• Scenes from a Virtual Education -from the Village Voice
  
• Technology Review -MIT's Magazine of Innovation
  
• Weka Writers' Workshop -Young people everywhere are welcome to publish their writing here (UNITEC Institute of Technology)
• Wired Class -with full description of the objectives and the developing procedures of Web-based classes.
  

Research - Evidence: What's Different Now?

• Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning -shares its successful technologies and curriculum models, including access to the EdCITE Reference Database of over 230 research and case studies on the effective use of technology in education
  
• What is a "good" use of educational technology?Is our investment in educational technology paying off -A list from the PBS Teacher Source -fairly heavily U.S referenced
  
• Mathematics for the Moment, or the Millenium -Stanford University Assistant Professor of Education Jo Boaler reports on a recent study of two groups of students aged 13-16, one using a "textbook" approach to math instruction, the other using what Boaler calls a "project" approach.
  
• Milken Exchange on Education Technology commissioned the report: Information Technology in Teacher Education -a survey of 416 teacher-preparation programs, on the status of technology in teacher training.
  
• Myths and Realities About Technology in K-12 Schools -By Glenn M. Kleiman, The Center for Online Professional Education (COPE) at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
  
• National Center for Education Statistics' K-12 Practitioners Home Page -summarizes and explains some of the latest educational research findings.
  
• Teacher Quality: A Report on Teacher Preparation and Qualifications of Public School Teachers -is based on a survey examining preservice learning and teaching, continued learning, and supportive work environments.
  
• The Computer Delusion -by Todd Openhiemer Atlantic Monthly July 1997. a very well known article which is critical of Technology in Schools
  
• THE ROLE OF ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS IN SCHOOLS: A NATIONAL STUDY -by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)

Research Resources:

• California Digital Library -provides access to the online library catalogs of the University of California system, along with other digital resources.
  
• Congressional Research Service Reports -are now available online, browsable by report name,number or subject, and keyword searchable.
  
  Directory of Internet Search Engines -from the Global Schoolhouse
  
• Educators Emphasize Teacher Training in Technology
  
• Ewe2 -a basic Web site evaluation form for projects from the San Diego County Office Of Education
  
• Filamentality -is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners.
  
• nternet Detective -an interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources
  
• earning with Technology Profile Tool -is a computer program intended to help educators think carefully about their practice in the areas of engaged learning and technology. From NCRTC -the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium.
  
• Library of Congress
  
• Noodletools -A wonderful Web-based reference tool that makes it easy to properly reference and cite traditional and digital information sources using very user-friendly templates -by Debbie and Damon Abilock
  
• Parent Soup: Tips for safe, smart surfing
  
• PBS TeacherSource -research on educational technology sources
  
• Sample Technology Needs Assessment Instruments -by the Iowa Department of Education
  
• SchoolNet Technical Resource Web Site Needs Assessment Survey:
  
• Seven Steps Toward Better Searching -by Bernie Dodge
  
• Technology Integration Survey -from Bellingham Washington Schools
  
• Technology Counts '98 -Education Week's annual assessment of the current state of technology implementation, and its effectiveness, in U.S. schools
  
• Webivore -provides a knowledge building environment, where you can either search or collect information from a variety of categorized and reviewed sources.
  
• Yahooligans: Guide to on-line safety

Rubrics for Project-Based Learning:

• Alberta Assessment Consortium -is a not-for-profit partnership of school jurisdictions and educational organizations formed to enhance the quality of student assessment in the classroom.
  
• CLASS -The Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure
  
• CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation -by Karen McLachlan, Media Specialist
  
• Evaluating Web Resources -by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University
  
• Evaluating Web Sites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist -Center for Instructional Technology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  
• Evaluation Center -from Ed's Oasis
  
• How Am I Doing? A technology self-assessment for teachers -(from the Electronic-School)
  
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -Assessment Rubrics
  
• Multimedia Project Scoring Rubric: Scoring Guidelines -from the Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project
  
• Peer Review Evaluation Rubric -from the Global SchoolHouse International Schools Cyberfair Project
  
• Staff Use of Technology 1999-2000 Self-Evaluation Rubrics from Bellingham Public SchoolsMultimedia Project Scoring Rubric: Scoring Guidelines -from the Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project
  
• Assessment of Project-Based Learning (-From the Global Schoolhouse)
  
• Checklists for Project-Based Learning Completing class projects can be fun for your students, especially if they know exactly what is needed. Creating guidelines can be time-consuming though, so we've made a way for you to do it in no time! (from 4Teachers)
  
• nvolving Students in the Checklist Creation (from 4Teachers)
  
• Observing Classroom Processes in Project-Based Learning Using Multimedia: A Tool for Evaluators by William R. Penuel Barbara Means Center for Technology in Learning SRI International
  
• elf-Evaluation Rubrics for Teacher Computer Use -from the Yukon Department of Education
  
• STAR Chart -A Self-Assessment Tool for Colleges of Education
  
• Rubric For Assessing The Analytical Thinking Process of PROBLEM SOLVING
  
• Rurbics for Web Site Evaluation: From Loogootee Community Schools

Supporting Tools/ Resources:

• Blackboard.com -is a FREE service that enables instructors to add an online component to their classes, or even host an entire course on the Web. Without knowing any HTML, you can quickly create your own CourseSiteTM - a Web site that brings your learning materials, class discussions, and even tests online.
  
• Collaborative Curriculum Design Tool -a great tool from Harvard University's faculty fo Education. The CCDT helps you, either individually or in collaboration with others,to create or modify curriculum units that enhance teaching for understanding with new technologies.
• Cool Tools for Teachers -Free online tools to make your classroom life easier and more exciting.
• CEO Forum -made up of executives from Apple Computer, America Online, Discovery Communications, IBM and others -- is trying to improve technology training for teachers at the source: colleges and schools of education.
  
• Classroom Connect's "Connected Teacher" lesson plans -reviewed and recommended by Gleason Sackmann, Web education expert and founder of Nethappenings.
• CMAP - (GREAT free concept mapping software -like Inspiration) The IHMC CmapTools software empowers to construct, navigate, share and criticize knowledge models represented as Concept Maps.
• Directory of Internet Search Engines -from the Global Schoolhouse
  
• E-Conflict World Encyclopeida -hundreds of pages including information on world history, weather, governments, economies, people, etc. You can view maps, flags or listen to national anthems
  
• Edmin.com -a solution for assessment, technology use planning, and implementation for schools, districts and related agencies.
• ExplorASource -the online service that finds resources to match specific learning needs and education standards.
  
• ePALS -a great resource for finding online keypals from around the world
  
• The Gateway -The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet
  
• Inspiration® -integrates dynamic diagramming and outlining environments to help you organize ideas and information. Easily create and modify concept maps, webs and other graphical organizers using Inspiration's Diagram view. An intuitive interface keeps focus where it should be - on your ideas, not the drawing process. Inspiration's powerful Outline view makes it simple to prioritize and rearrange ideas to create clear, concise essays, reports and more.
  
• nspiration (Canada)-from Strategic Transitions, the Canadian Distributor for Inspiration
  
• Internet for Language Teachers -a great list of tolls and resources
  
• LINUX in Education -A new Professional Organization/Website for Educators who use Linux
  
• Mighty Media -its mission is to empower youth, educators, and organizations through the use of interactive communications technology. A truly amazing set of Internet resources! Some of the best I have seen.
  
• Moodle - free, open source online courseware
• Open Office - a free, open source office suite that covers pretty much everything you need with a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, equation editor and a drawing program.
• Profiler -a collaboration tool helping teachers to be able to look at the group of teachers in their school or district and find others who were experts or fluent in skills that they either need help in or want to work with someone else on.
  
• ProQuest ® -is Bell & Howell Information and Learning's premier online information service. We provide powerful, convenient search and retrieval, right from your desktop, to one of the world's largest collections of information, including summaries of articles from over 8,000 publications, with many in full text, full image format.
  
• SchoolLife -a Web-based set of templates for students and teachers who want to begin publishing on the Web, and more
  
• School Notes -(American orientation) Teachers - Create Notes for homework and class information and post them on the web in seconds using this free community service. Parents and Students - view notes from your teachers by entering your School ZIP Code
• earching the Invisible Web -find resources that search engines cannot
• SoftArc's FirstClass Collaborative Classroom Gold -changes the way we work together. This new server software allows educators to collaborate, communicate and design Web pages, calendars and lesson plans. It promotes team-based learning in a communication-rich environment that far exceeds anything available with traditional computer-based training programs or simple email products.
• Teaching Critical Thinking - resources for teachers from the Center for Critical Thinking
  
• eachers Helping Teachers -a web site for teachers by teachers
  
• TechNet for Education -provides all of the "how to" details on evaluating, deploying, maintaining and supporting Microsoft technology in a learning environment.
  
• Technology Encyclopedia -: more IT terminology that we ever wanted to know
  
• echRocks -is dedicated to accelerating social and political progress by building technological capacity for community collaboration and citizen engagement.
• ThinkWave -a tool for keeping your records straight, producing all types of reports, averaging grades, posting messages for parents and students, as well as assignments for the week, and for communicating with parents and students.
  
• QUIA -an on-line quiz and puzzle generator
  
• Real Audio Tutorial (Using HTML, Real Audio Encoder and Cool Edit) -by Jim Hartley
  
• Dictionaries
  
• Encyclopedias and Glossaries
  
• WebCT -software to help create and administer an online course

Technology Integration:

• Community Learning Network -A site designated for helping teachers integrate technology into the classroom. Excellent starting point for teachers to find online resource material. (from British Colombia)
  
• Educational CyberPlayGround -offers a interdisciplinary point of view, using the Internet to deliver online Curriculum.
  
• Explorenet -is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to improving technology-based learning in America’s schools, particularly in traditionally under-served areas.(American)
  
• ower Hudson Regional Information Center -Educational technology resources and information available. Includes school technology plans, technology lesson plans, and technology leadership instruction. Also offers educational software, school networks, student information systems, and data warehouse tool.
  
• Teaching with Technology -from the PBS Teacher Source
  
• Web and Flow - marks the launch of Tom March & ozline's first fee-based Website. With it, we integrate all we've learned working the Web for Education in order to support school districts, colleges of education, and individual teachers.

Vocabulary / Terminology:

• http://www.whatis.com: If you ever need a concise definition for a technical term (plus lots more), this is the place to go.
  

Visioniries and Thinkers:

• Teaching with Technology -by David Thornburg from PBS. Also look for his archived columns.

Web Page Hosting (Free) for Students, Teachers & Schools:

• http://schoolcity.com
• http://bigchalk.com
• http://www.freewebs.com
• http://www.schoollife.net
• http://k12nation.net
• http://highwired.net
• http://blackboard.com

Web Sites -Educational Directories:

• Awesome Library -organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.
  
• Blue Web'N -by Pacific Bell
  
• Community Learning Network -from British Columbia
  
• ED's Oasis:ED's Oasis: K-12 Teacher Resources and Opportunities
  
• nternet Resources for K-12 Educators -from Missouri
  
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -is a categorized list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth
  
• ids.net.au -an educational directory and search engine for students
• Landmarks for Schools -One of the earliest educational websites on the Internet, Landmarks has served teachers since 1995 with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and collaborative online projects by David F. Warlick
  
• Net Tech -select, catalog and abstract good educational technology websites on NetTech. The database is searchable using a simple one or two word search and we update it regularly.
  
• Study Web -a directory of excellent educational Web sites
• elus 2 Learn - it has tons of useful resources for teachers and students, as well as The searchable database of annotated lists of web sites (suitable especially for the Alberta curriculum) is also a useful starting place for teachers and/or students from Alberta, Canada
  
• Webliographer
  
• WebQuest Page, The -See "The Crucible" as an excellent example of using the Web to hold the bar high for the use of ICT in education

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