Workshop Objectives

Introduction to Unique and Compelling Internet Applications

• Introduction to Unique and Compelling
• eHat for Group Activity

Backflip Book-marking Tool - www.backflip.com

• Create Backflip account - WRITE DOWN USERNAME & PASSWORD
• Add Backflip to browser
• Organize your Account
  • Add folder
  • Add training page
  • Make folder public
• Sign-out, sign-in: www.backflip.com

The Global Classroom - Using the Internet as a Communication Tool

• Mighty Mouthwatering Math
   
• "Internet-Enhanced" Genetics Example
  • Past Project Survey Data:
    • genetics.xls
    • cumulativedata.xls
  • Sample Project: Human Genetics: A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait
     
• Explore Telecollaborative Projects:
  • Take a Dip: Water in our Lives
    • Project Instructions
    • Teacher Guide
    • Project Data
    • Student Gallery
  • The My Hero Project
  • www.bullying.org
  • ePals
     
• Search Collaborative Projects
  • CIESE/Stevens Sponsored Collaborative Projects Current listing of projects run by CIESE
  • Collaborative Projects for Science & Math
  • Co-nect Telecollaborative Projects A variety of projects for many different subject areas
  • Houghton Mifflin Project Center Another site to post your project or find other people's projects.
  • Collaborative Research Network (KanKRN) - Projects for all grade levels
  • $ - International Education and Resource Network (iEARN)
    • Conectando las matemáticas a la vida
    • El Proyecto de los Primeros Pobladores

The Global Classroom - Connecting to Online Experts

• Ask an Expert example:
  • First Photo - Second Photo
  • Email from Memorial class to University of Wisconsin
  • Email from Tom Volk to Memorial class
  • Fungus Expert 
• Search Ask an Expert Sites
  • Ask an Expert Sites
     
• Virtual Field Trips
  • Rainforest Connection
  • EstuaryLive
     
• Telementoring
  • The Virtual Mentor - an article
  • National Mentoring Partnership
  • International Telementor Program
  • Mentoring Leadership & Resource Network www.mentors.net
  • Mighty Mentors www.mightymedia.com/mentors

Discover Educational Listservs: Portals to New Information

• Harness E-Mail
   
• Introduction to Listservs (ListservIntro.ppt)
  • Learn what a listserv is and how they work
     
• Browse Listservs
  • elistas.net - Join one of more than a hundred Spanish language listservs
  • ¿Qué es una lista de correo [Listserv]?
     
• HOMEWORK: Subscribe to a Listserv
  • Examine a number of listservs and online discussion forums and find one of interest to you
  • Subscribe to and post a message to a listserv