Collaborative Projects, Virtual Field Trips and Simulations
Participating in an online extension of your regular classroom can be a great way to integrate technology use into your curriculum. Projects range from simple to complex. Participation is free unless otherwise noted.
Knowledge Network Explorer by AT&T is a web portal for various types of collaborative opportunities in addition to video conferencing.
Global Collaborations Wiki is a space inspired by the Learning 2.0 Conference in Shanghai in September 2007. It is a collaborative wiki developed under the guidance of Kim Cofino where people can cross-connect and further develop ideas in a shared space.
Global School Net linking kids around the world. This website has the ability to link you with classrooms and projects around the world. There's a ton of stuff here, so spend some time exploring.
International Studies In Schools, also known as ISIS, is an innovative and award-winning distance learning program which uses interactive video technology to connect K-12 schools and community groups in Indiana and other states with Indiana University international students, scholars, and specialists.
Global Education Collaborative is a Ning community for teachers and students interested in global education where they can contribute by adding media, conversation, and collaborative project ideas.
GLOBE Program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program. GLOBE's vision promotes and supports students, teachers and scientists to collaborate on inquiry-based investigations of the environment and the Earth system working in close partnership with NASA and NSF Earth System Science Projects (ESSPs) in study and research about the dynamics of Earth's environment.
One World Youth Project is a unique sister-school program for middle and high school students, linking groups in the US/Canada with groups from around the world together in learning partnerships for the purpose of community service toward the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration is committed to taking a leadership role as a Center to create, gather, and distribute knowledge, resources, and experiences, which support collaborative learning communities.
iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world.
Rock Our World is an international project that focuses on different themed projects that has to be a teaching project that can be replicated by other teachers around the world.
Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger is designed to create a global classroom in which children and youth from around the world study world hunger, food security, and nutrition. The project is sponsored by many organizations including the United Nations, the World Bank, Newsweek, and the American Federation of Teachers. The site includes lessons for primary, intermediate, and secondary levels and a discussion forum. Grades 1-12; Oct. 16 and beyond.
TakingITGlobal is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It's the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month.
Global Awareness is an educational program sponsored by the American Institute for Foreign Study designed to promote multi-cultural understanding and appreciation.
Global Nomads Group using interactive technologies such as videoconferencing, GNG brings young people together face-to-face to meet across cultural and national boundaries to discuss their differences & similarities, and the world issues that affect them.
In Seasonal Changes through our Eyes and Yours, students compare and contrast seasonal data with other classrooms in environments and climates different than their own. Students will observe changes in a specific tree, temperature, seasons, and times the sun rises and sets, and share their findings via email. Grades 1-3; Sept.-June, register by 9/30.
Jenuine Tech is Jennifer Wagner's website where she encourages PreK-6 educators to collaborate on various different projects.
Teaching with E-pals is a resource that links school-safe collaborative learning opportunities around the globe.
Lincoln Museum is in Fort Wayne, Indiana. They offer various educational opportunities on different topics.
The Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) sponsors many science-oriented projects, including collaborative projects, partner projects, and projects that utilize primary sources and real-time data such as earthquake monitoring or remote sensing data from cargo ships. Various grade levels.
Project Harmony connects students in the United States with students in states of the former Soviet Union for three- to five-week projects. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the program provides projects that promote multicultural awareness, knowledge, and perspective. Some projects planned for this year include comparing religion, the role of presidents, and the role of the media in the U.S. and Azerbaijan. Teachers may also contact the program directors in each country to design other projects tailored to their interests. Grades 9-12; ongoing.
The Center for Global Environmental Education sponsors several online projects each year. Current projects include Rivers of Life and the 1000 Friends of Frogs. Grades K-12.
The NASA Quest program provides a variety of online student projects involving earth and space science. Among the offerings are Webcasts, forums, classroom collaborations, and live Web chats with astronauts and scientists. In Astro-Venture, students in grades 5-8 role-play as they search for and build a planet with the necessary characteristics for human habitation. Other projects revolve around the international space station, women of NASA, and aerospace technology.
The Iditarod Teachers and Students site provides information and crosscurricular activities for teachers who wish to use the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to enhance lessons. Teachers may apply to participate as "Teacher on the Trail" for future races. Race begins March 4, 2006.
Ask an Expert, connects you with hundreds of real world experts, ranging from astronauts to zookeepers. These experts have volunteered to answer your questions for free!
My Wonderful World is a National Geographic-led campaign—backed by a coalition of national business and non-profit organizations—to expand geographic learning in school, at home, and in communities.
WISE, from the University of California-Berkeley, provides Web-based science activities that encourage students to examine real-world evidence and analyze current scientific controversies. Among topics are frogs, earthquakes, HIV, light, water quality, and more. Each unit includes goals and lesson plans. Teachers must register (no cost) and may then customize units for their own classroom use. Grades 5-12; ongoing.
Internet Projects Registry, from Global SchoolNet, maintains a database of online projects. It can be searched by grade level, curriculum area, project start date, and technologies used.
Friends and Flags is a cultural exchange project that joins schools in international learning teams of two to six countries. Classes are grouped by age, and students collaborate with their international peers through online forums. Each class creates a "Friends Packet" that they mail to all other classes in their group. A major component of each package is a country guidebook that is written, illustrated, designed, and produced by students in every class. A comprehensive teachers' kit is sent to every participant upon registration and includes suggestions for project implementation. The Web site features photographs and examples of packets, as well as other online activities for participants, such as the Global Bead Chain and Friends and Flags Quilt. Sept.-June, register by November. 30.
Journey South's Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration is a great way to integrate art, science, social studies, and language arts for elementary students. Students in the United States and Canada create paper butterflies that will migrate to their counterparts in Mexico for the winter. This is also an excellent activity for bilingual or Spanish immersion classes. Grades 1-6; butterflies must be mailed by October 15.
Journey North and Journey South, from the Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project, engage students in a global study of animal migration. Students track the journeys of migratory species, and share their own field observations on seasonal change with classrooms across the hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. This fall Journey South will track monarch butterflies and whooping cranes, plant tulips for spring data collection, and exchange data on the coming of fall with partner classes. Grades 4-12; begins August 15.
Grandmother and Me is a collaborative project from Kidlink. The project gives students an opportunity to celebrate culture, language and generations with other Kidlink students using the writing process and art. Students from around the world are encouraged to tell everyone the word for "grandmother" in their language, what they call their grandmother, ways they spend time (or did spend time) with her, and why she is/was very special. There are also monthly topics to discuss. Grades K-12; ongoing.
The Who Am I? project from KidLink is based on the premise that having an audience and a purpose will motivate students to write and learn. This eight-month, multilingual program guides students to learn about themselves, their place, rights, friends, families, and communities. As they write about what they learn, the project brings students into online contact with youth around the world. Curriculum connections and teacher tips are supplied for each module. Grades K-12; Sept.-May.
GeoGame, from Global SchoolNet, is an engaging way for students to learn geography terms and map-reading skills while increasing their awareness of cultural and geographic diversity. Students use maps, atlases, and other reference materials to match the description of each location in the game with the name of the corresponding city. Students may also create clues about their city for other students to use. Grades 3-6; ongoing.
Co-nect Teleprojects feature standards-based online projects for students in kindergarten through grade 12. Past projects have included Kids Who Read, Watt's Up? A Co-nect Energy Project, and Underground Railroad. Grade levels and dates vary by project.
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections (IECC) is a listserve dedicated to helping teachers find partners from other countries for projects and e-mail pen pal activities.
Wisconsin Interactive Videoconferences is a web resource by the Southeastern Wisconsin Instructional Network Group.
CESA 4 Global Collaboration Workshop was developed by Naomi Harm for a workshop she did on Global Collaboration
Global Projects Step-by-Step
Elementary Ideas for Global Projects
Sample Permission Slip for Global Projects
CESA 7 Electronic Field Trip resource page has specific information on how to schedule a field trip and also has web resources for finding that perfect field trip.
The Yellow Pages of Videoconferencing resource page has a plethora of web resources for videoconferencing.
Thinkfinity is a web portal with links out to electronic field trips all around the globe.
NASA's Digital Learning Network is their portal for everything that NASA is offering via virtual means. They have a searchable database to FREE resources actually conducted by NASA employees.
Indianapolis Zoo, SanDiego Zoo and Buffalo Zoo's distance learning programs offer a unique opportunity for students throughout the country to see live interactive footage of exhibits, animals, and staff without leaving their classrooms!
Milwaukee Public Museum offers numerous virtual field trips. They offer live, interactive videoconferences that allow students to see rare artifacts and objects and talk to Museum educators and experts during real-time learning sessions.
Care International has virtual field trips all around the globe. They offer several current field trips and an extensive archive that you can also search.
NoodleTrip is an online directory focusing on video conferencing virtual field trips, tours, and distance learning courses. This search directory allows members a free search for specific trips as well as providing a centralized area for providers to advertise their events.
Tramiline is a field trip resource created with TourMaker. This guides you through a sequence of Web pages on any given topic. For each page, there is simultaneous commentary in an accompanying frame. You move forward and back through the Field Trip using the tour Control Panel and you can leave the Tour to explore links and return to it whenever you want.
Greatest Places contains virtual field trips to "the greatest places on earth." This site is supported as of the Science Museum of Minnesota and the National Science Foundation.
GOALS the global online adventure learning site invites explorers of all ages to join them on a growing list of educational adventures with an emphasis on science, technology and nature.
Favorite Virtual Field Trips by a Michigan school district consortium. They have links to various possible experiences for your students.
Adventure Learning Foundation is an Internet-based non-profit organization that provides curricula enhancing materials to educators based on online Adventure Learning Expeditions. Their explorers travel around the World providing "virtual" cultural and travel experiences for teachers and students alike.
Windows into Wonderland is the National Park Services virtual learning site for field trips to Yellowstone National Park.
Thinkport is think classroom's online field trips, Their interactive resources provide rich multimedia content including interactive stories, maps, games, timelines, audio, and much more. Educators can also find primary resource documents, as well as ideas and activities for classroom use. So forget the road map, grab a mouse and begin a journey of your own!
Education World's resource for taking a museum field trip without leaving the classroom.
eFieldtrips catch phrase is "Removing Classroom Walls. Opening Windows to Our World.©" They offer numerous free fieldtrips for all different subject areas.
Ball State University's electronic field trip resource page is "amazing adventures electronic field trips.
Internet 4 Classrooms is the where, when and how of virtual field trips. They link out to many great resources for virtual field trips.
Vici Blackwell's Virtual Field Trips is part of her Internet Guide for Educators. She links out to numerous sites that will be of interest.
United Nation's Cyber School Bus is their education link to tie nations together covering various world issues
Flat Classroom Project is a global collaborative project founded by Vicki Davis (Westwood Schools, USA) and Julie Lindsay (Qatar Academy, Qatar) in 2006.It uses Web 2.0 tools to facilitate communication, interaction and collaboration between students and teachers from all participating classrooms. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman.
Access Excellence Resource Center contains numerous virtual dissections, labs and field trips for use in your classrooms..
My Physics Lab is a simulation resource that utilizes JAVA programming language to teach the concepts of physics.
Learning by Simulations focuses on math, physics, computer sciences and chemistry. Following is a short overview on the topics covered by the simulation programs.
Virtual Labs and Simulations is a collection of links to sites on the web that have computerized simulations of physics principles. These might be in the form of a Java Applet, a Shockwave demonstration or an Activity Worksheet, but the basic purpose is the same in all cases: to allow students to see a visual demonstration of a scientific concept, often in animated form. In addition, the student may be given the opportunity to manipulate one or more variables underlying the concept and then witness the changes.
The Magical Simulations is a site that simulates many of the more famous thrill rides at the major amusement parks. You'll find Tower of Terror, Phantom Manor, Space Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain simulations.
Nobel Prize Educational Games You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! Students, teachers and non-professionals of all ages will enjoy testing and building their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics.
SimTeach contains information and community for educators using multi-user virtual environments (M.U.V.E's)
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