The ways the internet is being used in classrooms all over the world....

This is a comprehensive but not inclusive list of how schools are using the internet in the classroom - all sites are hyperlinked and are only examples of how it can be done - you can gain ideas about what the possibilities are for your class.....

Currently they are not in any particular order - will be sorted soon...

Guided Lessons using the internet as a focus of the lesson
The Internet TESL Journal
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/

Real time science expeditions
The JASON project
http://www.jasonproject.org/
Sites Alive
http://www.sitesalive.com/

Online world projects and comparisons
Global Grocery List
http://landmark-project.com/ggl

Stimulus for discussion on real topics
Live from the Hubble Space telescope
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/hst/news.html

Contact with students from other parts of the world
Postcard Geography
http://pcg.cyberbee.com/

Collaborative Literature Projects
Bunny readers
http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/%7Essilverman/bunnies/index.html

Specific projects and quests that have a time frame
Amazon Quest http://quest.classroom.com/marketing/AmazonQuest/AmazonQuest.asp

Information gathering from personal accounts
A world Wide Christmas Calendar
http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/calendar.html

World contribution with standard stimulus Monsters, Monsters, Monsters http://www.2cyberlinks.com/monster.html

Play Writing circles
Playwriting in the round
http://www.ameritech.net/users/jgfairman/playwrit.html

Educational Simulations
Investing for Kids http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/?tqskip=1

E-mail pals/chat
Epals classroom exchange
http://www.epals.com/

One day celebration participation
100th Day of School Celebration
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/index.html

Find books they want to read through book reviews on the internet.
Carol Hursts Children's Literature page
http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/allreviewed.html

Virtual Excursions
ExplorA-Pond
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/pond/

Contests
The refridgerator
http://www.artcontest.com/

KeyPals
Travelling Techno Buddy
http://www.geocities.com/travelingtechnoteddy/

As a resource to learn a new skill
Games Kids Play
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

Real time adventure interaction
Iditarod 2001
http://rims.k12.ca.us/iditarod/index.html

To find information about a particular topic
Distinguished Women past and Present
http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/

Web quests
Australian Animals
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm

Online tutorials
Physics Classroom
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html

Multimedia Topic information
Kid Explorers - Adventures in the rainforest
http://ChristianAnswers.Net/kids/home.html

Virtual Author visits via email or moos
AuthorChats.com
http://www.authorchats.com/

Interactive Games based on a topic
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/games.html

Reference Sources
Enclyclopeadias, Dictionaries, statistics
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan97mms/cybee197.htm

Powerpoint presentations
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
http://www.cyberbee.com/chickens/chicken.html

Analysis of a primary source
photo analysis guide
http://www.cyberbee.com/quicklessons/photo.html

Book raps
BOOK RAPS
http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/book-rap/

Research Investigations
Jupiters Big Four
http://www.pacificrim.net/~chinshaw/wwwri/jupiter.htm

using online databases to find articles

Virtual Field trips
Tramline. Inc
http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm

Pointing Students to predetermined websites
Scavenger Hunt - Where in the world?
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson068.shtml#huntone

Impersonating
Ask Abraham Lincoln
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/ask.htm

Challenging students to find resources

Sending electronic greeting cards

Video conferences
Carver middle School Video Conference feedbackhttp://www.yarden.ac.il/bloss/pro2000/projects/carver/carver_videoc_feedback.htm

Chat rooms
PALS Chat
http://www.epals.com/chat/

Publishing on the internet
The Write Spot
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/write.spot.html

Create an interactive and dynamic web page
Solar System - developed by 2nd Graders http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/space/index.html

Foreign language practise via chat rooms

Create and publish a video file.

Visit web cam sites
Webcam central
http://www.camcentral.com/

Contribute to an online journal
Cberkids
http://www.cyberkids.com/

Literature development activities
Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
http://www.geocities.com/farzu_2000/lockie.htm

Literature Circles online

Requesting information from Specialists
Ask an Expert
http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html

Telementoring
International telementoring program
http://www.telementor.org/itc/Spotlights/spotlights.html

Electronic appearances
Eyewitness
http://www.ibiscom.com/eyindx.htm

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