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| Pooled data analysis is when the students electronically issue a survey, collect responses, analyze results, and report their finding to all participants. National Student Research Center In this websites, students electronically issue a survey, collect responses, analyze results, and reports to be found at this site. youth.net/nsrc/nsrc.html Backyard Bird Watch In this website, students pooled their observations of the many aspeacts of birds, weather patterns, geography, and data. www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/cc/birds/indexen.htm |
| Information Searches are usually structured as competittions, with the winning students or teams being those who correctly answer the most questions by the common deadline. GeoGame This is an interactive geography game. Students will learn geography terms, how to read and interpret maps and increase awareness of geographical and cultural diversity. gsh.lightspan.com/project/gg/index.cfm Math Forum-Internet Math Hunt- This is an excellent interactive math scavanger hunt. Students must scan the Internet to find solutions to mathematiicians or principles. forum.swarthmore.edu/hunt |
| In peer feedback activities, participants offer constructive responses to others' ideas and their expression. Peer feedback activities also can be set up as electronic debates. Writers in Electronic Residence Writers in residence provied feedback to young budding writers. www.edu.yorku.ca/WIERHome.html Paradigm Online Writing Assistant Writers can paste their original work in the discussion board and and individuals or peers will provide feedback. www.powa.org/ |
| In parallel problem solving a problem is presented to and explored by students in several locations before they come together onine to compare, contrast, and discuss their seperate problem solving methods. International Egg-a-Thon N/A In this website, students from around world will use eggs to undergo several challenges. They will toss eggs in a protective packaging. They will share their masterpiiece on this website. www.eggathon.com/97/eggathon_home.html A Day in the Life of an Ice Cube In this website, students will make predictions of meltdowns times of ice cubes. They will test the hypothesis that global location and climate affect the amount of time it takes ice to melt. Students will this by conducting an experiment and then analyzing the results in different campuses. www.windsorct.org/icecube/ |
| Sequential Creations. This activity structure, a type of artistic problem solving, has participants progressively creating either a common written text or a shared visual image. Benni the Bear Around the World This website follows a stuffed bear from his packing in a box in Iceland through his travels from clasroom to classroom around the world. www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/Benni/ Pass it Along Students write one section of a story and then have other classes add to the other story and results are published. www.ih.k12.oh.us.es/global/99/index.htm |
| Telepresent problem solving activities bring together participants from diifferent lcations to participate in a computer mediated meeting, to use remotely located robotic tools, or to engage in activities at different sites. Kid Cast for Peace This website shows students students students artwork and broadcasts audio and videoconference, helping young people from all over the world create and share ways to "make this a happier, healthier, safer and peaceful world. creativity.net/kidcast2..html Kidlink In this website, young people and friends participate in discussions, and make apponitments for chats. www.kidlink.org/ |
| Online simultations require the most coordinated and maintenance of all the projects designed with activity structures, but the depth of learning and task engagement that are possible may convince a project's organizers to spend the few extra time and effort needed to make a simulation work well. Taking Stock In this simulation, classes can develop and monitor the progress of stock portfolio. www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/~jpost/projects/TS/TS.html Mars Academy This is a simulation of the habitat on Mars. www.marsacademy.com/ |
| Social action projects help learners understand and take action to help solve authentic global challenges Earthday Groceries Project In this website, students decorate grocery bags with environmental themes and return to the store where they are used on Earth Day. www.earthday.bags.org/ Youth in Action This is a forum for students to work on global/social issues. www.teaching.com/act/ |
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