K-12 Projects Web Tour
Click through the following sites, and view each briefly, to appreciate the broad variety
of real world problem-solving project models, which also build Internet collaborative skills.
Many include online experts and mentors!
- Global Schoolhouse Projects Directory
http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/GSH/pr/
The Global Schoolhouse offers extensive online resources
for educators, including the Internet Project Registry, a
resource of projects focused on "life-long learning" via the
Internet.
- KIDLINK Special Projects
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/projects.html
- MidLink Magazine Projects
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/
- U.S. Government Kids Projects Sites
http://www.kids.gov/
Wow! Must SEE! Many government K-12 projects and resources.
- The Learning Space Connections Projects
http://www.learningspace.org/connect.html
- Teams K12 Professional Development Resources
http://teams.lacoe.edu Center for Distance and Online Learning
From the Los Angeles School District.
Resources by topic, specifically for K12 teachers!!
- Journey North Animal Migrations.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth
Announcing Journey North, an annual Internet-based learning
adventure that engages students in a global study of wildlife
migration and seasonal change. Beginning on Groundhog's
Day (Feb. 2nd) students will travel northward with spring as it
sweeps across the continent of North America. With global
classmates and state-of-the-art computer technology, they'll
predict the arrival of spring from half a world away.
- Sites Alive!
http://www.sitesalive.com
Exceptional K12 projects! Must See!
- Epals
http://www.epals.com Now offering free email and blogs.
Penpals in six languages. ePals is the leading provider of school-safe
collaborative learning products for K-12 across 200 countries and territories.
- NASA K-12 Internet Initiative
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based,
interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and
engineering processes. Wonderful Space resources. Check out their multimedia
resources at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html
- I EARN K12 Projects in 80+ Countries
http://www.iearn.org and their projects page:
http://www.iearn.org/projects/index.html
- Global Online Adventure Learning Site (GOALS)
http://www.goals.com
Caribou migration monitoring, sailing ships and structured K-12 projects!
- Learning Resource Center
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/lrs
Welcome to the Univ. of Illinois' Learning Resource Server
(LRS). Online Colleges courses available. This is a "hot spot"
for quality resources, webbed courses, and articles from Dr.
Judi Harris and other leaders in online education. The LRS
provides you with a "knowledge space" that links you to some
of the most exciting uses of technologies for learning on the
Internet.
- See also multicultural K12 projects at
http://lone-eagles.com/na-ed.htm
- See also specific project-based learning resources at
http://lone-eagles.com/pbl.htm