Collaboration
Dr.
Seuss Internet Project – This project is designed for elementary students
in grades 1-5. The project requires that students research Dr. Seuss, write
about their favorite story characters and illustrate their writing using
computer media. Students are encouraged to work collaboratively on this
assignment and complete the task by posting to an online server. Due to the
language oriented approach to this assignment, it would best be taught and completed
throughout a series of time frames dedicated to this activity during a Language
Arts time period. Date visited: 5/21/06.
http://www.gsn.org/gsh/pr/GetDetail.cfm?StartRow=1&view=1&projtype=future&sortby=Start%20Date&fAge=5&tAge=7&pID=3048
What
is it like to live where you do? – This project is designed for students at
the first – second grade level. Students will love being a part of this
project! Here they are able to communicate with other students from around the
globe about the area in which they live. They can share geographic features, climate,
diet – anything that pertains to how and where they
live. Students will love reading about other cultures, and will enjoy meeting
and making new friends. This assignment would do well incorporated into the
geography portion of our Social Studies curriculum, as well as incorporated
into our week dedicated to the story “Me On the Map,”
taught during ILA. Date visited: 5/22/06.
http://www.gsn.org/gsh/pr/GetDetail.cfm?StartRow=1&view=1&projtype=future&sortby=Start%20Date&fAge=5&tAge=7&pID=3037
First Annual
Children’s Academy Awards - This project was designed for children in the
elementary to middle school grades to log into the site in order to participate
in a nation wide voting for best actor, best actress, best animated film, best
original movie song, and best picture; just like the real Oscar Awards! After
polling is completed, students from
http://mathforum.org/class2class/view.taco?class_id=88
Newsday - In
this project, students will have the opportunity to write practice their writing
and editing skills as they write newspaper articles and publish them to the
internet. This activity would be most suitable for upper elementary and middle
school students. Although I am unable to use this in my first grade classroom,
it would be fun to complete a project like this with a group of kids interested
as a part of an after school program, or to incorporate it into a lesson I would
teach as a media specialist. Date visited: 5/22/06.
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/project/newsday/
Writing Wizards – This project was designed for children in grades
two – four to work on creating their own fairy tales. The students will work
together to complete the writing of different portions of an original fairy
tale. This activity would work well in our fairy tales unit during Writing.
Done with teacher guidance in small groups, this activity would be a definite hit!
Date visited: 5/22/06.
http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/ccdb/ww/index.php