Great+Sites+for+Collaborative+Projects

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1. **[|Global Schoolhouse]** **- Original virtual meeting place where educators, students, parents and community members can collaborate, interact, develop, publish and discover learning resources.** = = = = = = =[|Links to videoconferencing Providers]=
 * 2.** **[|Friendship Through Education]** **- A consortium of organizations committed to creating opportunities that facilitate interactions between youth worldwide.**
 * 3.** **[|Technospud Projects]** **– Calendar of 2006-07 planned online projects.**
 * 4.** **[|Starflight]** **– Help plan the route for a flight across America in 2007.**
 * 5.** **[|The National Math Trail]** **- A project for students to discover and share the math that exists in their own environments.**
 * 6.** **[|The Journey North]** **– A global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change.**
 * 7.** **[|VC K20 Initiative] – Searchable list of collaborative projects through Internet2 K20Initiative.**
 * 8.** **[|Center for Interactive Learning] - A Collaboration center for posting projects and finding partners.**
 * 9.** **[|Discovery Educator Network] – Online network of educators, project collaborations and resources.**
 * 10. [|The Connected Classroom] - Find homegrown projects designed by teachers for teachers or locate projects and partners from around the world****.**

[|MUSE] Searchable data base to identify videoconferencing opportunities

**//__No Buses, Planes or Trains Needed__//**

 * eTrips Webcasts Live Telecasts**
 * Virtual Field Trips Distance Education Distance Learning**


 * Great Sites for Finding eField Trips**

= = =Organized Projects Lead to Individual Partnerships=
 * 1. [|eFieldtrips.org] - Science and Social Studies topics**
 * 2. [|NW Wisconsin IU] - Over 170 Sites**
 * 3. [|SBC] - The "Yellow Pages" of Videoconferencing!**
 * 4. [|Tramline] - Across all curriculum areas – Science focus**
 * 5. [|Ball State University] - Six scheduled trips each year**
 * 6. [|Videoconferencing Links]– List of Videoconferencing Directories**
 * 7. [|Apple Learning Exchange] – 72 Virtual Field Trips and 31 Digital Documentaries**
 * 8. [|PDE Webinars]- Authors and Illustrators**
 * 9. [|TWICE] – List of content providers**
 * 10.** [|**CILC**] **– One-stop shopping for videoconferencing**

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 * **Technospud Projects - [|From Me to You]**
 * [|Read Across the Planet]
 * **Megaconference Jr. - [|Families Near and Far]**
 * **MagpiK20 - [|Global Warming - Race for the Tipping Point]**

=Creating Projects and Finding Partners= = =
 * [|CIESE] - [|The Global Sun Temperature Project]
 * [|CILC]
 * Freedom
 * [|Peace]
 * [|Bridge to Teribithia]
 * [|Your District]

=Tips- Plan and Prepare=
 * Setting Up the Program - Goals, Format, Outcomes
 * Planning what happens during the Collaboration - Agreeing on Format

= = =Improving Communication in Your Collaborations=
 * Personal Connections - Introductions, Names
 * [|Using Web 2.0 Tools to Improve Your Connections]
 * Taking Turns, Structured vs. Open Mic

=Take Off and Maintenance=
 * Start Simple - [|Just Do It!]
 * Seek Support
 * Patience and Persistence
 * Ask for Improvements

= = =Getting Your Teachers Involved=
 * Ask Personally
 * Starting with Something Familiar
 * Scaffold Support
 * Be Flexible