FREE Online Projects

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This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with Online Learning. The information is divided into the following categories:

• Key Pals
• Chat and Video
• Resources for Online Curriculum
• Online Activity Sites
• Online Project Sites
• WebQuests and ThinkQuests
• Project Planning Tools
• Newsletters, Listservs, Archives, E-zines
• For Fun (Educational Value)
• Assessment

Key Pals

• ePALS Classroom Exchange - Keypals search engine
• Key Pals
• Classroom Connect Teacher Contact Database
• International E-mail Classroom Connections

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Chat and Video (Check these before you use them)

• CU-SeeMe Table of Contents
• Microsoft Network Chat
• Internet Relay Chat (IRC) help archive

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Resources for Online Curriculum

• New Millenium Kids (Great Resource!)
• University Circle Distance Learning Consortium
• Cleveland Institute of Music Distance Learning
• Cleveland Museum of Art Distance Learning
• National Zoo Home Page - Animals, Plants, People, Movies and More.
• National Museum of Natural History
• NOVA Online
• PBS TeacherSource
• StarChild: A learning center for young astronomers (NASA)
• Museum Makers and Bridge Builders
• Ed's Oasis Teachers' Guild Lesson Plan Library
• McGraw-Hill: A Place for Teachers
• Welcome to Classroom Connect

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Online Activity Sites

• My Classroom Today (demo)
• Introduction to Windows to the Universe (earth and space science)
• PBS TeacherSource

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Online Project Sites

• PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE: Electronic Field Trips
• For Teachers & Parents
• The Global Schoolhouse
• The Annenberg/CPB Projects Learner Online
• I*EARN
• KIDPROJ Information

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WebQuests and ThinkQuests

• The WebQuest Page
• ThinkQuest
• Classroom Projects: WebQuests (PBS 45 & 49)

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Project Planning Tools

• eduScapes: a site for life-long learners
• Finding, Evaluating, and Integrating Web Sites (Maricopa)
• NickNacks Telecollaborate! (designing and participating in telecollaboration)
• ACSDE (The American Center for the Study of Distance Education)
• Cyberlinks for Cyberkids (Elementary Grades)
• Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet

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Newsletters, Listservs, Archives, E-zines

• Welcome to The Classroom Flyer
• Global Schoolhouse Internet Projects Registry
• Internet Detectives: Library of Student Recommended Sites
• Connect for Kids (Guidance for Grown-ups Newsletter)
• Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
• Electronic Elementary Magazine
• WNetSchool Bulletin

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For Fun (Educational Value)

• Exploratorium Science Snacks
• Kids' Castle Home (Smithsonian Institute)
• PBS Kids!
• Space Place Launch Pad (NASA)
• MTPE - For Kids Only (NASA)

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Assessment

• Resources for Alternate Assessment
• NCREL (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory) Assessment
• QuizStar: create a custom quiz online
• HPR*TEC's Web Worksheet Wizard
• RubiStar: builds rubrics (free)
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - assessment and rubric examples

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