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Learning &
Leading
with Technology
November
1997
This issue’s feature article describes how to set up
and run
an online collaborative project. Also read articles about
evaluating
information from the Web, a multimedia science project,
and project-based
math learning.
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Teaching on the
Internet—Creating
a Collaborative Project
by Regina Royer
The Internet can be used for more than just finding and
publishing information.
Consider collaborative projects. They can motivate students
and give
them a sense of the real world like no other classroom
activity. This
feature presents the simple steps needed to host an online
collaborative
project—from designing it to planning for the
future.
The SAXophone
Project: Connecting
Classrooms Around the World
by Donna Moss, Anthony Amodeo, Jane Bullowa,
and Ted
Detjen
Real-time videosonferencing can be used to connect students
around the
world. High school students in the SAXophone Project use
videoconferencing
to discuss local culture, science, literature, and
environmental issues—and
even to hold music recitals.
Making the Connection: A
High-Speed
Internet Link for Rural Schools
by John Wenrich
Internet connection seems necessary for most schools, but the
costs
can be prohibitive. Rural school districts can work together
to create
a wireless network that can provide low-cost Internet
access.
Butterflies! Using Multimedia to
Capture
a Unique Science Project
by Janice M. Stuhlmann
After first graders completed a science project examining butterfly
life cycles,
they viewed a teacher-designed HyperStudio stack that preserved and
reinforced
the project’s content. The same project is appropriate through
middle
school because it distinctly illustrates the life cycle. And older
students
can design their own HyperStudio stacks.
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If you don’t already have it, download the free HyperStudio player
at www.hyperstudio.com/resource/hsplayers/players.html.
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Mining the Internet
Online
by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, & Judi
Harris
Mining the Internet is an ongoing column in L&L.
Frequently
the Internet changes substantially in the six months between
the time
that a column is submitted and the time it appears in print.
The Mining
the Internet Web site will provide a location for updates to
each issue’s
column. It will also provide a way to offer active links to
Internet
locations mentioned in the column and a place for material
that would
not fit in the confines of a four-page column. The column will
therefore
become a hybrid mix of print materials that will appear in
each issue
of L&L and supplementary materials that will be
placed on
the Web each month.
Copyright © 1997, ISTE (International
Society for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
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