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Thinking About Thinking

Artifacts and Understanding

Making History on the Web

Vamos a Darles Algo a Discutir

Raising the Bar

Seek Strategically, Find Answers Appropriately

A Sparkling Assortment

 

Artifacts and Understanding

In addition to Diane McGrath’s PBL Web site (http://coe.ksu.edu/PBL/), which expands on resources mentioned in the PBL columns, you may also find the resources below useful.

Projects Discussed
Cowboy Cola: www.usd435.k12.ks.us/AHS/Teachers/Teachers/cook/math/geom/cwbycola2.htm

Cultural Connections: www.jordan.palo-alto.ca.us/students/connections/

T. Rex Dinosaur Unit: www.usd475.k12.ks.us/fr/reno_K/2000-2001/Dinosaurs.htm

What did you do in the war, Grandma?: www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html

Other Web Sites
Challenge 2000 Project: http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/over_main.htm

Exploratorium: www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/about/inquiry.html.

Four Directions, a Native American project: www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/nanallen.htm

Apple Learning Interchange exemplary projects from U.S. K–12 schools: http://newali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/nav2.shtml

Project-Based Learning: What Works? High school projects in Rhode Island and links to resources for several subject areas: www.breakingranks.org/whatworks

References
McGrath, D., Sylvester, A., & Chen, P. (1999, June). At risk: Traditional teaching! Bring in the learners and the World Wide Web [Online]. Presentation at the 1999 National Educational Computing Conference, Atlantic City, NJ. Available: http://coe.ksu.edu/McGrath/NECC/NECC99.htm.

Thomas, J. W. (2000). A review of research on project-based learning [Online]. San Rafael, CA: Autodesk Foundation. Available: www.k12reform.org/foundation/pbl/research/.

Making History on the Web

Course Delivery Tools
Blackboard: www.blackboard.com

Lotus (LearningSpace and Lotus Notes): www.lotus.com/lotus/products.nsf/fa_prohomepage/, then search by product name

Prometheus: http://company.blackboard.com/prometheus/

Project-Related Sites
Online U.S. History Course Project: www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/wcll/ushistory.html

Student-Created Modules: www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/wcll/module.html

Research-Related Sites
Owl Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/

Primary Sources on the Web: www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySourcesOnTheWeb.html

Seven Steps to Better Searching: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/sevensteps2001.html

Vamos a Darles Algo a Discutir

Blackboard: www.blackboard.com

FirstClass: www.centrinity.com

ibiblio: www.ibiblio.org

WebCT: www.webct.com

Raising the Bar

Mock Trials: http://ss.uno.edu/SS/New/MockTrial.html

Putting on Mock Trials, a teacher resource adapted from a booklet by the American Bar Association: www.mvonline.com/nie/aba-guide/mock-trials.html

Street Law: www.streetlaw.org/mockt2.html

StudyCards: www.ti.com/calc/flash/studycards.htm

Texas Instruments: http://education.ti.com

Seek Strategically, Find Answers Appropriately

Ask Dr. Universe: www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/

Ask Jeeves for Kids: www.ajkids.com

B. J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper: http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/

CIESE’s index of ask-an-expert sites: http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html

CyberSisters: www.cyber-sisters.org

Electronic Emissary Project: http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary

Fact Monster: www.factmonster.com

Go Ask Alice: www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/

Google’s SafeSearch: www.google.com/help/customize.html#safe

How Things Work: http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/home.html

icouldbe: www.icouldbe.org

iMentor: www.imentor.org

International Telementor Program: www.telementor.org

Library in the Sky’s student home page: www.nwrel.org/sky/index.asp?ID=2

Mad Sci Network: www.madsci.org

NetMentors: www.netmentors.org

Pitsco’s Ask an Expert: www.askanexpert.com

YouthFriends: www.youthfriends.org

Yahooligans!: www.yahooligans.com

A Sparkling Assortment

eWord Development: www.maxssandbox.com

Sherston Software: www.sherston.com (in the U.S., ToolFactory: www.toolfactory.com)

Wolfram Research: www.wolfram.com

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