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- Collaborative Technology
- for K-12 Educators, Parents and Students
- by Jeff Cooper
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- Technology may:
- Inspire students to become engaged
- self-motivated learners
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- Lay dormant without sustained support for educators, students and
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- This presentation offers links to sites useful for K-16 educators,
parents and students.
- Titles are hyperlinked to actual site.
- Although these sites were chosen for pragmatic reasons, the theory
behind their choice is to facilitate learning for both students and
educators.
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- No one wants their child or student to be online where it isn’t safe.
- Many districts ban any use of synchronous chat because they fear
predators, and end up filtering many safe sites as a precaution
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat), Habbo Hotel (a purported kid friendly graphic
site) and various instant messengers have few safeguards against
“outsiders”
- Without safe alternatives and guidance, students may find themselves
making poor choices
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- For the same reason many sites are banned by districts, many disallow
their students having or using email.
- Email is the most useful and important collaborative tool on the
Internet.
- Email systems and project sites that provide safe access should be
encouraged and not banned.
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- K-12 Email Collaborative Tool
- 182 Countries
- 65,000 Classrooms
- 2.2 million students
- Start online friendships and projects, break down classroom walls
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- T-Mail: Email Translation
- T-Sail: Webpage Translation
- T-Time: Web Page Creation Translation (coming soon)
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- International Listserv
- Archived Projects
- Email-based
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- Projects Registry
- CyberFair
- News Lists
- GeoGame
- Make a Difference
- Online Expeditions
- Newsday
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- Online Science and Math Projects
- Multidisciplinary projects to join
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- Online email
- listserv manager
- Archives messages
- Public/private option
- Database manager
- Calendar and Chat
- Moderate or not
- Online File Storage (20meg per group)
- Online File Sharing
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- Allow easy webpage creation
- RSS links blogs together
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- Weblog or “blogger”
- Online journal, either for individual or group work
- Free and ad free
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- A workman is only as good as his tools
- Professional development
- Public bookmarks for collaboration
- Easy to use webpage creation
- Online lesson plans
- Online quizzes
- Online rubrics
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- N.Y. Times Learning Network: Portal Site
- Archived Lesson Plans
- Highly Articulated
- Includes Standards
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- Over 500 K-12 Constructivist Lessons
- Interactive with MS Office Suite
- Allows teachers flexibility in both content and approach to lessons and
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- Online Bookmarks
- Accessible from any online computer
- File sharing capabilities
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- Online virtual tour or webquest organizer
- Allows teachers to create up to 15 links for student browsing
- Searchable database for
- K-12 tracks
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- Online rubric generator
- Editable templates
- Data analysis
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- The following sites have hundreds of links for kids and teens to get
online and play, learn, and communicate with their peers.
- Building Safe Online Communities for Kids
- Computers in Education: Online Communities for Kids
- Over 10,00 Reviewed Sites for Kids and Teens
- Kids and Teens Online Communities
- Online Communities
- Online Communities
- Google Search: Online Communities
- DirectoryKids.com: Online Communities
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- Technology best practice requires tools and support
- Collaboration with peers and student-centered learning leads to more
fulfilling education for teachers, students, and parents
- Additional support is available from Jeff Cooper
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