Project How-To

It takes some planning to build a successful interactive project. Below we've gathered together advice from some of the experts, tools, and other resources that will help get you from the beginning to the successful completion of your project.

Concepts

Designing Telecollaborative Projects

From the book by Judi Harris, Virtual Architecture: Designing and Directing Curriculm-Based Telecomputing. ISTE: 1998. "The author proposes that integrating computer-mediated technology into your classroom is well worth it if accomplished in a way that helps new and worthwhile things happen there. And then she shows you how to do just that."
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/%7Ejbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Foundation/index.html

WebQuest Readings and Training Materials

How to design a WebQuest, an inquiry-based activity where students use information they find on the Web. Bernie Dodge, developer of the WebQuest concept, talks about the attributes, describes the design steps, provides examples, and includes a template for designing a WebQuest. Visit the Readings and Training Materials page for additional information.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/about_webquests.html

Articles on Professional Development

Great project ideas, tips, and good advice. Educators who have successfully integrated technology into their curriculum share what they've learned in this collection of articles from the Global Schoolhouse.
http://www.gsn.org/teach/articles/

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Tools

Filamentality

An interactive Web site that makes project planning a snap. Steps you through choosing a topic, collecting good Web sites, and then creating your own Web-based hotlist page, treasure hunt, or activities page.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Beyond the Son of Filamentality

Linked to from Filamentality but worth a listing of its own. Friendly online help, lessons, and guidelines for customizing your Web page--adding links, backgrounds, graphics, images, more.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/beyond/

Student Gallery Maker

Models, tools, and resources for building a student art gallery. From Bellingham Public Schools.
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/gallery.htm

HomeMaker Online

Create a personal Web page in "less than 30 minutes." Simply fill out the online form and get back a finished Web page that you can save to disk.
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/homemaker/

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Resources

Internet Projects Registry

Find a project to join or register your own project. The Global SchoolNet Foundation (GSN) projects directory, organized by dates the projects begin, includes projects gleaned from across the Internet in addition to projects hosted by GSN.
http://www.gsn.org/pr/

Designs for Telecollaboration and Telepresence

Short descriptions of and links to example curriculum-based projects organized by type of activity, from the book Virtual Architecture: Designing and Directing Curriculm-Based Telecomputing by Judi Harris.
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/index.html

AskERIC

A familiar name, and a good all-around resource for finding education information, both online and in print, and getting answers to your questions.
http://ericir.syr.edu/

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