International E-Mail Contacts and
Internet Projects
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Project Examples |
Finding Students In Other Countries |
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What I have in mind, very advanced (Australia) |
Probably the quickest and easiest web page for beginners. |
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Global citizenship, international studies (Japan) |
A very good web site. Click on the scroll bar and drag down to "For Teens and Kids: Keypals Club." It requires that you print off and mail in a signed parent permission slip. Well worth it. |
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International Negotiation Project Current events, world studies, politics/govt. |
Lots of easy to use names but some are outdated or no longer work. |
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Students discussing current issues (USA) |
Web 66: International School Listings A great list of countries. Be patient and keep trying, some links are dead. |
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Biology, environmetal studies (Canada) |
Go to "Collaborate" link |
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United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Project Intl. Studies, govt., human rights (Netherlands) |
Go to these links: "Find Epals By Country", "Quick Serch Map", "Discussion Boards", or "Chat". Some are located at botttom of page. |
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Global Systems and Cyber Culture World Studies, politics/govt, sociology (Australia) |
Complementary face and voice programs |
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Hiroshima Peace Ribbon Project History, government, politics, lang.arts (Japan) |
General Examples of other Internet Projects |
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International E-mail Club My project idea, Costa Rica focus at first |
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections Fantastic Mailing Lists |
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21st Century Teacher's Network A place to discuss and see other ideas |
Expo 2002: Australian Gold Coast Huge listing, check out projects, school links |
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NickNacks: How to Telecollaborate Good Starting Tips and Ideas |
Teacher Notes
Learn Together: This is a great example of a topic that is "learned" best when people share and build off of each other's ideas rather than having one person "teach" them about the topic.
Share: Please send me your ideas, web sites, references, and projects. Whatever you share with me, I will try to put on this page to share with others.
Boxes: This is a new order and kind of tool. Think outside of our boxes.
Potential: This is not just a new and fun technology, use it to make our world a better place, consider the moral dimensions as you create your projects.
Sort: Do not be overwhelmed. You will find many projects. Sort through them, and find the one that best fits you.
Much More Out There: There are web sites for every age level and every topic. These web sites are only ones that a single high school social studies teacher is interested in. Subscribe to one of the e-mail mailing lists (called listserves) listed in the right hand column to see the many other projects out there.
Patience: Do not be discouraged if at first you do not succeed--this is a new area and there are still bugs to be worked out.
Misc. to Consider: Different school calendars around the world, the Southern hemisphere is on an opposite seasonal schedule, start small, find one teacher and get to know them very well, think beyond departments, do not be limited by existing curriculums, what else am I forgetting...?
Related Web Sites
Project Based Learning: A great page to help you as you develop projects to use with these new technologies and paradigms.
Winona Middle School Help Page: The Media Specialist, Mary Alice Anderson, has assembled a very impressive collection of help pages, tutorials, hand-outs, and references for a wide variety of software programs.
New Century School House: Ready for the next step(s)?, add your own ideas
Minnesota Teacher Network: Other teachers, ideas, help sources, etc. from Minnesota.
Dwayne Voegeli's Social Studies Teacher's Page: The author's professional and personal web page.
This web page was created by Dwayne Voegeli for a summer technology class on August 19, 1998 in Winona, Minnesota. The material, projects, and links are subject to change.