Pamela D Moore
EDU 6606
10) Collaborative Learning Projects
Collaborative learning is an umbrella term for a variety of
education approaches involving joint intellectual efforts by
students and teachers together. Most collaborative learning
activities vary widely, but most center on students’
exploration or application of the course material.
 Teacher Tap
◦ http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic1.htm
9) Electronic Portfolios
A portfolio is an organized collection of student work that
displays knowledge, understanding, skills, accomplishments,
interest, and achievement over a specified period of time.
 Sarah Akaka's Electronic Portfolio
http://www.k12.hi.us/~jholokai/tethree/learning/eschool/portfoliohomep
age.htm
 Electronic Portfolios
http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/
8) Social Networking
Social networking has created new ways to
communicate and share information from all around
the world. A social network service creates online
communities of students who share interests and/or
activities, or who are interested in exploring the
interests and activities of others.
 Horizon Project
◦ http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/Social+Networking
7) Digital Storytelling
What our students are saying should always be more important
than how they are saying it. Digital storytelling uses available
computer tools and Internet, and morphs it with words and
narration.
 Digital Storyteller
◦ http://www.digitalstoryteller.org/
 Scott County Student Digital Stories
◦ http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentst
ories.html
6) Electronic Lesson Plans
Looking for a fresh way to approach sequencing? Art history?
The life cycle of a butterfly? Download hundreds of free
lesson plans for a variety of disciplines, from math and
science to social studies and foreign languages created by
other teachers who are “here to help”
 Scholastic.com Teaching Resources
◦ http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
 Education: Lesson Plans for K – 12 Teachers
◦ http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/educ/LESSON.HTM
5) Gateway to Educational Material
There are hundreds, thousands of valuable collections of
lesson plans, curriculum units, activities, and other
instructional materials on the Internet. The Internet allows
you to browse lists of subjects (such as mathematics or
social studies) or keywords. You can also view your state’s
academic and achievement standards.
 Gateway to 21st Century Skills
◦ http://www.thegateway.org/
4) Threaded Discussions
A threaded discussion is an online collaboration tool that
allows the creation of a forum or thread in which students
are able to post messages and respond to other messages.
All messages remain visible, and responses are linked to
the original message – thus creating the “threads”.
 Troy University Blackboard Academic Site
◦ http://troy.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab_id=_
2_1&url=%2fwebapps%2fblackboard%2fexecute%2flauncher%3ftype
%3dCourse%26id%3d_191238_1%26url%3d
3) Tool for Construction
Through authentic learning activities the Internet supports
learning by developing students’ higher-order tinking skills
by constructing web pages and having meaningful
interactions with the content information.
 Prism, Troy University’s Student Website
◦ http://prism.troy.edu/
2) Email
No more postage or waiting on “snail” mail. Electronic mail
or E-Mail is a electronic way of keeping in touch with
someone. E-mails can be read anywhere and sent from
anywhere.
 Yahoo mail
 http://mail.yahoo.com/
 Google mail
 http://gmail.com/
1) Research
The internet has tons of information. Anything you may
want to know or need to know about is online. Thanks
to Yahoo, Google, Bing, Ask, Dogpile and several other
search engines, whatever you are searching for can be
found on the internet.
 Bing
◦ http://www.bing.com/
 Yahoo
◦ http://www.yahoo.com/
10 Best Uses of the Internet
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Electronic Portfolio
Social Networking
Digital Storytelling
Electronic Lesson Plans
Gateway to Educational Material
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Email
Research