Lesson plans
and classes on the Net
Check out:
WHYVILLE.NET
A virtual town for children from all over the world
who come to learn, create, and have fun together.
The Global Schoolhouse
“Clearinghouse of more than 900 online
collaborative projects, organized by topic, grade, and project date. Find
partners or join projects from around the globe.” Dynamic, free, online lesson
plans.
The Global Virtual
Classroom
(GVC) project is a collection of free, on-line
educational activities and resources.
Virtual Resource Site for Teaching With Technology
Teaching/Learning Activities
From the University of Maryland
University College, this site provides links to virtual field trips and
labs, web-enabled conceptual problem solving activities, collaborative
learning experiences, and much more.
Best
Practices of Technology: Integration in Michigan
This is an excellent source for effective, student-directed lessons which
use technology as a tool in the classroom. Sponsored by the Michigan
Association of Intermediate School Administrators, the REMC Association of
Michigan, and the Great Lakes Educational Network (Glen).
Standards:
Aligned with Michigan's standards, covers all core content areas.
eMints National Center
eMints is a resource base of online, technology driven lessons and
activities for Missouri schools, including webquests and themed units. It
is a collaborative education program sponsored by the Missouri Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education and the University of Missouri
System Office of Academic Affairs.
Standards: Aligned with Missouri's
standards, covers all core content areas.
Librarians
Information Network for Essential Curriculum
Baltimore
County Public Schools provides links to activities and resources across
all curriculums.
Standards: Covers all core content areas.
WebQuest News
WebQuests, as defined, by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University, are
"an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that
learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet."
The
www.webquest.org page links to numerous exciting and motivational,
team-oriented lesson plans which pose essential questions and require
higher-level thinking skills.
Virtual High School
A leading non-profit organization which offers an extensive course catalog
of online classes for high schools.
Slam-Dunk Digital Lesson Planning for Teachers
Examples of online lesson plans and how and why to write them.
Practical tip: Write a web
page in Microsoft Word or
other word processing program. You can create active links while
not having to upload your page to the server.
Interactive Technology Environments
Online
lessons which include experiments, manipulatives, and virtual interactive
experiences for students.
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