1. Participating in an Internet Project
Judith Conway

2. WHAT IS IT? An educational activity that
supports your curriculum and standards
provides students with an opportunity to get a global (or larger) perspective or audience
Provides students the opportunity to make a difference
Uses the power of technology in an authentic way

3. EARTHDAY GROCERY BAGS Register, get materials
Organize (divide classrooms, develop instructions for teachers and students, letter to parents)
Get bags, distribute bags
Research – discuss – read stories
Decorate bags, collect bags, return bags to store
Take pictures along the way, send report to project
Make book for next year’s students showing them ‘how to’

4. WHY DO IT? It is interesting and fun
It advances your curriculum and standards
Hands – on
Higher level thinking skills
Authentic use of technology
Larger audience motivates students
21st century skills

5. Share Your Music With Me
A way to make the writing of music less overwhelming
They learn to play what they have written
A way to get feedback from other music people
“This project was a way for me to combine my love of music with my passion for technology.  As a music teacher I always get "you don't need it" when I ask for new or leading edge tech equipment.  I was never a top priority when it came to computer budgets.  When iEARN came along it offered a chance to get a raise, have some fun and open a new door for my students.  For beginning students to write music is not an easy thing.  They do not have the music skills to always play what they hear in their minds.  By developing this project I was able to justify buying a music software program that made the process of writing music easier and less overwhelming.  Once students wrote the music it became lesson material for their classes.  The have to learn to play what they write.  The web site gave them a new hallway to show off their work.  Posting their music in a hallway would mean nothing to most teachers and students.  They don't have the skills to read it.  On the inter net we have been able to get feed back from other music people.  That has been very nice.  SO I guess this project brought  new areas of music for the students to explore and learn as well as a new avenue to share the skill they are developing.  All that and a great deal of fun all at the same time.”
"HINTZ JOHN C"

6. One day when I . . .
capture nature in the words of a child through personal stories
Begin each story with the phrase "One day when I..." and end the story with what you learned, that frogs can jump really high, or how you felt, such as happy, surprised, or scared.
The purpose of this activity is to capture nature in the words of a child through personal stories of lessons learned about empathy and compassion for creatures, places, and other natural phenomena in their worlds and invite educators and others to enjoy the inspiration generated when engaging in the storytelling activity.
The "One Day When I" Story Circle as an on-line reciprocal storytelling activity recognizes the affiliation humans have for the natural world and allows the storyteller to draw on experience for learning lessons and sharing emotions.

7. HOW DO YOU DO IT? Find a project Register Get materials Get organized
Do activities
Submit report or projects
See what others submitted
Reflect on what you learned

8. E-IDITEROD PROJECT
Overview
Timeline

9. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

10. Food, Fotos, and Fun Write out the recipe for their favorite food
Have a photo taken of themselves with their favorite food
Complete the food information card. (provided at project site)
Calculate the cost for preparing their favorite food

11. E-Pals Project Find a class to work with Read the same book
What’s “in” to wear, eat, carry, listen to, see
Virtual tour of school
Nature mapping close to school

12. HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY DO WE NEED TO USE?
Just enough
To get the job done
That you and your students can manage

13. Frosty Readers Project
Project Information
Examples
California
Canada
Wisconsin

14. WHERE DO YOU FIND ONE? http://www.epals.com http://gaggle.net

15. This presentation will be posted in the conference vault
Thank you
This presentation will be posted in the conference vault