Dr. Alice Christie's Technology Integration Workshop
for 4th-6th Grade Teachers in the Deer Valley Unified School District

Creating Global Classrooms: Teachers Collaborating with Others

Arbor Heights Elementary School: Earth Day Grocery and More Clinton Avenue School's Earth Day Grocery Project Everett Middle School Peace Day 1999 (Students collaborate and use multimedia tools to share their school-wide project) Electric Soup: Online Literacy Collaboration  Mrs. Silverman's Second Grade Class: Stellaluna's Friends Finding Online Collaborative Projects Houghton Mifflin Project Center: A site that helps teachers find or create online projects. Telecollaborations: A list on online collaborative projects Classroom Connect: A free community resource for educators 21st Century Teachers: A national network of teacher leaders helping themselves and their colleagues through education technology The Global Schoolhouse Teachers.Net! Creating Internet Projects Planning Internet Projects: Guidance for Beginners Designing Your Own Online Projects

Creating New Knowledge: Teacher as Information Producer

Alaska Studies by Tanana Middle School Students (Students share multimedia research reports on the state of Alaska and Alaskan history)   Harvey Milk Civil Right Academy: Equal Access Project  Probability Experiments by Mr. Thomas's Fourth GradeClass (Students share their experiments with the global community) American Revolution Project by Mr. Welch's 7th Grade Students (This project is the result of 7th grade students learning to use the Internet as both a resource tool and as a publishing medium.) School Internet Usage Survey by Voss School 7th and 8th Graders (Students gather data and share their results visually via the WWW) Carol Leikam's Fifth Grade Bridge Building Unit (This site displays activities and student work using a web-based format)

Using ePals to Enhance Literacy

Finding ePals ePALS Classroom Exchange Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections About.com: Kids' Pen Pals The Key To Keypal Success KeyPal Club Web 66 Education World's School Directory Sending Electronic Postcards Jan Brett's Electronic Postcard Page Cyberzoo Postcards from the San Diego Zoo Electronic Postcards.com! A large assortment of electronic postcards with multiple fonts, pictures, music, etc. to choose from. NetCards An assortment of electronic postcards with much fine art to choose from. Sands Electronic Greeting Cards Blue Mountain Arts Postcards from MIT Postcards from World Wildlife Fund Unicef: Voices of Youth Email Activities in a Bilingual Writing Class Other Links for Enhancing Literacy

Using Children's Author Sites to Enhance Literacy

Diane Corley's Author Illustrator Page Chucklebait: thr website of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith  R.L. Stine Jane Yolen Cynthis Rylant  Patricia Polacco  Beverley Cleary  Native American Authors Online Scholastic Scholastic: Authors Online

Doing Online Research Using Searchable Databases

NASA for Kids The Library of Congress The Library of Congress American Memory Collections National Geographic Animal Diversity: A collection of pictures and information about animals, searchable by name, characteristics, or taxonomy United Nations Background Notes on Countries Around the World (US State Department) The CIA World Factbook: 1999 US Census Bureau International Population Database Summary vital statistics data for all countries, 1996 and 2000 as well as mid-year estimates, 1950-2020 Additional data on marital status, ethnic origin, religion, literacy, labor force, income and poverty US Postal Service Zip Codes White House Electronic Publications White House Virtual Library

Doing Research with Online Encyclopedias and Almanacs

Encyclopedias: Encyclopedia Britannica Encarta Concise PC Webopedia Compton's Encyclopedia Online How Stuff Works Almanacs InfoPlease.com Kids' Almanac The Old Farmer's Almanac Political Reference Almanac StarDate Online: Sky Almanac Daily Almanac: Births, deaths, holidays, events on any given day in history

Ask an Expert

Ask an Expert by Pitsco Ask Dr. Universe (A curious cat answers questions for kids) About.com Ask an Expert Scientific American: Ask the Experts AllExperts.com ExpertCentral.com eHow XpertSite.Com The Mad Scientists Network

Special Election 2000 Links for Elementary School Students and Teachers

Project Vote Smart (The Best site for tracking all candidates, their views, voting records, etc.) The Democracy Network A League of Women Voters Educational Project) ABC News Political Summary CNN.com Politics Washington Post: Elections 2000 Scholastic Election 2000

Taking Virtual Field Trips

The Virtual Field Trip Site Virtual World Tours See the world - VIRTUALLY! Earth Science Virtual Field Trip Page Globe Learn: Live, interactive expeditions for children around the world Virtual Field Trips (Education) Scholastic Internet Field Trips Teachers Guide Internet Field Trip Library Dozens of Internet Field Trips for elementary school kids! Louvre Museum (Musee du Louvre) Dinosaur VT National Museum: Dinosaurs Visit the Oakland Zoo The San Diego Zoo Do the Zoo: Atlanta Zoo A Virtual Trip to the Whitehouse for Kids A White House History A Virtual Trip to the Statue of Liberty Geography Online: Internet Student Activities for Students in Grades 3-9 National Parks Live!: A Students' Internet Tour of the US National Parks Virtual Adventures Asia Quest (A Classroom Connect Adventure) America Quest (Another Classroom Connect Adventure) In Search of Liberty Bell 7 (A deep sea adventure) Jane Steven's Antarctic Adventure The World's Wildest Rides Mungo Park's A World of Adventure Quokka.com's Virtual Adventures  Adventures Online Jelly Belly Factory Tour

Designing and Using WebQuests: Teacher as Curriculum Designer

WebQuests: Alice Christie's WebQuest Page WebQuests - Alice Christie's Web Quest Matrix WebQuests - Bernie Dodge's Web Quest Matrix Deer Valley Teachers as Curriculum Developers Heather Lynch and Stephanie Tennille's WebQuest on Cultural Diversity Stephanie Tennille's WebQuest on the Desert Heather Lynch's WebQuest on Tolerance Sharla LaBelle's WebQuest on Body Systems Teri Beckner WebQuest on the Thirteen Colonies Teri Beckner's WebQuest on the Patterns of Time Sandy Luedke Integrative Unit on Geology Tina Crane Integrative Unit on Problem Solving

Model Classrooms

Waiakea Intermediate School Home Page Mrs. Wise's 5th Grade Classroom at North Pole Elementary School - Fairbanks, Alaska (Many classrooms create webpages sharing their writing, art and views) Tanana Middle School Student Writing and Art - Fairbanks, Alaska (Students share their fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork in this web-based forum) Deer Valley: Desert Sky Middle School San Francisco Unified School District: Carol Leikam's Fifth Grade Bridge Building Unit (This site displays activities and student work using a web-based format) Tanana Middle School Student Writing and Art - Fairbanks, Alaska (Students share their fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork in this web-based forum) Alaska Studies by Tanana Middle School Students (Students share multimedia research reports on the state of Alaska and Alaskan history) Garden Lakes Elementary School, Pendergast School District

Helpful Lists of Links for Middle and High School Students and Teachers

Arizona Links Maps on the World - Extensive list of links Mining Company's List of Maps Reference Tools A+ Research and Writing for High School Students Writing Tips by Teenage Writers Writer's Guidelines Directory: Searchable Database of Writer's Guidelines  StudyWeb CyberKids Resources Links to Educational Geography Web Sites About.com: National Parks The Ultimate Collection of News Links

Tools for Teachers

Dr. Alice Christie's Great Educational Resources Web 66 Kids Click! Search engine/subject directory for students created by librarians that includes reading level and number of graphics. American School Directory Arizona Department of Education ASSET: Arizona School Services Through Educational Technology Education Week: Technology Counts '98 Welcome to Internet Detective: An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources WebTeacher: Web Tutorial TeachersNet The Savvy Cyber Teacher Classroom Connect Too Cool School House Educational Site of the Week Global Schoolhouse Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Kathy Schrock's Critical Evaluation of the Web Guides Karen McLachlan's CyberGuides Marco Polo: Internet Content for the Classroom Wired Learning in the Classroom and Library Ed's Oasis Teaching with the Web PBS Kids NPR's Science Friday Discovery Channel Online Eisenhower National Clearninghouse B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper