Dr. Alice Christie's Technology Integration Workshop
for K-3 Teachers in the Deer Valley Unified School District

Creating Global Classrooms: Teachers Collaborating with Others

Mrs. Silverman's Second Grade Class: Online Autumn Mrs. Silverman's Second Grade Class: Stellaluna's Friends Mrs. Silverman's Second Grade Class: Frosty Readers Arbor Heights Elementary School: Earth Day Grocies and More Clinton Avenue School's Earth Day Grocery Project Buckman Elementary School Postcard Project Everett Middle School Peace Day 1999 Ms. Luscher's 1st Grade Iditarod Unit Finding Online Collaborative Projects Houghton Mifflin Project Center: A site that helps teachers find or create online 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 New Knowledge: Teacher as Information Producer

Diane Corley, 1st Grade Teacher: Building Community with Parents Diane Corley, 1st Grade Teacher: Author Illustrator Studies Harvey Milk Civil Right Academy: Equal Access Project Kindergarten/1st Grade Reporters: El Nino Weather '98 Our Changing South Florida Ecosystem A primary level hands-on air and water investigation of weather Ms. Luscher's Martin Luther King Timeline Project Buckman Elementary School Space Alphabet Book Buckman Elementary School Block Structure Project

Using ePals to Build Literacy

Finding ePals ePALS Classroom Exchange Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections 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 Ask an Expert by Pitsco Email Activities in a Bilingual Writing Class Other Links for Enhancing Literacy

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 Sheila Jones Integrative Unit on Information Literacy

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) 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 Virtual Trip to the Statue of Liberty

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 The Library of Congress The Library of Congress American Memory Collections B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper