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Classrooms without Borders: Using Internet Projects to Teach Communication and Collaboration
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Bellanca, James A.; Stirling, Terry – Teachers College Press, 2011
This practical resource shows educators how to use the Internet to help students communicate electronically, reaching beyond the borders of traditional classroom walls. The authors--a lifelong professional developer and a dedicated facilitator of improved K-12 education through her work with graduate students in school leadership--provide the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Thinking Skills, Computer Mediated Communication
Increasing the Reliability of Evaluations by Using Classroom Products.
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Madgic, Robert – NASSP Bulletin, 1980
Completed projects, student essays, and teaching assignments provide valuable information about teaching performance. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Lesson Plans, Performance Criteria, Student Developed Materials
Now that We Have It, What Do We Do with It?: Using the Web in the Classroom.
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Bridges, Deanna L.; DeVaull, Frankie LaChe – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1999
Identifies World Wide Web (Internet) sites useful for teachers. These include sites for locating lesson plans, conducting research or locating information sources, Web scavenger hunts, lesson enhancements, virtual field trips and explorations, sites that enhance collaboration, and sites for student research and for information about college…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources
Multicultural Information Quests: Instant Research Lessons, Grades 5-8.
Rodgers, Marie E. – 2000
This book contains multicultural "treasure hunts" designed for use by teachers and librarians working with grades five through eight to: develop students' awareness of cultures other than their own; promote student research that requires using books other than an encyclopedia; provide students with annotated reference lists that may be used for…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Education, Information Seeking
A Hands-On Approach to Maglev for Gifted Students.
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Budd, Raymond T. – Gifted Child Today, 2003
This article discusses how Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) can be taught to gifted students in grades 4-9 using hands-on activities that align to the National Science Standards. Principles of magnetic levitation, advantages of magnetic levitation, construction of a Maglev project, testing and evaluation of vehicles, and presentation of the unit are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
An Introduction to Internet Resources for K-12 Educators. Part I: Information Resources, Update 1997. ERIC Digest.
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Morgan, Nancy A. – 1997
The Internet is an international computer network composed of thousands of smaller networks. State and regional education networks and commercial providers have made the vast resources of the Internet increasingly available to administrators, school library media specialists, and classroom teachers. This updated digest lists a selection of no-cost…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Teaching and Learning Resources: Curriculum Guide for Career Academies.
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Raby, Marilyn; Markham, Thom; Lenz, Bob; Ryan, Tricia – 2002
This document profiles a total of 78 resources to assist individuals responsible for development and implementation of career academies. The resources are organized into sections that are each devoted to one of the following types of information resources: information indexes; search engines; World Wide Web portals for education; lesson plan…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Careers, Clearinghouses, Communications