Creating Your Own Internet Project (Taken from Classroom Connect, 1997)

1. Plan. Think about your curriculum goals. What content do you want your students to learn about and can an online project be used as a resource? What skills do you want to teach or enrich? 2. Become familiar with different types of Internet projects. Interpersonal exchanges and correspondence Informational gathering Collaborative problem solving and competition 3. Go online and see how other teachers are structuring their projects. 4. Figure out the type, topic, and content for your project. 5. Design your project with specific tasks and outcomes. 6. Set beginning and ending dates for your project. Give plenty of lead time. 7. Give your project a test run. 8. Design your call for collaboration. Be sure to include: project name, date, purpose, subjects, grade levels, summary, # of participants, project coordinator, and how to register. Try to give some incentive for participating such as posting the information on the Internet. 9. Post your call for collaboration at least 5 weeks before the start date. 10. Enlist and train students to help you out. 11. At the project's conclusion, share the results of the project with all participants. 12. Analyze what went right and wrong and why.

Tips for project builders •Keep your first project short and simple. •Make your project name catchy, descriptive, and simple. •Require potential participants to be as specific as possible about their intentions. •Include the number of participants you desire in your Call for Collaboration if you are limiting participants. •Have stand-by participants in case someone drops out. •Be flexible in your deadlines.

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