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Schools Online collaborative projects create and support partnerships between people and institutions internationally, utilizing the power of the Internet to work together for the purpose of accomplishing a common objective. It is our hope that these experiences extend traditional classroom instruction. Schools Online understands that teachers must first develop their own capabilities to use technological tools for teaching and learning before transferring these skills to their students. In these featured collaborative projects, teachers' growth is fostered through technical skill building, professional development and project design. In many cases, the project objectives and activities are mapped to the curriculum that the teachers must teach. Through these and other projects, Schools
Online aims to increase the attention to and understanding of using
the Internet for project-based learning. It is our belief that this
type of education will greatly expand students' horizons and strengthen
their capacity to learn. Community Information Resource Center Azerbaijan Virtual
Classroom - IT, Learning And Changes Community Change: Language Arts / Computer Science Collaboration Project United
States Traditional
Organic Agriculture Practices Online "Traditional Organic Agriculture Practices Online" is a collaboration between Phonmee High School in Phon Song, Laos and Redstone Farm School in Panchgani, India to explore issues of traditional organic agricultural practices. Medicines
in Our Backyard India
Suriname "Medicines in our Backyard" is collaboration among 13 schools in 7 countries - India, Latvia, Macedonia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Slovenia and Suriname. In this project, teachers and students from these countries will collaborate to raise awareness about the medically precious plants found in the forests and other natural habitats around the earth and their value for human and economic development. Kids Video Collaboration Project
During the school year 1999-2000, teachers from eight countries worked together to develop an Internet-based, collaborative project about the environment called the "Kids Video Collaboration Project." Three aspects of the environment were explored: preservation, waste management, and showcase of national parks. To begin the project, each class created a video postcard of their school and hometown as a way to introduce themselves to the other students (see the clips above). Besides providing the opportunity to explore these topics with others from around the world, the teachers documented the use of the Internet for collaborative work among students worldwide. A 13-minute video, "Get on the Net and There We Are," documenting the process to develop this international collaborative project was produced. Doors Albania Natural Hazards and Public Schools in the Pacific In this project, Samoa College, a government high school in Samoa, will collaborate with James Campbell High School in Hawaii, to create an educational module for their peers on how to deal with risks associated with natural hazards. Each school will identify and analyze existing mechanisms for dealing with natural phenomena, with special interest in how their community is involved and served, and in how their school might be more effectively involved in the response system. Teachers will participate in the international program "Crowding the Rim" that aims to foster awareness of and concern for the consequences of natural hazards on the Pacific Rim communities. AIDSWEB African countries have been fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic with far fewer resources than are available in the industrialized world. Schools in these countries are in extreme need of more access to information and HIV prevention programs. To address this need, World Links, iEARN and Schools Online developed AIDSWEB. It is designed to demonstrate through its education-in-action focus that U.S. and African educators and youth working together via structured Internet collaboration will promote better health care and slow the spread of HIV/AIDS. Participating schools will develop projects that will address: cultural practices; prevention and stigma reduction strategies for women and youth; and strategies for the support for orphaned children with AIDS. In Zambia, Schools Online gave a computer system to Mumana Basic School in Lusaka to allow its participation in AIDSWEB. |
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