Internet Projects: Connecting Children with the World

       Internet projects are a collaborative learning experience between two or more classrooms in different locations that take place over the Internet. Internet projects allow children to communicate with other children from different areas of the world without leaving the classroom. In an Internet project students can share their observations and findings on a topic with other classrooms around the world.
    Here are some websites that offer collaborative Internet projects:

• Global Schoolhouse
• This website contains interactive projects designed so students worldwide can collaborate, communicate, and learn from each other.
• Project Centre
• This website allows you to sign up for telecollaborative projects, which provide students with real-world contexts such as opportunities to interact with experts and other professionals.
• iEarn
• This website contains over 150 projects that were designed by teachers to help foster critical thinking and research skills, cultural awareness, and community involvement.
• Flat Stanley: A Travel Buddy Project
• This website is an e-mail project based on the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. In this project classrooms can make their own Flat Stanleys and keep a journal that can be sent to other schools.