Encourage Student Writing -- Publish on the Web!
Publishing student writing encourages the reluctant writer, strengthens kids' self-confidence, rewards interest, and promotes a positive attitude toward literature. If your school is like most, however, you lack an easy and effective way of publishing your students' work. Now, help is as close as a mouse click away! Today, Education World writer Glori Chaika explores opportunities to publish student writing --and teacher writing-- on the Web.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Creating Rubrics: Tools You Can Use
"But I worked all night on that report! How could you give me a D?" Rubrics provide teachers with an objective method for evaluating skills that don't lend themselves to objective assessment methods and they help answer the age-old question, "What did I do to deserve *this* grade?" Learn how rubrics can guide your students and support your assessments. Included: Three online tools for creating rubrics.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Who Said That? A How-To for Citing Electronic Resources
Increasingly, students are using electronic resources for researching papers, projects, and reports. This week, Education World explores a variety of bibliographic styles for citing those resources. Included: Four mini style guides students can save --- and use!
GRADE LEVEL: 4-12

Teachers Learn from Looking Together at Student Work
School reformers say the way to improve education and accountability is by improving the way teachers and students look at student work. Today, Education World examines two collaborative approaches that teachers are using to look at student work. Included: Tips for looking at student work.
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers

COPPA Plea: Keep Kids Safe Online
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) requires Web site operators to obtain *verifiable* parental permission to collect personal information from children younger than 13. How will that affect the online activities students participate in at school? Education World has the answers! Included: Online resources to help you and your students understand the issues --- and the law!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Meet Bernie Dodge -- the Frank Lloyd Wright of Learning Environments!
Why were WebQuests developed? Why should teachers use them? What does the future hold for educational technology? WebQuest creator Bernie Dodge answers those questions and more in this week’s Education World e-interview.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

SESD Teacher Resources
Created by Peter Arthur of Saskatoon East School Division in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, the SESD Teacher Resources site features a host of well-researched and annotated links to Internet projects, WebQuests, virtual tours, Internet scavenger hunts for teachers and students, cool student sites and information on multiple intelligences.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

The World Is Your Classroom!
"The Internet overcomes limitations of time and space," said the authors of Collaboration: How to Find, Design, and Implement Collaborative Internet Projects. Find out how your students can work with students from around the world, access up-to-the-minute research data, talk to real subject matter experts, and participate in online discussions, chats, and forums. Experience the magic of the global classroom - from the comfort of your own!
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

The MOO: A Virtual Reality Learning Environment
If you think a MOO is just a soft sound emanating from a barnyard, then you haven't visited the exciting virtual learning environment of an educational MOO - where teachers and students hold conferences, collaborate on projects, attend sessions hosted by experts, and build virtual learning environments. Isn't it time you dropped in? Included: Tips for successful MOOing.
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers

Keypals and Penpals
Each week, Education World's 'Great Sites for Teaching About…' page highlights Web sites to help educators work timely themes into their lessons. This week's sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about keypals and penpals.
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project: Project-Based Learning With Multimedia
The Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project is an innovative approach to learning and assessment in which students research, design, and create a multimedia project. The site offers support resources for starting such a program and includes assessment rubrics, curriculum activities, technical guides, and project examples. (11/01/99)
GRADE LEVEL: 1-12 and Professionals

Log On and Learn More: Ten On-Line Projects to Enhance Your Curriculum
Looking for ways to introduce technology into your classroom without losing valuable teaching time? Look no further! Education World has found ten terrific on-line projects to incorporate into your curriculum. (10/4/99)
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

You've Got E-Mail --- But Can You Make It *Really* Deliver?
So you want to do a classroom project on-line? Don't even think about hitting that *Send* button until you read this article! Author and educator Judi Harris has strong opinions about what it takes to create a valuable on-line project --- and this week she shares her thoughts with Education World. Included: Ten tips for completing telecollaborative projects successfully and a link to a story that includes ten projects that might get Harris's stamp of approval! (10/4/99)
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers

The Project Approach
The Project Approach is a project based educational method where students learn by collaboratively investigating themes. The site outlines the theory behind this innovative approach to learning and gives some excellent tips and ideas for creating fun and engaging projects in your classroom. (09/01/99)
GRADE LEVEL: Pre-K-5

www4teachers
At www4teachers you can find out more about how other teachers are using technology in their classrooms, get advice from technology experts, research technology based lesson plans, and more. (05/01/99)
GRADE LEVEL: Professionals

Getting Started on the Internet: The Key to Keypal Success!
Keypals (computer keyboard pen pals) are a popular tool for developing students' communication, language, and keyboarding skills -- and more! The key to keypal success lies in careful planning and commitment. Included: What teachers are doing to create successful keypal exchanges, and online resources to help teachers locate keypals! (3/22/99)
GRADE LEVEL: Teachers

Ed's Oasis
Ed's Oasis was created to help teachers integrate the Internet into their classrooms as a tool for teaching and learning. The site includes lesson plans, site reviews, a discussion group, contests, and more! (02/01/99)
GRADE LEVEL: K-12

Millenium Project
This is a mediated forum for discussions of the role of technology in education. Users can post questions, supply answers, or read other responses. (08/01/98)
GRADE LEVEL: Professionals