Welcome to the Internet Applications for Educators Workshop

Instructors

• Mercedes McKay -- mckaym@email.njin.net
• C.J. DeSantis -- desantis@k12science.stevens-tech.edu
• Josh Baron -- jbaron@interport.net

General Information

Workshop Response Form

K12partnership Main Web Site

Web sites from the NJSSI program

Surfing Safari -- Practise your basic Internet skills while visiting educational web sites!

Why Use the Internet? -- Presentation for use in Turnkey Training

What is the Internet? -- Presentation for use in Turnkey Training

Using the Internet as a Communications Tool -- Linking with Experts

• The Ask An Expert Page
• San Jose State University Dept. of Meteorology
• Florida State University
• List of Universities on-line

Using the Internet as a Communications Tool -- Collaborative Projects

Examples

• Example #1 -- The Water Sample Project
• Example #2 -- The International Boiling Point Project
• Example #3 -- Genetic's Project: Dominant vs. Recessive Traits

Finding Projects You Can Join

• Global SchoolNet's Project Registry
• Global SchoolNet's Sponsored Projects
• Nick Nacks Collaborative Project Sites
• TERC's Testbed for Telecollaboration
• EnviroNet: Monitoring Projects for 1997-98
• Collaborative Projects that deal with Rivers
• CLEO (Collaborative Learning Environments On-line)
• Aussie SchoolHouse
• Global Classroom Project
• oz-TeacherNet Project
• E-Mail Discussion Lists and Electronic Journals

NJNIE Sponsored Collaborative Projects

• NoonDay Project
• 1997-98 Global Water Sampling Project
• The Global Temperature Project
• International Boiling Point Project
• Water Use Survey
• Projects develops by the Stevens SSI teachers

Developing your own collaborative project

• Steps to Designing a Collaborative Project

Using the Internet for Realtime Data

• The Stowaway Adventure

Using real-time data from ships at sea students analyze and solve a real world problem with mathematics and science.

• The Earthquake Module

Use real-time global earthquake data to learn about plate techtonics.

• The Bayonne Weather Lesson and the One Connection Classroom

See how students at the Midtown Community School use the Internet to study current weather around the country. Also learn how their teacher was able to use her one connection to allow all of her students to be able to work with real-time satellite images.

• Where in the World is Cynthia San Francisco?

This project will send your students on a real world scientific investigation in which they will use Internet based resources to solve the crime of the century. For a two week period, your students will receive clues which will lead them to the location of the United States' leading nuclear physist, Cynthia San Francisco, who has recently been kidnapped by a hostile organization. These clues will come from real-time weather data, such as satellite images, weather stations and current weather maps. Students will use interactive weather web sites in conjunction with the clues to determine the location of Dr. San Francisco.

• The Gulf Stream: A Real Time Investigation
• CoVis Weather Curriculum

Some of the Internet's best weather related curriculum activities.

Internet Safety

• Safety Information

Other Compelling Projects/Resources

• NIE Resource Page
• The Compelling Projects Page
• Internet Software