Learners Online

Each week, Learners Online publishes a new online lesson that takes learners on a thematic journey across cyberspace. Lessons are tied to current events and help learners extend their knowledge on a wide range of topics. Students become active participants as they construct their own understandings�the true vision of online learning.

ePals Global Learning Community™

The ePals Global Learning Community™ connects more than 9.6 million
educators and students in more than 132,000 classrooms across 200 countries
to school-safe collaborative projects. While membership is free, every
ePals member must create a profile that is approved by ePals staff before it
is posted to the online class database. Approved profiles are limited to K–12
teachers, parents, school officials and other supervisory adults. Forums are
available for Teacher Talk, Parent Talk and Student Talk. Conduct a search
to find a global project that fits your classroom curriculum. This year ePals
made its award-winning ePals SchoolBlog™ and ePals SchoolM@il™
technology tools, free to schools for use by students and teachers.
Web: http://www.epals.com/

iEarn Multimedia Guide

iEarn Multimedia Guide provides teachers with a step-by-step
procedure and detailed assistance for identifying and integrating online
collaboration projects into the classroom curriculum. The outline starts
with the educational goals of the existing curriculum and looks at the
standards that can be enhanced with the use of global collaboration. This
“how-to” guide includes ideas for designing new projects, finding global
partners and sharing project outcomes. Much of the time-consuming preparation,
forms and organizational tools are ready for download, including an
iEarn Buddy Support Contract, authentic assessment rubrics, and student
presentations and publications for existing iEarn global projects.

Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet

The Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration was developed to help teachers use the Internet to "reach out" globally. These materials were prepared as part of the Department of Education's International Education Initiative.

Jason Project

Operation: Resilient Planet puts students on a mission to investigate the health of our environment and discover how to protect our planet's ecosystems. Students will visit some of Earth's most diverse ecosystems to uncover the mysteries of our planet. Visit the National Geographic Site to sign up.