This comprehensive guide provides an 11-step process for planning and implementing successful online collaborative projects as well as explanations of various types of online collaborations, useful tools and resources, and more.

Using a variety of science topics, these projects link your class with classes around the world in data collection and analysis. There are projects recommended for all grade levels. Begin dates and end dates are listed to help in...

Today's students love chatting online with friends. This instructional activity combines that love with literature. Students form literature circles and have meaningful online discussions about a literary work.

This site presents projects for individual classrooms and collaborative projects that can be done with other classes or schools. Most of these are science projects.

In this learning module, the user will understand how believing in and using common stereotypes can get in the way of working together. It also offers an exercise on stereotyping.

Storm Board is an online brainstorming tool. Users can work collaboratively to put 'sticky notes' on a bulletin board, then organize them and assign them colours. Additional suggestions are offered from Edistorm based on what you post....

Alberta's early history is presented for students in this website covering pre-contact native people's history and fur trade exploration. Teachers looking to incorporate audio in organized lesson plans will like this website prepared by...

Use this tutorial to better understand these two popular Microsoft programs.

Teachers can start this project at any time and no registration is required. Students collect data about water usage for themselves, their homes and their class. They analyze it, make predictions about it, and submit the data to the...

We will all encounter situations where we need to work with a group of people, whether in class, business, or socially. This slideshow reviews the different types of groups and the roles each person plays in group discussions....

What do you know about phoneme activities for collaborative classrooms? This site will show how to develop your own activities to sharpen your students phonemic awareness skills. This informative resource will support any teacher's work...

Students use social networking sites to trace the development of characters by assuming the persona of a character on the class Ning and sending a set number of tweets, or status updates.

This online workshop for integrating technology in the classroom features topics on how to use the Internet for educational purposes. Content includes a full explanation, demonstrations, explorations, and guidelines for implementation....

This clearinghouse is a central place where you can find collaborative projects from across the globe to bring into your classroom. It contains field trips, online expeditions, geo-games, etc.

An excellent site that supports school libraries which includes tools for both elementary and secondary students. Choose the appropriate level to find resources on citing sources, research process, choosing research resources, finding...

In this lesson, students read about types of housing in different nations, the housing issues faced in these areas of the world, and how Habitat for Humanity has been able to help. Students conduct online research and work in groups to...

Teachers can enroll their class in this online 'Science-athon.' Students design and build a solar collector, and over a period of several days, collect data and enter it into an online database.

Tool that makes it easy to collaborate on a project. Users can incorporate images, music, video, and web resources.

This is a huge collection of ideas for using Web 2.0 technology tools in the classroom for all grade levels. The ideas were contributed by many teachers from around the world.

A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...

A comprehensive guide to integrating media-making into a science classroom provides an engaging way for students to demonstrate knowledge and build 21st-century learning skills. Supplies tools for teachers to make science-based media,...

Human-Genetics: A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait allows you to collect data and share your results with students around the world. Register your class, complete the student survey, participate in discussion boards, and interact...

Join the online community of indigenous students from nations around the world and/or view work from students that center around issues relating to indigenous children.

This is a fairly sophisticated series of writing guides. It assumes that users already have a solid grasp of spelling, grammar and mechanics, so it focuses more on organization and types of presentation than on more basic skills....