Finding Collaborative Projects on the Web

Web Sites with Lists of Collaborative Projects

Below are sites which contain information about Collaborative Projects which are open for you to join. Each site is organized a little differently so ask your instructor for assistance if you are not sure what to do. There is a lot of material here to go through so you may wish to bookmark this site and return to it outside of the workshop if you don't get to review everything.

Global SchoolNet's Project Registery - List of projects organized by the month in which they start.
Global SchoolNet's Sponsored Projects - Special projects which GSN or other corporations are sponsoring
Houghton Mifflin's Project Center - Another site to post your project or find other people's projects.
TERC's Testbed for Telecollaboration - Four Community Web Projects from TERC.
EnviroNet: Monitoring Projects for 1998-99 - Data collection projects on topics from acid rain to watersheds.
Kansas Collaborative Research Network- A variety of environmental projects.
EduWeb: Projects in the United Kingdom - Searchable database of projects.
European School Project - Another project posting site, good for European partners.
Australian Curriculum Projects Registry - Good site for posting projects to an International audience.
KidProj - Small listing of projects.
Nick Nacks Tellecollaborations - Small listing of projects but links to many other sites that list collaborative projects.
Math Forum's Class 2 Class Projects - Math projects
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections - Click on "Browse IECC Projects" (slow to download)
Blue Web'n Projects - Projects sorted by subject area

Educational Listservs Where Projects are Posted

Below are links to educational listservs (mailing lists) which provide another method for finding out about Collaborative Projects. Once you subscribe to the listserv you will begin to receive email from the list. Hopefully some of the messages will be postings concerning up-coming Collaborative Projects you can join.

List of Educational Listservs - Good ones on this list are: MIDDLE-L, EDTECH and EDNET.
More Educational Listservs - More of the same.
HILITES Mailing List - One of the the best mailing lists for finding out about K-12 projects.
Classroom Connect's Mailing List - Good listserv to be on for finding out about projects as well as other K-12 information.
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections - Can join separate mailing lists for projects or K-12 discussions.
CIESE Listserv - Join our own new listserv to find out about projects and other great Internet resources!

Finding Keypals

Below are links to sites where you can go to find keypals with whom your students can communicate.

ePALS - A great source for linking up with other classrooms. Use their search feature to find a class in a particular part of the world, grade level, or subject of study.
Classroom Connect Teacher Search - Find teachers around the world by subject area or grade level.
Web66 International School Web Site Registry - Find schools at any location around the world
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections - Click on "Browse IECC" (slow to download)