Gen Y - Program and Curriculum Guide

Section II: Unit 7: Online Collaborative Learning

• Benefits and Types of Projects
• Exploring Online Projects
• Planning and Facillating Online Projects

Unit 7 contains:

• Overview
• The Gen Y View
• Project ideas
• Terms to know
• 8 Infopages (handouts, quizzes, scripts, etc. on CD-ROM and online)
• Standards
• Activities with Prioritized Objectives
• 3 Lesson Plans - for one or more classroom periods. Each with:
  • Materials
  • Pre-lesson checklist
  • Background information
  • Procedures
• Assessment (print and online)
• Activity extensions
• Related issues
• Teacher Toolkit
• Alternate activities if hardware is not working

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Sample Sections

Unit 7: Online Collaborative Learning Overview

�In this new global environment when you can e-mail a colleague in Japan or download a chapter of a book from Paris�we have many more opportunities to learn from each other. This new education era is defined by the freedom of information, a freedom that will surely enhance the power of individuals to make choices about their lives...this opportunity to learn from each other allows all of us to improve the education of all of our children.

It would be my hope that every elementary and secondary school in the United States, public and private, would establish a relationship with a school from another country to build these types of classroom to classroom connections. This would give all children a broader worldview, and I hope that it would encourage many more American children to learn a foreign language.�

�Richard Riley, Former Secretary of Education, April, 2000

Telecollaborative learning creates virtual classrooms�diverse classrooms in which educators and students from around the world work to integrate technology and connect or link their schools and students. Students have opportunities to gain cross-cultural communication skills, collaborative skills, critical thinking skills, and computer skills.

The fact that a majority of school classrooms are now connected to the Internet sets the stage for a revolution in learning. We can help students find information, gain knowledge, develop insight and understanding, solve problems, work collaboratively, and build relationships.

This unit introduces Gen Y students to the exciting world of online interactive learning�an opportunity we hope will spread to the rest of their learning community.

Activities & Prioritized Objectives

Following the completion of Unit 7, students will be able to:

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