The projects described here were created by teachers who took a Summer Institute Class at the University of Missouri-Columbia during the summer of 1999. These are outlines of projects that these teachers plan to do during the 1999-2000 school year. They are posted here in the hopes that someone else may want to adjust these ideas and create their own curriculum based project. Although a grade level is suggested, most of these projects can be adapted to different grade levels.
We got ideas for projects from a book called Netlessons: Web-Based Projects For Your Classroom by Laura Parker Roerden (1997, Songline Studios, Inc. and O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.). Here is a summary of the Big 12 types of projects.
PIKE COUNTY LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT (Grades 3-5)
WHAT'S YOUR STAND? Presidential Candidates and Policy Predictions (College Students)
CIVIL WAR STUDIES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD (7-9th grade Social Studies)
PROJECT ONLINE CONFERENCE PLANNING (a method for conference planners to meet online)
VIETNAM WAR EXPERIENCE (High School and above)
COMPARING COUNTRY EXPERIENCES DURING THE COLD WAR (High School)
USES OF A CLASSROOM WEB PAGE (Elementary)
FAMILIES ARE ALL DIFFERENT (High School Family and Consumer Science)
ADVISING ATHLETES (High School Coaches)
COUNT YOUR PENNIES (Elementary)
UNDERSTANDING THE MIDDLE AGES THROUGH HISTORICAL FICTION (High School English)
PROJECTS FROM OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS
Some of the people who participated in Learning with Online Projects have been willing to let us post their projects here as well!
GRANDPARENT'S DAY (Elementary)