Asia EdNet Tutorial - Module 5
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Working together - Collaborative
projects using the Internet |
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What are collaborative Internet projects? 
One of the best ways to learn about collaborative Internet projects is to explore examples of past projects. This section looks at some projects that have already been completed.
Task 1 - Looking at collaborative projects
Here are some links about a variety of collaborative projects, some small-scale and some quite ambitious. Some links contain a lot of information, some only a paragraph or two. Spend some time exploring them.
A Tasmanian school's links with a school in Indonesia
http://www.fahan.tas.edu.au/indonesia/indo.html
(Peter Lelong, Fahan School)
Tigers online
http://www.iearn.org/tigers/
(I*EARN)
Faces of war
http://www.araratcc.vic.edu.au/fow/faces.html
(Joanne Tate)
The Vietnam challenge
http://www.askasia.org/gateway_to_asia/gta_frm6.htm
(AskAsia, Asia Society)
Global youth forum
http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/gyf/index.htm
(oz-TeacherNet)
Global grocery list
http://landmark-project.com/ggl/
(David Warlick, The Landmark Project)
Writers in electronic residence
http://www.wier.ca/
(Writers' Trust of Canada)
First peoples
http://www.iearn.org.au/fp/efphome.htm
(I*EARN)
Project Atmosphere Australia
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/paa1/paa.htm
(Sel Kerans)
YouthCaN
http://www.youthcanworld.org/
(YouthCaN)
Make notes about the following questions.
- What, if anything, do these projects have in common?
- What are the outcomes of these projects?
- How long do the projects take?
- Which methods of communication are being used?
- Which projects could find a place in your own classroom practice?
There is a  print version of these questions available.
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Task 2 - Collaborative projects and the studies of Asia learning emphases
Choose one of the projects above which deals with Asia and make brief notes about the extent to which it could promote the studies of Asia learning emphases in the classroom.
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