Race,
Gender and Student Achievement!
Part IV, Websites that integrate the
Internet into the classroom around issues of Diversity and
Multicultural Understanding
Hi guys! It's Wednesday again and I am
culminating the Race,
Gender and Student Achievement
series with K-12 websites that are interactive and integrate
the Internet into classroom projects about diversity and
multicultural understanding. I would also refer you back to
my resources list that was an early Wednesday Website titled Internet
Integration in the Classroom, to
the other diversity resources previously mentioned as well
as these general resource lists for this kind of
work:
I found a whole bunch of stuff via the
above resources:
Student
Ambassador Program
I found this link from one of
these student ambassadors: Straight
Talk about School -- great
site talking about gender, and other issues, in school
for and by students with links for educators.
Kidlink's
list of Special Projects for youths
10-15 are globally oriented, kid
centered and generally really interesting -- For example,
Kidlink's Family Heritage Project, Multicultural Calendar,
My Hero and Me projects, Virtual Trek in a Sumatran
Rainforest, etc.
Community
Share Web
"To demonstrate the positive impact that the Internet is
having on education, classrooms around the world are being
asked to create one or more web pages describing an aspect
of their local community that they are proud of. These
student created web pages will be available on-line and
searchable by school, city, project category and language.
Each month we will sponsor a new activity designed to
strengthen the bond between schools and their local
communities. Schools are also encouraged to take the next
step and participate in our featured International Schools
CyberFair web building and peer review
competition."
MayaQuest
"Takes your students on a real-time investigation of an
ancient civilization. Students interact with participating
archaeologists via the Internet! This project provides an
exciting way to teach about the ancient Maya and their
relationship to modern-day civilization. This is a great way
to teach research skills. Students pose questions and
research key issues as they receive updates from the field,
view site photos, and chat with kids around the
globe."
International
School Cyberfair
"At the core of ethical teaching is a respect for each
person as unique individual who together can contribute to a
healthy, functioning community. The theme of International
Schools CyberFair encourages schools and their communities
to use the Internet to share resources, establish
partnerships and work together to accomplish common
goals."
African
Odyssey Interactive
"The purpose of the African Odyssey Interactive (AOI)
website is to promote the interactive exchange of ideas,
information, and resources between artists, teachers, and
students of African art and culture."
Plugged-In
"Plugged In's mission is to bridge the technological gap
between East Palo Alto and the Silicon Valley. Located just
a few miles from the heart of Silicon Valley, East Palo Alto
is an ethnically diverse low-income community of 25,000 that
has been largely left behind in the economic boom that has
transformed neighboring communities in the past decades.
Plugged In offers a broad range of technology-related
services that allows all people in our community to take
advantage of the educational and economic opportunities
created by information technologies."
Elementary
Planet at the UN Cyberschoolbus
Westward
Ho!
Crossroads
Music Project
"Welcome to the Crossroads Classroom, the bridge between
Crossroads, Southern Routes, the Internet, and your
classroom. It is our hope that this pilot project may serve
as a model for the dual purposes of sharing limited
classroom resources and connecting with a large, diverse,
worldwide community through the Internet. The lessons in
this section were created for use in grades five through
eight (though they can easily be adapted for other grades)
and take advantage of the highly organized, well-researched
resources on the Smithsonian/Folkways' Crossroads CD (refer
to Guided Tour in the CD section of this site). The lessons
will guide you through those resources, exploring major
themes included on the CD. We hope these lessons will
inspire you to create your own lessons and to share these
and related ideas with your international community of
educators."
Let me know what else you find. Thanks!
Christina
ps> Don't miss the other parts of this
series:
- Race, Gender and Student
Achievement!
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