| Characteristics
of Internet Projects |
- Students develop links with other students or experts outside of
their school environment for a specific purpose and specific period of
time.
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- Project goals and timelines are clearly defined.
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- Students create and share their work, research or questions via the
Internet
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- Student activities involve collaboration with other students/people
outside their school
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- Projects engage
students in classrooms at different locations in collaborative work to
solve a common problem or to explore a common topic.
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- Projects
usually
involve some sort of data collection, collaboration or exchange of
information between classes or schools from other areas, states or
countries.
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- There is an
exchange of information between the participants. (Interpersonal
exchange, Information collection and analysis, and Problem Solving)
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- Projects can cross international and cultural boundaries, making
students aware of other cultures and their environments and problems.
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- This is an instructional approach that uses
project-based learning with Internet resources.
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