Sites

Oz Projects
http://www.ozprojects.edna.edu.au/sibling/home
This Australian site celebrates online curriculum projects and the world of unique learning 
opportunities.

Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/start
Create an account and start a blog.

Global Classroom Projects
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gc/projects.htm
All Global Classroom projects are linked to the curriculum, with each project identifying relevant 
strands in at least one key learning area.

Poet Online
http://www.poetonline.com/index2.html
Site featuring regular selections of poems that convey feelings of love, friendship, 
humour and inspiration. You can also email a poem to someone you know.

Forking Story
http://www.avnet.co.uk/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/tesspub/story.cgi?next=1&chapter=0
Register and contribute your own chapter to this story.

Ask An Expert Links
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/aussieed/askanexpert.htm
Links to over 40 sites which have Ask An Expert facilities.

Yahoo Ask An Expert Links
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/Ask_an_Expert/
Directory listings of Ask An Expert sites.

School Blogs
http://www.schoolblogs.com/
Create your own blog and read about blogs.

Travel Buddies
http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/old_oz-teachernet/projects/travel-buddies/
A Travel Buddy can be a soft toy or a puppet. You give the toy a name and welcome it into your class, 
find a partner school and post the travel buddy to your partner class. 
While the buddy is away you stay in touch using e-mail.

Information Age Writing Tips
http://www.businesswritingtips.com/wbwt/tip51.htm
Here are some tips for writing in the Information Age.

Email Projects Home Page
http://www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm
Range of email writing projects for students to join. 
Read student emails from around the world about all the latest projects and join a project.

The Young Writers Club
http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html
This club aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative pastime by 
getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities.

KidsPub
http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/
More than 40,000 stories written by kids from all over the planet and contribute your own.

Listen and Write
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm
Teaches you how to improve your poetry writing skills and submit your poems.

Kid Authors
http://www.kidauthors.com/
Here you can share your stories and poems with people around the world, including your friends and 
family. 
You can also read stories and poems written by kids around the world.

Zuzu
http://zuzu.org/
Read and submit your stories to this online magazine.

Creative Writing 4 Kids
http://www.creativewriting4kids.com/
Become a member and you can read stories and submit your own.

Amazing Kids eZine
http://www.amazing-kids.org/ezine_11/ez.html
Online magazine that seeks student writing and editors.

Global Schoolnet
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html
Organisation dedicated to partnering with schools, communities and businesses to provide collaborative 
education and cultural learning activities that prepare students for the workforce and help them to 
become literate and responsible global citizens.

Keypals International
http://www.worldkids.net/clubs/kci/keypals2.html
Register and find keypals to exchange information or join in projects.

Email Netiquette Rules
http://homepages.ius.edu/DSCHWEI2/email/rules.htm
When using email, you must learn to use email rules.  These rules are called netiquette.  
Here are a few email rules that can help you.

Netiquette for email
http://dotsafe.eun.org/www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/ds_main_/content4ca3.html?ov=13455&lang=en
Basic guidelines for netiquette with regard to e-mail, chat rooms, discussion boards and newsgroups.

Basic Netiquette for All Online Participation
http://dl.stcsc.edu/netiquette.htm
The following are basic rules to be observed while interacting with others in online.

Teacher Reference

Email Writing Tips
http://www.patsula.com/esltown/
Here are some quick tips for good email style.

Knowing Write from Wrong
Exploring Common Writing Errors in the Electronic Communications Age
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20041210friday.html

E-mail Opens Up A World of Possibilities
http://fno.org/apr01/email.html
Article about email in the classroom from "From Now On" The Educational Technology Journal.

Using E-mail in the Language Arts Curriculum
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/chuck.htm
This article makes suggestions for using email in the classroom English program.

E-Mail Keypals for Language Fluency
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/%7Etrobb/keypals.html
This article provides information about keypal exchanges and how to get your learners using email 
effectively with another class. 

Writing Prompts and Journal Topics
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html
List of scenarios useful for stimulating writing.

52 Writing Prompts
http://www.writersdigest.com/writingprompts.asp
Collection of idea joggers and brain starters for writing.

Epals
http://www.epals.com/
Provider of student email and collaborative technology.

Education Place Project Centre
http://www.eduplace.com/projects/index.html
View and join a variety of projects across the curriculum or submit your own.

Kidsproj
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/projects.html
Links to several collaborative projects. Many of these projects also welcome participants at any time 
of the year.

IECC Listserv
http://www.iecc.org/
IECC is a free service to help teachers link with partners in other cultures and countries for email 
classroom pen-pal and other project exchanges.

What Happens In A Book Rap?
http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/       etc
A Book Rap is a book discussion conducted via electronic mail. 
Individuals or groups of students from across the country or around the world can discuss the 
scheduled books.

Steps in the Travel Buddy Project
http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/      etc
A Travel Buddy can be a soft toy or a puppet. You give the toy a name and welcome it into your class, 
find a partner school and post the travel buddy to your partner class. 
While the buddy is away you stay in touch using e-mail.

Publishing Web Pages
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/why.htm
The why and how of publishing web pages.

Collaborative Projects on the Web
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/cyberteacher/findingprojects.html
Sites which contain information about collaborative projects which are open for teachers and 
students to join.

CIESE Global Projects
http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/collabprojs.html
Collection of Collaborative projects. 

Connecting & Communicating
http://www.saskschools.ca/%7Eqvss/technology/2connect.htm
Tutorials on how to set up online projects in the classroom using email.

Combating Net Nasties in your Classroom 
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/nasties/index.htm
How to keep up-to-date with current acts of Internet vandalism and strategies in place to combat 
them. 

Weblogs in the Classroom
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/
Extensive list of links relating to the educational value and use of blogs in the classroom.

Weblogs: The Possibilities Are Limitless!
http://anvil.gsu.edu/NECC2004/
All about the educational possibilities of Weblogs.

weblogg-ed
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
Spend some time here and with any luck you'll meet a dedicated community of edubloggers and find 
out why we think the Read/Write Web is going to transform the way teachers teach and 
students learn.

Elementary School Weblogs
http://anvil.gsu.edu/NECC2004/stories/storyReader$17
Examples of existing weblogs created by school students.

Educational Bloggers Network
http://www.ebn.weblogger.com/
eBN is a collaborative of teachers and organizations using weblogs in education.

ESL Weblogs
http://anvil.gsu.edu/NECC2004/stories/storyReader$21
Examples of existing weblogs created by ESL students.

Acceptable Use Policy Example
http://www.campbell.pvt.k12.ca.us/handbook/tech_policy.asp
Example of an Acceptable Use Policy and Technology Use Agreement containing rules and guidelines
when using technology.

Thanks Charlie
www.PrimarySchool.com.au
Fantastic newsletter each week - like this one!