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Chapter 4
Manifest Destiny
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/dialogues/prelude/manifest/manifestdestiny.html
Manifest Destiny is a page hosted by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), which includes a collection of illustrated essays and interviews that explore various experiences and significances of westward expansion. Perspectives include those of white Americans, Native Americans, and Mexicans.
From Revolution to Reconstruction
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/manifest/manifxx.htm
From Revolution to Reconstruction, developed and maintained by the Department of Humanities and Computing at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, includes this hypertext exploration of manifest destiny. The essays are fairly critical, though the last piece tries to justify the philosophy as "human nature."
Manifest Destiny: The Dragoon Expeditions
http://www.nps.gov/fosc/mandest.htm
This part of the National Park Services' Fort Scott Web site provides a government-sponsored historical discussion of expeditions along the Oregon Trail. The content here is decidedly uncritical and uncelebratory of westward expansion or the manifest destiny philosophy.
John L. O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/osulliva.htm
This website is an online version of O'Sullivan's powerful 1839 speech exclaiming the U.S. destiny to fill the continent with its freedoms and equality. Its lack of attention to westward expansion's impact on Native Americans' freedom and equality illustrates a lack of philosophical and actualized consistency in the application of supposed U.S. rights, making it a great individual tool for encouraging critical thinking skills.
Manifest Destiny 1841-1848
http://www.madbbs.com/~rcw/US_History/manifest_destiny.htm
This site was created in 1998 by a high school teacher. It contains a directory of links to other online resources on the topic.
Interactive Teaching and Learning
Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
The Math Forum Project hosts this interactive feature encouraging teachers and students to send questions about math or math problems to its expert panel of mathematicians. The site includes a list of frequently asked questions and an archive of previous questions and answers.
Ask an Expert
http://www.askanexpert.com/
Pitsco Innovative Education has recruited the most complete and diverse collection of content area experts on the World Wide Web. The site allows teachers or students to direct questions regarding virtually any topic to an expert in the respective field.
Chabad-Lubavitch in Cyberspace: Ask Your Question
http://www.chabad.org/question.htm
This Web site, hosted by the educational wing of the Lubavitch movement, devotes an entire section to encouraging users to send questions on Judaism. When I wrote in, I received a reply in less than one week.
Eyewitness: A North Korean Remembers
http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/eyewit.htm
This is the online autobiography of Kim Young Sik, a North Korean participant in the Korean War. Read his stories and e-mail him questions and comments.
iEARN
http://www.igc.apc.org/iearn/
The International Education and Resource Network connects young people around the world to work collaboratively on social and global issues. The site includes a section for teachers and descriptions of current projects.
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections
http://www.iecc.org
The IECC (Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections) mailing lists are provided by St. Olaf College as a free service to help teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen pal and project exchanges.
International Kids' Space
http://www.kids-space.org/
Kids' Space is an interactive site where kids can share their stories, poetry, and art with peers around the world.
Meet Matthew
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~ctech/matt.htm
Matthew Slater, an 8-year-old Australian student, created this page to help educate other students about his disability, cerebral palsy. He invites visitors to e-mail him with questions and comments.
Multicultural Community Forums
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/pavboard/pavboard.html
The Multicultural Pavilion's discussion forums host ongoing dialogues about multicultural education theory and practice.
NASA Quest: Meet NASA People
http://quest.nasa.gov/services/people.html
NASA gives students and teachers opportunities to interact with a variety of folks under several programs, including "Space Team Online," "Women of NASA," and "Space Scientists Online."
Sidney Finkel's Page
http://members.aol.com/ghetto1942/
This Holocaust survivor tells his story and invites discourse from his site's visitors.
YOUTH! Be Yourself
http://www.youth-guard.org/youth/
The youth lists establish an outlet for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and straight supportive youth ages 25 and under to talk with one another concerning such issues as coming out, schools, parents, friends, relationships, and other gay-related and non-gay-related youth issues.
Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Band-Aides and Blackboards
http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/fleitas/contents.html
Joan Fleitas is using the Web to collect and share the educational experiences and stories of students with chronic illnesses. This site educates other students, as well as teachers and parents, on chronic illness and related experiences.
Cyberkids Connection
http://www.cyberkids.com/
According to this site, "Cyberkids Connection is a virtual place for kids to share their thoughts and ideas with each other. Cyberkids readers from all over the world are forming a global community which we hope will improve communication and understanding among all the world's kids."
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme
EMME, published twice per year, includes articles and essays about promising practices and prevailing theories and philosophies related to multicultural education.
Flat Stanley Project
http://www.enoreo.on.ca/flatstanley/
Flat Stanley connects teachers and students in an international, interactive activity by facilitating the exchange of writing and cultural learning through a unique educational process.
International Gallery of Children's Art
http://www.papaink.org/gallery/home/index.html
PapaInk, a nonprofit organization dedicated to youth art, exhibits its archives of art by children around the world. Exhibit your students' work!
KIDLINK
http://www.kidlink.org
This site facilitates global dialogue among grade school children; it also offers resources to encourage parent/teacher collaborations.
KidPub
http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/
Children can add their writing to this collection of over thirty-six thousand stories submitted by young writers around the world. KidPub also includes a twenty-five-thousand-member pen pal exchange.
Kids Philosophy Slam
http://www.philosophyslam.org/
Based in Minnesota, this online program gives students a voice by hosting and posting "slam" events. Students "sound off" on contemporary philosophical and social issues such as the war in Iraq.
KidsCom
http://www.kidscom.com
KidsCom is an educational, interactive Web site for kids with plenty to keep them busy learning. Kids can "go around the world" and learn about different cultures, share their experiences and stories through different interactive forums, or play games (mostly educational) online.
New Mobility's Interactive Café
http://www.newmobility.com/
Hosting over a million visitors per month, Interactive Café is "the largest community on the web for disability news, resources and culture." It includes an online magazine, a message board, chat rooms, links, a jobline, and a bookstore.
Voices! Multicultural Poetry Journal
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/voices.html
Part of the Multicultural Pavilion, this site publishes poetry and other creative writing about multicultural issues, identity, and teaching, written by and for educators. Submit your writing or learn from the experiences and voices of others.
Voices of Women Journal and Resource Guide
http://www.voiceofwomen.com/
Voices of Women is an online collection of writing by women about, and for, women. Users are encouraged to contribute to the project by sharing their stories, information, and resources.
Collaborative Teaching and Learning
Active Learning Principles for Schools
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/
The Harvard Graduate School of Education hosts this virtual community of educators working toward the improvement of schools. It includes several tools for helping educators reflect on their teaching practice, then connect with other educators engaging in the same process.
ATLAS Communities
http://www.atlascommunities.org/
Through electronic newsletters and online chats, ATLAS is connecting teachers at all levels who are determined to work together to forge new learning atmospheres and greater understanding of student needs among educators and academics.
Collaborative Lesson Archive
http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/
Sponsored by the University of Illinois, this is an archive of lesson plans ranging across all subjects and age groups. Search for a lesson on a particular topic or for a specific age group, or submit one of your own.
The Creative Connections Project
http://www.ccproject.org/
CCP links teachers and students around the world for collaborative learning experiences.
The Global Schoolhouse
http://www.gsn.org/
Global Schoolhouse hosts several collaborative teaching opportunities to engage students in the active exchange of information and knowledge. Current projects include "Field Trips," in which students exchange information about trips they have taken and "Online Expeditions" in which students take virtual trips to destinations around the world.
Multicultural Passport
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/passport/lessonplan/lessonindex.htm
Compiled and created collaboratively by teachers from Jefferson County, Colorado, Passport is a compendium of multicultural lesson plans and ideas arranged by subject area, region, and identity dimension.
Nicknacks Telecollaborate Site
http://telecollaborate.net/
This site facilitates educational collaboration among teachers in the "global" classroom by sponsoring a lesson plan exchange, hosting discussion forums, and connecting educators who are looking for collaborative opportunities.
Pedagonet
http://www.pedagonet.com
This site includes a database of lesson plans from which to pull or to which to contribute resources as well as a forum for requesting plans and resources on a specified topic.
Tapped In
http://www.tappedin.sri.com/
This community of over seven thousand K-16 teachers works collaboratively on a wide range of projects. They work together toward professional development and develop collaborative programs between their students.
Teachers Helping Teachers
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
Scott Mandel hosts this site connecting educators through shared resources including book reviews, a chat line, and lesson plans.
Student Engagement
Bats
http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/welcome.html
This thematic unit was designed by a team of educational technology experts from the Contra Costa County Office of Education and the Oakland Unified School District. It combines literature, art, text, and photographs to present an interdisciplinary look at bats.
Cybrary of the Holocaust
http://remember.org/
This online multimedia library of resources on the Holocaust includes photographs, a teacher's guide, poetry, and myriad other diverse learning experiences for both teachers and students.
Educational Web Adventures
http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php
EduWeb has developed a series of online learning adventures to support the idea that active learning is based on adventure and discovery. All of these multimedia adventures are organized into categories, including "Art and Art History," "Science and Nature," and "History and Geography."
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
This online museum of "science, art, and human perception" includes hundreds of interactive multimedia exhibits. Students can step through activities that cover the science behind various sports, the solar cycle, robots, and seemingly everything else.
Frogland
http://allaboutfrogs.org/
This site combines a host of active learning opportunities for students to learn about frogs. The multimedia resources on Frogland include a virtual dissection kit, audio clips of frog sounds, and a collection of photographs.
FunBrain.com
http://www.funbrain.com/
FunBrain combines a plethora of active learning opportunities for K-8 students, including games, puzzles, and fun quizzes. The site incorporates audio and visual effects to actively engage students in learning about a wide range of topics.
GLOBE
http://www.globe.gov/
The GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program consists of a worldwide network of students and teachers from more than eight thousand schools in more than eighty-five countries who work with scientists to learn more about environmental issues. Participants are asked to research, observe, and report on environmental conditions near their schools. That information is then shared with the rest of the network via the Web.
The Greatest Places
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/greatestplaces/
The Greatest Places is an impressive collection of tours and information about the Amazon, Greenland, Iguazu, Madagascar, Namib, Okavango, and Tibet. Tours include various text features and photographs as well as discussion forums.
The Heart: An Online Exploration
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
The Franklin Institute Science Museum developed this "tour" of the heart that includes stops at all related parts of the body's machinery. A textual history of heart science, along with relevant learning activities, is also included.
Life from Antarctica 2
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica2/
Students can take part in a virtual expedition to Antarctica through the text, film, graphics, and photography of this multimedia site. A discussion forum and teacher resources are also provided.
The Odyssey
http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/index.html
Viant sponsors this worldwide trek, guiding students and teachers around the world from the comfort of their own classrooms. The trek is broken into stages, taking participants through India, China, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Mexico.
United Nations Cyber School Bus (see Figure 4.3)
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
The United Nations hosts this colorful multimedia virtual tour page. The site also includes lessons and materials on global issues, human rights, the environment, and poverty.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Online Exhibitions
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/index.php?content=online/
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., remains one of the most popular and powerful museums in the country. This collection of multimedia online exhibits includes "The Holocaust in Greece," "Life Reborn: Jewish Displaced Persons, 1945 – 1951," "Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto," and "The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936."
Virtual Creatures
http://k-2.stanford.edu/
The National Science Foundation funds this new project from Stanford University. Through three-dimensional images, online adventures, and graphic-aided visualizations, students can literally examine creatures inside and out.
Virtual Field Trips Site
http://www.field-trips.org/vft/index.htm
This site serves as a "jumping off point" for many virtual fieldtrips to areas and events of geographic and scientific interest including deserts, volcanoes, hurricanes, and oceans.
Willoughby Wanderings
http://schoolcentral.com/willoughby/
Educators at Willoughby Elementary School created this set of interactive educational math resources. The site includes brainteasers, math drills, and tutorials.