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The Collaboratory is an easy-to-use, web-based collaborative environment that enables teachers to develop innovative curricular projects in a framework for engaged learning that is activity-based, linked to Illinois Learning Standards and Goals, and provides for assessment. It is a supportive and secure environment that teachers use to meet their specific curricular needs. By removing technical barriers to accomplishing objectives and delivering services, the Collaboratory enables teachers to carry out significant and meaningful educational activities that would otherwise be technically impossible or prohibitively expensive. If you would like to see a student's-eye view of the Collaboratory, take the Cosmic Collaboratory tour (MacroMedia Flash 5.0 plug-in required). |
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| Collaboratory Resources provide the scaffolding teachers use to develop innovative curricular projects. | ||||
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The Cybrary (Cyber Library) enables teachers and students to identify, organize, and share Internet resources that support curricular activities. Teachers, librarians, and students can review and contribute useful URLs to a shared Cybrary or one they have created to meet their own needs. | |||
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MediaSpace makes it easy to share multimedia information, projects, and activities. Participants create “multimedia postcards” using text, graphics, sound, or video. MediaSpace is being used to support student projects and reports on a wide range of topics. | |||
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The Internet Book Club is used by students and teachers to share language arts activities. Students can post book reviews, stories, essays, original compositions, and poems. Teachers can find other teachers who are using the same books and plan online collaborative projects and discussions for their students. | |||
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The Survey Studio provides tools for creating and managing a wide range of online surveys and questionnaires. The data collected can be viewed as text or graphs and can be exported for use in a spreadsheet or database. | |||
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| Collaboratory Communities provide forums for sharing and discussing projects of common interest. | |||||
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The Nexus is a Collaboratory resource that enables people with common interests to come together to establish interactive on-line communities. Nexus Communities are composed of work areas where members create, share and discuss each other's work created using Web-based document templates. Work is shared with others through galleries. | ||||
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eZINEs are online multimedia publications that students use to share information, announce events, and publish stories, essays, and articles. eZINE articles are composed of text, graphics, sound, and video. | ||||
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Collaboratory Communication Services include messaging, instant messaging, discussion forums, invitations, announcements, and calendars to support collaboration among teachers and students. Automatic alerts and notifications keep participants up-to-date about activities, new projects, and events. Search capabilities enable participants to easily find other people and projects. |
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The Collaboratory Project provides Online Classes that you can take to learn how to develop a project using Collaboratory Resources and create accounts for your students so they can use Collaboratory Communication Services. Online classes can be taken whenever you need to learn how to use a resource or service. You can contact the Collaboratory Project about scheduling an Online Class as part of a school or district initiative. Online help and documentation are readily available. The Collaboratory's Ask an Expert puts you in touch with experienced Collaboratory participants who can help you with the technical and practical aspects of developing and supporting a project. Once you login to the Collaboratory, you can click on the Help button to view Ask an Expert. |
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Collaboratory Project © 2003 Northwestern University |
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Created: 6 June 2001 |