Inspired by the work of Dr. Judi Harris, University of Texas, Austin
Virtual Architecture: Curriculum-Based Telecomputing Projects. 1998.
http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/

Alan November: Empowering Students with Technology. 2001.
"As children grow up, they have a developmental need to know that they can make a difference and be productive in society. Using communications tools to add value to the world is one way to teach students that they can make a difference and that their work is important" (p. 34).

Keypals:
Intercultural Email Classroom Connections: http://www.iecc.org/
Puckapunyal Primary School, Victoria, Australia: http://puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/

Cinderella Variant Lesson Plan - 5th-grade

Global Classroom:
Children's Literature Discussions (LRC 480: Preservice Teachers): http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/polis/spring00/Course-Homesite.cgi?LRC_480-5

Online Mentors:
Discussion Graduate Library Students and Library Practioners (IRSL 696d):
http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/polis/summer201/Course-Homesite.cgi?IRLS_696d-1
Electronic Emissary (pairing classes with subject-area experts): http://emissary.ots.utexas.edu/emissary/index.html
Ask-An-Expert: http://www.askanexpert.com/

Ideas and Inventions (Science) Lesson Plan - 3rd-grade

Student Publishing:
Gale Elementary School Classroom Menu: http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/Gale/Pages/Classmenu.html

Database Creation:
Multicultural Calendar: http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/

Electronic Fieldtrips:
The Quest Channel: http://quest.classroom.com/
Sabino Canyon Web Site: http://personal.riverusers.com/~sabinocanyon/quest.html

Information Searches:
Book-of-the-Month Treasure Hunt: http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/Gale/Pages/Library/LibraryTH.html

Parallel Problem-Solving:
Invention Challenge: http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/Gale/Pages/Himmelstein/Him5.html

Social Action Projects:
Global Classroom: http://www.orillas.org/
Global Art: http://www.iearn.org/projects/senseofcaring.html

Peace Poetry/Art Lesson Plan - 4th-grade

Jim Cummins & Dennis Sayers: Brave New Schools: Challenging Cultural Illiteracy through Global Learning Networks. 1995
"Collaborative teaching via networking enabled educators to provide feedback to each other, the type of feedback that encouraged them to reflect upon the way they conducted teaching in their classrooms. It also encouraged teachers to reflect on how their teaching could contribute to beneficial social change in their communities and societies" (p. 128).

Diane Skorupski, Teacher-Librarian, Van Buskirk Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
dskorups@tusd.k12.az.us or dskorup@theriver.com

Judi Moreillon, Literacy Coach, Van Buskirk Elementary School, Tucson, AZ
storypower@theriver.com

Judi Moreillon's Home Page
http://personal.riverusers.com/~storypower
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it's the only thing." Albert Schweitzer