Donna Eustace

(last revised 7/27/1999)

Read through the annotations, which are arranged alphabetically by name, and visit the WWW sites, if available, to read archived postings. Perhaps you will be intrigued by one or two of the lists and subscribe! You can subscribe for a short period of time, get a feel for the list, and unsubscribe if it doesn't meet your needs. (Remember to leave the subject area blank when subscribing to discussion lists, and when sending your request, replace the <brackets> with the information requested.)

COSNDISC - On-Line Discussion Forum

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EdNet, an unmoderated mailing list that explores the educational potential of the Internet, provides a forum for educators from all over the globe to connect, exchange ideas, and establish participation in telecollaborative projects.

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This list announces upcoming video conferencing projects with schools, scientists, authors, government, business, and community leaders. To subscribe to the list: Send a message to the following e-mail address: majordomo@gsn.org In the body of the message type: subscribe cu-seeme-schools

This list provides a forum for "How to?" questions on teleconferencing and a discussion area for educators involved in CUSeeMe projects. To subscribe to the list: Send a message to the following e-mail address: majordomo@gsn.org In the body of the message type: subscribe cu-howto

The Jason Project, a sponsor of "electronic fieldtrips" and also highlighted in Lesson 4 of this telecollaborative unit, hosts three mailing lists which support their projects and mission, "to excite and engage students in science and technology, and to motivate and train teachers through the use of advanced interactive telecommunications." For more information on the Jason Project,

Jason Listservs: JASON-NEWS, JASON-STU, and JASON-TEACH.

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Posts announcements about K-12 contests, conferences, educational WWW

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This mailing list is for students and teachers to telecollaborate on the Oregon Trail. To subscribe to the list: Send a message to the following e-mail address:

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Hilites, also organized by Global SchoolNet, is a mailing list solely dedicated to the posting and exchanging of current and archived project-based classroom learning projects. To subscribe to the listserv: Send a message to the following e-mail address: HILITES@gsn.org In the body of the message type: subscribe hilites

I*EARN, the International Education and Resource Network also highlighted in lesson 4, sponsors telecollaborative e-mail activities.I*EARN Learning Circles are "highly interactive, project-based partnerships among a small number of schools" and I*EARN Conferences "link people and resources" on the Internet. Although these e-mail-based projects are not strictly listservs, they are highly telecollaborative in nature. To participate in each, you must be a member of I*EARN and have a browser that is able to read newsgroups. For membership

information or more information on each program, visit the I*EARN WWW

iearn.ideas - Students and teachers propose and develop project ideas iearn.projects - database of reports on completed projects

iearn.youth - meeting place for youth

iearn.practice - practice posting messages to a conference

iearn.options - discussion on alternative education

iearn.pnw - meeting place for Pacific Northwest teachers

For details on access I*EARN Conferences and Learning Circles, send an

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IDEAS-LIST is a repository for "the best" collaborative learning projects on the Internet and provides the subscriber with collaborative project announcements. Projects are posted for distribution only after they are reviewed to insure that posted projects meet the list's criteria for outstanding telecollaborative projects.

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To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, send a message containing the word "subscribe" to the appropriate address. IECC-HE - for Higher Ed List for teachers seeking partner classrooms for international and cross-cultural e-mail exchanges with higher education institutions. Address: IECC-HE-REQUEST@STOLAF.EDU

List for teachers seeking partner K-12 classrooms for international and cross-cultural e-mail exchanges, but not for individual pen-pal exchanges. Address: IECC-REQUEST@STOLAF.EDU

IECC-PROJECTS

List for teachers (no students) to announce or seek help with international and cross-cultural e-mail classroom projects. Address: IECC-PROJECTS-REQUEST@STOLAF.EDU

List for teachers and students to post requests for help on projects, surveys and questionnaires. Address: IECC-SURVEYS-REQUEST@STOLAF.EDU

List for general discussion about the application and implications of intercultural e-mail classroom connections. Address: IECC-DISCUSSION-REQUEST@STOLAF.EDU

K12 Net is a network of school-based Fido-Net-compatible electronic bulletin board systems through which electronic curriculum-related conferences are shared. "Project channels" are assigned to projects to facilitate global participation. Projects have included the collaboration on and compilation of Top Ten lists, MathMagic, cookbooks, composition critiquing, and more! Projects can be open to all K12Net users or closed to selected participants. For more information on K12Net projects, visit the WWW site at

This listserv monitors other collaborative project-based listservs and compiles and posts invitations to educators and students to join in collaborative projects, key pal programs, and exchange information about collaborative activities. To subscribe to the listserv: Send a message to the following e-mail address:

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KIDCAFE-INDIVIDUAL is a forum for 10-15 year-olds to connect to other young adults throughout the world. Participants are asked to answer four biographical questions to introduce themselves and may then proceed in their electronic key pal discussions.

KIDFORUM is a listserv created as a forum for the exchange of student work on a variety of monthly topics scheduled in advance.

KIDLEADER provides an informal discussion group for teachers, coordinators, parents, and others involved in KIDLINK for idea exchanges, curriculum development, networking, help, and invitations for collaborative projects.

KIDPROJ provides a forum for teachers and youth group leaders to distribute and collaborate on projects for students.

For more information about KIDLINK and its multilingual discussion

discussion group messages.

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