7b Google Reader Redux
I read an article titled Connecting Classrooms, Sharing Real Data. (This article first appeared in Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears online magazine April 1, 2008. The article has been modified to include middle school math and science examples. All versions of this article are licensed under a Creative Commons License.)
I enjoyed this article, because it gave a teacher a number of sites/projects that a class could do with other schools across the country/world. One project that I thought would be fun for a math class is one in which students from around the world would measure their shadow at a given time, share their information/data and then use that data to come up with the circumference of the earth. It was a great article showing how easy it is to connect with classrooms around the world and collect and share information. Students can also learn about different world perspectives and cultures.
