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Step 1:
Select Curriculum Area -
make the project relevant to curriculum and standards
Step 2:
Determine the Connection
how will the classes connect
to each other, E-mail? web based? through a form?
Step 3:
Determine the exchange
will the project be just
class to class? how many classes will take part in the project? how will the information and data be exchange?
Step 4:
Create the Project Directions and Activities
Welcome activity:
This is the introduction to the steps and to the participating classes? how will you provide the classes with a sense of connection? how will the other classes know who is all participating in the
project
Main Activity:
This is the main focus of the project. It usually centers on asking questions, and collecting data, or creating something.
Conclusion Activity:
This is how the project will finish up. How will the classrooms complete the connection, draw conclusions or make comparisons?
Step 5:
Determine the timeline
Usually a 4 - 6 week
window is good for a project. Too short and no one has time to complete it. Too long and the class has move on to other concepts and the momentum for the project is lost.
Step 6:
Announce the project
If
you are going to do a project how will you find classes to join the project?
As a teacher you need to get connected. Post your project on your local listservs or on the Global School House Internet Projects Registry http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/pr/_cfm/index.cfm
Step 7:
Project Management
Be a good facilitator, send personal responses to people who join your project, offer help along the way.
Provide weekly updates of next steps for the project
Collect and post the artifacts for the project
At the end of the project thank everyone for participating and ask for their feedback.
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Building a
generation of students who are aware, concerned and involved global citizens is a challenging task. The future is in the hands of the students sitting in our classrooms - tomorrow's leaders. Teachers who
bring the world into their classrooms develop a global perspective for themselves and help their students become more aware of the world around them. Communicating online with other learners around the world is one
small step that can help bring about positive global change. 
Click here to
download a project planning sheet