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• Independent (browsing, searching, working alone)
• Interdependent (information exchanging, email, listserv, discussion groups)
• Collaborative (planning together and depending on and helping each other)

Internet projects classified by purpose:
Judi Harris, from the University of Texas at Austin, has defined 18 different kinds of Internet projects grouped into 3 genre:

• Information Exchanges
• Information Collection
• Problem Solving

There are many resources on the Internet to help you understand what options you have and to help you find your most appropriate starting point. 

You can read about Judi Harris' classifications at: 

• Virtual Architecture
• Online Collaborative Projects: Exploring Projects

Internet Projects may be located at:

These locations offer a great deal of support for teachers involved with collaborative problem based learning projects. Although the TLC project (like the others mentioned above) would be also useful for teachers in other countries, it was specifically developed for Alberta teachers and based on the Alberta Curriculum. 

The following links were selected to help teachers implement the Alberta Information and Communication Technology Interim Program of Studies. The major focus of this site is the integration of required technology and thinking skills into subject related projects.  The links on this page were chosen to help teachers become familiar with the process of developing an effective Internet project and provide useful resources for developing the required critical thinking skills that will enable our students to become discerning consumers of information, effective problem solvers and informed decision-makers for the future. 

Developing an Integrated Project Through Inquiry

• Planning Database (Intranet site, not available outside district))
• Core Curriculum documents (at Alberta Learning)
• ICT Outcomes (at Alberta Learning)
• ICT Curriculum documents by division at 2.learn.ca

Developing a Project Through www.2learn.ca

• Project Design
• Show Me How!  Explains how to create and implement worthwhile telecollaborative projects. 
• Getting Started Get Ready...(What , Why, When, How) Get Set! (Short term or long term projects? Project Evaluation Rubrics)  Go! (Project Planning and Management Materials )
• The Step by Step Processes For Developing a Telecollaborative Project Join a Project, Register in an existing Project, Build a Project, Fund a Project and Help
• Applying for Funding
• Levels of  Funding 
• Teacher/Student Readiness 

Strategies For Developing Thinking Skills

• Developing Critical Thinking Skills
  

Publishing Ideas

• Teleresearch Purposes
• 10 Big Ideas
• E-Boards
• Blackboard.com
  

References
Use these links to learn more about Judi Harris' work. 

• Judi Harris's Articles --  Mining the Internet Articles
• Virtual Architecture - Judi's web site
• Activity Structures are " models for designing educational Telecomputing activities". 
• Project Examples:
• Information Exchanges
• Information Collection
• Problem Solving