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International/National Poetry Month

posted ‎‎May 3, 2009 7:58 AM‎‎ by Unknown user   [ updated ‎‎May 30, 2009 2:33 PM‎‎ ]

Whether it be a sonnet or a cinquain, we encourage students to share their literary work and discuss it with one another. Students can use this project to develop their poetry knowledge and writing skills by sharing and discussing poems they have written, narriated and/or illustrated (optional) in an online Poetry Month community.
The iCollaboratory invites all K-12 students to participate in Poetry Month Project.
  • Take a Poetry Survey - April 2-9
    Students learn more about other participants in the project by taking a survey on their familiarity with poetry and what they like about it.
    • View Poetry Survey results after April 9, 2009.
    • View the 2008 survey results.
    • View the 2007 survey results
  • Select a Poem Type - April 2-15
    Students select the type of poem and the subject matter for the poem they would like to write.
    • Poems come in all shapes and sizes. Some poems rhyme and some don't. Some are very long and some are very short. Review the different types of poems in the Types of Poetry Cybrary and think about the who, what, where, when and why you would like to write about and what kind of poem would be appropriate for your subject.
  • Write a Poem - April 2-21
    Students write, revise and complete a poem with the style and subject matter of their choice.
    • Now that you have decided what you want to write about and what type of poem structure you will use, you can write your poem! Don't worry about making it perfect. Just get your ideas out. Use your iCollaboratory Classroom account or your iCollaboratory personal account to write your poem and link it to your iCollaboratory Poetry Project home page. You can always edit it later.
The poetry project activities listed above are designed to take about one hour a week in a school computer lab or on set of classroom computers. Teachers should also plan on spending an hour a week of classroom time besides the computer time. Students who get involved spend more time writing, sharing and discussing poetry.
To register: Complete the Project Registration Form between March 1 and April 1.


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A Day in Our Neighborhood

posted ‎‎May 3, 2009 7:57 AM‎‎ by Unknown user   [ updated ‎‎May 30, 2009 2:48 PM‎‎ ]


Announcing A Day in Our Neighborhood Project


The Northwestern University Collaboratory Project invites all K-12 students to participate in the A Day in Our Neighborhood to learn more about the communities around us. In the project, students and teachers from around the world will share information about their communities will discuss this information through the iCollaboratory web site.

A Day in Our Neighborhood -- Cybrary!

After registering for the Project, students and teachers will place information about their school and community in an online template at the iCollaboratory called the Neighborhood Cybrary.  All students and teachers participating in the project will be able to see information about each others' schools and communities.

A Day in Our Neighborhood -- Survey Results

On March 3 and/or 4, 2009, students take an online Survey and then review the results to learn more about each other and their schools and communities.

The Day in Our Neighborhood -- Gallery!

During the first week of March, students take photographs and record video and audio (optional) of the locations in their school and community.

During weeks two and three of March, students share these digital materials with other participants, along with descriptions of what their photographs and/or recorded clips feature. Participants come back and comment on each others work.

The Day in Our Neighborhood -- Interactive Map!

The student work in this project will be accessible through an online interactive map that will mark the different areas where the data, photographs, audio clips and captions were collected for this project.

Note: Please check with your school's Internet privacy policy before posting any material.

Please visit http://www.icollaboratory.org to complete the registraiton form and view the project.

For more information or help please email icollaboratory@gmail.com 

Thank you,

Bonnie Thurber


Rebecca Caudill Book Club

posted ‎‎May 3, 2009 7:43 AM‎‎ by Unknown user   [ updated ‎‎May 3, 2009 7:58 AM‎‎ ]


What I am Most Thankful For 2008

posted ‎‎May 2, 2009 1:51 PM‎‎ by Unknown user   [ updated ‎‎May 30, 2009 2:50 PM‎‎ ]

The Northwestern University iCollaboratory invites all K-12 students to participate in What I Am Not Thankful For. Students take a survey about being thankful and then use their creativity to write, record and illustrate an essay about what they are thankful for. They then share and comment on essays with each other.

To register for this year's What I am Most Thankful For project:
K-12 teachers send email to icollaboratory@gmail.com between September 1 and November 1. In your message, please include your full name, email adderess, grade level you teach, your school's name, city, state or province and country. Upon registration completion, you will receive a teacher iCollaboratory Google account and a classroom iCollaboratory Google account for each participating classroom.

NOTE: As you view and read results from past years, please remember that this is the first year we are using the NEW iCollaboratory-Google site. In past years, we used the Survey Studio and Nexus Communities for the What I am Thankful For  project. It is going to look different.

November 1-14: The Thankful Survey Students take a bad online Survey and learn more about the other students who are participating in the What I Am Not Thankful For Project. 

  • View Survey results for 2008
  • View Survey results for 2007
  • View Survey results for 2006
  • View Survey results for 2005

November 3-21: The What I Am Most Thankful For Essay Students share a description of what they are most thankful for and why. They can include video, audio images and/or text. Once students have gotten feedback from their class and teacher, they can share their essay in a gallery which is linked to the Interactive Map. To view the galleries, click the Interactive Map link above then click on each individual school link. You are welcome to continue writing and commenting through December but, I would like the first sets of essays finished before Thanksgiving.

  • Interactive Map for 2007
  • Interactive Map for 2006

November 14-30: Reading and Commenting: Students read each others essays and give feed back by writing comments. 

Interactive Map 2008: Students may look at the map to see where other participants are from.

View a slideshow about the 2007 What I Am Most Thankful For project

Scariest Stories 2008

posted ‎‎May 2, 2009 1:51 PM‎‎ by Unknown user   [ updated ‎‎May 30, 2009 2:53 PM‎‎ ]

Scariest Stories

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Whether it be a scary story or a fall poem, we encourage students to share their literary work and discuss it with one another. Students can use this project to develop their writing skills by sharing and discussing their narrated and/or illustrated (optional) writing in our online community.

The Scariest Stories project activities described below are designed to take about one hour a week in a school computer lab or on set of classroom computers. Teachers should plan to spend an hour a week in addition to the computer time. Students who get involved spend more time writing, sharing and discussing their stories.

NOTE: As you view and read results from past years, please remember that this is the first year we are using the NEW iCollaboratory site. In past years, we used the Survey Studio and Nexus Communities for the Scariest Stories project. It is going to look different.

October 1-7: The Scariest Survey 
Students take an online Survey to learn about the other students who are participating, what they like to do on Halloween and what they are most scared of.

October 8-14: The Scariest Cybrary

After registering for the Project, students, as a class, select one link representing their collective ideas about a scary story, Halloween tradition, or local legend from their hometown or region for students in other regions to view. Teachers submit the selected link to the Scariest Stories Cybary.

October 15-21: Write and Share Your Scariest Stories
Students use their iCollaboratory Sites classroom account to write and share a scary story. The story may include text, illustrations and audio narration/sound effects (optional) or a very short video (optional). The stories can be written in any native language.

October 22-31: Review and Discuss Stories
Students review the stories others have written and discuss them online by contributing comments at the end of each story. The comments can be written in any native language. Please also translate them into English.

  • Read the Scariest Stories from 2007
  • Read the Scariest Stories from 2006
  • Read the Scariest Stories from 2005


Interactive Map: Students use an interactive map to identify where their fellow scary storytellers weave their ghoulish tales.
  • Interactive map for 2008.
  • Interactive map for 2007
  • Interactive map for 2006

View a slide show about The Collaboratory’s Scariest Stories, 2007. As you view the slide show, please remember that the Scariest Stories completed in previous years did not use Google Tools. 

To register for this year's Scariest Stories project:
K-12 teachers send email to collaboratory@collaboratory.northwestern.edu between September 1 and October 1. In your message, please include your full name, email address, grade level you teach, your school's name, city, state or province and country. Upon registration completion, you will receive a teacher iCollaboratory account and a classroom iCollaboratory account for each participating classroom.

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