Sites from March 29 class

 

Virtual communities:

 

Space Physics Collaboratory: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/sparc/

 

The Well: http://www.well.com/

 

Community networks: http://www.si.umich.edu/Community/faq/What.html

 

The Inquiry Page (promoting inquiry-oriented, collaborative education):

http://inquiry.uiuc.edu/

 

Sites with materials contributed by community members:

 

Urban Legends Reference Page: http://www.snopes.com/

 

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

Wikis in general: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiWeb

 

Atlas of Cyberspaces: http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/atlas.html

 

Domain names:

 

Whois server: http://www.internic.net/whois.html

 

W3C: http://www.w3.org/

 

Virtual Schools:

 

http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/Home/Schools-show.asp?id=194

 

Wisconsin Virtual School (in partnership with CESA 9): http://www.wisconsinvirtualschool.org/

 

Wisconsin Virtual Charter School: http://www.wivcs.org/

 

Florida Virtual School:  http://www.flvs.net/

 

Platforms for developing online courses:

http://www.jonesknowledge.com/  (includes free platform)

http://www.eclassroom.com/

Blackboard: http://www.blackboard.com/products/academic/ls/index.htm