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THE CLOVIS PROJECT: ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING AND TEACHER TRAINING WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

International Journal of Instructional Media

| September 22, 1998 | TAYLOR, HARRIET G.; STUHLMANN, JANICE M. | COPYRIGHT 1998 Westwood Press, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

INTRODUCTION

A telecommunications project provided authentic experiences for elementary students and prospective teachers. The project. Clovis Crawfish-Alive, Not Fried, used the model of character impersonation to allow students to communicate via e-mail with Clovis Crawfish, the main character in a children's literature series. Teaching interns provided classroom support for the project, thus gaining experience in a collaborative model of instruction. They immediately saw the effects of the model on learning and on student behavior and later incorporated other collaborative models into their practice.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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