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New Web Site! - 3/6/02
Kid's Design Network (KDN)
Have you ever wanted to invent a gadget? With KDN, you can! You can investigate a challenge, dream up a design, and draw your plans on the computer. Then, using the Internet, you can show your design to a real engineer! They'll help with your design, so you can go and build it! And best of all, it's free, from the DuPage Children's Museum!

New Eduweb Research Study! - 2/28/02
How Do You Like To Learn? Comparing User Preferences and Visit Length of Educational Web Sites
Developing effective public education sites for the World Wide Web requires an understanding of both learning theory and what appeals to learners. How can Web developers create sound educational activities that attract and appeal to a broad audience? Do adults prefer different types of online learning experiences than children? Read the report!

Eduweb Develops Ten of the Top 100 Educational Web Sites - 2/8/02
Ten of our sites are featured in a recent list of the Top 100 educational Web sites of 2002. Homeschooling.com created the list, calling these 100 sites "a select group of the most informative, innovative, and educational sites on the Internet today!" Eduweb was the sole developer for six of the 100 sites, and developed many of the learning modules and activities on four more. More.

Old News

New Web Site! Surrounded by Beauty: The Arts of Native America - 12/17/01
Explore an online exhibit of Native American artworks at the Minneapolis Insitute of Art. (Middle school to adult)

New Web Adventure: A Brush with Wildlife: Create a Composition with Carl Rungius. - 12/06/01
Learn from Carl Rungius, one of America's finest wildlife artists, how to use art principles like balance, contrast, movement, and proportion to compose a powerful art composition. Get acquainted with the the principles, then create your own composition and submit it to the Critique Gallery for review! (Middle school and up)

Eduweb Research & Evaluation Project - 11/30/01
We are conducting research into educational Web activities, exploring ways in which learning theories and learner preferences come together in leisure learning on the Web. Read more: Real Fun or Real Learning? Developing Goal-Based Scenarios for Web Education (Based on the paper for the National Association of Interpretation 2001 Conference, below).

New Web Adventure: Monetary Mania! - 11/15/01
How much do you know about money? Test your knowledge with this IMF quiz show about macroeconomics and global monetary policy. (High school and up)

New Web Adventure: The IMF in Action. - 9/18/01
Learn the difference between a hard and soft currency, how a country can recover from economic crisis, and how the International Monetary Fund works with member countries. (High school and up)

New Web Adventure: Order in the Court. - 9/18/01
You're a justice of the peace in colonial Virginia, sitting in judgment of three cases. Call on the plaintiff, defendant, lawyers and witnesses, then compare your verdict with that of history! (Fifth grade and up)

New Web Adventure: Carmine's Landscape Adventure - 8/4/01
Join Carmine Chameleon and explore paintings to learn about mood, depth, time of day and weather in landscapes. Create your own landscapes so Carmine can get some sleep, go for a hike, and romp in the in all kinds of weather. (Second/third grade and up)

Eduweb Workshop at the National Association of Interpretation 2001 Conference - 7/13/01
Susan Nagel and David Schaller, Eduweb's founding partners, will conduct a workshop at the National Association of Interpretation's National Conference in November 2001. Learn about Eduweb's approach to online learning in their paper for the workshop: Mission Accomplished! Developing Goal-Based Scenarios for Web Education.

New Web Adventure: Go West, Young Artist. - 6/1/01
It's 1870, and explorers and artists are discovering the wonders of the American West. Travel westward and meet six landscape artists to learn the basics of landscape composition. (Fifth grade and up)

Eduweb Two-Time Winner of Museum "Best of Web" Award - 3/17/01
Educational Web Adventures LLP (Eduweb ®) has again won "Best of the Web: Educational Use" award at the Museums & the Web 2001 conference. "Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art," which Eduweb developed for the National Museum of Wildlife Art, won this prestigious award in an international juried competition. More.

Eduweb Site Featured in USA Today - 11/9/00
A Web game that Eduweb developed for Brookfield Zoo (Chicago Zoological Society) has been featured in USA Today. "Eduweb excels at engaging children in unique interactive learning situations," the article states. "Putting children in control of the journey makes their learning hands-on and self-directed." Read the whole article.

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