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As with publishing, student interaction via the Web holds a lot of promise. E-pals programs allow students to communicate with each other, while sites such as Kids as Global Scientists and the Middle Years Digital Library provide for more structured inter-student communication.
FreeZone e-pals (http://freezone.com/epals/)
Provides a free service to match students with international e-pals. Very easy to use. Be careful though--you may want to get parental permission to do an e-pals program, and you should definitely caution your students not to give out personal information on-line.
Kids as Global Scientists (http://www-kgs.colorado.edu/)
Nancy Songer's wonderful program for having middle schoolers share weather data via the Internet. Very nicely structured and well thought out.
Teacher to Teacher Forum (http://www.teachnet.com/t2t.html)
Requires a (free) account and password. This is a great place to get together with other teachers for professional discussions.
Middle Years Digital Library (http://mydl.soe.umich.edu/)
This site serves double duty--it provides excellent starting places for students doing on-line science inquiry and it also has a section for sharing reviews of sites with other students.
Publishing and interaction provide an opportunity for students' voices to be heard. Sites which provide structured, day by day activities for students may be best if you have not worked with a Web server before or if you are new to on-line interaction.
