Indigenous students collaborate with each other and their non-indigenous peers on research projects. They share writing and art work and communicate to learn about one another. Each month a different student's artwork and writing is showcased on the Internet. Winning projects are available on-line. These projects are interdisciplinary, focused on real world authentic issues, force kids to think and solve problems cooperatively and use technology to extend and enrich the learning process.
Students become traveling companions, asking questions and providing suggestions for travel routes.
Travelers perform research to report answers and enlighten students about what they learn and the resources they encounter. Virtual field trips allow students to vicariously visit and learn about places, people, and events they cannot experience first hand. This interactive expedition to Africa, conducted in the last quarter of 1998, sought to answer some of the greatest mysteries of our world. This trek was conducted by the same team of experts that produced the classic MayaQuest Expedition in 1997-1998. Your class can follow these and other expeditions while communicating with the travelers, reading their reports, and accessing the sounds and sights they come across.