General Information Project Overview Curriculum Connections Resource Connections Evaluation

  General Information

  Project Overview

The creation and development of a home page would be an excellent means of involving a large number of students in a hands on approach to accessing the Internet. Initially the group would go online to research other home pages with the aim of eventually creating their own . It is proposed that students would utilize a digital camera and scanner to post photos and art work on the home page. Different groups of students would be responsible for development of various topics such as the St. Jean Vianney Pre-School Program, the Challenging Needs class, Accelerated Reader Program, etc. The homepage would also involve other social and academic events related to our school life.

  Curriculum Connections

Main Curriculum Areas:

• Language Arts
• Social Studies
• Art
• Technology Education

School Curriculum and Instructional Philosophy will be addressed by:

• Integration of a number of subject areas in one topic.
• A concentration of effort on literacy which has been a long term goal of the school's program.
• Development of skill and knowledge in the area of Technology Education.
• Developing an appreciation of other lifestyles and cultures.
• Allowing for individual learning abilities. (This project would have wide enough scope to provide varied and meaningful work for all students.)
• Provides for a multi-media approach to learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes (Curriculum Based):

Students will be able to:

• Create a document.
• Edit documents.
• Save documents to disk.
• Utilize and cut and paste techniques.
• Download and retrieve documents.
• Use keyboard to create various graphics.
• Access the Internet.
• Use a digital camera to place photos in documents.
• Use a scanner to place artwork in documents.

  Resource Connections

Access to the Internet would obviously be a pre-requisite for developing this project in terms of research and having students see what home pages are and what they can accomplish.

Other Resources:

• CD Rom technology.
• Digital Camera.
• Scanner.
• Use of Color Jet Printer.

  Evaluation

ILO's in checklist form:

Students will be able to:

• Draft documents.
• Edit documents.
• Write documents.
• Save documents on disk.
• Access Internet.
• Do network searching.
• Compile information collected.
• Create a home page.

Evaluation Procedure:

• Checklist (above).
• Observation.
• Work Samples.
• Oral questions and answers.

Impact on School Curriculum:

This project will:

This project will add enormously to the learning environment by giving a large number of students access to and experience with the Internet. It will, as well, make drafting, editing, and rewriting a much more meaningful and enjoyable experience.