Major Project Stage 1

For EdPsy 487

Darren Loschen

 

  1. Request for Proposal
    1. UIUC Professional Development Activites
    2. http://cter.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/edpsy487/uiuc_glef.htm

 

  1. Topic
    1. I started the Study Center at our school website in Jim's class, but I would like to expand on that.  Right now the teachers give me their plans for the week, and I post them onto the site.  I would like to set up some training for the teachers in my district to help them build their own web pages for at least one of the classes they teach.  The pages would contain a description of the class any current assignments and activities and anything the teacher thought was appropriate.  I would also like the teachers to maybe start a project (project based learning) in their class and keep people up to date on the web.  The teachers would receive some training in basic html, frontpage, and using word to help build a page, and Netscape and using the digital camera so they would have options when building the page.  I would handle transferring the pages up to our school's site but they would also learn.  Right now we only have one password so I can't give it out to many people.  This would help the teachers gain some credit for recertification and would fall under increasing their technology usage. 

 

  1. Resources (Just the beginning)
    1. School’s Technology Plan
    2. School’s Improvement Plan
    3. Superintendent of district

 

 

Major Project Stage 2

 

I.                    Abstract

A.     Expand Study Center

B.     Recertification Opportunity

II.                 Justification

A.     Tech Plan

B.     Recertification—Technology

III.               Implementation Plan

A.     The Study Center at the Armstrong Township High School website was started in the fall of 2000 for teachers in our district to post their current activities in class.  The teachers that used the site informed the technology coordinator of their plans, and he created web pages and posted them.  This professional development activity will provide teachers in the Armstrong Township High School district with some training in basic html, Microsoft FrontPage, Netscape Composer, and Microsoft Word to build web pages.  Training will also be provided in the basic use of a digital camera.  The district’s technology coordinator along with any help from the Area IV Technology Learning Center if needed will provide all training.  Teachers will begin their instruction at the first institute for the 2001-2002 school.  The school’s lab will be used for training, and teachers will be able to store their work on the school’s server before the pages are transferred to the school’s website.  By the end of the semester, the teacher’s will have created a web page, for at least one class they teach, that contains current assignments and activities, and any other appropriate information the teacher wants listed.  This activity will provide teachers with some credits for recertification.     

IV.              Timeline

A.     1st semester of 2001-2002 school year

B.     Institutes

C.     Before/After school meetings

V.                 Budget

A.     Personnel

1.      Mentor/Facilitator

2.      Tech Help

3.      Teachers

B.     Equipment

1.      Computer Lab at School

2.      Projector from tech hub

                       

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