Cape May County ETTC Technology Proficiency Courses

TPC16-6 - Internet Projects (part of the Web-based Projects course)

Outline

• Copying planner web pages to Word and saving as a document file to print and use.
• Review Project Planning Checklist
• A look at some projects - from simple email exchange of information to complex projects requiring use of multiple programs.
• Creating handouts, graphic organizers and evaluation tools (see list of rubric sites below)
• Find a project you can use in the next three months.

Project Checklist

1. __ Checked Project Goals
2. __ Checked Project Start/End Dates
3. __ Filled out Hardware Planner
4. __ Filled Out Project Planner (identify both tech and non-tech needs)
5. __ Contacted Project Coordinator (visited Project URL)
6. __ Designed Project Instruction Handout
7. __ Decided on/Designed Project Organizer/Handouts for Pre-project, Project and Post-Project Activities
8. __ Collected resources (both tech and non-tech needs)
9. __ Designed Project Rubric
10. __ Tested Project

EXAMPLES

1. http://www.lightspan.com/teacher/pages/projects/default.asp?_prod=LS&_nav=T2_proj - general index of projects from lightspan
2. http://www.lightspan.com/common/pages/linkout5.asp?loc=gsh.lightspan.com/pr/index.cfm?&setInternal=true&_prod=GSH - StarBurst challenge - created a graphic organizer using Excel (see separate handout)
3. http://www.lightspan.com/common/pages/linkout5.asp?loc=gsh.lightspan.com/pr/index.cfm?&setInternal=true&_prod=GSH - Rock Exchange example - created a graphic organizer using PowerPoint
4. http://www.lightspan.com/common/pages/linkout5.asp?loc=gsh.lightspan.com/pr/index.cfm?&setInternal=true&_prod=GSH - Gingerbread Man Project
5. http://www.lightspan.com/common/pages/linkout5.asp?loc=gsh.lightspan.com/pr/index.cfm?&setInternal=true&_prod=GSH - Westward Ho! - an example of an advanced project
6. http://www.classroom.net/home.asp - Click on the link for the Quest Channel - an interactive project series worth every penny.

Creating a Rubric for Grading the Project

1. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html - Rubrics for Web Lessons
2. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html - Kathy Schrock's assessment tools
3. http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics - these generators provide forms for you to fill in and then a rubric is created.
4. http://www.cmsdnet.net/alliance/stonevi/collrubric.html - good project rubric
5. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html - a rubric for evaluating WebQuests.
6. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/rubric.html - Blue Web'N

Revised: September 28, 2001