AndoverEssex County Brenda O'Brien
Ellen Mokler
978-623-8895 |
Bancroft Elementary School
Grade Level: K-12 Alpha Smarts Portfolio Publishing Centers - Dissemination Project Building on a pilot project utilizing AlphaSmarts to enhance students' abilities as writers, this project establishes portable Alpha Smart Publishing Centers in grades 3-5 and implements the use of technology assisted student portfolios. The portfolios will enable performance asssessment of grade level benchmarks for English/LA and Technology in addition to supporting process writing across the curriculum. |
ArlingtonMiddlesex County Theresa Jay
781-641-5437 x2318 |
Ottoson Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Programming Motion Middle school students use the programming language LEGO/DACTA in their physical science classes. Using LEGO/DACTA, the students design and build their own machines and then program them to interpret physical phenomena. |
Berlin-BoylstonWorcester County Bette Robblee
508-869-2729 |
Tahanto Regional High School
Grade Level: Pre-School Windows to Learning Tahanto Regional High School students and staff with with students in the Bell and Tahanto preschool to use technology to provide multi-sensory learning opportunities for special needs and non-special needs children in district preschool, kindergarten, and elementary classrooms. |
BostonSuffolk County Kathleen Gilligan
617-635-8895 |
Boston Latin School
Grade Level: High School High School Social Studies Primary source and other historical and government materials available over the Internet are used to improve and enhance the Social Studies curriculum. Students produce essays, letters, mock Supreme Court decisions and amendments, and presentations as a result of being engaged in real tasks and real issues that connect to their classroom topics. |
BostonSuffolk County Paula Picket
617-635-8681 |
Oliver Wendell Holmes Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary The Holmes LIT (Literature and Internet Together) Project Students in the second and fourth grades enhance their reading of children's literature through the use of technology. They connect to subject matter, authors, and events through the use of the Internet, and to create their own stories using various software. They learn to work both independently and cooperatively and to evaluate and make choices about the various types of media available to them. |
BrooklineNorfolk County Claire Jackson
617-730-2436 |
Brookline High School
Grade Level: High School Integrated Technology: Forces and Motion Science teachers develop curriculum to integrate technology into the teaching of Physics in the 9th grade to learn the state standards on Force, Motion, Energy, Light, and Sound. |
CambridgeMiddlesex County Kenneth Neal
617-349-6478 |
Kennedy School
Grade Level: Middle Key-Pal Community & Business Connections for Middle Grades Students are matched with Key-Pals/Mentors from local businesses and utilize e-mail communication software to work collaboratively on curriculum-based activities for projects aligned with the state frameworks. Other projects involve communication in real time with individuals from other countries and the completion of research projects to be published on the Internet in student-designed home pages. |
CambridgeMiddlesex County Joanne Krepelka
617-349-6478/6841 |
Kennedy and Haggerty Schools
Grade Level: Elementary Early Literacy Connections In order to promote early literacy, "WiggleWorks" will be utilized as a tool within grades 1-3. A strong focus on reading and writing will be enhanced through a "Lunch Buddies" program and "Family Literacy" nights where volunteers from local businesses and universities read a book during lunch period to inspire students to produce their own books using technology. |
CambridgeMiddlesex County Melanie Barron
617-349-6478 |
Cambridge Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle Diversity and Variation in Living Things: The Challenge of Data Collection and Analysis in Middle School Science Grades 7 and 8 use telecommunications to access Biodiversity Counts!, an innovative, inquiry-based curriculum project of the American Museum of Natural History where students collect and share data on species and habitats. In addition, an on-line data collection at The Concord Consortium is utilized as well as graphing calculators, e-mail, bulletin boards, and various applications. |
ErvingFranklin County Michael Lipinski
413-659-3326 |
Erving Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Elementary Student Created Math Web Sites that Help Children Meet State Curriculum Standards Teams of fourth grade students design and construct interactive mathematics web sites that other students can access on the Internet. The web sites help to build the math skills of the students who create the web sites and provide challenging math activities for other children around the world. |
ErvingFranklin County Michael Lipinski
413-659-3326 |
Erving Elementary School
Grade Level: Middle Sim City 2000 - Using a Computer Simulation to Meet State Curriculum Standards Sim City 2000 is used as the core of an integrated curriculum unit on cities. The project illustrates how middle school teachers can use the power of simulation software to create highly motivating and dynamic environments that allow students to experiment with models of real-world systems. |
Fall RiverBristol County Jan Conroy
508-675-8298 |
Morton Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Integrating Language Arts and Technology Students create hyperstudio presentations that correlate with topics from the local eighth grade language arts curriculum developed specifically to integrate with technology. |
Fall RiverBristol County Eileen Kelly
508-675-8298 |
Durfee High School
Grade Level: High School Ways of Seeing, Ways of Saying: Using Technology to Integrate Verbal and Visual Literacy An English teacher, a Graphic Arts teacher, and a teacher of Instructional Technology have developed literacy units that address verbal literacy through alternative methods for high school students with special needs. |
FalmouthBarnstable County Brenda Reardon
508-548-1052 |
East Falmouth Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Integrated Reinforcement and Enrichment Program for Math A before-school math program for 3rd and 4th graders enabled students to work on computers, participating in skill reinforcing math games, and doing hands-on and paper and pencil activities as well as computation and concepts. |
FranklinNorfolk County Sandra Morris
508-541-5266 |
Horace Mann Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Curriculum Integration: Computers as the Tool A curriculum integration lab provides access to computers for small groups or entire classes. Teachers use the lab to test new software and receive training. Student projects have included an 8th grade Industrial Revolution Interdisciplinary Unit, and a 7th grade unit on immigration and tracing family history. |
FranklinNorfolk County Kristin Eickmann
508-541-5263 |
Davis Thayer School
Grade Level: Elementary Project-Based Multimedia Production in Multi-Year Groups Two technology-infused classrooms of combined fourth and fifth grades enable students to become fully invested in using the technology tools to achieve greater educational gains as experienced users of various applications with access to a variety of technology resources. |
FranklinNorfolk County Kathleen Kinsman
508-541-2140 |
Remington/Jefferson School
Grade Level: K-8 K-8 Portfolio Assessment: Technology Makes it Manageable Utilizing Scholastic Portfolio software, teachers in classrooms at K-8 grade levels, manage student performance assessment in a meaningful and creative format. |
Frontier RegionalFranklin County Diana Campbell
413-665-1155 |
Frontier Regional
Grade Level: K-12 Turns of the Centuries Using web-based curriculum materials designed by teachers and museum professionals, the primary resources of a history museum are brought into the classroom--accessible to students and teachers on a daily basis. |
Hampden-WilbrahamHampden County Barbara Knight
413-596-6045 |
Minnechaug Regional High School
Grade Level: High School Students Making the Grade: A Web Publishing Student Internship Model A student internship model directly involves students in launching and maintaining the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District's web site and trains teachers and students to use the Internet as a publishing tool. |
Hampden-WilbrahamHampden County Barbara Knight
413-596-6045 |
Minnechaug Regional High School
Grade Level: High School Virtual School News Magazine... An online student magazine at the high school level integrates telecommunications into the Language Arts curriculum. Other schools are assisted in developing their own online magazines through workshops and web templates. |
HanoverPlymouth County Sue Robinson
781-878-7228 |
Cedar Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Exploring the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston A combined Visual Arts and Language Arts curriculum-based project where fifth grade students use technology to research an artist whose work is displayed at the MFA: writing in the classroom, presenting to their peers at the MFA, and creating "in-the-style-of" in the art room. |
HaverhillEssex County Robert Mancusi
978-373-8480 |
Nettle-St. James Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Back to the Future, Haverhill, Massachusetts!! Sixth grade social studies and language arts students use computer software, CD-ROMs, and the Internet to make connections between their ancestors and United States and world histories, relating their family histories to a larger understanding of the world. |
HollistonMiddlesex County Kathleen Dooley
508-429-0677 |
Holliston High School
Grade Level: High School Hunt n' Tech: A World Wide Web Research Program At the beginning of each new literary movement/historical unit, students write questions they would like answered, and then use the Internet to hunt for information, evaluate and compare answers, and report on their findings. The search generates excitement and helps students retain the information learned. |
HollistonMiddlesex County Kathleen Dooley
508-429-0677 |
Holliston Middle School
Grade Level: Middle "Reach" Through the Seas Students participate in classroom-based Internet programs for a 10-month sailing adventure around the world. Collected data is shared through a bi-weekly newspaper, a video portfolio, and web pages. The expedition opens the door to studying the physics of sailing, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, and the ecology of the oceans as well as the cultures of the world. |
HollistonMiddlesex County Kathleen Dooley
508-429-0677 |
Holliston Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Excite 'n Write Megabytes A project that incorporates technology into the writing process for elementary writers improves organization, logical sequence, research, and language mechanics; heightens their interest in writing through the stimuli of voice, graphics, and music; and, encourages them to develop finished creative stories and reports. |
HudsonMiddlesex County Liz Pape
978-567-6118 |
Hudson High School
Grade Level: High School Virtual High School Students in the Virtual High School (VHS) learn in a technology rich environment while participating in innovative courses over the Internet. VHS benefits high schools by increasing the number of courses offered to students without increasing teaching staff. Teachers increase their technological fluency while teaching highly specialized courses to a diverse cross section of students. |
IpswichEssex County Rick Merullo
978-356-3137 x132 |
Ipswich High School
Grade Level: High School Students in Career Opportunities High school seniors use technology to build a portfolio of their work experiences from a five-week School-to-Work internship program. The portfolios include a daily journal entry, electronic time sheet, and descriptions of experiences relating to goals. In addition, they prepare electronic slideshow presentations to share with other students and the senior internship review board. |
IpswichEssex County Chris Burke
978-356-3137 x132 |
Whipple Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Using Community Resources to Teach Local History Seventh graders working in teams and in canoes, participate in a three-day trip that studies the Ipswich River and its various ecosystems. Eighth graders take a multimedia approach to studying the history of Ipswich and prepare presentations for the Ipswich Historical Society. |
IpswichEssex County Kathleen O'Reilly
978-356-2976 x125 |
Winthrop Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary The American Dream Data Base Project Grades three and four collect data on the geography, government, history, and economy of Massachusetts for entry into a database to be shared with other students who have collected the same information on their states. |
King PhilipNorfolk County Paul Riley
508-384-1053 |
King Philip Regional High School
Grade Level: High School King Philip Design Company Tenth through twelth grade students complete design projects for clients from the business communities in their school district. The experience trains them in idea formation, creative thinking, research skills, state of the art design techniques, and professional presentation skills. |
LexingtonMiddlesex County Elaine Sterzin
781-861-2348 |
Clarke Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Accessible Learning in the Middle School An Accessible Learning Center in a seventh grade classroom provides universal access for all students to adaptive devices and assistance within their classroom. |
LexingtonMiddlesex County Elaine Sterzin
781-861-2348 |
Clarke Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Changing Backyards: Changing World In this interdisciplinary project, seventh graders use technology to capture images and gather data from their backyards to help them identify how their yards are unique, yet part of the global community. |
LexingtonMiddlesex County Elaine Sterzin
781-861-2348 |
Clarke Middle School
Grade Level: Middle "Grammar by Color": Computer Enhance Grammar Instruction Sixth grade students are engaged in the learning of grammar through a teacher-designed computer based program that color-codes the parts of speech in a sentence. In the coming year, this program will be extended to include the study of French and Spanish, and to the development of English proficiency for ESL students. |
LexingtonMiddlesex County Elaine Sterzin
781-861-2348 |
Lexington High School
Grade Level: High School Integrated Math and Physics Technology is incorporated into the teaching of mathematics where it is needed in physics, aiming to give sutdents a practical and immediate application of material by focusing on the important mathematical relations, not computations, and offering students real life challenges for the development of conceptual and content skills. |
MasconometEssex County Susan Carson
978-887-2323 x272 |
Masconomet Regional High School
Grade Level: High School Graphic Design/Art History Unit Ninth grade students work in groups researching an art movement using technology and books and writing a collaborative paper. After presenting the information, the group chooses a creative director who will oversee production of a logo/marketing package for an imaginary client using the style of art they have researched. |
MaynardMiddlesex County Charles Ferris
978-897-2138 |
Fowler Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Engineering and Science: Getting it Together Sixth and seventh grade students use technology to work collaboratively to solve a design challenge that requires understanding of certain physical science concepts. The project is structured so that students are dependent on other students in other classes, schools, and districts for critical parts of the design solution. |
Minute Man Voc TechMiddlesex County James Amara
781-861-6500 x396 |
Minuteman Science and Tech HS
Grade Level: 7-12 Emerging Technologies - Technology Transfer Project The study of science and technology emphasizes problem solving activities which require skill in collaboration, experimentation, writing, computing, and the pursuit of exploration as a realistic view to the studies of Biotechnology, Laser technology, Telecommunications technology, Environmental technology, and microelectronics/Robotics. |
NeedhamNorfolk County Linda Coneely
781-455-0471 |
Media Resource Center
Grade Level: K-12 Lights, Camera, Action with AVID Cinema Students use AVID Cinema desktop video technology to create original work and learn to speak and write clearly for a specific audience. An established partnership between Needham and Boston enables teachers to work together, receive training, and share ideas as the Needham K-12 Video Team continues to expand their technology curriculum and resources. |
New BedfordBristol County John Gomes
508-997-4511 x3387 |
Keith Jr. High School
Grade Level: Middle Ethnic Cooking: Culture Finds a Common Ground Eighth grade students use the latest technology to research multiculturalism, create and prepare cultural dishes from their cultural backgrounds, research and write essays on their cultures using the Internet, and prepare multimedia presentations to share with the class. |
New BedfordBristol County John Gomes
508-997-4511 x3387 |
Sgt. William H. Carney Academy
Grade Level: Elementary Black Inventors: Solving Problems and Shaping Our Community Fourth grade students in an at-risk class and fourth grade students in an advanced learning class use the latest technology to research black inventors. |
New BedfordBristol County John Gomes
508-997-4511 x3455 |
New Bedford High School
Grade Level: High School Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds: Investing in Your Future Twelth grade students use the latest technology to research investment options, create and maintain portfolios, track the performance of markets and companies, and participate in an on-line stock market investment game. |
New Salem-WendellFranklin County Carol Holzberg
978-544-6926 |
Swift River School
Grade Level: Elementary Water: A Community Resource in New Salem and Wendell, Massachusetts Third and fourth grade students use technology to conduct scientific investigations of water samples collected from local private drinking water wells, rivers, ponds, and streams. They analyze data, write reports, summarize findings, deliver electronic presentations of their work, and engage in a scholarly exchange via e-mail with students in Shutesbury engaged in a parallel investigation in their town. |
NewburyportEssex County Bruce Forster
978-465-4440 |
Newburyport High School
Grade Level: K-12 Multi-Lingual - Multi-Media Students produce videos primarily in a world language other than English. They research the culture of the language they are studying, write scripts, create storyboards, and use video cameras, audio mixers, VCR's and computer editing software to produce a short video presentation. |
NorthbridgeWorcester County Martha Eaton
508-234-6346 |
Northbridge Primary School & W. E. Balmer School
Grade Level: Elementary Illustrious Writers' Showcase PreK-Grade 5 students publish poetry, stories, science projects, maps, artwork, and more to the school's website, increasing their self-motivation through pride in their work and the possibility of a worldwide audience. |
PelhamHampshire County Rena Moore
413-253-3595 |
Pelham School
Grade Level: Elementary Reading/Writing/ Technology Buddies: Integrating Technology & Peer Mentoring into the Primary Grade L.A. Program Sixth grade students serve as "literacy buddies" for first graders. They are paired one on one and meet weekly to share a reading or writing activity. Using computers, the sixth graders help the first graders publish their writing in "little books" complete with scanned pictures and drawings. These books are then added to the first grade reading library. |
QuincyNorfolk County Alyse Olivieri
617-984-8727 |
Atlantic Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Using HyperStudio in the ESL Middle School Classroom HyperStudio assists English as a second language (ESL) and bilingual students in grades 6 through 8 to develop their English vocabulary and enable them to communicate and express themselves using text, graphics, animation, and sound. |
QuincyNorfolk County Terry Gerrish
617-984-8729 |
Sterling Middle School
Grade Level: Middle STARS.GeoNet.edu A multidisciplinary project where middle school students use MIDI work stations to study music and its relationship to math and science, use video to link their studies in algebra, geometry and measurement concepts to Theater Arts, and use the Internet to study geography and ancient history. |
RevereSuffolk County Phil Cincotta
781-286-8226 |
Garfield School
Grade Level: Elementary PACT: Partners Applying Computer Technology First and fourth grade classrooms work together as "study buddies" or student mentors. First grade students receive peer tutoring from the fourth graders and fourth graders acquire skills in editing, proofreading, analyzing work, making suggestions, on various projects that incorporate the use of technology. |
Shawsheen Valley Voc TechMiddlesex County Leah Marquis
978-667-2111 x103 |
Shawsheen Valley RVT
Grade Level: 7-12 The Crucible: A Cross-Curricular Web Site Model Project A web site created as a cross-curriculum project for grades seven through twelve that integrates language arts, literature, social studies, mathematics, technology, and the vocational arts. The web site incorporates traditional teaching methods and enhances them through the use of multimedia technologies. |
Shawsheen ValleyMiddlesex County Lawrence Marquis
978-667-2111 x103 |
Shawsheen Valley RVT
Grade Level: 7-12 Math Web Pages: The Excellent Adventure, a Cross-Curriculum Web Site Model Project A web site, created as a cross-curriculum project for grades seven through twelve, integrates mathematics, language arts, literature, social studies, technology, and the vocational arts. Traditional teaching methods are enhanced through the use of multimedia technologies. |
ShutesburyFranklin County Carol Holzberg
413-259-1212 |
Shutesbury Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Water: A Community Resource in Shutesbury, Massachusetts Fifth and sixth grade students use technology to conduct scientific investigations of water samples collected from local private drinking water wells, rivers, ponds, and streams. They analyze data, write reports, summarize findings, deliver electronic presentations of their work, and engage in a scholarly exchange via e-mail with students in New Salem and Wendell engaged in a parallel investigation in their town. |
SomervilleMiddlesex County Albert V. Pellecchia, Jr.
617-625-6600 x6463 |
West Somerville Neighborhood School
Grade Level: K-8 Project XLR8: West Somerville Neighborhood School Lighthouse School Proposal A Science and Technology Magnet school for grades K-8 has four computers in every classroom in addition to two education technology labs and one technology education lab with nine Paxton/Patterson Modules. Students are engaged consistently in projects that use technology for research, data collection, problem solving, communicating ideas, and discourse with other students and professionals. |
SomervilleMiddlesex County Jay Teixiera
617-625-6600 x 6547 |
East Somerville Community School
Grade Level: K-8 Replicating the Miracle Peer professional development teams travel and present projects and methods for integrating technology into the curriculum frameworks to other teachers on site in their own schools. Programs emphasize integrating technology into curriculum instruction rather than building instruction around the technology. |
SomervilleMiddlesex County Phil Bassett
617-625-6600 x6240 |
Somerville High School
Grade Level: High School The Uses of Technology and Education in Community Building and Preservation Projects Students in grades 9-12 use industry standard drafting software "Autocad" with Photoshop and ArcView GIS geographic information systems software to better understand Architectural Styles, structure, and neighborhood development. |
SturbridgeWorcester County Mitch Bell
508-347-7041 |
Burgess Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Transforming School Environments: Connecting Nature and Technology Technology assists students in grades K-6 in making their school grounds an outdoor learning lab. Students use technology to create maps, field guides, and databases of plant and animal species which they publish on the web. |
SuttonWorcester County Kelly Whittier
508-865-7199 |
Sutton Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Project TEA (Technology Empowerment for All) Fifth grade students work one on one with first grade students to enhance language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, and presentation skills through the use of technology. At the same time, the fifth grade teaching team mentors the first grade teachers in successfully integrating technology into all aspect of their curriculum. |
WakefieldMiddlesex County Kim Smith
781-246-6324 x321 |
Wakefield Memorial High School
Grade Level: High School Music Composition and Research Technology Lab A Music Technology Lab enables students in grades 9-12 to learn composition, transcribing, arranging, and transposing in addition to reinforcing basics in the fundamentals of musical notation, ear training, and rhythm. |
WalpoleNorfolk County Elizabeth Bogardus
508-660-7242 |
Johnson Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Multimedia Presentation of Research Projects Sixth grade students prepare research projects, combining note-taking and information literacy skills from Language Arts with content material from Science and Social Studies, to create a Hyperstudio audio-visual presentation for parents and other students. The presentations will be used as a resource databank in school media centers throughout the district, as well as being available in the town library. |
WalpoleNorfolk County Holli Armstrong
508-660-7219 |
Old Post Road School
Grade Level: Elementary Hands Across Walpole Walpole senior citizens share their personal experiences of history with fourth grade students through a regular e-mail exchange which will work on their English/Language Arts skills as well. In addition, CU-See Me software will be used for live video conferencing with the Walpole Senior Center to allow students to ask the seniors questions they have prepared as part of their social studies curriculum. |
WalpoleNorfolk County Jane M. Souza
508-660-7227 |
Bird Middle School
Grade Level: Middle Language Arts Curriculum Frameworks on the Web Students design multimedia productions to document their classroom learning achievements and disseminate them to the broader community via an Internet web page. Each student production has four components: a brief description of the project, a student reflection on the process and outcome, a presentation of the student work itself, and a listing of the Eng/LA Learning Standards addressed by the project. |
WareHampshire County Debbie Lee
413-967-4271 |
Ware High School
Grade Level: High School MarketWARE Students in grades 9-12 produce infomercials which highlight school-wide or community projects for Ware's TV channel 3 and in-house access channel. Students use their skills in English/Language Arts, Visual Arts, and Computer Assisted Design to produce multimedia presentations that combine 3D animated graphics, music, and voice. |
WarehamPlymouth County William Gifford
508-291-3510 x741 |
Wareham High School
Grade Level: High School Connecting Sounds and Sights: Integrating Music Composition and Visual Arts Music students and visual art students use technology to digitize known and original works, and combine them by responding interpretively to the other discipline's creations. The process teaches an understanding of shared creative practices and formal elements such as color, tone, rhythm, movement, texture, etc. These works are then compiled into electronic slide shows for school ceremonies and exhibitions. |
WarehamPlymouth County William Gifford
508-291-3510 x741 |
Wareham High School
Grade Level: High School Wareham High School Technology and Project Challenge Lab Students with special needs, in foster care, and at risk receive assisted or tutored individual lessons in a small group instructional setting in the technology and project challenge lab. Assessment includes portfolios, process-oriented outcomes, and observable improvement in the areas of math, science, language arts, and fine arts. |
WaylandMiddlesex County David Summergrad
508-655-6670 |
Wayland Middle School
Grade Level: Middle The Mobile Lighthouse: Integrated Thematic Technology Projects Integrated curriculum work in grades 6, 7, and 8 enhance the learning of students through improved uses of technology. Studying inpirational figures such as Henry David Thoreau, Rachel Carson, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., students use the Internet for research, create multimedia presentations, and design web pages to empower their ability to learn and communicate their knowledge. |
WellesleyNorfolk County Thomas Plati
781-446-6210 |
Hunnewell School
Grade Level: Elementary Electronic Student Portfolios: Student Assessment Tools for Changing Learning and Instruction Technology is used to support and disseminate student assessment practices that enlist second grade students in reflecting on and directing their own learning, and teachers in improving their classroom instruction in mathematics and in reading. After reviewing videotapes made of their own presentations and interviews, students design and defend electronic portfolios that feature development in content areas over time. |
WellesleyNorfolk County Thomas Plati
781-446-6210 |
Hunnewell School
Grade Level: Elementary Addressing Multiculturalism through the Use of Children's Literature and Technology Technology is used as a vehicle for research to encourage teachers to develop appropriate lesson materials, for communication among classroom teachers and students, and for collecting information and ideas (on a web site) dealing with the ways children's literature can be utilized to stimulate multicultural discussions in the elementary school classroom. |
WestfordMiddlesex County Darlene Faherty
978-692-5586 |
Robinson School
Grade Level: Elementary A Kid's View of the World: A Multimedia Presentation Students in a multiage first and second grade use Kid Pix to create individual slides based on research projects in language arts. The slides combine graphic arts and written work and are compiled into group presentations for their classmates. |
WestfordMiddlesex County Anne M. Marcella
978-692-5580 |
Abbot School
Grade Level: Elementary The Great Race to Nome... An Alaskan Adventure An eight week multidisciplinary unit based on the Iditarod Dog Sled Race, enables third graders to combine learning about Alaska, its land and its people, and the challenges inherent in the Iditarod. Using the Internet connection in their classroom, students access the official Iditarod Website, conduct research, e-mail questions to mushers, and commuicate with keypals on a daily basis. |
WestfordMiddlesex County Diane Myers
978-692-5570 |
Westford Academy
Grade Level: High School Graphic Design High School students participate in an interdisciplinary computer and applied arts program. Issues of resolution, color separation, file formats, and various media outputs are taught in addition to the basic design principles of balance, rhythm, composition, and color. |
WilliamsburgHampshire County Susan Smith
413-268-8421 |
Williamsburg Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Promoting Mathematical Thinking through the Use of Technology Technology is an important component in the teaching and learning of mathematics in a 3rd grade classroom. The project primarily focuses on the use of Logo, a dissemination of curriculum, and activities appropriate to the use of Logo at the 3rd grade level. Software from "Investigations in Number, Data, and Space" which has proven effective is also being explored. |
WilliamsburgHampshire County Karen Schweitzer
413-268-8421 |
Williamsburg Elementary School
Grade Level: Elementary Creating Digital Archives for Presentation, Reflection and Assessment Technology is used to archive student work and to create interactive CD ROM based multimedia portfolios. The portfolios serve as a living record of student accomplishment and as a tool for ongoing assessment and individual curriculum planning. In addition to the portfolios, multimedia is used for other authoring projects throughout the year. |
WorcesterWorcester County Carol Shilinsky
508-799-3562 |
Accelerated Learning Lab (A.L.L. School)
Grade Level: K-12 TASK: Technology Accelerates Student Knowledge A variety of technologies provide students and teachers with learning opportunities that connect and integrate, in meaningful ways, subject content knowledge with the local, state, or national community. Individual "tasks" are identified by each of the grade levels and integrate two or more of the major content domains into interdisciplinary projects. |
WorcesterWorcester County Richard Pickett
508-799-3476 |
Granite Street School
Grade Level: K-12 Bilingual Bridge: An Authentic Learning Application Utilizing Technology Bilingual students are linked with other schools in the U.S. and Vietnam for the purpose of developing authentic instructional materials and improving communication and subject area skills. Student created projects and authentic writings are exchanged via the Internet, enabling an exploration of cultures in addition to learning in multiple subject areas. |
WorcesterWorcester County Dr. Deborah Sinkis
508-799-3584 |
F.J. McGrath School
Grade Level: K-6 Video Captioning: A New Route to Improved Student Literacy Deaf and hard of hearing students work collaboratively with hearing students to produce and direct the filming of videotapes and also write and edit the captions to make them accessible to both the hearing and the hearing impaired. Special software and hardware is used to edit and create the final captioned videotape. |
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