District/School Administration PK-16 Program Support Educational Technology
Technology Toolkit

Uncovering the Quabbin
New Salem-Wendell Regional School District

Contact Information

Teacher who developed and implemented the New Salem unit:

Pat Convery

Email (as of 2004):

patconvery@earthlink.net

Staff who assisted in developing and implementing the New Salem unit:

Christine Morin, Technology Integration Specialist, christinemorin1@netscape.net

Carol S. Holzberg, PhD, Technology Coordinator, carolh@anthro.umass.edu

Project Partners:
Pelham Elementary School, Pelham
Class web site     http://www.arps.org/pe/quabbin/index.htm

Petersham Center School, Petersham
Class web site     http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/localhistory/petersham/index.htm

Swift River Elementary School, New Salem
Class web site     http://www.swiftriver.k14.mass.edu/quabbin/index.html

Center for Computer-Based Instructional Technology (CCBIT), UMass Amherst
Heather Gianni, CCBIT    hgianni@history.umass.edu
Paul Oh, CCBIT    pauloh@cs.umass.edu

Petersham Historical Society

Swift River Historical Society

Project background: Uncovering the Quabbin developed as the result of two previous projects: Opening Windows on the Past (http://www.arps.org/amhersthistory/index.html), in which Amherst Public Schools and CCBIT partnered during the 2000-2002 academic years to work with twelve classes, and Living History Online (http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/localhistory/), which did the same type of work in public schools in Amherst, Hatfield, and Springfield.

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