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baumann@fi.edu
Tue, 18 Mar 1997 16:52:03 -0500
In reacting to Jim's comments and the Alternative Energy Resources document
I would like to share some work that my colleague Karen Elinich and I have
done with K-8 teachers here in Philadelphia at the Levering School.
We were interested in having the teachers actually use a set of web pages as
a way to manage a content and inquiry based science or math investigation.
Take a look at www.levering.k12.pa.us and then select 1996 Classroom Projects.
We created a set of project pages for each investigation which combined
access to resources, national standards, a project mailbox, a project
whiteboard, and a space to publish results from the investigation.
These proiect pages also served as a place for teachers to document their
reflections about the project and the activities that went on in the classroom.
Some teachers used all of these structures while others used only a few. Of
special note would be Light and Shadows, Weather, Soap. Each uses the
structures in a way that supports their investigation.
What we have found is that through the use of these structures teachers have
come quickly to undersatnd and articulate a whole variety of ways that
telecomputing is powerful in supporting change in teacher practice.
In these instances, the web is supporting teachers who are dangling their
tippy toes in the water of inquiry based science teaching.
Steve Baumann
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