Technology Innovation  Challenge Grant Funded By  The U.S. Department  of Education

Savvy Cyber Teacher^® Syllabus
Version 2.0

Week One: Introduction to the Internet in Education

• Focus on basic web browser use.

• Web-based "Guided Exploration" tutorial that introduces "unique and compelling" applications.

• Advanced user tutorial for use by those who do not need basic training.

Week Two: Use of the Internet as a Communications Tool - Using Email in the Classroom

•  Participants set up web-based email (Lycos Mail) and learn how to use it.

• Advanced users can use online guide to learn about more complex Lycos Mail tools.

• Ask-an-expert and Telementoring Projects are introduced, through two new web-based Guided Exploration tutorials, as "unique and compelling" applications.

Week Three: Enriching the Curriculum Through Telecollaborative Projects

• Collaborative and Keypal Projects are focused on in this workshop.

• New web-based Guided Exploration activity provided an overview of the 1995 Water Sampling Project.

• Teachers learn how to find their own collaborative project.

• Online bookmarking, using the Yahoo! Bookmark system, is also introduced.

Week Four: Real Time Adventures on the Internet

• Real time data is introduced through a web-based Guided Exploration tutorial and a brief slide presentation.

• Participants engaged in a simulated classroom project by going through the Musical Plates projects.  Implementation issues are discussed in both large and small group discussion activities.

Week Five: Primary Sources and Multidisciplinary Connections

• This workshop will introduce Primary Sources as the fourth and final "unique and compelling" Internet application.

• Participants will engaged in a Stevens classroom project called Historical Treasure Chest which uses primary source data.

• The workshop will end with a Guided Exploration tutorial on Multidisciplinary Connections that will focus on demonstrating how subject-specific Internet resources can be used to create multidisciplinary connections in "unique and compelling" Internet projects.

Week Six: Searching Strategies

• This workshop will focus on strategies for effective Internet search.

• Previous materials have been updated to reflect the rapid changes that have taking place in this area of Internet use.

• Subject guides, search engines, meta-search tools, and directories will be discussed.

  Week Seven: Classroom Implementation: Project Management Plans

• This workshop will focus on classroom implementation by introducing the participants to the concept of Project Management Plans (PMPs).

• The first two areas of PMPs will be covered: Instructional Management and Classroom Management.

• A detailed online development guide has been created to assist participants in developing a PMP.

• Each participant will be asked to select one "unique and compelling" Internet-based project to implement in their classroom.  They will then spend a significant portion of this workshop working on their PMP for the project they select.

  Week Eight: Project Management Plans II & Developing Implementation Web Pages

• The last two areas of PMPs will be covered: Technology Management and Time Management.

• Participants will be introduced to the concept of a Implementation Web Page, which are tied closely to the PMPs they developed, and shown several examples.

• Yahoo! GeoCities, a newweb-based HTML developmental tool, will be used by the participants to develop their implementation web pages.

Week Nine: Developing Implementation Web Pages Continued

• Participants will complete their work on their implementation web pages.

  Week Ten: Presentations and Cyber-Poster Sessions

• Administrators and other guests will be invited for teacher presentations.