Westinghouse High School 1993-94 Action Plan

				Westinghouse High School
					Action Plan

Support Needs:
	1.  Bi-monthly meetings during TIP time (2nd/4th Wed)
	2.  Reps from CK:P at each meeting(may diminish later)
	3.  A live [erspm (real human voice) to contact by phone.
	4.  An in-service for E-mail.


Timeline:
	First semester:

	1.  9th grade (English class) - E-mail to one another within
	      the class.
	2.  9th & 10th grades (Social Studies) - use CIA fact file.
	3.  9th & 10th grades  (SAM Problem Solving) - electronic 
              library searches.
	4.  12th grade (Independent Research) - continue use of 
	     electronic searches and mentor contacts

	Second semester:

	1.  11th grade (Independent Research) - E-mail with mentors
	     established/ elected library search on chosen topics.



				Westinghouse High School
					Outcomes

Teachers:
1.	A deeper sense of colleagiality will develop among the teachers
	involved in the project; a deeper sense of belonging will be
	established.
2.	The comfort level and ability to manipulate/use electronic
	network should be greatly increased.

Students:
1.	Increased level of comfort and knowledge of electronic 
         networks.
2.	Establish e-mail communication with mentors and/or experts
	in the fields of their research topics.
3.	More cooperative learning and peer tutoring will happen as a
	result of paring/grouping around a machine to complete tasks.
	The students will be pushed to become interactive.
4.	Students will be ultimately "forced" to become problem solving
	independent learners when given a task to complete using the
	electronic network.(much as we have become during this
	workshop)
5.	Thought processes should become both more creative yet more
	logical as they are faced with decisions such as which key 
	words to use to begin/continue a search.

Parents/Administrators:
1.	Strong awareness of electronic networking in the school 
	through presentations at parent meetings and standing
	invitations to visit labs.

				Westinghouse High School
				     Individual Resources

Name:	Linda Savido
Resource:	Empire Schoolhouse 
Location:	EPA Online Library (Reference desk-applied science
Intended classroom use:	Use for science program


Resource:	Roget's Thesaurus
		CIA Factfile 
		Dictionary
Intended classroom use:	General reference tools for quick access.


Resource:	CNN education guide
Location:	Empire Schoolhouse


Resource:	Empire Internet Schoolhouse-Reference Desk-Applied
		Science and Technology
Location:	Internet (Other gopher services)
Intended classroom use:	for current SAM Research projects
					and background information.



Resource:	Ecogopher at University of Virginia
Location:	Internet (other gopher services)
Intended classroom use:	for current SAM Research projects
					and background information.