Schenley High School 1993-94 Action Plan

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			Schenley: Action Plan (CK:P)
                          (School year 1993/94)

I: Support Needs:
		
		Team Support:      CK:P staff, once/month at TIPT-meetings
		                   (Wednesdays: 2:30-3:20 p.m.).
		
		Class Support:   - CK:P staff will give presentations to
		                   beginning computer classes.
		                 - Teachers will make individual requests
				   for such presentations.
		
		Project Support: - Project staff will meet with the team to
		                   share information and give an up-date 
		                   on the CK:P Project.(once/month)
		                 - Set up a bulletin board for project
			           questions.
				 - In-service is to be used for networking 
			           activities by the team members.


II: Timeline:

       	First Semester:
			October: - Student accounts.
			         - E-mail in target language: twice/month.
				   (thematic correspondence, commentaries on 
			           UPI-releases etc.)
			         - Weather reports in target language:searches
				   for sources on the Internet; oral reports
				   by students.
		                   Please note: E-mail correspondence is
				   an on-going activity until the end of 
				   the first semester.	       
		       November: - News reports (background information
 				   in the CIA-FACT-BOOK).
				 - Summaries of news releases:UPI-Newsgroups.
				 - Teachers will select the appropriate 
                                   newsgroups. 	
				   Please note: the Newsgroup activity will
				   be an on-going activity until the end
				   of the first semester.

       Second Semester:
			
	         		- Participation in a global project available 
                                  on the Internet 
			        - Participation in a project sponsored by 
                                  Schenley students.
			        - Participation in a teleconference.
				- Exploration of resources via Veronica,
				  Gopher, WAIS etc.



III: Outcomes:

	             Netters:  -  Students will improve and augment their
                                  research abilities, apply critical 
                                  thinking skills to various topics/themes
				  and expand their multi-cultural, multi-
				  ethnic and global awareness of people 
                                  and current events. They will be able 
				  to focus on objective interpretation of
			          globally ocurring events and develop their
			          own personal strength in tolerance of 
                                  different people in this world.
				- Students will improve their language 
			          proficiency in reading, writing and
				  oral presentation.
			
			        - Teachers will be able to increase the number
			          of resources available through the Internet.

				- The librarian will introduce the Internet
				  to other teachers in the school so as 
                                  to enlarge the number of network users.
				
				- The principal will post departmental    
                                  and individual mail via e-mail.



IV: Resources:

	Resource: Weather Services
	Location: Internet Resources

	Resource: CIA-Factbook
	Location: Gopher
	
	Resource: United Nations Press Releases
	Location: Newsgroups
	
	Resource: UPI News
	Location: UPI-Newsgroups

	Resource: CNN-Classroom
	Location: Gopher

	Resource: Thesaurus
	Location: Gopher/ Case Western Reserve Uni.

	Resource: Grolliers Encyclopedia
	Location: to be located

	Resource: ERIC (ASKERIC)
	Location: Uni. of Pittsburgh

	Resource: Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
	Location: Uni. of Pittsburgh

	Resource: Internet Relay Chat
	Location: Internet Resources
	Intended for specific classroom use: open your own channel for live 
	                                 conversations with e-mail contacts.

	Resource: Electronic Newsstand
	Location: to be developed (not in service yet)

	Resource: IRC: K-12 Net
	Location: to be developed (not in service yet)

	Resource: Other specific language newsgroups (non-American)
	Location: Cf. Prof Carlitz at the University of Pittsburgh.
		  (Newsgroups such as actual newsgroups in France, Germany,
		   Spain, Latin America, Austria, Switzerland, Canada etc.)

	Resource: Search Gopherspace with Veronica
	Location: Gopher
	Intended for specific classroom use: direct and independent 
        search mechanisms for teachers and students.

Please note, that changes will be unavoidable as the networking 
environment changes rapidly and unpredictably.
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