By requiring students to plan an interactive presentation that includes links among various sources of ideas and information, students will need to employ the Habits of Mind of relevance and connection. In the coming year, the staff has committed to sharing our knowledge on a regular basis at staff meetings, and this can be used to spread our technical expertise. We will use these sharing sessions to train each other in the software being used by the teachers in the vanguard, and to present the student work that is being done in response. We are thoroughly supported in this by our administration. As teachers and students become more comfortable with HyperStudio and the concept of interconnectivity, we will probably want to create increasingly complex projects.
Ambitious learners can begin using html, which allows linking to the work of others.
Technophobes will start to experience similarities with word processing, and the ease of incorporating other media into their projects. Some will also become interested in the advantages of interactivity and linking. Barring unforseen circumstances, this progress will coincide with connecting all the classrooms in a a school-wide network. This will increase the linking options. Teachers can also use listserves to post questions and require responses.