Five Santa Clara County teachers won cash awards recognizing the effective and creative ways they are using the Internet in their classrooms.
Students choose three insects to research on the Internet.
They develop three individual rubrics for content, collaboration and multimedia then create an imaginary insect and place it into an appropriate environment. Students then use email to share their project with their counterparts from the other school. Students research social, political and economic realities of a twentieth century decade, use the Internet and other sources to research their selections, use storyboarding and Microsoft Power Point to present findings in words and images. A team of educators experienced in instructional technology judged the entries. National launched a multi-million dollar initiative in 1997 to train and encourage teachers to use the Internet in their classrooms when study results revealed a dramatic and escalating need for teacher training in technology.