This workshop will be a basic introduction to seven online tools. SOL correlation will be stressed. Each participant will receive a registered user name for home and school use for themselves and 30 students until June 30, 2001. There are many activities and skills for students in grades 4-8 that prepare them for Algebra. This workshop will lay the foundation for Algebra in the early years and develop it into the middle school years.
Technology is interwoven as a tool for teaching thought processes, skills and curriculum.
SOL correlation will be addressed. A discussion and demonstration of lesson plans and student activities which address both middle school curriculum and technology standards. Katrine Crow is the Work and Family Studies teacher and the instructional technology specialist at Hines Middle School in Newport News. Katrine discusses technology curriculum applications in the family, babysitting, consumer, nutrition, and career units. . The information provided is appropriate to both middle and high school courses.