Innovative Use of Technology Increase access to, and use of, digital communication and multimedia technology among children with physical disabilities. The activities will be based on national mathematics standards and aeronautic content guidelines. The Internet offers advantages and disadvantages as a medium for providing aeronautics-based math activities. We have re-examined the advantages to provide a rationale for the structure of the activities within this project to guide the design process. In order for this project to appeal to classroom teachers and students, the inherent limitations of the Internet were identified and addressed.
Technology is a tool for educating students.
It is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Technology is best used as a tool for providing information to students when it can't be done in a better way. Using the Internet to deliver aeronautics-based math activities will be most effective when the advantages of Internet use are incorporated into the design. In the first year, the project will establish Internet access at school sites while designing and installing the initial World Wide Web-based instructional lessons. The lessons will be competency-based, with learning goals in math, aeronautics, and in the use of the Internet as a learning resource.