Entry Level Skills and Knowledge Students must possess basic computer and keyboarding skills. Since the students have a choice of programs to use for their final project the teacher should be proficient with ClarisWorks, HyperStudio, and WebWeaver. In addition, use of E-mail will be required. The first three lessons are intended to give students the opportunity to explore and research using the Internet and e-mail system. The remainder of time is spent by the students working on their final presentations.
Students begin working on their final products.
Evaluation Students can earn up to 100 points for completing the assignments for this unit. This unit is very flexible and can be adapted by a teacher in many ways. It is set up as a generic guideline for researching. This same structure could be used for researching any topic. Also, it may be desired to limit which computer program the students may use for their final project or use an alternative such as PageMaker or Word.