Technology in the Curriculum

Project Summary

Anne McLaughlin

High School


	My goal for the five-day intensive curriculum development training program was 
to have the time and the expert help to develop  a website for Greenville High School.  I 
teach an Advanced Word Processing class and this class will be responsible for the 
maintenance and development of additional pages.  At the end of the last school year I 
sent a note to all GHS teachers and administrators stating that I would develop a web site 
over the summer months.  I asked them for input at this time and did receive some 
feedback. I developed  initial pages during this five-day course for my students to work on 
as a starting point for our high school web site.  I left several pages in the under-
construction stage for this group of students to complete when school starts. I  took 
pictures of  the school and students and had them developed to disk and included these in 
my pages. A few of the pages I included in our web site I developed during the EnterNet 
class taught last year through the ROE.    Those pages detailed our FBLA chapter and 
included a survey form.
	Another goal  I had set was to develop projects for my students in this course to 
complete on an independent basis. The course is designed as a one semester course for 
seniors.  The students will work from a text--WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows.  They will be 
assigned additional tasks other than those listed in the text.  An additional software 
package I plan to incorporate is Microsoft Publisher.  I developed a couple of mini-lessons 
using this package.  One lesson requires students to complete a letterhead, business card, 
application form, and a tri-fold flyer about a company of their choice.  They would be 
allowed to use templates for these jobs. Another lesson requires the students to complete 
two cover jobs--one a tape cassette (from a template) and a CD cover (developed on their 
own).