The two projects described will include:
Project OWLink: Twenty teachers in five diverse Texas area public schools are connected to the Internet and to each other via an ATM based interactive distance learning network. Teachers have created online curriculum that includes net-based activities that supplement the distance education sessions. Online lesson plans employ highly creative strategies that use the web as an information resource, an interactive data gathering tool and as an environment to demonstrate concepts. The web is also used as a collaborative environment for creating curriculum and creating projects online.
GirlTECH project: An NSF funded project trained 20 math and science teachers on how to integrate the Internet into their daily classroom activities. Teachers created lessons which focus on one-computer classroom activities or activities that require less connectivity. Some educational strategies used were to use traditionally non-educational materials on the web in creating online activities that require students to develop strategies to gather, analyze and process information.