Initial Project Description
School: Vartan Gregorian Elementary School
Teacher: Dianne Maranhas
Audience: 3rd grade.
Project: Vartan Gregorian Elementary, formerly Fox Point Elementary,
is a "core knowledge" school, with a well-articulated, sequential
curriculum in history. Ms. Maranhas' classroom has 2 Macintosh
computers and 1 PC, and she is interested in having an application that
students can use to explore some of the topics covered in the 3rd
grade American history (e.g. Colonial Life and the beginnings of the
American Revolution). She says the reading skills of her students are
not always at grade level, so she is looking for something that uses
visualization in creative and effective ways.
Possible tools are Hyperstudio, Authorware, and HTML (to
run locally), and there is ample opportunity for classroom observation
and excellent access to curricular materials.
Comments: This is an excellent project for folks interested in
the dynamics of the elementary classroom, and fitting innovative software
ideas to well-defined curriculum. The
challenge of the "one computer classroom" is enormous, but so is the
potential for a good application to make a real difference in student
learning at the elementary level. There is also an interesting opportunity
to coordinate work on this project with last year's "Campaign Trail"
program, which was designed for 4th graders at "The Greg."
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Last modified: Thu Mar 25 02:48:43 EST 1999