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In an effort to help increase community understanding of technology integration efforts funded through the No Child Left Behind EdTech Grant and its effect on student performance in Superintendent Region 2, the C.I.I. has begun creating a series of video clips highlighting local technology integration “best practices”. In addition to streaming these segments here, they are also incorporated in various television programs that are broadcast throughout the region on WHRO Channel 15 or through local cable channels. Additional segments are regularly added.

Lesson: Bacteria and Viruses Webquest
Author: Elaine Hammond
School: Kecoughtan High School
Division: Hampton
Subject Area: Biology
Grade: 12
Description: Students go on a webquest to research the difference between bacteria and viruses. They create power point presentations from the information gleaned.
Length: 9:58

 

Lesson: Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
Author: Stacey Hester
School: Hines Middle School
Division: Newport News
Subject Area: English
Grade: 7-8
Description: In this self-contained classroom, the teacher uses a combination of Power Point quizzing and an Internet news site to help students review their grammar skills.
Length: 5:04

Lesson: The Jazz Age
Author: Marilyn Watts
School: Churchland High School
Division: Portsmouth
Subject Area: English
Grade Level: 11
Description: After reading The Great Gatsby, students chose Jazz Age topics, did internet research and created Power Point presentations that related their topic to the book.
Length: 8:28

Lesson: Transforming Classrooms: Technology Advancing the Curriculum (TAC)
Project Coordinator: Kathleen Sharp
Division: Norfolk
Subject Area: All
Grade Level: K-12
Description: Led by nationally recognized technology integration expert, Dr. Annette Lamb, Norfolk Public School teachers learn to develop meaningful projects using technology and have seen test scores increase. From the scientific method to classification to persuasive writing to the freedom documents see how these teachers are using technology to expand learning opportunities for their students.
Length: 29:06

Individual portions of this program can be viewed at:
Transforming Classrooms: Technology across the Curriculum
Length: 9:41
Transforming Classrooms: Meaningful Projects
Length: 11:58
Transforming Classrooms: Student Reaction
Length: 7:25
 

Lesson: On the Trail with Lewis and Clark
Author: June Hartig
School: Taylor Elementary School
Division: Norfolk
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Description: At Taylor Elementary School students use WebQuests and related Web resources to study Lewis and Clark.
Length: 6:07

Lesson: Reading Centers
Author: Elena Seaton
School: Taylor Elementary School
Division: Norfolk
Subject Area: Reading/Writing
Grade Level: 4
Description: At Taylor Elementary School students use computers in centers to help them find resources to hone their reading and writing skills.
Length: 7:47

Lesson: Linking Kwanzaa to Technology and History
Author: Angela Goodloe
School: Ruffner Middle School
Division: Norfolk
Subject Area: History, Social Studies, Technology
Grade Level: 7
Description: Angela Goodloe celebrates the African-American holiday with her students by researching Kwanzaa through the Internet.
Length: 4:26

Lesson: Stock Market Analysis
Author: Ann Curtis
School: Norfolk Collegiate School
Division: Norfolk
Subject Area: Mathematics (Pre-Algebra)
Grade Level: 7-8
Description: At Norfolk Collegiate School pre-algebra students get an opportunity to use real online data in a stock market project to research the pretend stocks they own.
Length: 8:34

Lesson: Exploring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Author: Sheila Teri, Technology Teacher; Edited by Jill Nyhus
School: Trantwood Elementary School
Division: Virginia Beach
Subject Area: Social Studies, Language Arts/Reading, Technology
Grade Level: 3-6
Description: Shelia Teri helps her young students learn about civil rights by combining an idea mapping activity with the Internet.
Length: 10:06

Lesson: Mystery Adventure on a James River Plantation
Author: Rebecca Thomas
School: W. T. Cooke Elementary School
Division: Virginia Beach
Subject Area: English/Language Arts
Grade Level: 4
Description: Rebecca Thomas makes writing fun by allowing her students to surf the net to develop ghost stories based on real people.
Length: 7:30