TIP PROFILE

School:	Wuerzburg Elementary School

TIP Title:On-Line Pen Pals

Participation: Pilot Teacher

Project Starting Date:	07-AUG-1995

Completion Date: Indefinite

Number of Students:	28

Grades: 2

Special Populations:
 Students with Military Sponsors

Student-improvement emphasis:
 Academic Performance

Curriculum Emphasis:
 English
 Language Arts

Instructional Strategy Emphasis:
 Large Group
 Cooperative Learning
 Hands-On Approach
 Small Group
 Project-Based Learning
 Individualized Instruction

Technology Types:
 Computer
 Telecommunications

Student Technology Applications:
 Desktop Publishing
 Telecommunications
 On-Line Research
 Word Processing

Teacher Technology Applications:
 Simulation/Modeling
 Word Processing
 Lesson Plan Development
 Home-School Communication
 Information Management
 Instructional Management
 Telecommunications
 Grading


INTERVENTION PLAN

Student Outcomes:<
 1. Students will improve their writing skills. 
 2. Students will improve their motivation for writing.
 3. Students will transfer learned skills to publishing
     their own books.
 4.  Students will review their own work and make proper corrections.

Teacher Outcomes:
 1. Learn how to access Internet and find resources, using Shepherd. 
 2. Learn how to make a CD-ROM.
 3. Use the Teacher Associate to professionally manage learning.

Instructional Plan:
The curricular and instructional focus of this TIP is the use of 
technology to improve the writng of letters bywritng to pen pals over the Internet.
The students will  identify the elements of letter writing including
the proper style, parts of a letter, proper paragraph structure,
and proper sentence and grammar usage.  The students will learn
the components of process writing including brainstorming,
research, writing, reading, editing, rewriting, and final copy.
The students will work in cooperative groups to develop and
process their letters from other students.  For the second
component of this TIP, students will work with cross age tutors
to design, develop and publish their writing on the Internet.
The final product will be student designed and produced home
pages to share with other classrooms on the Internet.

Technology Integration:
 Students will produce better product faster and with less individual
 attention from the teacher with the computer as a motivation tool.

TIP Assessment:
 Student Demonstration of Work
 Student Journals
 Portfolios of Student Work
 Student Surveys
 Student Projects

Existing Resources:
 Apple+Atari keyboarding and writing programs.
 computer specialist
 parent volunteers and peer tutors as available
 charts

New Resources:  
 I need:
   1.  IBM computers 1/every 2 students>
   2.  Language Arts software for extended writing program

Professional Development Resources
 1. Assistance will be needed in using Technology Applications.
 2. Identification of cirriculum and instructional resources including 
      courseware and software.
 3. Training in integration of technology into the curriculum.
 4. On-line CAETI support to identify resouces.

IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
 Practice closure: October, November; 1995
 Practice paragraph: October, 1995
 Practice saluation: September, October, 1995
 Intro to letter form: September, 1995
 Practice w. penpal: November, December, 1995
 Practice date format: September, 1995