TIP PROFILE

School:	Hanau Middle School

TIP Title:  Electronic Bulletin Board 

Participation: Pilot Teacher

Project Starting Date:	01-SEP-1995

Completion Date: 18-JUN-1996

Number of Students:	400

Grades: 6 7 8

Special Populations: 
All

Student-improvement emphasis:
 Other: Parent communication
 Homework

Curriculum Emphasis:
 Interdisciplinary

Instructional Strategy Emphasis:
 Hands-On Approach

Technology Types:
 Computer
 Multiple Technologies
 Computer
 Telecomunications

Student Technology Applications:<
 Other:  N.A.

Teacher Technology Applications:
 On-Line Conferencing
 Simulation/ Modeling
 Telecommunications

INTERVENTION PLAN

Student Outcomes:
 At the end of this implementation the student will demonstrate
 increased responsibility and homework completion.  Parent
 Outcomes=improved communication with parents.

Teacher Outcomes:
 At the end of this implementation teachers will be provided with
 another tool to communicate with parents.

Instructional Plan:
 IThe curricular and instructional focus of this TIP is to establish a
 student run community electronic bulletin board to improve school/home
 communications  The students will work in cooperative groups to
 identify the elements needed to establish, successfully implement and
 maintain a community electronic bulletin board.  They will then 
 identify  the critical concepts teachers, parents, and other students
 will need to learn related to the identified issues.  The concepts will be 
 developed by the students with the assistance of the teacher and
 community volunteers.  The second component of this TIP is the 
 continued operation and upgrading of the system to add new features
 for access by both school and home users.  The students will learn
 all the elements of maintaining an electronic bulletin board 
 including system upgrades, networking, programming languages, and
 Internet protocols.  The students will use the Internet to deliver
 and connect the schools and the community.  The final product will
 be a student developed and run electronic bulletin board system 
 that will improve the learning environment with better home/school
 communications.

Technology Integration:
 Use of the Internet to retrieve "How-to" information and communicating
 electronically with other people in the process of setting-up electronic
 bulletin boards.

TIP Assessment:
 Student Surveys
 Parent Surveys

Existing Resources:
 386 computers
 Patch High School
 Computer Teachers Rick Rothney (Wuerzberg) and Lori Bradford (HAMS)
 Computer Specialists Mike Houser and Tara Beau
 Don Volz (Mannheim H.S.) and Carol Brennr (DoDDS Professional Librarian)

New Resources:
 ARPA - DELL computer
 ARPA - ink jet printers
 ARPA - DELL

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.

On-Going Support
 1.   U.S. Army
 2.  Guidance and direction on ways of procuring the needed equipment and
      knowledge to put together a working electronic bulletin board.
 3.  Guidence with technical aspects of setting up a working electronic
       bulletin board - Lori Bradford.
 4.  To provide assistance in procuring equipment in the start-up and
       maintaining the bulletin board after up and running.
 5.   My collegues will need to identify and express their professional vision of
       what a useful, functional, working electronic bulletin board would look like.

Estimated time needed to design and implement your TIP
 3 days:
  - 1 day in Wuerzberg observing and meeting with pilot teacher Ric Rothney
  - 1 day in Struttgart at Patch H.S. viewing an already up and operational
      electronic bulletin board.
  - 1 day in Wiesbaden at the DoDDS Profession Library working with Carol
      Brenner researching.

Resources Needed
 1.  Computer lab to access the Internet for informational gatherings
 2.  U.S. Army and school administration

IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE
 Gather Information:  August through December, 1995
 Collect Equipment:  September through December, 1995; January, 1996
 Collect Student Data:  November, December, 1995
 Collect Parent Data:   November, December, 1995