Project Content Elements

School Description: Name, age, size, population served, physical features (location, proximity to important geographical features, if pertinent), parent and community demographics
School culture: Promising school improvement practices (non-traditional schedule, site based management, team teaching, etc.)
Teacher bio: Subject, years of teaching, teaching style, years of technology integration
Professional growth: Teacher's development with classroom integration of technology
Technology access: Workstations (number and features), Internet; community and parent use
Technology use: Level of student use and experience with technology upon entry in the classroom

Classroom project: Detailed description of project or thematic unit. Description of student product(s) or culminating activity
Learning Goals: Connections to content standards and benchmarks; technology skills (needed or upon entry); delineation of goal emphasis such as introduce, practice, or show mastery
Project work: Concept maps from brainstorm sessions, student handouts, task instructions
Student work: Drafts, final products, samples, images, photos, etc.
Assessment: Description of assessment methods, the assessments, scoring guides, and grading systems
Impact: Examples of impact on learning and teaching (anecdotal evidence, data)

Scheduling: Day-by-day schedule and timelines for project activity
Student grouping: Schedule of individual, small group, team, peer-to-peer activities
Classroom arrangement: Room layout (maps and photos), technology access description, images of students working, lab and workstation rotation schedules
Monitoring student progress: Strategies, interview topics, checklists, schedule of due dates.
New skill and concept development: List of skills and concepts needed, strategies for introducing new skills and concepts, strategies for using student mentors
Procedures: Release forms, handouts, letters to parents, checklists, and contracts
Challenges: Technical troubleshooting, student absences, other
Resources: Lists of technology, software, reference CDs, Web sites

Research base: Excerpts from research documents, citations, bibliographies
Self assessment: Tools for placement on a continuum of tech integration and for identification of barriers with links to strategies for overcoming them
Staff development: Suggestions for different contexts and audiences