Online Curriculum

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TeachingStudents About Terrorism and Related Resources: AResource List From the ERIC Clearinghouse In light of recent events,AskERIC has compiled a list of resources for educators and parentsto help students cope with and discuss this tragedy.

The CHS Library subscribes to both the regular cable service, and thenew digital collection. We are able to record for you, within copyrightfair use guidelines, at your request. Here is a set of links to some ofthe channes available via the digital service.

The Region 2 CTAP online course for all teachers and school staff.Login and password required; for use by registered participants only. Clickherefor information about this and other CTAP Region 2 online courses.

The Region 2 CTAP online course for Digital High School teachersand school staff. Login and password required; for use by registeredparticipants only. Click herefor information about this and other CTAP Region 2 online courses.

A series of over two dozen guides that explain how to use PowerPoint.

The PowerPoint lesson from the series: In and Out of the Classroom:Office97 Online Lessons.

An excellent collection of lessons and activities which help the newMicrosoft Office 97 user learn how to make effective use of the software.Provides you with three types of learning materials to help youexplore and use the Office97 features: Highlights, Hands-On Exercises,and Hands-On Productivity Projects.

Addresses historic issues dealing with American Indian Reservationsin the 1870s and in the present. Divided into two separate "scenarios"for the students, it uses a Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach. Createdfor the Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Program, Summer,1997, by PeterMilbury, Librarian, ChicoHigh School, Chico, CA, and BrettSilva, Social Science Teacher, PleasantValley High School, Chico, CA.

This ERIC Digest explores Distance Learning: "Microcomputers, the Internet,and the World Wide Web are shaping the current generation of distance learning,and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and knowledge systems maybe next."

Article with tips and pointers for schools wanting to start using Distanceeducation. Includes links to support services and service providers. FromThe Distance Learning Resource Network Electronic Journal.

The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by facultyworldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For example,you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, classcalendars, multimedia textbooks, etc.

Blue Web'n is a searchable database of outstanding Internet learningsites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities,projects, resources, references, & tools).

Curricular materials, useful websites, Web teaching ideas, virtualeconomics and more information on teaching Economics is available here.

A well designed and organized online public high school in Oregon,with a complete curriculum available.

The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructionalsoftware, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...)for K-12 mathematics and science education.

Prof. Stanley K. Schultz has created a course in which much of theinformation is available on the Web. One of the most outstanding uses ofthe Web for this purposes in the History/Social Sciences!

These courses are designed to be self paced. The course material consistsentirely of Web pages and links to other content pages together with homeworkassignments and examinations.

Marvelous collection of links to lesson plans from the L.A.C.O.E.

Distance Education is an international journal which publishes refereedarticles and papers, as well as book reviews, on the philosophy, theoriesand practices of distance education, open learning and flexible deliverysystems.

Resources for information on distance learning and for contacting othersin the field for assistance. Include World Wide Web sites, addresses forjournals and newsletters, and information on electronic discussion lists.

A national consortium of state universities and land grant institutionsproviding high quality and economic distance education programs and servicesvia the latest and most appropriate information technologies.

Home of NASA's K12 Internet Initiative. Provides grants and supportfor teachers and students using the Internet, as well as opportunitiesto meet and interact with NASA scientists.

Bernie Dodge explains how to design the WebQuest, an inquiry-orientedactivity in which some or all of the information that learners interactwith comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented withvideoconferencing.

"Problem Based Learning is a curriculum development and delivery systemthat recognizes the need to develop problem solving skills as well as thenecessityof helping students to acquire necessary knowledge and skills." Bob Benoit

"This is a guide to initiate experienced educators into designing constructivist,cooperative learning projects around the World Wide Web. Examples of projectsinspired by this guide include The American History Archive Inquirer."

Eisenberg and Johnson address "Learning and Teaching Technology inContext": There seems to be clear and widespread agreement among the publicand educators that students need to be proficient computer users--studentsneed to be "computer literate." However, while districts are spending agreat deal of money on technology, there seems to be only a vague notionof what computer literacy really means.

OnlineCurriculum Resources
From the Chico High School Library

Online Courses in theChico Area, California, and Worldwide

Curriculum for Internet-BasedLearning

Sites With CurriculumUnits and Lessons

Science Units andLessons

Math Lessons and Units

History and SocialScience Lessons and Units