Teacher Resource Page: Technology Integration Aids

Teacher's Guide: Integrating the Web into Your Curriculum
Our Purpose: How do I use this page? How to Participate: What equipment/software do I need? How To Evaluate Web Activities: Rubrics and evaluation tools Interdisciplinary Pathways: Where are the best MidLink pages for my subject? Suggestions: Your feedback, please
The Purpose of This Section
	We know that students can learn amazing things using the Internet, but skeptics ask, "Are students learning valuable skills and mastering standard curriculum when they use the web?" In *MidLink Magazine, we try to answer that question with a resounding, "YES!" We include projects that satisfy the three most important criteria for helping any teacher integrate technology into a typical classroom: There are clear connections between the content of the web page and curriculum standards. Teachers can actually USE the page to teach. The web page shows how much the student-authors learned about their subject. The student-authors and teachers clearly had fun in the creative process. The page is an example of alternative assessment in the very best sense...and you can replicate it in your classroom. We strive to find this type of content for MidLink Magazine, but how does such a project happen? What techniques do teachers use to guide and manage the students? How did they make room in the lesson plan to "fit" technology into the standard curriculum? The purpose of this resource page will be to provide springboards and starting points through which any teacher can use the themed projects in MidLink in a typical classroom setting. We will provide quick and easy ways for you to incorporate our projects into your lesson plans. Then comes the magical part: your students' work might be PUBLISHED! Want to guess how much that motivates even the most reluctant learner? You are invited to join the MidLink team of international teacher editors, many of whom have won awards for their work. Back to the table of contents*
What Do I Need in Order to Participate?
	At least one computer connected to the Internet Your standard curriculum Typical classroom supplies: pencils, paper, drawing materials Software Recommendations: For Browsing: Internet Explorer or Netscape For Writing: Microsoft Word, Claris Works, or any word processor For Drawing: HyperStudio, M-Power, Digital Chisel, PowerPoint Flexibility and a sense of humor Back to the table of contents
Interdisciplinary Pathways Through MidLink Magazine
	Below are links or pathways to projects within MidLink Magazine. The projects are grouped according to subject area. Although we encourage you to go beyond your subject and collaborate with a teacher in another discipline, the links below will get you started on your own path in the newest issue of MidLink Magazine: Interdisciplinary Activities for "Virtually Yours..." - These great teaching ideas show how every subject area teacher can use the CURRENT ISSUE of MidLink Magazine. You can use these activities in your classroom tomorrow as you integrate technology into your classroom. Language Arts, English, or English as a Second Language Book Link: HyperStudio reports about famous authors Books Alive! PowerPoint book reviews "live" on the web International Book Fair: Book reviews by kids all over the world MidLink "A,B,C's" Explore the alphabet as you study the world The Write Spot: Stories, plays and poems by international student-authors The Virtual Quilt: Create a "patch" and join the quilting bee! Virtually Yours: New reading/writing activities related to our theme Math TAB's 3-D Models: Hands-on Geometry you can make Famous Mathematicians: Mathematicians who changed the world Virtually Yours: Use MidLink to teach math skills Science Satellites, Computers and Mapping Students need partners to share their GIS and GPS data Virtually Yours: New science activities related to our current theme. Social Studies "A,B,C's" Explore the alphabet with your class as you study the world Civil War Portfolios - Civil War research portfolios in real-time! Electronic Portfolios - Students research a country or culture Virtually Yours: "As We Were Then..." stories from the past...in the first person! Back to the table of contents

	Suggestions? We welcome your suggestions. MidLink is a collaborative 'Zine, and we seek constructive feedback. If you let us hear from you, we can make MidLink even better. Suggestions or comments to Caroline McCullen, SAS Institute, Cary, NC. camccu@sas.com or any of the MidLink Teacher Editors Back to the table of contents Back to MidLink Magazine