Application to Participate in a School-University Curriculum Project
sponsored by a grant from
the American Association for University Professors - Connecticut State University
for a Research Project in Developing Online Courses for PK-12 Schools
1999 - 2000

Project Director:  David L. Stoloff, Professor and Chair,
Education Department, Eastern Connecticut State University

Project Description

Seeking a diverse group of ten PK-12 teachers, representing a variety of grades and subjects taught, to develop collaboratively month-long courses that they would plan to implement in their classrooms during the 1999-2000 academic year.  These courses would focus on a curricular topic that would be enriched through the integration of  websites woven into the course’s narrative and activities for
learning.  This project will examine the factors influencing the effectiveness of curriculum supported by web-based resources.

Project participants will be expected to design a curricular unit for a month of instruction that will make use of the WWW for resources and for structure.  The project director will share this unit with the project participants and other educators by posting the unit on the WWW.  Please link to http://www.easternct.edu/depts/edu/units.html for examples of units developed during 1999-2000.

Participants will be expected to complete a report on how this curricular unit was integrated into their educational setting.  They will also be expected to describe their assessment of the applications of this curricular unit, including student achievement and reactions to the unit.

Qualifications:  experience teaching in a PK-12 school, coursework in curriculum development.
Willingness to develop in webpage development.

Participants will receive a stipend of $300.  The participants will work in collaboration with the
project director via email.  They may also earn graduate credit for their participation by enrolling in an oncampus or online educational technology workshop.

 For more information, please contact Dr. David Stoloff, Education Department Chair, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226, email:  stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu, tel. no. (860) 465-5501.

If you are interested in participating, please copy the following form
and send it to David Stoloff.

Online Application for
Developing Online Courses for PK-12 Schools
1999 - 2000




Name __________________________________________

Best mailing address:  ______________________________________

Email address: ______________________________________

Best telephone number: _________________________________

Present teaching position:

Grade level(s) ________________________________

Subject(s) ___________________________________

School _____________________________________

Number of years teaching: _________________________

What curricular unit(s) might you consider preparing online?

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In what setting will you  plan to use this unit?

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What would be your timeline for the integration and assessment of the unit?

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If you have any questions on this application, please contact David Stoloff at email;  stoloffd@ecsu.ctstateu.edu.