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Tates Creek High STLP

The Student Technology Leaders (STLs) at Tates Creek High School work with the IMMEX liaison every Wednesday to develop problems sets. The large number of students interested in the project coupled with the fact that not every student can attend every meeting presents a few organizational challenges. Still, the program has been quite successful as the students have produced high-quality work.

One thing that was done to make the process more manageable was to divide the students into teams. Small groups of students adopt a particular section of a problem set – typically one of the main menu selections – and work together to design a layout for that section. This includes deciding how to present the information onscreen and creating the graphics and/or animations needed. As their work progresses, updates are posted on the STLP web page for other members of their team and other teams to see. This way every student involved in the project can see how the project is progressing on all fronts.

An added bonus of having current work-in-progress posted on the STLP web page is the web site serves as an online backup. Recently the USB flash drive containing all the files for the current problem set was stolen from Mr. Gill’s classroom. Since most of the files also appear on the STLP web page, a major disaster was averted.
The students who went through the summer training session serve as the leaders/coordinators of the project. They help develop the overall interface and the ‘look and feel’ of the problem. These students then work with each subgroup to ensure a consistent user interface and a seamless problem set. Once all the images are created and the layout of each page designed, actual creation of the web pages needed for the problem set begins.

Monday, December 27, 2004

News & Links

November 03-05, 2005
The National Middle School Association is holding its annual Conference in Philadelphia. Lucinda Sanders, Kim Overstreet and Roger Mullins will be presenting on "Designing Teachers: UCLA's IMMEX with a Kentucky Twist"
2005 NMSA Conference Presentation

October 28, 2005
Staging a Request to use IMMEX in Your Classes. More>>

October 25, 2005

The National School Boards Association
Is holding its annual T+L² (Technology * Leadership * Learning) Conference in Denver, October 26-28, 2005. Greg Drake, Jeff Jones, Leanna Prater, and Paula Whitmer will give a presentation on “Think, Solve, Assess: Using IMMEX in the Classroom.”

Conference information.
2005 NSBA Presentation

Kentucky Teacher October 05
Fayette students create word problems for other students around the world to solve. More>>

New York Times Technology Article
03 August 2005
Lucinda Sanders of the IMMEX Fayette Consortium in Lexington, Kentucky is quoted in the New York Times article Software That Lets Teachers Take a Peek. She illustrates the benefits of using software that can track students' progress while solving problems. Select this link to access the article.

ICT Power Users Symposium
General Information

URGENT NEWS "Daredevil Train Jump" Becomes Fayette County IMMEX Projects first Problemset to be deployed on main UCLA IMMEX server. More>>

ITEST Feature project of the Month --Fayette County Public Schools IMMEX Project visit>>

IMMEX (Interactive Multi-Media Exercises) in the Classroom ENGAGES STUDENTS in: *scientific inquiry *distinguishing relevant information *planning search strategies *gathering information *reaching decisions that demonstrate understanding. Brochure >>

Karen Gill selected for Presidential Teaching Award
Karen Gill, a nationally certified physics teacher at Henry Clay High School, has been selected a national awardee from Kentucky for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAESMT).
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March IMMEX Training
The week of March 15th, had the FCPS IMMEX Team busy creating practice problem sets that will soon be fully functional problem sets that will be accessable via IMMEX once they are sent to UCLA and approved in the next few months.
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IMMEX Through a Students Eyes
Students in April McGuire's 8th grade class have been using IMMEX this year. Click below to some of their thoughts and comments on this type of activity.
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IMMEX Forum
We have created a forum for the users of the FCPS IMMEX Project to get together and share their ideas and thoughts.
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