Welcome Back, Carrie!

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Part 1

• Compile a class list of what students already know about Carrie's condition/situation.
• Create a T-chart on poster paper through class discussion listing possible problems Carrie might face as she returns to school and possible solutions to those problems.
• Have students fill out a questionnaire to determine how much they know about computers and/or the internet, and in doing so, identify a small group of students who know the most about this topicfor later use.
• Demonstrate how the internet can be useful in finding helpful information by finding information about one of the problems listed on the class T-chart earlier.
• Have students draft their own questionnaires for Carrie, her parents, her teacher, and other staff members who may come into contact with Carrie. The purpose of the questionnaires is to determine the needs of those for whom this project was created. Have students choose the best questions from each questionnaire to include in a final copy.
• Distribute final copies of questionnaires to Carrie, her parents, her teacher, and other interested staff members.
  

Part 2

• After receiving the completed questionnaires hand out copies to students to read. Divide the class into small groups. Have each group compile a list of needs using the questionnaire feedback from Carrie, her parents, her teacher, and other staff respectively.
• Assign one topic from one of the four needs lists to each student. Make sure that each student is aware of district rules and consequences regarding internet use.
• Over the next 2-4 weeks during your computer time allow each student to search for information about their topic while you supervise them and the rest of the class works on another computer assignment. At this time you should have one of the students identified earlier as having more experience with the internet work with the students who are searching the internet for information on their assigned topic as you may be called away to help other students.
• As students find information on their assigned topic show them how to bookmark their information and send an E-mail message to the source to ask permission to use the information in this project.
• For each bookmarked item students will need to word process a one-paragraph rationale for their choice of information stating 3 ways in which the information they found is important in helping Carrie, her parents, her teacher, and/or other staff members.
• Once all students have submitted their bookmarks and paragraphs, students will present their paragraphs in a format of their choice to the class. Allow students a chance to challenge their classmates' choices of information by giving each student a questionnaire form and providing annonymous questions from those forms to be raised between yourself and the individual student9s0 at a later conference time. Let students make revisions after conferences if needed.
  

Part 3

• Create weblets from students' bookmarks to be linked to the "Welcome Back, Carrie!" weblet. Click on each of the boxes above to find examples of links for each interest group involved in this project.
• Schedule a meeting with Carrie and her parents to show them how to use the weblets you've created. Ask Carrie and her parents to evaluate the project as to its usefulness and list any other information that they might need now that they didn't need before they completed the questionnaire earlier.
• Schedule a meeting for all interested staff to show them how they can use "Welcome Back, Carrie!" weblets to find information. Ask them to evaluate the project as to its usefulness and list any other information that they might need in addition to the information now on the "Welcome Back, Carrie!" weblet.
• Save all pertinant informational links onto the appropriate weblet site. Schedule specific times when Carrie, her parents, and staff members may use the "Welcom Back, Carrie! weblet and links to the internet. Make available a questionnaire form that help communicate the ongoing informational needs of users of this project.

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