Lynn

Belle Vue Middle School ** Tallahassee, Florida marialtech@gmail.com __ RAISE the Roof on Research __ Analysis: Research continues to indicate that increasing parental involvement improves student achievement. This module is designed for parents of students in the middle school grades. The assumption in terms of technological skill level is that the parent can turn on the computer and navigate to this website through a browser. The goal is to help parents better connect with the school, assist their children with research and reference skills, and understand networked learning in the 21st century. As students move through the 21st century they must become Information Literate. They must learn to access information efficiently and effectively, evaluate information critically and competently and use information accurately and creatively to solve issues or problems at hand. In a nut shell students must be able to Recognize, Analyze, Interpret, Synthesize and Evaluate text and data to be effective 21st century, citizens and workers. Today’s youth are digital natives. When they know how to access data, they are better able to navigate the vast data ocean that surrounds our world. By participating in this project parents will help their child use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate and communicate information, and ultimately possess a fundamental understanding of how to communicate with others about the world that we live in. Development: ** The training module will be available online. It is currently under construction on http://bellevueparents.pbwiki.com/ and can be viewed in progress at http://bellevueparents.pbwiki.com/Reference-and-Research. **     ** Implementation: ** Parents will be invited to attend a "Making Connections" kick off held at the school. Teachers and students will introduce the basic concepts of the module and demonstrate how to access it. ** Evaluation: ** Participants will be asked to complete a "customer satisfaction" survey upon completion of the module.
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