Guidelines for Website Project
You are to assume that you are a special education teacher
(self-contained, resource, inclusion facilitator) for a grade level you choose,
K-12. Most of the students you serve have a need in the area of mathematics.
You have decided it would be helpful to students, parents, and fellow teachers
to make a website that is dedicated to math skills, resources, activities,
and manipulatives. This would be a place students could go to read about a
strategy, play a game, or choose an activity to do with their parents. Parents
and fellow teachers may use this site to find specific strategies to help
with children/students that they may be helping. They could also use this
site to find other resources (books, websites, etc.) to reinforce skills they
are using with their children/students. Finally, this could be a place they
go for more information or activities with manipulatives. Your project will
consist of:
1. A website designed by you for students/parents/colleagues
2. Your website should be eye-appealing, without being overwhelming to the
users.
3. Your website should be organized and instructional in its intent.
4. You need to include:
a. your name and who the website is for
b. Links to other math websites/resources - at least 5
c. A list of manipulatives that parents/colleagues can use to teach math skills
d. Activities that the students, parents, or others can complete to help maintain
and generalized skills that the students are working on - at least 2
e. Homework or math tips for students and parents to help ease the burden
of what they may be working on - at least 5
f. Strategies students may use to experience success with math concepts -
at least 3. Be creative, you can focus on any aspect of math (one concept
or a few), remember this should be user-friendly!!!
Great Websites to find copyright free pictures and
images
Rubric for Grading
SPE 442 – Website Project
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1-2
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3-4
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5
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Website Links
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1-2
links to other math-related websites
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3
links to other math-related websites
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At
least 4 links to other math-related websites
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Manipulatives & Activities
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List
of manipulatives and/or activities are inappropriate for age and
grade of students
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List
of manipulatives and/or activities are not clearly explained or
described; fewer than 2 activities or manipulatives
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List
of manipulatives and ? 2 activities: age/grade appropriate; detailed
descriptions of activities; ideas for use of each manipulative
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Homework/Math Tips
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Fewer
than 3 homework or math tips for students/parents to use
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3-5
homework or math tips for students/parent to use to help with math
skills; not all grade/age appropriate; poorly described
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More
than 5 homework or math tips for students/parents to use to help
with math skills; grade/age appropriate; well-described
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Strategies
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Fewer
than 3 math strategies given
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3
math strategies given for students to use to experience success;
not all grade/age appropriate; poorly described
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More
than 3 math strategies given for students to use to experience success;
grade/age appropriate; well-described
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Website Presentation
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Several
grammatical spelling errors; unprofessional looking
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Some
grammatical or spelling errors; not very appealing or easy to navigate;
sections unorganized
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Professional
looking; no grammatical or spelling errors; colorful & eye-appealing;
uses graphics; organized sections
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Score ____________ /25
Comments:
This page was updated
October, 2008 by Donna Goodwyn, Associate Librarian, A.C. Buehler Library,
Elmhurst College.