New Jersey Association for Educational Technology (NJAET)

October 11, 2005

Prsentation Overview
Savvy Cyber Teacher® facilitates the use of unique and compelling Internet-based resources to engage students in problem-based, constructivist learning while improving academic achievement. We will explore authentic science investigations in which students collaborate, hypothesize, collect and analyze data and then post their conclusions online.

Stevens Collaborative-based Projects

Human Genetics Collaborative Project

• Data from Human Genetics Project
• Human Genetics Project Web Site

Boiling Point Collaborative Project

• Student Final Reports
• Boiling Project Web Site

Square of Life Collaborative Project

• Participating Schools in the Square of Life Project
• Square of Life Project Web Site

The Stowaway Adventure

• Atlantic Ocean Ship Map
  • Marine Loop
  Ship Database
  Atlantic Ocean Weather Satellite Image (Click for backup)
  Atlantic Ocean Wave Data
• Gulf Stream velocities

Musical Plates

• Earthquake Data from USGS Earthquake Bulletin
• Musical Plates Project Web Site

Air Pollution, What's the Solution?

• Air Quality Index Data from EPA
• Air Pollution Project Web Site

• Customized content and grade level specific Internet-based explorations
• Savvy Cyber Teacher^® - thirty-hour graduate level program aimed at helping teachers utilize unique and compelling Internet-based resources to improve student learning in science, mathematics and other disciplines. 

• Research Publications and Papers
  • CIESE Online Publications
  • National Assessment of Educational Progress Data
• National Standards
  • National Science Education Standards
  • ISTE National Educational Technology Science Standards
  • Grades K-4 Standards
    Grades 5-8 Standards

Download the Presentation and Handouts

• Presentations
  • SCT.ppt (2.3MB)
• Handouts
• Human Genetics Worksheet: - genetics.xls (Excel)
• Genetics Cumulative Data - cumulativedata.xls (Excel)

CONTACT:
Meg Turner, Outreach Manager
201-216-5655
mturner@stevens.edu