Criteria

Web-based lesson plans and curriculum modules must be easily navigable for the intended audience, have a clean design that enhances, but does not detract from the content, be free of grammatical or other mechanical errors, include a teacher«s guide, and use the uniqueness of the Web to enhance teaching.

Web-based lessons must include:

• At least one activity in which students are actively engaged in problem-solving or interacting with others;
• At least one technology-based, though not necessarily Web-based, activity (one activity may encompass both characteristics);
• Criteria for assessment of student work; and
• Links to additional resources to either supplement the lesson plan or provide for further student inquiry on-line.

Curriculum modules must:

• Include activities that encourage independent student inquiry, either individually or in a group;
• Include activities that successfully use the Web as a resource;
• Address Chicago Public Schools Academic Standards;
• Provide guidelines for student reflection and assessment of own work and the work of others; and
• Provide a means for evaluation of curriculum by other teachers.