Eastern European Political Crisis of the 1980s

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Eastern European Political Crisis of the 1980s

• Learning Symposium
• May 3, 2005
• University at Albany

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Eastern European Political Crisis

• Meghan Curran ISP 523L
• Beth Green ISP 523L
• Corey Hart ISP 361
• Brian Rosenberg ISP 361
• Ryan Denison ISP 361

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Eastern European Political Crisis

• Tom McGurn, AP teacher, Albany High School
• Albany High School students will be able to
  analyze
• primary source documents
• political cartoons
• speeches
• maps
• This was done in order to prepare and write a
  DBQ.

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Eastern European Political Crisis

• Website based upon educational
• technology theorist Larry Cuban
• Advocate of using technology properly
• Instruct both teachers and students about
• the use of technology

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Eastern European Political Crisis

• Focus on Interactivity
• Interacting with the Website
• Grading Rubric Page is designed so that students
  can click on terms for further clarification.
• Grading Rubric
• Interacting with the Teacher
• E-mail form page was designed to give students
  an opportunity to send Mr. McGurn an e-mail
  directly from the website.
• Email Page

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Eastern European Political Crisis

• Using a survey, students were asked about
• Attractiveness of site
• Usefulness of site
• Recommendations
• Difficulties experienced with site

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Eastern European Political Crisis