Cs214 Personal Project Proposal Name Michael T.Bendorf

Title: Lesson Plan Exchange

Brief Description:

Interactive bulletin board for the exchange and sharing of lesson plans and curriculum ideas. Users (teachers) will be able to post curricular ideas and/or full lesson plans for others to view or simply peruse ideas/plans offered by their peers/colleagues. Comments/opinions/critiques/suggestions may be offered as well in conjunction with the material posted.

Tools and Techniques:

apache, XHTML, JavaScript

?XML, PHP, MYSQL?

Relationship to CS214 Course Material:

This is an interactive web presence integrating techniques covered throughout the semester.

References:

Idea:
The Caterpillar Exchange Bulletin Board as found at The Official Eric Carle Web Site
http://www.eric-carle.com/catexchange.html

Mallory Thuente – Education major at Illinois College
thuentem@ic.edu

Layout:
Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/
Slashdot
http://slashdot.org/

Detailed Project Specifications (attach additional sheets as needed):

Bulletin board/web forum/web log inspired web presence.
Users need account to post/upload/submit data/ideas/plans but not to view content only.
Short description seen in main threads; longer found on linked page. Comments available below.
Users can edit only what they post.

User arrives at index/home/front page.
Choice of discipline/subject area.
Within each area, specific topics offered.
On topics page, ideas for lessons listed.
Can click view more to read full post.
Can add comments below full post.
On topics page, users may click to add new ideas/plans.
All input is done through prefabricated forms.