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What is HPR*TEC ?

*One of 10 RTECs (Regional Technology in Education Consortia) funded by the U.S. Department of Education

*Region Covering: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming

* They provide technical assistance, professional and leadership development, information dissemination and collaboration work in helping educational institutions better integrate technology in their instructional and administrative efforts.

The Network of Solutions:

Assign-A-Day is designed to enhance teacher and student communication through an on-line, teacher-managed calendar. Teachers create a calendar for each of their classes and add assignments for the students to view. 
Example:  Mrs. Lowe's Calendar
 
 
 

Tool that allows K-16 teachers and students to use their own photographs (or those which they have copyright permission) as the basis of a web-based lesson.
 
 
 

Think Tank is designed to help students  develop a Research Organizer (a list of topics and subtopics) for reports and projects. Based on the subject assigned, the students can refine it by choosing from a variety of suggestions and by using a random subtopic generator.
 
 
 
 

Web-based utility to post web pages or series of web pages for educational use.  Teachers can post lessons online in a snap with Web Worksheet Wizard.

     1. Students may use Project Poster to share school projects. For students who wish to publish projects and reports on the Web. 
 
 
 
 

TrackStar helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons. TrackStar can be your starting point for online, interactive lessons. Create your own Track or build upon any of the thousands of Tracks created by other teachers
across America for a quick and easy lesson plan.The resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily stay on track.

     1. State & Standard Search
 
 
 
 

  Web-based utility designed to create a custom quiz that others can take online! If you have a lesson plan centered around internet websites, or if you want students to be able to do take-home assignments over the internet, then QuizStar is for you! 

     * Access QuizStar from work or at home
     * Create quizzes for students to take and review online
     * Utilize the robust Report Management tools
     * Create Multi-lingual quizzes
 
 
 
 

Students can take notes from online sources as they browse the Internet. Source information is automatically captured in order to assist in work citation. Once their notes are gathered, students may then organize their notes to suit their project's goals. 

What can Teachers do with NoteStar? 
     * Create a workspace for their students to perform research. 
     * Assign students individually or in groups to research projects. 
     * Track each student's progress on an assignment. 
     * Provide feedback regarding individual and group performance. 

What can Students do with NoteStar? 
     * Take notes from online resources. 
     * Gather citations automatically for each note. 
     * Organize notes by topics or sub-topics. 
     * Print copies of organized notes and citations. 
 
 

Casa Notes is designed to allow teachers to quickly
make, and customize, typical notes that are sent home to parents or given to the students. This is done by using templates and allowing the teachers to customize some of  the content, choose a color scheme and add a graphic. The notes can then be printed in English or in Spanish. 
 
 
 

Web-based tool used to create age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects.
Project Based Learning gives your students responsibility for their own learning.
 
 
 

   RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. The unique thing about RubiStar, however, is that it provides these generic rubrics in a format that can be customized. The teacher can change almost all suggested text in the rubric to make it fit their own project.