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Middle School Instruction: Explorations in the Ancient World |
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Under a grant from the US Department of Education,
Dr. Donald Leu gathered a team of middle school teachers and asked LexIcon to
interpret their ideas as software.The program, called Explorations in the
Ancient World, allows students to explore in geography and time; learning
about the culture, history, and people of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
For more information read Leu, Hillinger, Loseby, Balcom, Dinkin, Eckels, Johnson, Mattherws, and Raegler. Grounding the design of new technologies for literarcy and |
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| Client: | Professor Donald Leu, Reading and Language Arts Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule: | 8 Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Goals: | Working with researchers and middle-school teachers, design an interactive multimedia unit that fits teacher's needs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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