Smoking
Prevention CD ROM and Web Site (2002 - 2006)
The Cut is a smoking prevention program for middle schools
that includes a 3D, first-person perspective CD ROM game, curriculum materials , on-line class activities and a Web site. This program,
funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Area
Community Foundation, is designed to reduce initiation of tobacco
use among middle school students in southeastern Michigan by using
a peer mentoring approach and the appeal of the 3D game genre. The
curriculum
helps young participants develop refusal skills and provides information
about coping with peer pressure, addresses smoking in the context
of issues immediately important to teens and preteens and speaks
to youth in the language of the their own culture. NOTE: The Web
site, linked from above, is very image-heavy. (It is designed for
high bandwidth connections as are found in most schools). To receive
a copy of the CD ROM game for your review, please contact me.
Insite
Mentoring Network (1999 - 2004)
This program, designed and implemented in 1999 and currently in
operation, provides career mentoring information and internship
opportunities for high school students. The Web component includes
a searchable
database of career mentors, Day at Work features, career FAQ
pages and a secure mentor-mentee email correspondence environment.
This database was created by over 100 students from area high schools,
teen centers and at-risk programs. These students participated in
semester-long production sessions held in various media labs throughout
Washtenaw County. They researched careers, interviewed career mentors,
created mentors' Web profiles and produced their own on-line
resumes. (During the 1997-1998 pilot project, students from
local at-risk programs interviewed senior citizens, documented their
'life lessons' and created these seniors' web profiles.)
WISD
Online Technology Projects (2000 - 2002)
This program was designed for the Washtenaw Intermediate School
District of Washtenaw County, MI. in 2000. It was a collaborative
project between Washtenaw County public high schools, Washtenaw
Community College and area businesses to initiate technology learning
by matching high school students with technology mentors from the
local community. The Web component included a database of interactive
tutorials, step-by-step lessons and a secure correspondence and
file transfer system. NOTE: In June of 2002 the WISD underwent administrative
changes and discontinued the project. You may, therefore, encounter
some broken links when previewing the program's Web site.)
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