Project Lighthouse: Linking Community and School through Literacy, Technology and Second Language Education.
Description:
Project Lighthouse provides curricula support for a dual language education model for grades K-3 at Alexander Elementary School in Hillsborough County. The project is unique in that it will provide professional development for teachers in dual language teaching techniques, systematic in-servicing for teachers in subject-specific terminology in Spanish and ongoing community and parental guidance in literary development. Project Lighthouse will also create online bilingual materials that will be attached to SEEDS (Support for Elementary Educators through Distance Learning in Spanish) a larger federal grant project, and will use technology to support home learning environments.
Additional USF partners include the Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) and the Media Innovation Team (MIT), whose technical assistance will transform this project from a valuable school/community-based initiative into a cutting-edge instructional tool. This unique collaboration will result in increased development of students’ and teachers’ bilingualism, biliteracy and technological knowledge, all key for student achievement and participation in an expanding global economy.
Contact Person: Linda S. Evans
Funding for Academic Year: 2006-07