Beacon Resources and Documents

Assessment Modules

• The Camping Trip - Construct an assessment rubric.
• The Big Bad Wolf Meets Bloom's Taxonomy - Develop tasks that require high order thinking skills.
• Rudy – Understand importance of using a variety of assessments.
• Cleaning the House – Learn how rubrics are similar to contracts.
• Bloom's Taxonomy and the Spectrum of Assessment – Explore assessments that elicit complex thinking skills.

Standards-Based Lesson Planning Modules

• Welcome - Understand how to navigate the modules
• Overview - Examine the advantages of a standards-base planning process.
• Curriculum - Identify what students should know and be able to do.
• Assessment - Investigate assessment as a process.
• Instruction - Explore instructional strategies that support standards.

Technology Tools

• Software Evaluation - Critique educational software.
• Website Evaluation - Identify and critique educational Websites.

Conference Presentations

• FETC 2004 Conference - January 23-24, 2004.
• FRA Conference - October 18, 2003.
• FACCS Conference - October 9-10, 2003.
• FCEE Conference - September 25-26, 2003.
• Title I Conference - September 12, 2003.

Informational Resources

• Beacon Brochure - pdf
• Do You Know the Code? - pdf
• Do You Know the ESE Code? - pdf

Links to Resources

• Academic Innovations (SCANS)
• Curriculum Support - Course Descriptions
• Florida DOE - FCAT
• Just Read Now! - Website
• Just Science Now! - Website