Title page for ETD etd-08282003-200944

Type of Document Thesis

Author Reed, R Gabrielle
UR etd-08282003-200944
Title TuLiP, A Teachers Tool For Lesson Plannin
Degree !aster o" #cience
Department $o%&uter #cience, 'e&art%ent o"
Ad!i"ory #ommittee Ad!i"or ame Title
Lois (riht )a*+es $o%%ittee $hair
,an 'oulas $o%%ittee !e%ber
R- $- Lacher $o%%ittee !e%ber
$ey%ord" TuLi&
.L/AP0
.FL10
.2TT0
Date of Defen"e 2003-03-04
A!aila&ility restricted
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Teachers are e5&ected to &lan the dail6 learnin en7iron%ent in the classroo%, and
incor&orate technolo6 e""ecti7el6 in the curriculu% and instruction- The6 need to &ro7ide
in"or%ation to &arents and educational %aterials to students in accessible and alternati7e
"or%ats- These are re8uire%ents o" the Federal 9Lea7e :o $hild ;ehind9 la* <PL 40=-440,
2002> and the 9,ndi7iduals *ith 'isabilities /ducation Act A%end%ents o" 499=9 <PL Public
La* 40?-4=, 499=>- Teachers are li%ited in reachin these oals b6 the scarcit6 o" eas6-to-use
tools and resources to %eet these challenes-
These &roble%s are addressed b6 the &ro&osed Teacher@s Lesson Plannin Tool .TuLiP0, a tool
that is as si%&le as a "or%, but harnesses the &o*er o" A!L and Ba7a #er7let technolo6
*ithin a $ocoon2 d6na%ic *eb-&ublishin "ra%e*or+- The *ebbased "ra%e*or+ allo*s
*ides&read access to resources reardless o" the teacher@s
o&eratin s6ste%C it also allo*s "or the eneration o" lesson &lans in a 7ariet6 o" "or%ats-
,t enables access to in"or%ation b6 ad%inistrators, &arents and students, and auto%ates the
&roduction o" alternati7e and di7erse on-line %aterials, all "ro% the sa%e content-
The "le5ibilit6 "or reuse and sharin is enabled b6 the use o" the desined A!L-based
se%antic Learnin /n7iron%ent and Plannin .L/AP0 lanuae- ;6 usin L/AP %ar+u&, the
content is cateoriDed into classes o" Funda%ental Learnin 1bEects .FL10, arraned and
%ar+ed accordin to its instructional use, *ith 2no*lede T6&e Te%&lates .2TT0- This
structure allo*s storae in a re&ositor6 .a %etadata librar60, and retrie7al
usin searches on sharable and reusable educational content-