Computer technologies have been a part of K-12 education for a number of years now, but we seem to have kept it segregated from regular academic content. There are classes that teach computer usage, word processing and web-page design but we have been slow in actually using technologies as a tool to teach and apply traditional academic coursework. At this point it is fairly common to use computers to take attendance, add a projector and we can use computers as glorified overhead projectors, but only a select few are using technologies to actually help students interact with course content and improve their skills and understanding. In the development of these web-based curricula we have worked to produce a web environment that will fulfill two fundamental objects:
1) Allow students to interact with a course content independently (makeup or self study)
2) Provide a framework where teachers can use these webpages to increase their efforts to more clearly disseminate coursework information.
As of this time three class are being transformed to Web-based Coursework;
Basic Electronics, Technical Drafting, and Architectural Drafting and Design