PRISM (Portal Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics)
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PRISM is a free web site originally designed for Indiana middle school math, science, and technology teachers. It links Indiana Academic Standards for middle school science, technology, pre-engineering, and math (STEM fields) to appropriate, teacher-reviewed online learning activities. Users may either browse materials by academic standard or use the keyword search engine to find appropriate sites.
With the integration of the Moodle open source Course Management System, PRISM now serves a much larger audience. Teachers from all grades may use PRISM’s Community of Practice section to establish online classroom communities, either public or private. They may post assignments, either static or interactive, and have the due date automatically transferred to their community calendar. They may also post entire units or lessons, quizzes, questionnaires and surveys, and web pages. The site also provides online forums, discussions, and chats that teachers effectively use for a variety of classroom skills.
Typical PRISM reviewed resources include web-delivered simulations, visualizations, modeling packages, and resource sites providing access to live data or collaborative experiments. PRISM endeavors to encourage interactive learning, foster new liaisons among students, parents, and teachers, and foster alternative pedagogical approaches.
Membership in PRISM is free and is open to parents, teachers, and pre-service personnel. K-12 students may be enrolled by their teachers only as limited “hidden student members” to preserve confidentiality. Student names and/or usernames are not displayed publicly on the site.
The PRISM Project is funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment and hosted at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT). Dr. Patricia A. Carlson (RHIT) is the Program Director of the project.
