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the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
Nov.
10, 2000
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Classics student wins prize for
 nne
Starkey, a Master of Arts in Teaching student in the Classics Department,
recently received a Bronze Chalice award from AbleMedia for her submission
on "Roman Living" published on the Classics Technology Center
on the Web (ablemedia.com/ctcweb). "When in Rome do as Anne says in her thorough introduction to how and where the ancient Romans lived," said Wendy E. Owens, CTCWeb editor-in-chief. Starkey's "Roman Living" is a comprehensive five-day lesson plan for use with beginning Latin students. It introduces them to various aspects of ancient Roman culture centered on the home. Though each daily lesson plan, teachers lead students on an exploration of the places where the ancient Romans lived and how the Roman home was the epicenter of political, social, and business activities. Links to essays on Roman housing, aqueducts, and other aspects of Roman engineering are provided as part of each daily plan. In addition, there are numerous images of ancient Roman dwellings and buildings. "Teachers might find it useful to assign 'Roman Living' to be reviewed for homework," Starkey said. As part of the "Roman Living" lessons, students not only read about how the ancient Romans lived, they also learn to do as the Romans did through role-playing activities as part of spatial, interpersonal, and intrapersonal activities. Starkey provides instructions on preparing each day's lesson, a list of materials needed for each lesson, suggestions for introducing students to new concepts, Latin text for translation, and a host of other classroom activities. "Roman Living" includes a final project for which students construct five different Roman buildings, the domus, the villa, the insula, the hypocausta, and the aqueduct. "I am delighted to have 'Roman Living' available on CTCWeb," Starkey said. CTCWeb serves hundreds of thousands of educators, students, and other users in more than 65 countries and the number of users is doubling annually. CTCWeb is a repository of practical tools for classicists and other educators to enhance the use of computer technology in Classics education. At CTCWeb, students, educators and others find the free dissemination and open exchange of practical educational materials, systems and applications by individuals and organizations involved in the classics community. AbleMedia sponsors CTCWeb as part of its community outreach program. Each week AbleMedia salutes contributors for outstanding submissions to the CTCWeb Consortium (http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/), the CTCWeb Showcase (http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/), and CTCWeb Netshots (http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots.html). Each receives the Bronze Chalice award. AbleMedia awards Silver Chalices for the outstanding submissions of the month. AbleMedia awards Gold Chalices for the outstanding submissions of the year. |
