Portal Resources for Indiana Science and Mathematics (PRISM) is a free website 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
Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Moodle is used for blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other online learning projects in sch ...
open source
Learning Management System
A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, materials or learning and development programs. The learni ...
in 2006, PRISM now serves a much larger audience. Teachers from all grades may use Moodle to establish online classroom courses.
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. 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
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) is a private university in Terre Haute, Indiana. Founded in 1874 in Terre Haute, Rose-Hulman is one of the United States' few undergraduate focused engineering and technology universities. Though it sta ...
(RHIT). PRISM is the West Central Regional Coordinator for the I-STEM Network. Dr. Patricia A. Carlson (RHIT)
is the Program Director of the project.
References
External links
PRISM Website
* ttps://www.rose-hulman.edu/news/2020/prism-becomes-go-to-resources-for-indiana-teachers.html PRISM Becomes Go-To Resource for Indiana School Teachers{{Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
American educational websites
Mathematics websites
Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology