Project Poster. 2007. Created and developed by The Advanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortia (ALTEC) at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. http:// poster.4teachers.org. Accessed on January 19, 2007. System Requirements A JavaScript compliant browser with enabled JavaScript Project Poster has been recently updated. It is an online tool that allows students of all grade levels, including post-secondary, to publish reports on their own academic Web pages quickly and easily on the Internet. Online publications are useful for peer review of student reports about laboratories and special topics. Project Poster is part of 4Teachers.org, which offers free online educational tools and resources. Project Poster can accommodate one image, four links to other Internet sites, and a report of up to 9,000 characters. Creating the Web page is easy because all of the formatting is provided and the directions are simple. The content of the reports must relate to an academic subject and the responsible teacher must register so that students can access Project Poster. The new version of Project Poster provides more publication security. The process for a student to publish online begins with communication with the teacher. The teacher first registers and creates a class. A class code is automatically issued for each class to the teacher. Then the teacher assigns the project and gives the class code to the students. The content of the poster must be specifically related to the teacher's assignment and I believe it is best that the teacher gives students a rubric for content. It is recommended that students design their posters offline using a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word[R]. Students also need to organize links and the image file. When they complete the design offline, students click the Begin! button in the Student Section to begin the publication process and fill in the requested information. This information consists of the student's first name, the teacher's last name, the class code, student's password, and the school's telephone area code. Then the student inserts the title of the poster, subtitle (if any), and text. Lastly, the student can insert up to four links and one picture in one of several formats (.gif, .jpeg, .jpg, or .bmp). The program requires a description of the image and copyright information if it is not an original image. After the student submits the poster, an identification number is issued. For security reasons, students do not use their full name, e-mail address, or other personally identifiable information when using Project Poster. I also recommend that teachers request students to keep the class code and their page password confidential. Project Poster provides adequate security but the responsibility of publication to the Internet must be emphasized to the students. ALTEC provides a cursory review of the posters submitted to help ensure academic content. ALTEC contacts teachers in some instances when there is a question about the content. Correct teacher information is important. A student can view his/her own posters at any time by using the poster identification number in the View My Poster Section. …