Alabama's 21st Century Schools Are Blazing Trails Through Cyberspace
Using Classroom 2.0 techniques and tools, teachers in ABPC's project are helping students gain skills and abilities that will be highly valued in a world dominated by digital technologies.
Growing 21st Century Teachers For 21st
Century Classrooms
Smart schools and districts are finding ways to accelerate the adoption of technology-infused teaching practices that address 21st Century skills.
Schools Must Bridge the Digital Divide: Every Student Needs 21st Century Skills
Educators in some high-needs Alabama schools declare their students will not be left behind in an era driven by technology and innovation.
Classroom 2.0 Alabama Sampler
The 40 schools in the ABPC 21st Century Learning project produced more than 100 web-based projects and activities, small and large. Here’s a Digital Dozen representing some of their best work.
Building 21st Century Schools Requires Top-to-Bottom School District Support
In the Trussville City Schools, administrators, principals
and teachers are building a joint commitment to new
ways of teaching and learning.
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Working Toward Excellence is a regular publication of the Alabama Best Practices Center, located in Montgomery, AL. ABPC works to identify and advocate for promising education practices, with an emphasis on professional development for teachers and administrators.
This special web edition of Working Toward Excellence (Summer 2007) was researched, developed and written by John Norton and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, ABPC’s consultants for 21st Century learning, and created by designer Amber Nussbaum. The first two years of our 21st Century Schools project has been funded by Microsoft Corporation's Partners in Learning program.
The Alabama Best Practices Center works closely with the Alabama State Department of Education, the ALSDE Office of Technology Initiatives, higher education, local school systems and schools, regional inservice centers, and other state and national organizations to promote teaching quality and student achievement.
ABPC is facilitated by the A+ Education Foundation, with the generous support of BellSouth Foundation (now AT&T Foundation), Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Microsoft Corporation, Wachovia Foundation, and the State of Alabama.
For more information about our work, or for questions or further information about this special web edition of Working Toward Excellence, call (334) 279-1886 or email virginia@aplusala.org.
Download the print version of Working Toward Excellence: Classroom 2.0 in PDF format.
Download Working Toward Excellence: Educating the Digital Generation in PDF format.
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It's Spooky Out There
How do educators balance Internet safety with the need to tap into the Web's powerful learning technology? Some Alabama schools and districts are getting proactive.
Learning "Out of Africa"
How do you teach global awareness? In this story, a group of excited and caring fourth graders create their own lesson plan.
Purposeful Fun: Field Trips that Advance Learning
This inner-city elementary school doesn’t waste time with field trips. Instead, it uses them to accelerate language development and push students to analyze and synthesize their experiences in the real world.
Student Discussions Beat the Clock
Two innovative high school teachers team up to engage their students in a 24/7 conversation about contemporary events - all outside the school day.
A School Day without Paper
Teaching without textbooks and handouts? Why not? A fourth-grade teacher talks about her "paperless day" experiment.
Broadcasting Authentic Learning
Activities that promote higher-order thinking and 21st Century skills aren't always a part of the official curriculum. Just ask the kids at WPIN.
Classroom 2.0 Glossary
Wiki? Podcast? Social networking? Here are a few definitions that can help you decipher the jargon.
Educating Kids for the Flat World:An Interview with Suzanne Freeman
Suzanne Freeman, superintendent of the Trussville City Schools, is determined to make her school district a national leader in 21st Century learning.
Alabama State Resources for 21st Century Learning
The Alabama State Department of Education offers a fully array of resources and support services to advance 21st Century teaching and learning.
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