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Cinema Program: Cultivating a Career in Film

Students from the North East School of the Arts, in San Antonio, Texas, which shares a high school campus with the International School of the Americas, document a class trip to Zacatecas, Mexico, on video.

Tags: Project Learning, school-to-career, Technology Integration, TX, High/9-12
10/6/04
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Adult-World Connections: An Internship with Real Impact for Rescuers

A high school intern improves emergency-helicopter communications for San Diego's police and fire departments.

Tags: 21st-century skills, alternative programs, assessing projects, assessing student projects, authentic assessment, CA, collaboration and team building, community partnerships, Comprehensive Assessment, cooperative learning, integrated curriculum, Integrated Studies, mentoring, mentors, Project Learning, project-based learning, school-to-career, Technology Integration, High/9-12
12/3/08
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The DNA of Learning: Teens Tackle Animal Poaching Through Genetics

Eleventh-grade biotechnology students use DNA barcoding to help save endangered African wildlife.

Tags: 21st-century skills, alternative programs, assessing projects, assessing student projects, authentic assessment, CA, collaboration and team building, Comprehensive Assessment, cooperative learning, integrated curriculum, Integrated Studies, Project Learning, project-based learning, school-to-career, service learning, Technology Integration, High/9-12
12/3/08
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Virginia

Digital Youth Portrait: Virginia

Living in a small town in rural Georgia doesn't keep this 14-year-old from connecting with the global village.

Tags: 21st-century skills, digital storytelling, GA, laptops, Project Learning, social networks, student portfolios, Technology Integration, High/9-12
5/27/09
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Dylan

Digital Youth Portrait: Dylan

Through his Green Your Lives initiative and a ThinkQuest Web site collaboration, this 13-year-old shows us how he uses tech to improve his community and the world.

Tags: 21st-century skills, digital storytelling, laptops, NH, Project Learning, service learning, Technology Integration, Middle/6-8
5/27/09
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Justin

Digital Youth Portrait: Justin

This teenager learns advanced 3-D modeling, simulation, and animation at school. As a hobby, he combines his obsession with gaming and a passion for filmmaking to create animated movies made with recorded gameplay.

Tags: 21st-century skills, DC, digital storytelling, laptops, parent involvement, Project Learning, simulations, Technology Integration, High/9-12
5/27/09
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Learning World Affairs Through Digital Media

Learning World Affairs Through Digital Media

Global Kids uses digital media to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues.

Tags: 21st-century skills, after-school programs, alternative programs, cooperative learning, digital storytelling, NY, Project Learning, project-based learning, simulations, social networks, student portfolios, Technology Integration, High/9-12
5/27/09
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Digital Youth Network

Digital Media Empower Youth

Both in the classroom and in after-school pods, students learn to become critical creators in Chicago's Digital Youth Network. On Remix World, the program's social-networking site, participants share, critique, and discuss their work.

Tags: 21st-century skills, after-school programs, alternative programs, cooperative learning, digital divide, digital storytelling, IL, Project Learning, project-based learning, simulations, Technology Integration, Middle/6-8
5/27/09
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4-H Goes Digital

4-H Goes Digital

The Tech Wizards after-school program uses technology to introduce Latino students to careers and educational pathways in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Tags: 21st-century skills, after-school programs, community partnerships, digital divide, digital storytelling, OR, Project Learning, project-based learning, Technology Integration, High/9-12
5/27/09
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Web-Design Competition Sparks Collaboration

Web-Design Competition Sparks Collaboration

Students ages 9-19 from around the globe work in teams and communicate via Web 2.0 technologies to build educational Web sites for the ThinkQuest contest.

Tags: 21st-century skills, after-school programs, community partnerships, digital divide, digital storytelling, NH, Project Learning, simulations, student portfolios, Technology Integration, Middle/6-8
5/27/09
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