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Watch NowThe Build SF Institute's School-to-Career Program
Architectural projects and internships integrate real-life math, science, design, and technology skills for San Francisco high school students.
Watch NowBlended Learning Energizes High School Math Students (Tech2Learn Series)
Educator Peter McIntosh helps his students to take ownership of their learning by using interactive subject-mastery tools like Khan Academy.
Watch NowInvesting in Professional Development for Technology and Inquiry-Based Learning
In rural Missouri, a job-embedded PD program called eMINTS has made a positive impact with long-term, relevant, and hands-on technology training.
Watch NowSocial and Emotional Learning in Action
The Resolving Conflict Creatively Program helps develop emotional intelligence in Brooklyn inner-city students.
Watch NowDigital Youth Portrait: Jalen
In school, at home, and in the Digital Youth Network, Jalen thrives as an artist, animator, and digital-media creator.

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Digital Youth Portrait: Sam

An avid gamer and video maker believes that digital media is her second life.

Technology Integration, Middle (6-8)

Digital Youth Portrait: Jalen

In school, at home, and in the Digital Youth Network, Jalen thrives as an artist, animator, and digital-media creator.

Technology Integration, Middle (6-8)

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.

Technology Integration, Middle (6-8)

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.

Technology Integration, High (9-12)

Harness Your Students' Digital Smarts

Innovative teacher Vicki Davis leverages wikis, blogs, podcasts, virtual worlds, and other new media tools to connect students in rural Georgia to the world.

Technology Integration, High (9-12)

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.

Technology Integration, Middle (6-8)

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.

Comprehensive Assessment, Technology Integration, Middle (6-8), High (9-12)

Digital Youth Portrait: Dana

A nine-year-old aspiring singer revels in Webkinz and games and helps develop tech-design ideas with a cohort of peers and adult researchers.

Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5)

Kids and Adults Design New Tech Tools

At the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Kidsteam pairs students with researchers, who then work together to design new technologies for children.

Project-Based Learning, Technology Integration, Upper Elementary (3-5)

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.

Technology Integration, High (9-12)