The SchoolNet GrassRoots Program, together with its provincial, territorial and corporate partners, promotes academic, employability and computer skills in Canadian youth by integrating information and communication technology into learning. GrassRoots projects are initiated, designed and implemented by the teacher and students, are curriculum relevant and focus on learning activities carried out using the Internet. Students seek out online resources and carry out collaborative activities that result in a final report or product that is put online.
GrassRoots projects take place over a significant period of time, the minimum being four weeks.
All Canadian K-12 teachers are eligible to submit projects. Individual or Block Project proposals are submitted using an on-line form . Projects are evaluated using established evaluation criteria . Upon approval, project proposals are posted in the GrassRoots Project Gallery . A project report, using an on-line form , is required within 30 days of the end of the project.