It is student centered, highly interactive, using constructivist instructional strategies, and is a curriculum driven project. Video is important to these students and to the construction of the Global Computer. Perhaps the most important lesson learned is about culture. Rural students learning about inter-city students. We are cuurently developing a global project at the elementary level connecting our classrooms with DOD classrooms in several countries.
Students are more successful when they feel connected and capable in school.
Linda Darling-Hammond, Columbia University.