The goal of these collaborations is to bring the expertise and experience of both partners to K-12 curriculum development. At the K-12 schools, teachers are using computers as multipurpose tools to create new learning experiences for their students. And by participating in this partnership, the professional development institutions are involving their students in technology-rich environments and are integrating the lessons learned from these efforts to improve ongoing teacher training. Educators at our grant sites demonstrate that how students learn is as important as what they learn. Learning across grade levels, abilities, and subject matter is emphasized.
Teachers regularly collaborate on curriculum, outcomes, and evaluation measures.
Personal computers are used to help facilitate the learning process and foster creative ways to communicate, express ideas, and access and analyze information. Students work in cooperative teams, valuing each other's differences, relating classroom learning to real life, and actively guiding classroom inquiry. Our most successful grant sites are ones that have institutional support and the organizational capacity to implement the teaching and learning practices just described. Staff development at these locations is an ongoing commitment. Teachers and administrators regularly share their work with others and have become leaders in school reform and restructuring.