EDUTOPIA: Success Stories for Learning in the Digital Age
"This book provides educators and parents alike with an unprecedented opportunity to see the future. We must support the efforts of these national heroes-teachers and students from primary and secondary education, foundation and community leaders-as they use technology to make our students and our nation more competitive." --Bob Kerrey, president, New School University and former United States Senator and chair of the Congressional Web-Based Education Commission"This book provides a glimpse of the future by showing us the best work of innovators today. Anyone involved in creating the schools of the future should read it." --Linda Darling-Hammond, professor, School of Education, Stanford University"An exciting and informative guide for creative use of technology in the classroom.... Edutopia is filled with real-life examples of imaginative, project-based learning and alternative methods of assessment that will help teachers, students, parents, and policymakers build a brighter future for all children." --Richard W. Riley, former Secretary of Education"A compelling collection of successful programs, action strategies, and resources to help schools. The accompanying CD-ROM of short videos offers a fantastic way to present these ideas to parents, administrators, school boards, and community members." --Ernie Mannino, director, National Principals Resource Center, National Association of Elementary School Principals