Edutopia
Subtitle: success stories for learning in the digital age
By: the George Lucas Educational Foundation ; foreword by George Lucas ; Milton Chen, executive editor ; Sara Armstrong, editor
Contributors: George Lucas Educational Foundation
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; Wiley] (distributor)
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Francisco; [Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780787960827
Subjects: Cas, Études de; Enseignement; Internet in education; Innovations; Educational innovations; Internet en éducation; Enseignement assisté par ordinateur; Computer-assisted instruction; School improvement programs; Réforme; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

One CD-ROM in pocket attached to inside back cover.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Innovative classrooms. Project-based learning. NASA initiatives turn students into scientists / Marilyn Wall ; Project-based learning online : a sampler of projects / Diane Curtis and Sara Armstrong ; Laptops for learning / Roberta Furger ; Handhelds go to class / Diane Curtis ; More fun than a barrel of; title: worms?! / Diane Curtis ; Bugscope : magnifying the connections between students, science, and scientists / Milton Chen ; Assistive technology enhances learning for all / Lisa Wahl ; Looping : the best kind of déjà vu / Cynthia Roberts ; A dozen promising practices that work / Diane Curtis, Roberta Furger, and Milton Chen; title: Social/emotional learning. An ounce of prevention / Diane Curtis ; A culture of caring and civility / Diane Curtis ; Reading, writing, and social development / Diane Curtis ; Emotional intelligence : five years later / Daniel Goleman; title: Assessment. Geometry in the real world : students as school architects / Sara Armstrong ; Urban academy : where testing is anything but standard / Roberta Furger ; Toward genuine accountability : why current state assessments won't work, and what they need / Grant Wiggins ; Appropriate assessments for reinvigorating science education / Bruce Alberts; title: Involved communities. Parent involvement. Cultivating parent leaders : one school district's story / Roberta Furger ; The many meanings of community involvement : Sherman Oaks Community Charter School / Diane Curtis ; Making connections between home and school / Roberta Gurger; title: Business partnerships. Supporting good schools is good business / Milton Goldberg ; School-to-work seen as route to more than just a job / John Gehring ; Building a bridge to science and technology / Robert Furger ; Scientists in classrooms make sense / Diane Curtis ; The virtual mentor : business professionals go online with students / Milton Chen; title: Community partnerships. It takes many villages : the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) / Edwin H. Gragert ; Back to class for school board members / Diane Curtis ; The Whitefoord community : bringing schools and services together / Roberta Furger ; Community technology centers : a national movement to close the digital divide / Mark Sargent; title: Skillful educators. Teacher preparation. The right stuff : Curry graduates leave college prepared to teach / Sara Armstrong ; "Beyond ready" to teach / Diane Curtis ; Making the switch to teaching / Roberta Furger ; Versatile handheld computers aid mobile student teachers / Anna C. McFadden, Barrie Jo Price, and George E. Marsh II; title: Ongoing professional development. Supporting new teachers during their first years in teaching / Ellen Moir ; Teachers helping teachers : the path to school improvement / Jorge Descamps ; Information literacy / Kathy Schrock ; Tapped in : connecting communities of learners / Terrie Gray; title: Leadership development. Becoming an accomplished teacher in the twenty-first century / Dave Forrest and Marilyn Forrest ; North Carolina principals go back to schoool / Roberta Furger ; The digital superintendent : selling the vision to parents, teachers, and voters / William Snider.