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21st Century Teaching & Learning: A Pilot Project

As a part of its 21st Century Teaching and Learning Initiative, The Friday Institute is collaborating with educators from northeastern North Carolina school districts to create innovative classroom practices – and a technology infrastructure to support them – in rural public schools. New, technology-based learning tools will enable interactive, collaborative and engaging learning experiences that boost creativity and self-directed learning skills. Partnerships with some of the world’s leading technology companies (Cisco, IBM, Nortel and SAS) will help integrate technology that businesses use for work and children use for entertainment with educational content designed for the classroom. Technology typically used in company and university research labs, including scientific modeling, computer visualization and advanced analytical tools, will be infused into educational tools for K-12 schools.

Principle Investigators: Eric Wiebe, Lisa Grable
Homepage: http://21ctl.fi.ncsu.edu