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print article&commentsBridging the digital divide
Alabama provides students 21st century skills.
By John Norton.
Kurtavia, a first grader at George Hall Elementary in inner-city Mobile, Alabama, sits at a computer bigger than she is and strikes several keys.
A window pops up on the screen and when she clicks the “play” button, we see a colorful image of a group of firefighters battling a blaze. ... more for subscribers only! Please Login to continue reading or Register to get full acces to the magazine for 1 year - 25$ annual for a limited time ONLY! (regular 50$). Buy PDF back issues ($7.50 USD per issue)
Tags (keywords): 21st Century Learners program, 21st century learning, 21st Century skills, 21st century workplace, 21st century-minded teachers, Adequate Yearly Progress, Alabama Best Practice Center, blogs, Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning, collaboration skills, crime-worn neighborhood, deep learning, digital divide, elementary schools, federal poverty guidelines, George Hall Elementary, high-speed Internet access, home access, internet access, K-12 educators, knowledge sharing, literacy skills, Mobile Fire Training Center, National Blue Ribbon School, new millennium, No Child Left Behind, parent concerns, problem-solving, self-learners, student field trips, technology-infused teaching, The Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Torchbearer Award, urban and rural educators, virtual collaboration skills, web-based products, WetPaint wiki, wiki
