The twelve first-person films that make up this series explore three related themes, each in its own way at the center of current debate about what works, and what's needed, to help students succeed during school and in life.
Technology and
21st Century Learning
These films look specifically at the ways that the latest digital and mobile technologies can potentially transform the ways that young people communicate, collaborate, and learn.
Films
Empowering Young Learners, Stephen Heppell
The Myths and Opportunities of Technology in the Classroom, Alan November
Educating the Mobile Generation, Elliot Soloway/Cathie Norris
Student-Centered
Learning
These films look specifically at ways in which school leaders and educators are testing and proving project-based models for a new, student-centered model of learning.
Films
Essential Learning at Hip Hop High, David "T.C." Ellis
Designing Schools for 21st Century Learning, Randall Fielding
Online Learning for Disaffected Youth, Jean Johnson, Notschool.net
Project-based Learning at High Tech High, Larry Rosenstock
Social Equity and
Justice in Education
Dismissing suggestions that poor kids can't learn, these films demonstrate how much is possible when people come together to challenge the conventional wisdom about urban public education.
Films
The Takeover of Locke High School in Watts, Steve Barr
Leadership Models for Urban Middle Schools, James Dierke
The Success of Achievement First, Doug McCurry
Personalizing Public Education, George McKenna