Maria Everett is participating in the Hardwick Elementary School's educator team in "Creating 21st Century Classrooms: Connecting the Dots III" for the upcoming 2010-2011 school year.

This project is facilitated by Ed Barry (Milton Town School District), Sandy Lathem (The University of Vermont), and Paul Irish (Burlington School District), with funding provided by the Vermont Department of Education, Title IID: Enhancing Education Through Technology competitive grant program. For additional information contact Ed Barry (email) or Sandy Latham (email).

Teaching and learning in the 21st century are substantially different than teaching and learning in the 20th century. This recognition that new skills, instructional design and pedagogy, and effective application of technology are urgently needed in today's schools can be witnessed in recent state and national initiatives. Yet while the calls for 21st century classrooms are many, our ability to change long-standing teaching practices and traditions remains a formidable task. After all, what do 21st century classrooms and schools look like in practice? How are they really different? Where are exemplary models of 21st century teaching and learning to be found? What are the ingredients that make teaching and learning fit this new definition of learning?

Further information can also be found at Vita-Learn.

Lathem, Sandy. "Announcing 21st Century Classrooms -- DOTS III! Applications Due: November 30."
     Vita-Learn. 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 19 Jul. 2010.