21st Century Learning

Digital Wish brings 1:1 computing to 4th – 6th grade classrooms in all e-Vermont communities. 1:1 computing means a computer and Internet access for every student and teacher in the participating classroom. In this program, it also means intensive teacher training, curriculum designed to highlight technology as a tool for learning, projects that reach beyond school walls, and the chance for students to be creative leaders shaping their own education.

Digital Wish designed its school modernization initiative after carefully studying work happening in classrooms across the country. Just as the lessons they learned in that process shaped their e-Vermont work, they are bringing the lessons learned in e-Vermont to anyone interested in how to make meaningful change in the role of technology in schools.

• The Welcome Kit used to introduce the 1:1 program to new schools is now available online, and includes practical information such as insurance options, Netbook specs, required software, and release forms
• The Digital Citizenship Poster Contest, which addresses Internet safety and cyberbullying, is going statewide in 2012.
• Digital Wish presents workshops on topics like funding for technology and a road map for implementing 1:1 computing for school at e-Vermont events.
• A detailed Technology Program Implementation Kit will become available in 2012
• Assistance from AmeriCorps students in 2011 – 2012 is building the stories of Digital Wish participating students, check the School Modernization Initiative site for regular updates.