Kelli Etheredge
Mobile, Alabama

“What’s the Verdict? The Count of Monte Cristo Murder Trial” is designed to develop 21st- century skills, like critical thinking and collaboration. Students read The Count of Monte Cristo and collaborate to prepare a criminal trial for the novel’s protagonist.

Colin Horak and Antonio Sablan
Tacoma, Washington

“Project Unite,” a student-led initiative to combat bullying, evolved from an idea of Antonio Sablan's, a 9th-grader. He and his class put together a broad campaign, culminating in an MLK Day assembly presentation and a series of public service video announcements.

Pauline Roberts
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

The “Engage” project, based on hands-on collaborative challenges and tasks, is designed to provide students with opportunities to learn about digital literacy, collaboration, inventive thinking, and productivity through problem-based challenges.

Jason Arthur
Anchorage, Alaska

In “Combat Fishin’!” students explore Alaska salmon fishing data and, through intensive data analysis in Microsoft Excel, discern patterns for fishing. They present their results to local community leaders, including the Alaska Department of Fish & Game.

Nathan Manderfeld
Bermuda Dunes, California

In “iAM,” fourth- and fifth-grade students explore technology and careers, from engineers to small business owners. They gain hands-on experience—inside and outside of the classroom—create digital portfolios, and gain possible career aspirations.

Louis Zulli Jr.
St. Petersburg, Florida

“CATNIP” is an ongoing project, developed with students working in collaborative teams, to create a school intranet that integrates campus communication, curriculum planning, and facilities management into a single, school-wide resource.

Doug Bergman
Charleston, South Carolina

“Computer Science Through Entrepreneurism and XNA Game Studio for the Xbox” is a class in which students build games that explore socially powerful ideas. Students also create a business plan and develop the skills needed to market their work.

Melanie Wiscount
Palmyra, Pennsylvania

In “History Video Podcasts & QR Codes,” students create video podcasts about important places in their communities, such as local businesses, and they generate QR codes (or “tags”) so that customers of those businesses have on-demand podcast access.

Margaret Noble
San Diego, California

"Illuminated Mathematics" integrates math with media arts to create video, sound, photography, and mixed media to explore and explain complex math concepts. Students select topics and brainstorm creative ways to express math research through digital art.

David Stahnke
San Diego, California

"Illuminated Mathematics" integrates math with media arts to create video, sound, photography, and mixed media to explore and explain complex math concepts. Students select topics and brainstorm creative ways to express math research through digital art.

Johnny Kissko
Lubbock, Texas

In "When Fish Fly," which Johnny worked on with a team of educators, students work in collaborative design teams, integrating technology, fine arts, and economics, to create an Xbox Kinect game that replicates the sights and sounds of an iconic venue within Seattle’s Pike Place Market.