Project presentation as part of the Alabama Best Practices Center 21st Century School Program. Presented 5-8-07.

1. Hillcrest High School Advanced Team Project 2006-2007 Professional Development: When and Wherever You Want Hillcrest High School Tuscaloosa, Alabama

6. The Faculty Blog was created in the first year of our 21 st Century School project. http://www.patriotsfaculty.edublogs.org

7. Our first posts were about “getting to know 21 st Century tools.”

8. As we began to work on our learning community projects, we posted events and discussion questions on the blog along with links to articles collected from the Internet and educational journals.

10. The Patriot Faculty Wiki http://www.patriotfaculty.wikispaces.com The wiki served as a project log for the project.

11. The wiki served as a diary of events

15. Tapped In was employed in the AP and Advanced Government/Economics classes and the AP Psychology class. It provided unexpected benefits to both the teacher and the students. http://www.tappedin.org

16. Tapped In includes a discussion board that allowed us to discuss items related to our curriculum. Students responded enthusiastically to the addition of our Tapped In pages.

17. The online chat section allowed students to work collaboratively and to receive help from the instructor during “after-class” hours

18. The Advanced Placement Psychology Tapped In Room http://www.tappedin.org

19. Tapped In allowed students to collaborate on group projects and upload their work for further collaboration with the class. Also present in the files section were student constructed reviews for the Advanced Placement test.

21. Government classes elections campaign sites wiki – each political party constructed a campaign site

22. Each class created several political parties and elected a “president” as part of their elections project. http://hchscampaignsites-2007.wikispaces.com

23. Samples of Student Products The OPP – Opportunity Party- Powerpoint platform presentation - http://hchscampaignsites-2007.wikispaces.com/OPP+Party The Common Ground Party – Powerpoint platform presentation - http://hchscampaignsites-2007.wikispaces.com/The+Common+Ground++Party

24. Student Campaign Site Sample Campaign Commercial

25. The CARROP Party Political Platform