Region 4 New York City Title IID Grant Implementation

Region 4 has developed standards-driven, curriculum-related, grade level inquiry-based learning projects for students in grades K-8. The projects were implemented over the three years of the grant: grades 2, 5, 6 in year one; grades 3 and 7 in year two; and grades K, 1, 4, and 8 in year three. Designed to provide an engaging, relevant and productive learning environment all the projects require students to communicate and collaborate with schools around the region, country, and world. They are scaffolded to teach nonfiction literacy, information literacy and the development of 21st century skills. Teachers are only required to master the technology and information literacy skills that are needed to successfully complete their respective projects. Teachers are supported by weekly push-in professional development by a highly trained technology integration specialist, project websites, and project blogs.

The high school intervention supports the use of teacher and student blogs and online learning and collaborative environments in all content area classes.

http://www.region4.nycenet.edu/instruction/projects/