1998 Apple Education Grant

The "Unity in Community" project is a collaboration between the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Urbana Middle School. The goal is to use service learning and computer technology to create a student centered, project based curriculum. Students, teachers, and pre-service teachers will: (a) move the nexus of learning from the classroom to the community; (b) act as agents of positive change in the community; (c) use technology as the integral connection between all phases of the program; and (d) create a web based clearinghouse of service opportunities in the community.