A HISTORY TEACHER uses a computer game to interest students in
WorldWar II. A former TV reporter creates a new journalism
curriculum that turnshigh school kids into real on-air
broadcasters. An administrator and a technologycoordinator team
up to bring their campuses in contact with othersaround the
world. A project director devises a vocational IT training
programfor high schoolers. An ESL teacher boosts English
literacy by getting freecomputers and DSL service into the homes
of immigrant students. What thread links all of these educators?
They are difference makers, and in the past year they have
demonstrated the power of educational technology to transform
teaching and learning. For their achievements, they are among a
select group, chosen by our panel from roughly 200 nominees:
T.H.E. Journal’s 2006 Innovators. :: MAKING A GAME OF IT
Innovator: David McDivitt, Oak Hill High School (IN)
Breakthrough: Educational gaming In his 13th year teaching at
Oak Hill High School, David McDivitt is always searching fo