High+Tech+High+-+San+Diego

A charter school system established in 2000 in San Diego. Technology is used as a tool for project-based learning for 500+ students.

"Despite its name and its impressive technology infrastructure, High Tech High (HTH) is not a technology high school. Instead it is a school that merges academic and technical (hands-on) learning. CEO/Principal Larry Rosenstock says “Technology is not studied as a subject; rather technology tools, both 2-D and 3-D, are ubiquitous and used for producing — that is, making, shaping, forming.” For Rosenstock, this is summed up in a common saying heard round the school: “You can play video games at High Tech High, but only if you make them here.”

At HTH, high tech means creative production in a technology-rich learning environment. Students use a variety of technology tools (computer, video, photography, lab equipment) to create useful products and to demonstrate their learning. The curriculum focuses on projects and independent work.""

- from "Technology at High Tech High" [|PDF]

High Tech High [|Web-site]

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