Causes: Education, Educational Services
Mission: Vision:The EAST Initiative will be the leading provider and advocate of innovative, transformational education that prepares students to succeed globally. Mission:The EAST Initiative accomplishes this by serving as a catalyst for transformational education through the implementation, training and support of local EAST programs in schools that focus on the EAST pillars of service-based, technology-driven, student-led, collaborative learning.
Results: The EAST model is grounded in solid pedagogical theory related to the use of technology as a catalyst for learning, collaborative learning, and performance-based learning. In the EAST model:-The use of technology promotes collaboration, higher order thinking, and problem solving. -Professional development is an important component of the education technology program. -Technology is effectively integrated into the curriculum. -Students independently select appropriate technology tools to obtain, analyze, synthesize and assimilate information. -Home/school connections are enhanced through the use of technology. -All students have adequate access to technology. -Teachers encourage students to utilize technology to find and make sense of information. Read more research and positive impact data at this link: http://www. eastinitiative. org/aboutcontact/research. aspx
Target demographics: youth accelerate their education through service and technology
Direct beneficiaries per year: over 25,000 students in five states with an overall impact of over 175,000 youth since 1996.
Geographic areas served: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Louisiana and Pennsylvania
Programs: EAST is education accelerated by service and technology. EAST inspires change. Through EAST, students are empowered with technology, by encouraging critical thinking and creative problem-solving and by engaging them in positive, real-world experiences. EAST advocates lifelong learning and community service so that participants can become positive agents of change to improve the world around them. A nonprofit organization headquartered in Little Rock, EAST currently serves more than 250 schools in four states. Additionally, EAST offers training to students and professional development for EAST educators and all classroom teachers, regardless of subject area or grade level.
Mission: Vision:The EAST Initiative will be the leading provider and advocate of innovative, transformational education that prepares students to succeed globally. Mission:The EAST Initiative accomplishes this by serving as a catalyst for transformational education through the implementation, training and support of local EAST programs in schools that focus on the EAST pillars of service-based, technology-driven, student-led, collaborative learning.
Results: The EAST model is grounded in solid pedagogical theory related to the use of technology as a catalyst for learning, collaborative learning, and performance-based learning. In the EAST model:-The use of technology promotes collaboration, higher order thinking, and problem solving. -Professional development is an important component of the education technology program. -Technology is effectively integrated into the curriculum. -Students independently select appropriate technology tools to obtain, analyze, synthesize and assimilate information. -Home/school connections are enhanced through the use of technology. -All students have adequate access to technology. -Teachers encourage students to utilize technology to find and make sense of information. Read more research and positive impact data at this link: http://www. eastinitiative. org/aboutcontact/research. aspx
Target demographics: youth accelerate their education through service and technology
Direct beneficiaries per year: over 25,000 students in five states with an overall impact of over 175,000 youth since 1996.
Geographic areas served: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Louisiana and Pennsylvania
Programs: EAST is education accelerated by service and technology. EAST inspires change. Through EAST, students are empowered with technology, by encouraging critical thinking and creative problem-solving and by engaging them in positive, real-world experiences. EAST advocates lifelong learning and community service so that participants can become positive agents of change to improve the world around them. A nonprofit organization headquartered in Little Rock, EAST currently serves more than 250 schools in four states. Additionally, EAST offers training to students and professional development for EAST educators and all classroom teachers, regardless of subject area or grade level.
6215 Ranch Drive, Little Rock, AR 72223
501-371-5028
Education
Little Rock
