We all can remember being in school and the tools that our teachers used. All research was done in the library, and information was written up on the chalkboard. Depending on how old you are, the changes can be staggering. Chalkboards have given way to white boards that were erasable to SMART boards that interfaced with a computer and the Internet. A book report is no longer just a written report but formatted as a newsletter or another type of project generated with a software program.

The next level of a 21^st Century classroom is being introduced into the Maryville school system through the aid of the Maryville City Schools Foundation: the Promethean ActivClassroom. Promethean is white-board technology that allows teachers and students to interact with it and each other. The foundation is raising money in order to provide these systems to all core classes in each of the schools.

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