A Commitment to Community Involvement

JDL Technologies understands that the opportunity to help our nation's youth learn does not stop at the school. We support innovative and critically needed ventures that are outside the realm of mainstream education. By doing so, JDL Technologies works to support a broad approach to improving American education. We have highlighted some of the programs we support. Please contact them if you feel as strongly as we do about improving the lives of children.

		Alternatives: JDL serves on the board for this program aimed at helping improve the lives of urban children by empowering them with practical knowledge.
		Council of Great City Schools: JDL contributes its resources and K-12 experience to this coalition designed to improve the quality of education in the nation's largest urban public schools.
		Generation Yes: JDL is a founding corporate sponsor for this program that delivers student centered programs aimed at improving learning through the inclusion of modern technologies.
		The Minnesota Business Academy: JDL serves on the steering committee and designed the technology infrastructure for this state-of-the-art charter school learning environment.
		National Campaign for Customized Education: JDL is a founding board member for this association dedicated to bringing customized education into America's K-12 schools.

Forum for Leading Thinkers in K-12 Education

JDL Technologies and the Augsburg College PT3 Project (Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology) produced the following four monographs to help stimulate a nationwide dialogue on topics relevant to technology integration in the nation’s schools. The books also contain valuable information for all those determined to build 21st century learning centers.

		Nowhere In Technology: All Children Left Behind Unless the many formidable barriers detailed in this book are overcome, the “Digital Divide” between schools and the greater society will continue to widen.
		Talkin’ Tall: Voices For “Millennium” Teachers Possibly the nation’s best and most comprehensive collection of desirable characteristics of 21st Century teachers – characteristics needed by those who will lead and promote 21st Century learning centers.
		Dreams And Shadows: Portraits Of A Professional Viewpoints from top professionals on what it means to be a professional in today’s world – the required mindset and posture needed to align our schools with today’s technologically exciting society.
		Future Teachers: Future Schools Who better to ask what a Millennium School should look like than students who have just completed a technology-centered pre-service teacher education program!