This piece describes how a 5th grade language arts teacher employed technology to create and sustain a metaphorical, virtual, and physical figured world in her class by means of a web site called "The Hive Society." This world positioned students as intellectuals and scholars, and explored how Ms. Smith integrated 21st Century technological tools into a vibrant literacy classroom. Excerpts from the web site, photographs of class and school events, and thick descriptions of teaching and learning in the Hive are included as well.