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Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010
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Virginia B. Edwards
Editor-in-Chief, Education WeekPresident, Editorial Projects in
Education
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Nicholas C. Donohue
President and Chief Executive Officer, Nellie Mae Education
Foundation
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Powering Up Student Achievement
Karen Cator, Director,Office of Educational
Technology, U.S. Department of Education
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Transforming American Education:
LearningPowered by Technology
Karen Cator
Director, Office of Education Technology
U.S. Department of Education
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“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” – President Barack Obama
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Social Interactions for Learning
Digital Content
Mobility – 24/7 Access
Print to Online
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Productivity
Infrastructure
Learning AssessmentTeaching
R&D – Grand Challenges
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21st century expertise
How people learn
Personalized learning
Universal Design for Learning
Informal + Formal
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Learning
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Measure what matters
Embedded assessments
Real time feedback
Persistent learning record
Universal Design
Continuous improvement
Assessment
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Highly “effective”
Connected
Online
Informal + Formal
Inspired
Teaching
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24/7 - Community wide
Broadband
Access Points
Supported
Equitable
Infrastructure
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Cost efficiency
Financial systems
Process redesign
Interoperability standards
Productivity
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Research and Development
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What needs to be invented?
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Individualized - Differentiated - Personalized
Participatory and Social
Playful
Augments Human Performance
Hyper-personalization
Mapping and Navigation
Powerful algorithms
Personalized Learning
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Building a Successful District E-Learning Program
Richard E. Ferdig, Research Professor, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University
Liz Pape, President, VirtualHigh School Global Consortium
Moderator: Kevin Bushweller, Executive Editor, Education
Week Digital Directions
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Education Week Special Report
E-Educators Evolving“Schools Blend Virtual and Face-to-Face Teaching”
In blended-learning environments, where students learn partly online and partly in a face-to-face classroom, how do teachers work together to best support their learning?
more: www.edweek.org/go/collaboratePhoto: Lee Celano for Education Week
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Building a Successful District E-Learning Program
Richard E. Ferdig, Research Professor, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University
Liz Pape, President, VirtualHigh School Global Consortium
Moderator: Kevin Bushweller, Executive Editor, Education
Week Digital Directions
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Does your school or district offer online-only
courses?A: Yes, we offer a variety of online courses, including advanced placement and credit recovery.
B: Yes, but we only offer online credit recovery courses.
C: Yes, but we only offer advanced placement online courses.
D: No, we don’t offer online courses.
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Building a Successful District E-Learning Program
Richard E. Ferdig, Research Professor, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University
Liz Pape, President, VirtualHigh School Global Consortium
Moderator: Kevin Bushweller, Executive Editor, Education
Week Digital Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Who provides your online-only courses?A: Private, for-profit vendor only
B: Non-profit organization only
C: State or school district only
D: We use a mix of different providers.
E: We do not offer online courses.
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Building a Successful District E-Learning Program
Richard E. Ferdig, Research Professor, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University
Liz Pape, President, VirtualHigh School Global Consortium
Moderator: Kevin Bushweller, Executive Editor, Education
Week Digital Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Education Week Special Report
more: www.edweek.org/go/21century
“If a student fails in a regular classroom and you give them the same thing again but just online, you’re not going to get anywhere.”
- Mary T. Schlegelmilch, E-Learning Supervisor, Omaha, Neb., schools
E-Learning 2010: Assessing the Agenda for Change
“E-Curriculum Builders Seek a Personalized Approach”
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Building a Successful District E-Learning Program
Richard E. Ferdig, Research Professor, Research Center for Educational Technology, Kent State University
Liz Pape, President, VirtualHigh School Global Consortium
Moderator: Kevin Bushweller, Executive Editor, Education
Week Digital Directions
Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010
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Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
Sample Item
Russell, Michael. Personalizing Assessment in Gray, T & Silver-Pacuilla, H, Breakthrough Teaching and Learning: How Educational and Assistive Technologies are Driving Innovation. Forthcoming, 2010, Springer Publishing.
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Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
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Does your school or district use computerized assessments?
A: At least 50 percent or more of our assessments are computerized.
B: Less than 50 percent of more of our assessments are computerized.
C: Less than 10 percent of our assessments are computerized.
D: None of our assessments are computerized.
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Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
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Does your school or district use computerized adaptive
testing strategies?
A: Yes, for all levels of students.
B: Yes, but only for special education students.
C: No, we don’t use computerized adaptive testing.
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
Next gen platforms will customize learning
Targeted tutoring services
Professional development
Implementation assistance
School/district improvement
New school development
Social learning network
Open & proprietary library organized by level, subject, theme, modality with developer tools & incentives
Service economy of regional and specialty support vendors
Widget rich social learning platform supports content & service economies.
Recommendation Engine
Smart search engine considers level, interest, mode, motivation, popularity
Sta
nd
ard
s &
ass
ess
me
nt
Common Core
Data Warehouse
App Store
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Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Does your school or district use computerized adaptive
testing strategies?
A: Yes, for all levels of students.
B: Yes, but only for special education students.
C: No, we don’t use computerized adaptive testing.
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Customizing District Assessments to Raise
AchievementTracy Gray, Managing Director, American Institutes
for Research
Joel Rose, Founder, School of One (New York City Dept of Ed)
Tom Vander Ark, Founding Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Moderator: Katie Ash, Staff Writer, Education Week Digital
Directions
Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010
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Virginia B. Edwards
Editor-in-Chief, Education WeekPresident, Editorial Projects in
Education
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Rob LeClerc
Territory Manager, PolyVision
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Social Media SpursK-12 Innovation
Steve Hargadon
Founder, Classroom 2.0
School 2.0:Social Media Spurs
K-12 Innovation
Steve Hargadonwww.stevehargadon.com
Orderly
From Halverson & Collins, Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology
Scary
In particular, the Internet has become an unparalleled platform
forlearning, initiative,
participation, productivity, and
creativity.
Which now take place largely outside
of formal educational institutions
We're about to go through the biggest change in education
in centuries,maybe ever
Reading
Receiving
Researching
First we had Web 1.0
Contributing
Collaborating
Creating
Now we have Web 2.0
Activism 2.0
Government 2.0
Volunteerism 2.0
Worldwide networks, innovation, and
collaborativeaction
Most Populous Countries
1. China - 1,313,973,7132. India - 1,095,351,9953. Facebook – 500,000,000+4. United States – 300,176,0355. Indonesia – 245,452,7396. Brazil – 188,078,2277. Pakistan - 165,803,5608. Bangladesh - 147,365,3529. Russia - 142,893,54010. Nigeria - 131,859,73111. Japan - 127,463,611
Freedom Structure
Unleashing Individual Energy and Potential
Democracy (Politics)Free-market (Economics)
The Internet (Content/Knowledge)
Unleashing Energy
Clay Shirky:
The Redistribution of Our Cognitive
Surplus
Freedom Structure
ObedienceComplianceConformanc
eMandates
Testing
Students & Educators
How well are schools preparing students for
this world?
Not well.
Agreement on the problem, not on the
solution.
Two Competing Stories
Both, interestingly, based on computer technology.
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TestingTracking
AccountabilityMeasuring to Control
The pathologies and self-preservation
strategies of institutions
2
FlexibilityEngagement
IndividualizationMeasuring to Empower
Education in 2020 - Wish List
• Individualization, Increased Flexibility, and Equity– Time, duration, space / what is studied / deep
learning / local, less centralized control / student directed learning
• Change in the role of the Teacher– Lead learner, model thinking / deep-learning
coach / partners in decision-making / respected and well-paid
• Networked Learning– Connectivism / global collaboration / diversity
and social awareness / students as mentors / community and real-life integration
• Change Outcomes– Success = learning how to learn /
engagement trumps content / move from transcript to portfolio
The educational technologist is
the key to keeping schools relevant
An action list for super-heroes
to save education:
1. Start with yourself
PLNPLEPLC
2. Focus first on teachers, staff, administrators,
and parents
PoliticsParents
Pet Peeve
3. Encourage, at all levels, moving from
an “obedience” to an “engagement” culture
4. Make sure the tech serves the learning...
...then embed and make ubiquitous.
5. Recognize the organic & inevitable
nature of change
PlanningPersistence
Patience
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Using Ed-Tech Tools for Individualizing Education
Steven Anderson, Instructional Technologist, Clemmons Middle School, North Carolina
Alice Barr, Technology Coordinator, Yarmouth High School, Maine
Eric Klopfer, Director, MIT Teacher Education Program
Moderator: Michelle R. Davis, Senior Writer, Education Week
Digital Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Does your school or district provide laptops or other mobile computing
devices to students?A: We provide mobile computing devices to every student.
B: We provide mobile computing to more than 50 percent of students.
C: We provide mobile computing devices, but to fewer than 50percent of students.
D: We do not provide mobile computing devices to students.
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Using Ed-Tech Tools for Individualizing Education
Steven Anderson, Instructional Technologist, Clemmons Middle School, North Carolina
Alice Barr, Technology Coordinator, Yarmouth High School, Maine
Eric Klopfer, Director, MIT Teacher Education Program
Moderator: Michelle R. Davis, Senior Writer, Education Week
Digital Directions
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Mobile Games are Useful When...
• Location Matters
• Location Doesn’t Matter
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Using Ed-Tech Tools for Individualizing Education
Steven Anderson, Instructional Technologist, Clemmons Middle School, North Carolina
Alice Barr, Technology Coordinator, Yarmouth High School, Maine
Eric Klopfer, Director, MIT Teacher Education Program
Moderator: Michelle R. Davis, Senior Writer, Education Week
Digital Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Does your district or school allow
students and staff access tosocial networking sites for
educational purposes?A: Yes, we allow access to all social networking sites.
B: We allow limited access to some social networking sites.
C: No, we block all social networking sites.
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
Using Ed-Tech Tools for Individualizing Education
Steven Anderson, Instructional Technologist, Clemmons Middle School, North Carolina
Alice Barr, Technology Coordinator, Yarmouth High School, Maine
Eric Klopfer, Director, MIT Teacher Education Program
Moderator: Michelle R. Davis, Senior Writer, Education Week
Digital Directions
Greater Boston, October 8, 2010 #edweeklive
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Engaging Students in the Digital Age
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Do you feel that your school ordistrict provides adequate technologyto students for educational purposes?
A: Yes, we provide enough technology to students.
B: No, we don’t provide enough technology to students.
C: We go above and beyond when it comes to providingstudents with technology.
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Does your school or district allow students to use their
own mobile device in school?A: Yes, we allow students to use their own mobile devices in school for educational purposes.
B: We are considering lifting a ban on the use of student mobile devices.
C: No, such devices are banned.
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Ryan Davisson
Sales Representative, Qwizdom
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Making PersonalizedLearning a Reality
Kimberly Rice, Chief Information Officer,
Boston Public Schools
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