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Digital LearningFor All, Now

Phi Delta Kappa

Jonathan P. Costa, Sr.March 13, 2013

The GoalTo prepare

EVERY student for learning, life,

and workin the 21st century.

© Corwin Press - 2011


The world is changed…1.It is flat.2.It is digital.3.It is constantly

changing.4.It is increasingly

unforgiving to those who are unskilled.

http://digitallearningforallnow.com

In Less Than A Generation…• From isolation to

communication as the norm.

• From going out of your way to communicate to going out of your way not to.


“Work will be dominated by fast-moving, geographically diverse, free-agent teams of workers connected via socially mediating technologies.”Fred Stutzman, Carnegie Mellon

“The replacement of memorization by analysis will be the biggest boon to society since the coming of mass literacy.” Paul Jones, UNC- Chapel Hill

“There is no doubt that brains are being rewired.” Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research

Instruction Will/Should Change…

• Less paper, more pixels.• Less single source, more crowd source.

• Less routine, more personalization.

Instruction Will/Should Change…• Less compliance,

more engagement.• Less consuming,

more producing.• Less about how much,

more about how well.

The Evolution of Educational Reform

© EC 2012

FocusLearning Goals

Assessment Protocols

Accountability

Teacher Prep

Curriculum

Testing Tools

Student Abilities

Instructional Focus

Inputs/Outputs

Universal Access

Locally Determined

Rank and Sort

No News is Good News

Get A Degree

Table of Contents

Pencil & Paper

Grouped & Labeled

Teacher Dependent

Ready for K59.9 to leave

Universal Proficiency

State by State

Tests for ALL

Label Failing Schools

Certifications & BEST

State Standards & Frameworks

Pencil & Paper WithPerformance Tasks

Integrated (N=40)

Standards Aligned

Need for Pre-SchoolSkill Demonstrations

Universal Measures

46 State Consortia (Math, LA, Science)

Smarter Balance (IPI) for All

Ranking Every District, School and Teacher

Certifications, TEAM,

and SEED

Multi-State Unified Standards

Digital With Performance Tasks

Integrated &

Scrutinized (N=20)

Common Core AlignedAnd Digitally Supported

Pre-K and Full-K StandardsDemonstrations & Tests

Areas of Before 1986 NCLB 2001 PA12-116 2012

BEWARE ofthe UnintendedConsequence

Life equals a test.

© JPC Sr. 2012

Life

School/TestsWork

Skills andKnowledge

Common Core &

21st Century

Skills

The BraveNew World


The culture served by this model of teaching and learning is gone.

TrackResults

&Data

Do

Plan

Change the Orientation to One-to-

One

Quality, Equity & Control Barriers

Change the System’s

Focus

Alignment & Focus

Barriers

Change the Culture

Rigidity &Risk Barriers

Digital Learning for All, NOW!

Change Leadership

BYOD Digital

Materials Open Sources

True North 21 Valued

Measures Synchronicity

Positive Policy

Common Cause

Problem Solving


Prepare EVERY student for Learning, Life, and Work in

the 21st Century

The Resource Equation

BYODplus

Open Sourceplus

Digital Materialsequals

Digital Learning for All


Equity ConcernsUntil everyone can have the same thing, no one can have anything.

Equitably deficient.© Corwin Press - 2011

The Real Equity Problem

Equity through denial supports

the development of

a

digital achievement

gap.© Corwin Press - 2011

EquityEquationA device gap is less objectionable than an access gap.


BYOD Critical Decisions FrameworkEngageme

nt &

Information

Board

Parents

Staff

Community

Dialogue

Infrastructure

Capacity

Security

Wiring & Wireless

Bandwidth

Switches and

Access

Funding

HardwareIssues

Devices

Support

Lost & Damage

BufferPool

Charging

Student Safety

Filtering

Monitoring

ParentOptions

Permissions

Training

Software &

Materials

Inventory

ValueDecision

s

Migration

Harvest &

Organize

Training


Goals for

Learning

Assessment& Data

ProfessionalSupport

Professional

Evaluation

Curriculum &Communicati

on

Teaching & Instruction

Resource Deployment

LeadershipFocus

AlignedSystemsActions

EnsuringCoherence and

Focus

© JPC Sr. 2012

- Phase One -

Decision Making

- Phase Two -

Planning

- Phase Three -

Implementation


Digital Learning for All NOW! -

Implementation Timeline

•Goal and Vision Clarity

•Stakeholder Engagement & Information

•Infrastructure Capacity

•Hardware Issues

•Student Safety

•Software & Materials

Getting toOne-To-One

•Self-Analysis for Strengths and Weaknesses

•Learning Goal Clarity

•Explore Success Metrics

Systems

• Policy Identification and Review

• Walking the Walk

Culture

• Implementation Timelines

• Infrastructure Upgrade Execution

•Software and Resource Inventory

•Migration Planning and Execution

•Device Standards•Device Support Strategies

•Device Management

Getting toOne-To-One

• True North 21 • Core Systems Alignment

• Curriculum and Resource Migration/Phase-in Planning

• Success Metrics Articulation

• Faculty and Parent Training/Engagement

Systems

• Policy Revisions• Leadership Modeling• Change Leadership Understanding

• Common and Special Cause Understanding

Culture

•Monitoring and Adjusting

•Device Replacement and Enhancement Strategies

Getting to

One-To-One

• True North 21 Evidence

• Core & Support Systems Alignment

• Success Metrics Reporting

• Systems Improvement and Integration

• Faculty and Parent Feedback

• Just-In-Time Training

Systems

• Policy Implementation and Monitoring

• Leadership Modeling

• Change Leadership and Support

• Common and Special Cause Leadership

• Reflection and Mission Alignment

• What is Next?

Culture

Months Quarters YEARS

We Know How This Works

Three Phases of Integration


Rethinking Consumer driven fundamental shifts in your product, service, or market role.

Reengineer ing Doing a version of what you used to do, but using new tools that expand consumer options and

empowerment.

Retrofitting Doing exactly what you used to

do, only now with a new tool.

1

2

3

Deep Breaths

Just do the right things the right way (mission, engagement, initiative).

Cultural Change is HARD.

Change is a process,

not an event.

--Dr. Gene Hall, UNLV© Corwin Press - 2011

Change Happens

Ultimately, adults must

be willing and able to

model the positivechange behaviors

that we seek for our students.


Resource Information

Jonathan P. Costa, Sr. Director, School/Program Services

EDUCATION [email protected]

860-567-0863

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