TDEC ReportFall 2012

OETC

Organization for Educational Technology and Curriculum• “A consortium of K-20 educational organizations that aggregates

buying power, knowledge, and expertise to procure great technology at even better pricing and then integrate it to improve education.”

• NAD is the parent and administrator of the group• Each union is a child of the NAD group• TDEC representatives are union administrators• Conferences, schools, teachers can purchase through the union• Contact your union TDEC representative• www.oetc.org

Learn360• An interactive media-on-demand service for K-12 education• Similar to Discovery Education Streaming• Offers a more affordable option• Offers a more comprehensive service

– All content available for one price– 80% of materials copyrighted in last ten years– Large number of video/audio resources

• Includes National Geographic, History Channel, Biography and A&E videos

– 24/7 access at school or home, for students and teachers– Additional features

• Assignment/quiz creation• Playlists• Favorites folder

Learn360—2

• Could embed video/audio in new SDA science series• NAD Username and password through October 31, 2012

– salesrep– Learn360

• OR sign up for a free trial at www.learn360.com • NAD is negotiating a contract

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

• Creating a LMS for a blended classroom– Blended = LMS and 3rd party venders plus print, technology, etc.– Integrated architectural platform

• Will include both HMH and SDA curriculum content• Will facilitate school/church community environment/social

networking• Will develop leadership/professional growth components• Will allow import of standardized tests data• Will migrate information into learning objects

– 18 month timeline– Pricing based on modules and numbers– Inservicing live or through webex

EduPlanet21

• “Blending social networking and e-learning together to form social learning.

• A social learning platform designed with pedagogy based on the latest knowledge about in-the-cloud learning.

• A cohort-based design to foster peer learning and the social construction of knowledge

• Author experts guide the community of practice by driving engagement and collaboration among cohort members.

• A global social learning institute to extend your community• A better, faster, less expensive way to sustain professional

development.”• http://www.eduplanet21.com

NAD Learning Community

• Vision: Affordable lifetime learning opportunities that promote Seventh-day Adventist identity within the church and a message of hope and wholeness to the world.

• Mission: To create synergy for the systemic growth of all stakeholders of the Seventh-day Adventist church.

NAD Learning Community—2

• Objectives– Make Adventist education available to 100% of Adventist youth

• Academic credit• Extra-curricular activities• Social media/community• Training/continuing education units• Spiritual enrichment

– Provide development program for church professionals and volunteers

– Strengthen Adventist culture – Capture unique Adventist narrative

NAD Learning Community—3

– Build a virtual community– Offer affordable/competitive education– Expand capacity—junior academies, advanced placement

classes, vocation classes– Provide clear plan for communicating benefits/marketing– Leverage best practice across the NAD– Commit to continuous program assessment– Establish multi-modal delivery

• DVD• Cohort• Asynchronous/synchronous• Video streaming, etc.

NAD Learning Community—4 – Audience

• Market to:– Parents– Churches/pastors– Schools/principals– Donors– NAD officers

• Deliver to:– Home school students– Public school students– Church professionals and volunteers– Adventist schools/students– General public

• Partners– Griggs– Approved distance education providers– NAD departments– Colleges and universities

NAD Learning Community—5

• The Big Picture

• Organizational Flow Picture

NAD / Vendor Services

Service Cost

BrainPop $2 or less/student/year

Webspiration $4/student/year

Typing Pals $.68/student/year

Spelling City—includes Pathways vocab

$1.55/student/year

Encyclopedia Britannica/Ebsco $.50/student/year

Reading A-Z

Learn360 Recommend to directors to proceed with negotiations

NAD / Vendor Services—2

• NAD schools save over $500,000 by purchasing these negotiated subscriptions

• Deadlines coming up in December 2012– Schools must place order with check to the conference by Dec. 14– Conference must send check payable to the NAD and have orders

entered in shared Google doc by Dec. 18– Union must have all orders in the shared Google doc by Dec. 21 and

payment sent to the NAD• Union TDEC representative is contact person for any questions

Contact you union TDEC representative anytime you have questions.