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Constructive Turbulence
Enabling Teachers with Better Tools for Student Learning
Bob Wise President, Alliance for Excellent Education
The Challenge for the Nation
One-quarter of students do not graduate from high school.
For students of color, four in ten
will not graduate.
Of those who graduate, only one in four is college ready.
Challenges for Education
Today’s Budgets
Workplace Needs
EDUCATION: June 6, 2011
Industry Puts Heat On Schools to Teach Skills Employers Need
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
32
10 11 10
40
34 30 28
12
810 12
919 21 23
7 10 11 10
1917 17
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, December 2009
Growing Demand For An Increasingly Educated Workforce
Workforce job requirements, by education level
1973 1992 2007 2018
Graduate
degree
Some
college
HSdiploma
HS dropouts
Associate’s
degree
Bachelor’s degree
Education has an Economic Benefit to the Nation
21,956additional
graduates in North Carolina
90%graduation
rate
$258 million in increased annual gross earnings
$487 million in increased home sales
and $24 million incar sales
1700 new jobs and increase in GDP of
$246 million
$65 million in increased tax
revenue
The Best Economic Stimulus Plan is…
A DIPLOMA
ESEA WAIVERS
Please Fasten Your Seatbelts…for the next 2 years
Are states ready for online assessments?
Are teachers supported in teaching to a career and college ready standard?
Please Make Sure Your Seatbelts are on Tight• Teaching force is less experienced• Do we have the right teachers where
we need them most? • Only 22 percent of teachers feel very
prepared to teach the Common Core
Georgia: Minnesota: # of high schools
88
440
182
971# of certified
physics teachers
Sources: Center for Education Policy, 2012. NCTAF: Modal years of experience is 1-2, down from 15 in 1987
1964 Mustang: That was Then
2012 Mustang: This is Now
Any instructional practice that effectively uses technology to
strengthen the student learning experience.
Digital Learning Is…
Blended Learning
Adaptive Software
Online Learning
Data Assessment Professional
Learning
Collaboration
Anytime, Anywhere
Learning Management
Platforms
You can’t just slap a netbook on top of a
textbook.
Successful Technology Strategy Elements
Technology
Time
Teaching
Goals Challenges
The Role of Teaching
• Teachers as educational designers
• Supporting librarians, mentors, and after-school programs to ensure that learning happens anytime, anywhere
• Support increased professional learning opportunities for teachers
The Use of Time• How can school or programs make the best use of
face to face time with students?
• Supporting multiple pathways to knowledge and expanded learning time – 24/7 learning
• Shift to competency-based, performance-based advancement
• Build on successful afterschool and library programs
• Support hands-on, real-world learning opportunities including service learning, work-based learning , or earning badges Time
Technology
The Right Tools for the Job
• Have a strategy based on learning, not the tool
• Access to broadband
• Access to richer content or self-paced program to help students who are behind
• Interactive & engaging tools to increase student motivation and encourage ownership of learning
www.digitallearningday.orgFebruary 6, 2013
Engaging Students, Celebrating Teachers, Creating Better Schools
The Road Ahead