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1. Innovations in Maine Learning
MindShare Canadian EdTech Leadership Conference
November 7, 2012
Jay Collier, The Compass LLC • jay.collier@thecompass.com
Clearly Ambigious

2. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Broadband school network (1996)
Placbo

3. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Broadband school network (1996)
“The Maine School and Library Network
provides internet access, email, web
hosting, and other internet related services
to almost 1000 schools and libraries across
the state of Maine.”
Placbo

4. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Maine Learning Results (1997)
Maine Department of Education

5. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Maine Learning Results (1997)
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Each Maine student shall leave school as:
• A clear and effective communicator
• A self-directed and lifelong learner
• A creative and practical problem solver
• A responsible and involved citizen
• An integrative and informed thinker
Maine Department of Education

6. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Educating ME (2000)

7. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Educating ME (2000)
Our children will inherit a world where:
• Workers will need to construct and use
knowledge that doesn’t yet exist and solve
problems that are barely visible today
• Change is rampant — the knowledge economy
is in our midst, globalization is challenging our
roots
• The personal currency is education and
knowledge.

8. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Educating ME (2000)

9. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Educating ME (2000)
VISION: Maine people will be among
the best educated in the world!

10. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Learning Technology Endowment (2000)
hmmlargeart

11. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Learning Technology Endowment (2000)
Angus King
• Governor of Maine (1995-2003)
• Founder, Northeast Energy Management
• Host, MPBN MaineWatch
Seymour Papert
• Protege of Jean Piaget
• Co-founder of the MIT Media Lab
• Author of Mindstorms
• Creator of LOGO
hmmlargeart

12. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 7-8 (2002)
Maine Department of Education

13. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 7-8 (2002)
• Laptops have improved state writing test scores
• In one bellweather school, 50% fewer students need
remedial math, and almost twice as many students
passed the state math exam (from 50% to 91%)
— Maine Education Policy Research Institute (2009)
Maine Department of Education

14. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 9-12 (2009)
Bangor Heather Manchester, Bangor DailyEducation
Daily News, Maine Department of News DOE

15. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 9-12 (2009)
Bangor Heather Manchester, Bangor DailyEducation
Daily News, Maine Department of News DOE

16. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 9-12 (2009)
Bangor Heather Manchester, Bangor DailyEducation
Daily News, Maine Department of News DOE

17. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Three-ring Binder (2010-12)
MFC, Portland Press Herald

18. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Three-ring Binder (2010-12)
MFC, Portland Press Herald

19. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Three-ring Binder (2010-12)
MFC, Portland Press Herald

20. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Education Evolving (2012)
Maine Department of Education

21. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Education Evolving (2012)
Proficiency-based Diploma
“By 2017, students throughout Maine will be
able to move from one grade to the next by
demonstrating that they understand certain
concepts and skills, not by spending a required
number of hours in each subject.”
Stephen Conn

22. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Learning outcomes standards

23. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Individualized learning assessments
Stephen Conn

24. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Individualized learning assessments
Stephen Conn

25. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Individualized learning assessments
Stephen Conn

26. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Maine Cohort for Customized Learning
MCCL

27. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Maine Cohort for Customized Learning
MCCL

28. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Collaborative Learning Platform
INCREASED
COLLABORATION
Conference
Workshop
Meeting
TIME
Maine Department of Education

29. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Collaborative Learning Platform
INCREASED
COLLABORATION
Conference
Sustained
Workshop
Online
Meeting Collaboration
TIME
Maine Department of Education

30. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
User-Generated Content Policy
Maine Department of Education

31. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
User-Generated Content Policy
Maine Department of Education

32. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
User-Generated Content Policy
Maine Department of Education

33. Maine Department of Education

34. Maine Department of Education

35. Maine Department of Education

36. Maine Department of Education

40. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Learning Resources Directory
Anne Helmond

41. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Learning Resources Directory
Maine Department of Education

42. Maine Department of Education

43. Maine Department of Education

44. Maine Department of Education

45. Maine Department of Education

46. Maine Department of Education

47. Thank you!
Jay Collier
The Compass LLC
jay.collier@thecompass.com