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4. Virginia B. Edwards Editor-in-Chief, Education Week President,Editorial Projects in Education

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6. Nicholas C. Donohue President and Chief Executive Officer, Nellie Mae Education Foundation

7. Powering Up Student Achievement Karen Cator, Director,Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education

8. 8 Transforming American Education:LearningPowered by Technology Karen Cator Director, Office of Education Technology U.S. Department of Education 8

9. 9 “By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in theworld.” – President Barack Obama

10. 10 Social Interactions for Learning Digital Content Mobility – 24/7 Access Print to Online

11. 11 Productivity R&D – Grand Challenges Learning Assessment Teaching Infrastructure

12. 12 21st century expertise How people learn Personalized learning Universal Design for Learning Informal + Formal 12 Learning

13. 13 Measure what matters Embedded assessments Real time feedback Persistent learning record Universal Design Continuous improvement Assessment

14. 14 Highly “effective” Connected Online Informal + Formal Inspired Teaching

15. 15 24/7 - Community wide Broadband Access Points Supported Equitable Infrastructure

16. 16 Cost efficiency Financial systems Process redesign Interoperability standards Productivity

17. 17 Research and Development

18. 18 What needs to be invented?

19. 19 Individualized - Differentiated - Personalized Participatory and Social Playful Augments Human Performance Hyper-personalization Mapping and Navigation Powerful algorithms Personalized Learning

20. Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010 Follow the live tweet of today’s event using #edweeklivePowerPoint presentations available at www.edweekevents.org/downloads

21. 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

22. 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? Photo: Lee Celano for Education Week more: www.edweek.org/go/collaborate

23. 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

24. 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.

25. 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 #edweeklive

26. 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.

27. 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

28. Education Week Special Report E-Learning 2010: Assessing the Agenda for Change “E-Curriculum Builders Seek a Personalized Approach” “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 more: www.edweek.org/go/21century

29. 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

30. Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010 Follow the live tweet of today’s event using #edweeklivePowerPoint presentations available at www.edweekevents.org/downloads

31. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

32. 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.

33. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

34. 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.

35. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

36. 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.

37. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

38. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

39. Next gen platforms will customize learning Open & proprietary library organized by level, subject, theme, modality with developer tools & incentives Smart search engine considers level, interest, mode, motivation, popularity Recommendation Engine App Store Targeted tutoring services Professional development Common Core Implementation assistance Standards & assessment School/district improvement New school development Social learning network Data Warehouse Service economy of regional and specialty support vendors Widget rich social learning platform supports content & service economies.

40. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

41. 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.

42. Customizing District Assessments to Raise Achievement Tracy 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

43. Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010 Follow the live tweet of today’s event using #edweeklivePowerPoint presentations available at www.edweekevents.org/downloads

44. Many presentations from today’s sessions are available at:www.edweekevents.org/downloads Follow today’s event on Twitter using hashtag #edweeklive

45. Virginia B. Edwards Editor-in-Chief, Education Week President,Editorial Projects in Education

46. Rob LeClerc Territory Manager, PolyVision

47. Social Media Spurs K-12 Innovation Steve Hargadon Founder, Classroom 2.0

48. School 2.0:Social Media Spurs K-12 InnovationSteve Hargadonwww.stevehargadon.com

56. Orderly

57. From Halverson & Collins, Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology

58. Scary

64. In particular, the Internet has become an unparalleled platformfor learning, initiative, participation, productivity, and creativity.

65. Which now take place largely outside of formal educational institutions

67. We're about to go through the biggest change in educationin centuries, maybe ever

68. First we had Web 1.0 ReadingReceivingResearching

69. Now we have Web 2.0 ContributingCollaborating Creating

79. Activism 2.0 Government 2.0 Volunteerism 2.0

83. Worldwide networks, innovation, and collaborative action

84. Most Populous Countries China - 1,313,973,713 India - 1,095,351,995 Facebook – 500,000,000+ United States – 300,176,035 Indonesia – 245,452,739 Brazil – 188,078,227 Pakistan - 165,803,560 Bangladesh - 147,365,352 Russia - 142,893,540 Nigeria - 131,859,731 Japan - 127,463,611

86. Free-market (Economics)

88. Clay Shirky: The Redistributionof Our CognitiveSurplus

89. Structure Freedom Obedience Compliance Conformance Mandates Testing Students & Educators

90. How well are schools preparing students for this world? Not well.

91. Agreement on the problem, not on the solution.

92. Two Competing Stories

93. Both, interestingly, based on computer technology.

94. 1 Testing Tracking Accountability Measuring to Control

95. The pathologies and self-preservation strategies of institutions

97. 2 Flexibility EngagementIndividualization Measuring to Empower

100. Time, duration, space / what is studied / deep learning / local, less centralized control / student directed learning

101. Change in the role of the Teacher

102. Lead learner, model thinking / deep-learning coach / partners in decision-making / respected and well-paid

103. Networked Learning

104. Connectivism / global collaboration / diversity and social awareness / students as mentors / community and real-life integration

105. Change Outcomes

108. The educational technologist is the key to keeping schools relevant

109. An action list for super-heroes to save education:

110. 1. Start with yourself

111. PLN PLE PLC

112. 2. Focus first on teachers, staff, administrators, and parents

113. Politics Parents Pet Peeve

114. 3. Encourage, at all levels, moving from an “obedience” to an “engagement” culture

115. 4. Make sure the tech serves the learning... ...then embed and make ubiquitous.

116. 5. Recognize the organic & inevitable nature of change

117. Planning Persistence Patience

119. Thank You Steve Hargadon steve@hargadon.com 916-899-1400

120. Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010 Follow the live tweet of today’s event using #edweeklivePowerPoint presentations available at www.edweekevents.org/downloads

121. 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

123. 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 50 percent of students. D: We do not provide mobile computing devices to students.

124. 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

125. Mobile Games are Useful When... Location Matters Location Doesn’t Matter 22

126. 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

127. Does your district or school allow students and staff access to social 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.

128. 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

129. Many presentations from today’s sessions are available at:www.edweekevents.org/downloads Follow today’s event on Twitter using hashtag #edweeklive

130. Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010 Follow the live tweet of today’s event using #edweeklivePowerPoint presentations available at www.edweekevents.org/downloads

131. Engaging Students in the Digital Age

132. Do you feel that your school or district provides adequate technology to 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 providing students with technology.

133. 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.

134. Greater BostonOctober 8, 2010 Follow the live tweet of today’s event using #edweeklivePowerPoint presentations available at www.edweekevents.org/downloads

135. Ryan Davisson Sales Representative, Qwizdom

136. Making Personalized Learning a Reality Kimberly Rice, Chief Information Officer, Boston Public Schools

137. Many presentations from today’s sessions are available at:www.edweekevents.org/downloads Follow today’s event on Twitter using hashtag #edweeklive