K-12 adoption: What works? What Doesn’t? Geoff FletcherEditorial DirectorT.H.E. JournalCampus Technology :K-12 adoption: What works? What Doesn’t? Geoff FletcherEditorial DirectorT.H.E. JournalCampus Technology


A futures perspective :A futures perspective Alternative futures Possible Probable Preferable Action Orientation Holism Extended time frames Vision


Overview :Overview From the Congress on the Future of Content, what content do leading educators want and what barriers stand in the way? What are some innovative state initiatives that will affect content in the future? How does your content match up?


Some terms :Some terms Content Textbooks Curriculum E-books


The Congress on the Future of Content Initiative :The Congress on the Future of Content Initiative The genesis and impetus Task force Hearings


The task force :The task force AAP Houghton Mifflin/Harcourt AEP ISTE Apex Learning Learning.com Apple McGraw-Hill Casabonne Assoc. PBS Cisco Pearson CoSN Red Rock Discovery SETDA Follett SIIA 1105 Media/T.H.E. Journal Tabula Digita THINKronize/netrekker


The hearings – Austin, Orlando :The hearings – Austin, Orlando Superintendents, bureaucrats, textbook coordinators, technology coordinators, curriculum coordinators What is your vision for content and its delivery in the next 5 years? What are the barriers to your vision becoming reality?


The overall vision :The overall vision Visionary leadership Stakeholder involvement Rigorous content and curriculum On-going professional development Assessment and data to individualize instruction


Vision from the hearings :Vision from the hearings Content Engaging, flexible, additional ‘publishers’ Curriculum and teaching strategies Alignment, s&s, assessment, 21st cen., PBL Support for effective use of content On-going, more $, more tech, vetting


Speak-Up - Students :Speak-Up - Students Electronic notes and highlighting – 63% Self assessments - 62% Links to real time data - 52% Games (57%) and simulations (55%) PowerPoint presentations of lectures - 55% Access to online tutors - 53% Create their own podcasts and vodcasts - 48% The ability to download information to their cell phones


Speak-Up - Teachers :Speak-Up - Teachers Find my own - 50 Recommended on teacher websites - 40 From our school or district portal - 33 Recommended in our curriculum guide -32 Create my own - 29 Recommended by textbook publisher - 28 I don’t regularly use in my lessons - 15


Summary :Reasonable vetting? Aligned to standards? Scope/sequence? 21st century skills? Project-based, student directed? Engaging? Flexible? Imbedded assessment? Sustained professional development? Accessible? Summary


Barriers – the anti-vision :Barriers – the anti-vision Insufficient access to technology Lack of on-going professional development Insufficient funding for content Old curriculum and NCLB


Other barriers :Other barriers Vetting and the adoption process No alternative business models Intellectual property rights A fragmented market Complexity of a transition


Barriers from Speak-Up :Barriers from Speak-Up Administrators Teachers not trained 40% Not enough student computers 40% No funds to purchase digital resources 30% Cannot purchase with materials funding 28% Teachers Students don’t have home computers 29% No funds to purchase digital resources 25% Class size too large 20% Unable to locate good resources 16% I don’t know how to use them 14%


State initiatives :State initiatives Indiana Texas California Virginia, Florida, West Virginia


Indiana :Indiana “Books do not provide content that is interesting, engaging, and supportive of effective student learning.” The definition allows “school corporations to use computers and other data devices, instructional software, internet resources, interactive, magnetic and other media, and other systematically organized material.”


Texas :Texas A new vetting and approval process Must purchase a classroom set Allows school districts to use fund “to purchase technological equipment to support the use of electronic textbooks or instructional material” on either list


Texas - approval :Texas - approval Be reviewed and recommended by experts in subject and technology Include evidence of alignment with research Include coverage of TEKS and percentage covered Include training for teachers


California :California High school textbooks in math and science 16 reviewed, 10 met > 90% of standards In digital format for download and print Some interactive Stable content for two years Phase II?


What’s wrong? :What’s wrong? Can we learn from the auto industry?


Thomas Friedman“‘We have to make the cars people want.’ That’s why they are in trouble. Their job is to make cars people don’t know they want but will buy like crazy when they see them. I would have been happy with my Sony Walkman had Apple not invented the iPod. Now I can’t live without my iPod. I didn’t know I wanted it, but Apple did. Same with my Toyota Hybrid.” :Thomas Friedman“‘We have to make the cars people want.’ That’s why they are in trouble. Their job is to make cars people don’t know they want but will buy like crazy when they see them. I would have been happy with my Sony Walkman had Apple not invented the iPod. Now I can’t live without my iPod. I didn’t know I wanted it, but Apple did. Same with my Toyota Hybrid.”


Marc Tarpenning – Tesla Motors :Marc Tarpenning – Tesla Motors “We learned that the car industry is unbelievably good at delivering what they’ve done in the past with a little tweak – faster or in yellow. But if you want something a lot different – a simplified transmission that electrically actuated – that’s too radical. The designers and engineers who can do radical changes all left Detroit forty years ago.”


Congress on Content Recommendations :Congress on Content Recommendations Flexibility Simplify, electronic, choice, chunk Professional development Outreach/PR


Opportunities :Opportunities Current policies Content does not equal curriculum Curriculum does equal instruction Professional development, professional development, professional development Work with publishers, especially licenses and subscriptions


“A young naval officer must be flexible, devoted to perpetual learning, disrespectful of the status quo, and a little crazy.” :“A young naval officer must be flexible, devoted to perpetual learning, disrespectful of the status quo, and a little crazy.” Tom Peters speaking at a graduation ceremony at the US Naval Academy


The American people will, in the end, do the right thing…..After they have exhausted all other possibilities. :The American people will, in the end, do the right thing…..After they have exhausted all other possibilities. Winston Churchill


Questions??? :Questions??? ???????????????


Geoff Fletcher :Geoff Fletcher Editorial Director T.H.E. Journal Campus Technology 206-463-1750 gfletcher@1105media.com