Americas Digital Schools 2006: A Five Year Forecast

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Americas Digital Schools 2006A Five Year
Forecast
First Look at CoSN
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. Deadline Extended to March
15, 2006 Especially for CoSN Members

• MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
• Deadline Extended to March 15, 2006
• Especially for CoSN Members

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Why?

• Todays students have been characterized as
  Digital Natives. To them, technology isnt
  technology because it happened before they were
  born.
• The thought leaders in education know that
  Digital Natives are going to end up going to
  Digital Schoolssome day.
• The question is, what will those schools look
  like, what is the rate of adoption, and what
  policy decisions surround the adoption process?

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The Chicken or the Egg

• Schools say they need new tools.
• Vendors say if they just knew there was a market
  for this new tool theyd surely build it.
• So which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
• The survey!
• Well find out what you district leaders really
  think and make sure that vendors get the
  message.

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What Do We Know about Ubiquitous Technology in
Americas Schools?

• Spotty efforts
• Some strong spots
• Much experimentation

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What Dont We Know about Ubiquitous Technology
in Americas Schools?

• District obstacles
• Districts planning to pursue this year
• Districts planning to pursue next year
• Planned infrastructure changes
• Instructional objectives
• Metrics
• eLearning changes
• Budgeting changes etc. etc.

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The Need

• No one is collecting data about plans to adopt
  one-to-one computing initiatives.
• Last known survey was conducted by QED for
  2003-2004 school year in which 4 of districts
  were planning some kind of initiative for that
  school year.
• We know that this is a significant movement, but
  no one has the numbers or the data about which
  districts are planning to adopt.

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What Do We Need to Know

• How will ubiquitous computing change adoption
  processes and delivery of instructional
  materials?
• What instructional goals are aligned with
  ubiquitous computing?
• What is the shape of the curve regarding adoption
  of new devices and processes?
• What institutional barriers prevent ubiquitous
  computing?
• What planning process is in place now?
• What trends will drive different purchasing
  models in five years as compared with the
  present?

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What Do We Need to Know

• What major initiatives are already in motion
• Who is adopting one to one?
• When are they adopting it?
• What devices are they using?
• What instructional paradigm are they following?
• Starting at what grade level?
• What will be the adoption rate? How will the
  build out occur? At what rate over what period of
  time?

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The Concept

• The Hayes Connection and the Greaves Group have
  surveyed all 2,500 districts with more than 4,000
  students. (These districts contain 70 of all
  students.)
• They have obtained endorsements from key
  associations, including CoSN, ISTE, SETDA, AASA,
  and NSBA .
• They have emailed or snail-mailed every
  technology, curriculum, business director in
  these districts as well as all superintendents.
• They have created a web site ads2006.org where
  customized surveys for each type of respondent
  are stored.

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The Concept A Survey of Top 2,500 Districts
Covering 3 out of 4 Students
Pct. of U.S. Public Districts
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11 Computing Usage in U.S. Public School
Districts (2,500 Students)
Are you implementing 11 Computing in at least
one grade?
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Superintendent Views Top 5 Features Required
for Ubiquitous Computing
Pct. of Supts. or Designated Respondent
When you think about adopting 11 computing in
your district, how important are the following
features for a system? We know you will require
highly reliable, multi-functional systems with
safety and security built in, but how important
are the features below?
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Superintendent Views Next Important Features
Required for Ubiquitous Computing
Pct. of Supts. or Designated Respondent
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Superintendent Views Least Important Features
Required for Ubiquitous Computing
Pct. of Supts. or Designated Respondent
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Top 5 Critical Factors for Digital Learning
Ranked Very Important by Curriculum Director
Respondents
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Next Important Critical Factors for Digital
Learning
Ranked Very Important by Curriculum Director
Respondents
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Least Important Critical Factors for Digital
Learning
Ranked Very Important by Curriculum Director
Respondents
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Student Appliances
Pct. of Tech Director Respondents
How likely are you to adopt a Student Appliance
for use by each student by 2011?
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Open-Source Usage
Pct. of Tech Director Respondents
To what extent do you use open source software in
your school district? Please provide current
usage and estimate usage in 2008 and 2011.
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Evidence of Improved Academic Performance in 11
Computing Environment
Pct. of Tech Director Respondents
What data do you have that would allow evaluation
of academic performance results based on 11?
Please check all that apply.
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Academic Performance Improvement Linked to 11
Computing
Pct. of Tech Director Respondents
Based on the results you have, how much academic
improvement have you seen that could be
attributed to 11?
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Implementation Method for 11 Computing
Pct. of Tech Director Respondents
How did you implement 11 in your district?
Please check all that apply.
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Dissemination of Research

• This is the just the beginning! Since you can
  contribute through March 15, further results will
  be presented at both FETC and NECC.
• A report will be published this summer and made
  available to all contributors as a thank you.
  The report will be available to the public for
  800.
• Custom research and presentations will be
  conducted throughout the year to realize the
  value of 238 questions answered by three distinct
  groups of district leaders.

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Some Conclusions

• 11 is growing rapidly from 4 in 2003-2004 to
  26 of districts now.
• Student appliances may be the fastest growing
  single device.
• A variety of evidence is emerging to show that
  11 computing can have a positive effect on
  student learning.

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More?

• We need your input to make a difference!
• After March 15th deadline, we will be correlating
  all results.
• Five Star Districts Get your superintendent and
  curriculums director to complete their sections
  and get a comp copy of Joel Barkers Five Regions
  of the Future, provided by Pearson Education.