Engagement, Collaboration, and Change

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Engagement, Collaboration, and Change
GUGM 2005 Kris A. Biesinger Georgia Student
Finance Commission
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Advanced Organizer

• Setting the Stage
• Segue
• GAcollege411 From a Students Perspective
• Partnerships
• Success Factors

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Technology Stages

• Incomprehension -- few know about or understand
• Underestimation -- most deride the few who do
• Acceptance -- technology becomes understood/used
• Overestimation -- great claims made and widely
  accepted
• Resistance -- minority sees the dark side --
  menace
• Incorporation -- inappropriate/inefficient
  applications wither
• New technology -- something new starts the
  process over
• Michael Gorman, The Enduring Library (2003)

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Technology Use Taxonomy

• Replace mundane
• Expand access
• Address equity
• Create efficiency/effectiveness
• Provide for customization
• Simplify -- personalize
• Result in overall improvement

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Integrated Learning Environment
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Homepage
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Student Portfolio
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High School Planner
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High School Planner - Summary
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Career Matching
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Career Description w/Link to Colleges Offering
Related Degrees
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Career Description w/Link to Colleges Offering
Related Degrees
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Campus Tour
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College Match
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High School Planner - Output
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Test Preparation
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Test Performance Tracking
Features Essay Tutorial for New SAT Practice
Sessions Dynamically Adapt to Students Ability
Level Each Possible Answer Contains
Individualized Feedback w/Hints Spanish
Translations For SAT Tutorials Database of
approx. 1200 questions Timed Sample
Tests Coaching System No Advertising
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Paying For College
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Online Applications
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Application Tracking
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Portfolio Management
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Education in GeorgiaWhy We Are Doing It

• Replace mundane
• Expectations of students today
• Expand access
• GA is a low participation state
• Address equity
• Ensuring same information available to all
• Create efficiency/effectiveness
• Provide for customization
• Simplify -- personalize -- student-centric
  approach
• Result in overall improvement

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Statewide PartnersWho are the Builders.

• Georgia Student Finance Commission
• Board of Regents
• Department of Education
• Department of Technical and Adult Education
• Independent Colleges
• Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services
• Governors Office
• Professional Standards Commission
• Public Libraries
• Georgia Association of School Counselors
• Private Schools
• Georgia Public Broadcasting

Project Administration
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Tangential Benefits

• Common Application
• Consistent Data Presentation
• Common Grading Scale
• Georgia Transcript
• Clearer Credit Transfer Articulation
• Student Recruitment
• Automation

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Key Success Factors

• Partners
• Hooks
• Interface and Navigation
• Persistence and Patience
• Ongoing Personalization

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Questions