The Need For Reform

1. The Need For Reform Challenges and Solutions in Educational Technology

2. The Need For Change • Almost 30 years ago, The National Commission on Excellence in Education stated “All, regardless of race or class or economic status, are entitled to a fair chance and to the tools for developing their individual powers of mind and spirit to the utmost…

3. The Need for Change …This promise means that all children by virtue of their own efforts, competently guided, can hope to attain the mature and informed judgment needed to secure gainful employment, and to manage their own lives, thereby serving not only their own interests but also the progress of society itself.”

4. The Need for Change After three decades the United States is still far from that promising vision…

5. Facts • In the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) comparison, American students ranked 21st out of 30 in science literacy among students from developed countries, and 25th out of 30 in math literacy…

6. Facts Cont. • On the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math tests, 4th graders showed no signs of progress for the first time in many years, and 8th graders tallied only modest evidence of progress.  

7. Facts Cont. • As a nation we face a national average unemployment rate of 9.6% in 2010 and first-time bachelor recipients graduating with an average student loan debt of $24,700 as of 2009…

8. Solutions Through Technology

9. Solutions • Increased Communication and Collaboration • Online Portals • Social Networks • Organizations on the web “The Cloud”

10. Solutions Information Databases provide more streamlined access to information regarding students, such as strengths and weaknesses

11. Solutions Provide Teachers with Alternative Tools

12. Solutions Accommodations for learning disabilities Assisted listening devices Talking calculators, spell checkers, and dictionaries Audio books and publication Alternative keyboards

13. Solutions

14. The Future of Educational Technology

15. The Future of Educational Technology Comprehensive Learning Infrastructure • Data System Interoperability National Broadband Plan • Broadband and wireless access for everyone • Expanded access to educational digital content • Public Domain Infrastructure

16. The Future of Educational Technology • Supports the three types of learning

17. The Future of Educational Technology Support from Organizations

18. Challenges • “Teachers do not have the time to find and evaluate software” • “Computer and software training was seldom offered at convenient times” • “Although there were many district opportunities and on-site sessions to learn general computing skills, the generic training available was irrelevant to teachers’ specific needs” Previous Research

19. Changes • “Certain policy tasks emerge as recommendations: Speed up the process of making computers readily available to each student in each classroom; increase on-demand technical support for teachers” • “Fundamental changes would need to be made in how schools are organized, how time is allocated, and how teachers are prepared. Hardware manufacturers, software firms, and telecommunication companies would need to improve product reliability to limit the defects in their wares, expand technical support to teachers, increase speed of Internet connection at little cost to schools, and test software on consumers prior to marketing them to district and state administrators.”

20. Works Cited Cuban, Larry. (2006). Frogs into princes: writings on school reform. New York: Teachers College Press, 148-158. Cuban, L., Kirkpatrick, H. & Peck, C. (2001). High Access and Low Use of Technologies in High School Classrooms: Explaining an Apparent Paradox. American Educational Research Journal, 38(4), 813-834. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). 2008-09 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B: 08/09): A First Look at Recent College Graduates (NCES 2011-236). U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2011). Labor Force Statistics for the Current Population Survey. Supporting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Reauthoring the Elementary and Secondary School Act. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/blueprint/faq/supporting-stem.pdf U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology, Washington, D.C., 2010. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010 Valve Software. Open Doors; Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. Retrieved from http://www.learnwithportals.com/ Council of Economic Advisors. Unleashing the Potential of Educational Technology (2011). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/factsheets-reports/educational-technology National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies. Retrieved from http://www.digitalpromise.org/about Great Schools. Assistive technology for kids with LD: An overview. Retrieved from http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/assistive-technology/702-assistive-technology-for-kids-with-learning-disabilities-an-overview.gs?page=1 National Lab Network. Retrieved from http://www.nationallabnetwork.org/

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