Overview

• Common Ground 

Strategy 1: Understand barriers to systemic change

• Change or Die by Alan Deutschman 
• Change or Die (article by Alan Deutschman)  
• The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
• The Starfish and the Spider (Wikipedia article)

Strategy 2: Improve learning opportunities using emerging technologies

• 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition (website)
• 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition (report pdf)
• Emerging Technologies Jigsaw

Strategy 3: Help students become Digital Citizens

• Building Blocks for Digital Citizenship (LiveBinder)

Strategy 4: Acknowledge and address student and parent expectations about what makes a great teacher today

Strategy 5: Redesign teacher preparation and new teacher support for developing the next generation of teachers

• Speakup Survey 2009 and Reports - What students and teachers say.

o        Project Tomorrow (main website)

o        Reports from Speak Up

• National Education Technology Plan

o        2010 National Education Technology Plan (website)

o        2010 National Education Technology Plan (report pdf)

o        2010 National Education Technology Plan- executive summary (pdf

• Edutopia

o        Edutopia (main website)

• Intel

o        Intel Teach Elements

Intel Visual Ranking Tool

Student Log-in

ISTE's Essential Conditions for successful technology implementation