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How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Education
Lynn McNally
Growth: Population doubled from 2000 to 2010
Loudoun County
ES MS HS
52 14 12 (3)
36,017
14,047
13,543
63,607 Students
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Pass Rates
SAT
• RDG - 541• MAT - 536• WRT - 534• TOT - 1611
Median Household Income: $119,540
Consortium for School Networking
Mission: To empower educational leaders to leverage technology to realize engaging learning environments
Professional association for school system technology leaders.
K-12 Education
Unprecendented, profound
culture shift!
Political Forces – Belief that Education is Failing Students
PISA Results – U.S. Students 17th in Reading, 30th in math, and 23rd in Sciences
Lack of highly qualified teachers
Disenfranchisement of boysBoys are 30% more likely than girls to flunk or drop outWomen outnumber men in higher ed – 56% of bachelor's degrees
Conclusion: The current K-12 education model is no longer meeting the needs of our children or the 21st century workforce and has to change!
Economic Forces – School Funding Cuts
Federal, state, and local funding is down
Class sizes are growing
Teachers are being laid off
School sites are being closed
Conclusion: We need a new model that allows us to do more with less!
Loudoun Schools Expenditures
Proposed
Technological Forces – Consumerization
Cloud Computing - Computing services that can be delivered in real time over the Internet through a web browser from any computer or mobile device.
Mobile Computing on a variety of devices
Social Media
Conclusion: Technology offers promise of new models of education that
embrace new curriculum standards, capture student performance data, individualize instruction, support larger class sizes.
Is K-12 Education Ready?
80% said they would prefer to see a digital curriculum supported by 1:1 computer access and interactive whiteboards in classrooms.
84% said 21st century skills, including critical thinking, problem solving and the ability to think creatively, are a high priority
69% sited budget constraints as top concern.
Survey of 300 superintendents, assistant superintendents and principals
The 2011 Horizon Report indicates two trends: Cloud solutions and mobile devices.
The newly released FCC/DOE Digital Playbook calls for digital content to replace print textbooks in all schools by 2017.
FCC / DOE Digital Playbook
Next 5 years
$7 Billion Per Year
This is Derrick - 11th Grade Student
1st Period – German III 2nd Period- AP U. S. History 3rd Period – American Literature 4th Period – Pre-Calculus 5th Period – Drama 6th Period – Biology 7th Period – Psychology
Derrick’s Class Schedule
German III $130.00 AP U.S. History $145.00 (two books) American Literature $120.00 (two books) Pre-Calculus $100.00 Drama $120.00 (two books) Biology $185.00 (two books) Psychology $80.00 (two books)
Total Cost $880.00 Consumables $55.00 Total Weight 47.6 lbs.
Derrick’s Textbook Costs
This is Derrick - 12th Grade Student
MULTIMEDIA: text, audio, video, simulations, gaming
INTERACTIVE
Easier and less expensive to update
Flexibly structured for collaboration
Supports a wide-range of learning approaches
Motivating and engaging for today’s students
Potential Benefits of Digital Content
How We Learn – Brain Research
Preconceptions of curriculum must be engaged in the learning process.
Expertise is developed through deep understanding that is personally meaningful (Read: authentic learning activities).
Learning is optimized when students develop “metacognitive” strategies.
How We Learn – Educational Research
Bransford, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
How We Learn in a Global SocietyThink Social Media
StumbleUpon
FaceBookRSS Feed
Delicious
Glogster
Joe’s Non-netbook video
Students – How we Want to Learn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpmEZWuRQ
Parents: How we want our Children to Learn
Individualized Instruction
Face-to-face and Distance Learning Hybrids
Rich Learning Opportunities
Parent Portals into Learning Management System (gradebook, virtual classrooms)
Loudoun Story – SaaS
Easier administration – SIS Feed, levels of users, reporting Automatic updates of software Compatibility - all users have same version of software Global accessibility – anywhere, anytime from any device Free – Office 365 and Google
Digital ContentSoftware (authoring & communication)Personal StorageCollaborative SpaceInstructional Software
What goes to the Cloud?
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Curriculum Management
Assessment Management
Instructional Management
Integration and Alignment
Application to Manage
Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Learning Environment in the Cloud
VISION Home Facsimile
Portability for End User
Some Free Enterprise Authoring, Communication, and Collaboration Software and Storage
Simpler Devices
Greater flexibility with virtualized resources
Self-service Interface
Enhanced collaboration
Better reliability and security
Scalability and Pay for use
Advantages for School Districts
Increased Bandwidth Needs and related Latency Issues
True Cost of Services
Not All Applications will work in the Cloud
Enhancing In-house IT Services to work with Cloud Services
Migrating Data to/from the Cloud Service
Lock-in
Data Security
Challenges for School Districts
Approval◦ Do school district have policies, regulations and procedures to approve internal and
external data sharing? If approved…
Transmission◦ Are there technical specifications securing electronic transfer of data (in and out)? If so,
then…
Processing◦ Do you have a clear understanding how the data are used and processed within internal
and external applications? Then…
Reporting◦ What guarantee do you have on the accuracy and validity of the reports using your
data? If it is worthwhile, …
Exporting◦ Is sharing a two-way street?
Deleting◦ When is reasonable to stop sharing and remove all trace of data from external systems?
Security of Student Data is an Issue!
Questions
