North Carolina 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative

(NCLTI)

Verna Lalbeharie & Emmy ColemanThe Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

NC State University College of EducationDecember 10, 2010

NC State Board of Education

• Mission: – “Every public school student will graduate from high school, globally

competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century.”

• Goals– NC public schools will produce globally competitive students;

– NC public schools will be led by 21st century professionals;

– NC public students will be healthy and responsible;

– Leadership will guide innovation in NC public schools;

– NC public schools will be governed and supported by 21st century systems.

• Mantra– Future-ready schools, future-ready students

What is the North Carolina Learning Technology Initiative (NCLTI)?

• A strategic approach to creating future-ready schools• Goals of

– Engagement – Equity– Economic development

• To prepare future-ready students, we must provide future-ready environments, tools, learning processes and content

Elements of NCLTI

1. Teachers prepared use technology to enhance teaching and learning

2. 21st century skills and content integrated into the curriculum

3. Alignment of standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment

4. Effective leadership, community and business support

5. A wireless, multimedia digital device for every student and teacher

6. Broadband connectivity and wireless access throughout the school

7. Other technology resources

8. Policies and sustainable funding to support future-ready teaching and learning

A 1907 Learning Ecology

A 2002 Learning Ecology

A New Learning Ecology

A New Learning Ecology

A New Learning Ecology

Builds upon, supports and extendsother NC initiatives

• School Connectivity Initiative• Project IMPACT Classrooms• Accountability and Curriculum Reform Effort (ACRE), based on

the Framework for Change• NC Virtual Public School/Learn and Earn Online• New Schools Project Early College and Redesigned High

Schools• Center for 21st Century Skills• LearnNC and eLearning for Educators Online Professional

Development Programs• NC Learning Objects Repository

Public-Private Partnership

• Started August 2007• Funding from NC, GoldenLEAF Foundation, SAS, Lowes,

AT&T, and others• Steering committee from DPI, Friday Institute/NCSU, NC New

Schools Project, GoldenLEAF Foundation, SAS, School representatives

• Strong support from Governor Perdue, Representative Joe Tolson, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, GoldenLEAF VP Mark Sorrells, SBE, DPI and many others.

• Building on work of the Business and Education Technology Alliance (BETA) and the eLearning Commission

NCLTI Pilot Schools

Current NCLTI Schools

Can This Really Happen Statewide?

• 460 Public High Schools, 425,000 students• It’s already being done by individual schools and districts• It’s being done in other states and countries• How can we address engagement, equity, and economic

development needs throughout NC without it?

Possibility of RttT Resources to Further NCLTI?

• To improve education quality and results statewide• Includes rigorous research to build the knowledge base about

what works• Provides seed resources for LEAs to upgrade wireless

infrastructure, purchase hardware (devices) and build interactive classrooms– Wireless networks ($48.54M budgeted by 66 LEAs)

– 1:1 initiatives ($25.53M budgeted by 57 LEAs)

– Interactive classrooms ($6.26M budgeted by 12 LEAs)

– NC Education Cloud ($34.6M budgeted statewide)