The

Fede

ral

Per

spec

tive

on

Edu

catio

nal

Tech

nolo

gy

Tim

othy

J. M

agne

rD

eput

y D

irect

or

Offi

ce o

f Edu

catio

nal T

echn

olog

y

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n

Kia

wah

Isl

an

d,

SC

No

vem

ber

21

, 2

00

4

3 C

hallen

ges

Faci

ng

Ed

uca

tio

n3

Ch

allen

ges

Faci

ng

Ed

uca

tio

n

!Chan

gin

g G

lobal

Eco

nom

y!

Today

�s S

tuden

ts

!Pro

duct

ivity

Par

adox

Eco

no

my

Eco

no

my

!Chan

gin

g�

Info

rmat

ion-b

ased

, ch

angin

g w

orld

�80%

of

jobs

in 2

010 d

o n

ot

exis

t to

day

(U

.S.

Dep

artm

ent

of

Labor

report

)

!G

lobal

�O

ther

cou

ntr

ies

are

work

ing h

ard,

movi

ng f

ast

and

usi

ng t

echnolo

gy

to a

ccel

erat

e pro

gre

ss.

. .

!In

nova

tion,

crea

tivi

ty &

tole

rance

for

risk

-ta

king a

re s

tren

gth

s of

the

U.S

.

�Ten

yea

rs a

go I

ndia

, Russ

ia &

Chin

a w

ere

abso

lute

non-p

laye

rs in t

he

world e

conom

y.

Today

, th

ey a

re a

ctiv

e par

tici

pan

ts.

If y

ou a

dd

up t

hei

r popula

tions,

it

appro

aches

3 b

illio

n

peo

ple

�

Eve

n if

you d

isco

unt

90 p

erce

nt

of

the

peo

ple

th

ere

as u

ned

uca

ted f

arm

ers,

you s

till

end u

p

with a

bout

300 m

illio

n p

eople

who a

re e

duca

ted.

That

's b

igger

than

the

U.S

. w

ork

forc

e�[Y

]ou

hav

e bro

ught

3 b

illio

n n

ew p

eople

into

the

work

forc

e, a

nd m

ayb

e th

e eq

uat

ion c

han

ges

�Cra

ig B

arre

tt

Wh

o A

re T

od

ay�s

Stu

den

ts?

Wh

o A

re T

od

ay�s

Stu

den

ts?

!M

illen

nia

l G

ener

atio

n!

Born

bet

wee

n 1

982-2

002

!Alm

ost

100 m

illio

n y

oung a

dults

bet

wee

n 0

-24 y

ears

old

!M

ore

div

erse

than

thei

r par

ents

gen

erat

ion

!H

ave

com

e of ag

e al

ong w

ith t

he

Inte

rnet

.!

Info

rmat

ion h

as b

een u

niv

ersa

lly a

vaila

ble

an

d fre

e to

them

!Com

munity

is a

dig

ital

pla

ce o

f co

mm

on

inte

rest

, not

just

a s

har

ed p

hys

ical

spac

e

Fam

ily i

s Im

po

rtan

tFam

ily i

s Im

po

rtan

t!

91%

of st

uden

ts fel

t th

ey h

ave

at lea

st o

ne

fam

ily m

ember

they

can

confide

in

!If

they

could

, 50%

of

studen

ts w

ould

spen

d

more

tim

e w

ith t

hei

r fa

mily

!74%

get

alo

ng w

ith t

hei

r pare

nts

ext

rem

ely

or

very

wel

l

!W

hen

pic

king o

ne

per

son a

s a

role

model

, 44%

of st

uden

ts p

ick

a fa

mily

mem

ber

Inte

rest

ed

in

Wo

rld

an

d C

om

mu

nit

yIn

tere

sted

in

Wo

rld

an

d C

om

mu

nit

y

!76%

would

lik

e to

lea

rn m

ore

about

the

worl

d

!28%

of hig

h s

chool st

uden

ts u

se a

fore

ign n

ews

sourc

e to

lea

rn a

bout

curr

ent

even

ts.

!70%

of st

uden

ts r

eport

volu

nte

erin

g o

r par

tici

pat

ing in c

om

munity

serv

ice.

Even

Yo

un

g C

hil

dre

nEven

Yo

un

g C

hil

dre

n!

72%

of al

l firs

t gra

der

s use

d a

hom

e co

mpute

r during t

he

sum

mer

on a

wee

kly

bas

is.

!O

ver

85%

of

young c

hild

ren w

ith h

om

e co

mpute

rs u

sed t

hem

for

educa

tional

purp

ose

s.

!By

1999,

97%

of ki

nder

gar

tner

s had

acc

ess

to

a co

mpute

r at

sch

ool or

hom

e.

!35%

of ch

ildre

n a

ges

2-5

use

the

Inte

rnet

fr

om

any

loca

tion.

Inte

rnet

Use

by A

ge

Inte

rnet

Use

by A

ge

0%10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2-5

6-8

9-12

12-1

516

-18

19-2

425

-35

36-4

546

-55

56-6

565

+

Age

2000

2002

On

lin

e T

een

sO

nli

ne T

een

s!

71%

of

onlin

e te

ens

say

they

rel

ied m

ost

ly o

n I

nte

rnet

sourc

es f

or

the

last

big

pro

ject

they

did

for

school

!48%

say

use

of

the

Inte

rnet

im

pro

ves

thei

r re

lationsh

ip w

ith f

rien

ds

!94%

of

onlin

e te

ens

use

the

Inte

rnet

for

school-

rela

ted r

esea

rch

!74%

of

onlin

e te

ens

use

inst

ant

mes

sagin

g

!24%

of

onlin

e te

ens

hav

e cr

eate

d t

hei

r ow

n W

eb p

ages

!The

num

ber

of

child

ren a

ges

4 t

o 1

8 w

ho o

wn a

t le

ast

one

wir

eles

s dev

ice

(e.g

. ce

ll phones

, PD

As)

gre

w f

rom

32%

in 2

002 t

o 4

3%

in

2003

Ed

uca

tio

n B

eli

efs

Ed

uca

tio

n B

eli

efs

!91%

of st

uden

ts h

ave

a te

acher

/adm

inis

trat

or w

ho

per

sonal

ly c

ares

abou

t th

eir

succ

ess

!60%

of st

uden

ts r

eport

that

sta

ndar

diz

ed t

ests

are

a

good m

easu

re o

f pro

gre

ss

!96%

say

doin

g w

ell in

sch

ool is

im

port

ant

in t

hei

r liv

es

!88%

of st

uden

ts r

epor

t th

at a

tten

din

g c

olle

ge

is c

ritica

l or

very

im

port

ant

to futu

re s

ucc

ess

12

thG

rad

ers

P

erc

ep

tio

ns

Ab

ou

t S

cho

ol

12

thG

rad

ers

P

erc

ep

tio

ns

Ab

ou

t S

cho

ol

39%

21%

28%

0%10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Scho

ol w

ork

is o

ften

or a

lway

sm

eani

ngfu

lC

ours

es a

re q

uite

or v

ery

inte

rest

ing

Scho

ol le

arni

ng w

ill b

e qu

ite o

r ver

yim

port

ant i

n la

ter l

ife

1983

1990

1995

2000

Mill

enni

als

influ

ence

the

pre

sent

an

d ar

eth

e fu

ture

. Pa

y cl

ose

atte

ntio

n to

the

m, a

s th

eir

usag

e of

med

ia in

fluen

ces

othe

r de

mog

raph

ic g

roup

s an

d th

ey li

tera

lly r

epre

sent

the

w

orld

to

com

e.

Yaho

o: B

orn

to B

e W

ired

Ou

r C

hall

en

ge

Ou

r C

hall

en

ge

!Are

our

schools

rea

dy

for

this

gen

erat

ion?

!H

ow

do w

e cr

eate

the

lear

nin

g e

nvi

ronm

ents

th

at e

ngag

e th

is g

ener

atio

n t

o h

elp t

hem

re

ach t

hei

r fu

ll pote

ntial

?

!H

ow

do w

e eq

uip

thes

e st

uden

ts w

ith t

he

skill

s an

d k

now

ledge

they

nee

d t

o b

e co

mpet

itiv

e in

a

glo

bal

, in

form

atio

n-b

ased

eco

nom

y an

d

contr

ibuting c

itiz

ens?

!W

hat

ass

um

ptions

about

educa

tion d

o w

e nee

d t

o q

ues

tion?

You c

an s

ee t

he

com

pute

r age

ever

ywher

e but

in t

he

pro

duct

ivity

stat

istics

.

Rober

t Solo

w,

econ

omis

t

Pro

du

ctiv

ity P

ara

do

xP

rod

uct

ivit

y P

ara

do

x!

By

late

1990�s

, des

pite

bill

ions

inve

sted

in

com

pute

rs,

corp

ora

te p

roduct

ivity

rem

ained

flat

!Auto

mat

ion o

f ex

isting b

usi

nes

s pra

ctic

es d

id

not

pro

duce

subst

antial

incr

ease

s in

pro

duct

ivity

!Cre

atin

g n

ew b

usi

nes

s m

odel

s an

d n

ew

busi

nes

s pro

cess

es u

sing t

echnolo

gy

did

in

crea

se p

roduct

ivity

and s

paw

n n

ew

busi

nes

ses

and b

usi

nes

s m

odel

s.

Ach

ievem

en

t P

ara

do

xA

chie

vem

en

t P

ara

do

x!

Educa

tion is

exper

ienci

ng b

oth

a s

imila

r par

adox

with r

egard

to t

echnolo

gy

imple

men

tation

!A u

niq

ue

pro

duct

ivity

par

adox,

the

Ach

ieve

men

t Pa

radox

�D

espite

a dec

ade

of s

ignific

ant

tech

nolo

gy

inve

stm

ent,

most

ach

ieve

men

t in

dic

ators

are

fla

t.�

A g

row

ing n

um

ber

of

dec

isio

n m

aker

s ques

tionin

g

the

ben

efits

of th

is inve

stm

ent.

Wh

at

Do

es

Th

is M

ean

fo

r Ed

uca

tio

n?

Wh

at

Do

es

Th

is M

ean

fo

r Ed

uca

tio

n?

!Ree

ngin

eer

pro

cess

es a

nd s

truct

ure

s�

How

can

tec

hnolo

gy

impro

ve a

sses

smen

t?

Oper

atio

nal

effic

iency

? L

abor

inte

nsi

ve t

each

er

task

s? I

EP?

!Alig

n t

echnolo

gy

to e

duca

tional

chal

lenges

, goal

s, a

nd inst

ruct

ional

str

ateg

ies.

�

Alig

n t

echnol

ogy

with s

choo

l im

pro

vem

ent

and

acco

unta

bili

ty p

lans.

!In

vest

in p

rofe

ssio

nal

dev

elopm

ent

!Rea

lloca

te R

esourc

es!

Ques

tion a

ssum

ptions

Tech

no

log

y P

rio

riti

es

at

the U

.S.E

.D.

Tech

no

log

y P

rio

riti

es

at

the U

.S.E

.D.

1.

Stu

den

t D

ata

Man

agem

ent

Sys

tem

s2.

Onlin

e Ass

essm

ents

3.

E-L

earn

ing a

nd O

nlin

e Educa

tion

Wh

y N

o C

hil

d L

eft

Beh

ind

Wh

y N

o C

hil

d L

eft

Beh

ind

41%

13%

15%

38%

16%

15%

0%25%

50%

75%

100%

Whi

teAf

rican

Amer

ican

Hisp

anic

Asia

n/Pa

cific

Isla

nder

Amer

ican

Indi

an/A

lask

a

Nativ

e

Disa

dvan

tage

d

Sour

ce: N

atio

nal A

sses

smen

t of E

duca

tiona

l Pro

gres

s 200

3

Four

th G

rade

Stu

dent

s Pr

ofic

ient

in R

eadi

ng

43%

10%

16%

48%

17%

15%

0%25%

50%

75%

100%

Whi

teAf

rican

Amer

ican

Hisp

anic

Asia

n/Pa

cific

Isla

nder

Amer

ican

Indi

an/A

lask

a

Nativ

e

Disa

dvan

tage

d

Sour

ce: N

atio

nal A

sses

smen

t of E

duca

tiona

l Pro

gres

s 200

3

Four

th G

rade

Stu

dent

s Pr

ofic

ient

in M

athe

mat

ics

20%

3%4%

34%

10%

4%0%25

%

50%

75%

100%

Whi

teAf

rican

Amer

ican

Hisp

anic

Asia

n/Pa

cific

Isla

nder

Amer

ican

Indi

an/A

lask

a

Nativ

e

Disa

dvan

tage

d

Sour

ce: N

atio

nal A

sses

smen

t of E

duca

tiona

l Pro

gres

s 200

0

Twel

fth G

rade

Stu

dent

s Pr

ofic

ient

in M

athe

mat

ics

23%

3%7%

26%

9%6%

0%25%

50%

75%

100%

Whi

teAf

rican

Amer

ican

Hisp

anic

Asia

n/Pa

cific

Isla

nder

Amer

ican

Indi

an/A

lask

a

Nativ

e

Disa

dvan

tage

d

Sour

ce: N

atio

nal A

sses

smen

t of E

duca

tiona

l Pro

gres

s 200

0

Twel

fth G

rade

Stu

dent

s Pr

ofic

ient

in S

cien

ce

Inte

gra

ted

Stu

den

t D

ata

Inte

gra

ted

Stu

den

t D

ata

On

lin

e A

ssess

men

tO

nli

ne A

ssess

men

t

E-L

earn

ing

E-L

earn

ing

!�T

he

use

of

net

work

tec

hnolo

gie

s to

cre

ate,

fo

ster

, del

iver

, an

d fac

ilita

te lea

rnin

g,

anyt

ime

and a

nyw

her

e.�

!N

ew lea

rnin

g m

odes

�H

ybrid/b

lended

, as

ynch

ronou

s, s

ynch

ronou

s

!N

ew o

rgan

izat

ional

model

s�

Virtu

al S

choo

ls,

Cyb

erch

arte

r, D

ista

nce

Lea

rnin

g

E-L

earn

ing

E-L

earn

ing

!Exp

ands

acce

ss t

o e

duca

tional

cours

es,

pro

gra

ms,

and lea

rnin

g o

pport

unitie

s!

Brings

world e

xper

ts &

com

munity

into

the

clas

sroom

!O

ffer

s ad

ditio

nal

acc

ess

to t

uto

ring a

nd

supple

men

tal pro

gra

ms

!Enab

les

indiv

idual

ized

inst

ruct

ion f

or

studen

ts!

Off

ers

choic

es t

o p

aren

ts,

teac

her

s, s

tuden

ts!

Support

tea

cher

pro

fess

ional

dev

elopm

ent

Ben

efi

tsB

en

efi

ts!

Enhan

ced c

om

munic

atio

n b

etw

een s

tuden

ts

and t

each

ers

and lev

elin

g o

f pla

ying f

ield

!Acc

om

modat

ion o

f diffe

rent

lear

nin

g s

tyle

s!

Freq

uen

t as

sess

men

t an

d im

med

iate

fee

dbac

k!

Incr

easi

ng s

upply

of

teac

her

s

Th

e w

ay t

ech

no

log

y i

s fu

nd

ed

Th

e w

ay t

ech

no

log

y i

s fu

nd

ed

�Ta

rget

s de

dica

ted

fund

s to

spe

cific

pro

ject

s�

May

be

disc

onne

cted

fro

m e

duca

tiona

l goa

l�

Mis

ses

�mul

tiplie

r ef

fect

� fro

m c

oord

inat

ed

spen

ding

Fun

din

gP

rogr

ams

Infr

astr

uct

ure

&D

evic

es

Con

ten

t,

Inst

ruct

ion

al S

oftw

are

App

licat

ion

s

Pro

f. D

evel

opm

ent

& T

ech

Su

ppor

t

Edu

cati

onal

G

oal/

Nee

dTr

adit

ion

al F

un

din

g A

ppro

ach

Fun

din

g P

rogr

ams

Fun

din

g P

rogr

ams

�Po

ol f

undi

ng fro

m m

ultip

le s

ourc

es t

o su

ppor

t pa

rtic

ular

asp

ects

of

the

over

all p

roje

ct

�Ac

hiev

e �m

ultip

lier

effe

ct� f

rom

co

ordi

nate

d sp

endi

ng

Pro

f. D

evel

opm

ent

Pro

f. D

evel

opm

ent

& T

ech

Su

ppor

t&

Tec

h S

upp

ort

�In

clud

e pr

ofes

sion

al d

evel

opm

ent,

te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt a

nd o

ngoi

ng

mai

nten

ance

Infr

astr

uct

ure

&In

fras

tru

ctu

re &

Dev

ices

Dev

ices

Con

ten

t, I

nst

ruct

ion

alC

onte

nt,

In

stru

ctio

nal

Soft

war

e, A

pplic

atio

ns

Soft

war

e, A

pplic

atio

ns

�D

eter

min

e ap

prop

riate

sof

twar

e an

d ha

rdw

are

to s

uppo

rt t

hat

goal

Syst

emic

Fu

ndi

ng

App

roac

hEd

uca

tion

al G

oal/

Nee

dEd

uca

tion

al G

oal/

Nee

d�

Focu

s on

edu

catio

nal g

oal

Rea

din

g Fi

rst

Rea

din

g Fi

rst

Titl

e I

Titl

e I

EE-- r

ate

rate

Enh

anci

ng

Ed. T

hro

ugh

Tec

h.

Enh

anci

ng

Ed. T

hro

ugh

Tec

h.

Fun

din

g P

rogr

ams

Fun

din

g P

rogr

ams

Pro

f. D

evel

opm

ent

Pro

f. D

evel

opm

ent

& T

ech

Su

ppor

t&

Tec

h S

upp

ort

Pro

fess

ion

al d

evel

opm

ent

Pro

fess

ion

al d

evel

opm

ent

and

mai

nte

nan

cean

d m

ain

ten

ance

Lapt

ops,

Han

dhel

ds, I

nte

rnet

Lapt

ops,

Han

dhel

ds, I

nte

rnet

Infr

astr

uct

ure

&In

fras

tru

ctu

re &

Dev

ices

Dev

ices

Cog

nit

ive

Rea

din

g Tu

tori

ng

Soft

war

eC

ogn

itiv

e R

eadi

ng

Tuto

rin

g So

ftw

are

Con

ten

t, I

nst

ruct

ion

alC

onte

nt,

In

stru

ctio

nal

Soft

war

e, A

pplic

atio

ns

Soft

war

e, A

pplic

atio

ns

Impr

ove

3Im

prov

e 3

rdrdgr

ade

liter

acy

grad

e lit

erac

yEd

uca

tion

al G

oal/

Nee

dEd

uca

tion

al G

oal/

Nee

dSy

stem

ic F

undi

ng E

xam

ple

Syst

emic

Fun

ding

Exa

mpl

eSy

stem

ic F

undi

ng E

xam

ple

Ed

uca

tio

nal

Tech

no

log

yEd

uca

tio

nal

Tech

no

log

y!

Every

NC

LB

pro

gra

m is

an

op

po

rtu

nit

y f

or

tech

no

log

y f

un

din

g.

�Tec

hnolo

gy

is �

inte

gra

ted�

into

the

�curr

iculu

m�

pro

gra

ms.

�In

crea

sed fle

xibili

ty e

mpow

ers

stat

es a

nd s

choo

ls t

o

tran

sfer

funds

to w

her

e th

ey�re

nee

ded

most

.

Fro

m G

oo

d t

o G

reat

Fro

m G

oo

d t

o G

reat

!Th

e qu

ality

of t

he le

ader

ship

!Th

e qu

ality

of t

he p

eopl

e en

gage

d in

the

ente

rpris

e�

Tea

cher

Pro

fess

ional

Dev

elopm

ent

�E-l

earn

ing

�O

nlin

e as

sess

men

ts�

Usi

ng D

ata

to P

erso

nal

ize

Inst

ruct

ion

!U

sing

dat

a to

driv

e de

cisi

ons

�In

tegra

ted D

ata

Sys

tem

s

Fro

m G

oo

d t

o G

reat

Fro

m G

oo

d t

o G

reat

!R

ecog

nizi

ng a

nd fo

cusi

ng o

n yo

ur c

ore

busi

ness

�Alig

nin

g e

nvi

ronm

ents

with e

duca

tional

goal

s�

Cre

ativ

e budget

ing a

nd f

inan

cing

!C

reat

ing

a cu

lture

of d

isci

plin

e�

Inno

vatio

n an

d in

vent

ion

!U

sing

tech

nolo

gy to

acc

eler

ate

mom

entu

m n

ot

crea

te it

�E-L

earn

ing a

nd v

irtu

al s

chools

�D

igital

Conte

nt

�Bro

adban

d A

cces

s

Co

ncl

usi

on

sC

on

clu

sio

ns

!Am

eric

a�s

studen

ts n

eed t

he

know

ledge

and

com

pet

ence

to c

om

pet

e in

an incr

easi

ngly

te

chnolo

gy-

dri

ven w

orld e

conom

y.

!This

nee

d d

eman

ds

new

model

s of ed

uca

tion

faci

litat

ed b

y ed

uca

tional

tec

hnolo

gy.

!Som

e of

the

most

pro

mis

ing n

ew e

duca

tional

ap

pro

aches

are

bei

ng d

evel

oped

thro

ugh e

-le

arnin

g a

nd v

irtu

al s

chools

.!

This

is

an e

xcitin

g,

crea

tive

and t

ransf

orm

ing

era

for

studen

ts,

teac

her

s, a

dm

inis

trat

ors

, polic

ymake

rs a

nd p

aren

ts.

Th

an

k Y

ou

!Tim

.mag

ner@

ed

.go

vw

ww

.ed

.go

v