The state of Maine has been an educational innovator for over 15 years, from one of the first statewide school interconnects, to the 1:1 laptop program, to learner-centered education, to the proficiency-based diploma.
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Innovations in Maine Learning
1. Innovations in Maine Learning
MindShare Canadian EdTech Leadership Conference
November 7, 2012
Jay Collier, The Compass LLC • jay.collier@thecompass.com
Clearly Ambigious
3. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Broadband school network (1996)
“The Maine School and Library Network
provides internet access, email, web
hosting, and other internet related services
to almost 1000 schools and libraries across
the state of Maine.”
Placbo
4. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Maine Learning Results (1997)
Maine Department of Education
5. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Maine Learning Results (1997)
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Each Maine student shall leave school as:
• A clear and effective communicator
• A self-directed and lifelong learner
• A creative and practical problem solver
• A responsible and involved citizen
• An integrative and informed thinker
Maine Department of Education
7. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Educating ME (2000)
Our children will inherit a world where:
• Workers will need to construct and use
knowledge that doesn’t yet exist and solve
problems that are barely visible today
• Change is rampant — the knowledge economy
is in our midst, globalization is challenging our
roots
• The personal currency is education and
knowledge.
11. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Learning Technology Endowment (2000)
Angus King
• Governor of Maine (1995-2003)
• Founder, Northeast Energy Management
• Host, MPBN MaineWatch
Seymour Papert
• Protege of Jean Piaget
• Co-founder of the MIT Media Lab
• Author of Mindstorms
• Creator of LOGO
hmmlargeart
12. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 7-8 (2002)
Maine Department of Education
13. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 7-8 (2002)
• Laptops have improved state writing test scores
• In one bellweather school, 50% fewer students need
remedial math, and almost twice as many students
passed the state math exam (from 50% to 91%)
— Maine Education Policy Research Institute (2009)
Maine Department of Education
14. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 9-12 (2009)
Bangor Heather Manchester, Bangor DailyEducation
Daily News, Maine Department of News DOE
15. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 9-12 (2009)
Bangor Heather Manchester, Bangor DailyEducation
Daily News, Maine Department of News DOE
16. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
One-to-one Laptop Initiative, Gr. 9-12 (2009)
Bangor Heather Manchester, Bangor DailyEducation
Daily News, Maine Department of News DOE
17. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Three-ring Binder (2010-12)
MFC, Portland Press Herald
18. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Three-ring Binder (2010-12)
MFC, Portland Press Herald
19. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Three-ring Binder (2010-12)
MFC, Portland Press Herald
20. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Education Evolving (2012)
Maine Department of Education
21. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Education Evolving (2012)
Proficiency-based Diploma
“By 2017, students throughout Maine will be
able to move from one grade to the next by
demonstrating that they understand certain
concepts and skills, not by spending a required
number of hours in each subject.”
Stephen Conn
28. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Collaborative Learning Platform
INCREASED
COLLABORATION
Conference
Workshop
Meeting
TIME
Maine Department of Education
29. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
Collaborative Learning Platform
INCREASED
COLLABORATION
Conference
Sustained
Workshop
Online
Meeting Collaboration
TIME
Maine Department of Education
30. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
User-Generated Content Policy
Maine Department of Education
31. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
User-Generated Content Policy
Maine Department of Education
32. INNOVATIONS IN MAINE EDUCATION
User-Generated Content Policy
Maine Department of Education