Keynote Presentation for the Education Revolution in Action 4 Conference.

1. Image Credit
building global competencies
collaboration ● content ● community through advanced
networks & inter@ctivity

2. the U.S national ed tech plan
learning: engage by empower
The model of learning described in this plan
calls for engaging and empowering learning
experiences for all learners.
• Focus what and how we teach to match
what people need to know, how they learn,
where and when they will learn, and who
needs to learn.
• Brings state-of-the art technology into
learning to enable, motivate, and inspire
all students, regardless of background,
languages, or disabilities, to achieve.
• Leverage the power of technology to
provide personalized learning and to
enable continuous and lifelong learning.

3. the U.S national ed tech plan
learning: how & what
tools
web navigation
critical
thinking
web-based collaboration (wikis, blogs)
digital content for research
skills web-based communication
data gathering
critical thinking data analysis
complex problem solving visualization tools.
graphical and 3-D modeling tools
collaboration
multimedia communication

4. the U.S national ed tech plan
teaching: prepare and connect
Just as leveraging technology can help us
improve learning and assessment, the
model of learning calls for using technology
to help build the capacity of educators by
enabling a shift to a model of connected
teaching.
• Teams of connected educators replace
solo practitioners
• Classrooms are fully connected to provide
educators with 24/7 access to data and
analytic tools
• Educators have access to resources that
help them act on the insights the data
provide.

5. the U.S national ed tech plan
infrastructure: access and enable
An infrastructure for learning is always on,
available to students, educators, and
administrators regardless of their location or
the time of day.
• Unleash new ways of capturing and
sharing knowledge based on multimedia
that integrate text, still and moving
images, audio, and applications that run
on a variety of devices.
• Enables seamless integration of in- and
out-of-school learning.
• Frees learning from a rigid information
transfer model (from book or educator to
students) and enables a much more
motivating intertwinement of learning
about, learning to do, and learning to be.

6. learning infrastructure
Internet2
The Internet2 Website

7. learning infrastructure
international networks

8. learning infrastructure
the global development learning network
The World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network

9. learning infrastructure
MAGPI
The non-profit network for research and education in eastern Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware and regional connector for Internet2.
Our mission is to introduce new technology, to collaboratively develop new applications
with our subscribers and to make access to technologies sustainable and affordable.
MAGPI’s Website

10. learning infrastructure
the MAGPI K20 community
K12 Education
Higher Education
Healthcare
Public/Cultural
Research
Government

11. synchronous inter@ctive learning
interactive video
classroom based individual based

12. synchronous inter@ctive learning
access to experts through IVC
Global Nomads Group Great Wall of China Video

13. project examples
global collaboration
Megaconference Jr.
Collaboration with CCIU, TIES, Internet2 and more…
http://megaconferencejr.org

14. project examples
interactive video & virtual reality
Digger Vermont
Fleshing the Bones Virtual Reality Project Digger Vermont
Collaboration with The Academy of Natural Sciences

15. project examples
virtual reading group
• 3 sites: 2 schools and
the facilitator
• 6 students involved in
the project, all
proficient decoders
• Each session
included reading a
short text and guided
SHEP discussion
Increasing Reading Comprehension via Videoconference
Getting Real in Virtual Talk about Text

16. supporting inter@ctive learning
it’s all about the dialog...(ic) instruction
Ask ‘open ended’ questions
Refrain from evaluating
teacher as
Don’t rely on explicit strategy instruction or
facilitator
other forms of directive guidance
Uptake. Uptake. Uptake.
Shared Evaluation Pedagogy
Getting Real in Virtual Talk about Text

17. supporting inter@ctive learning
it’s not about the ‘right’ answer...
meaning
construction
the cow is blue.
image credit: the red cow image credit

18. supporting inter@ctive learning
building cross-site dialogue
facilitator interaction facilitative interaction

19. supporting inter@ctive learning
networked interactive whiteboards
students @
location b teacher @
location a
Video from Ligbron E-Learning Project

20. supporting inter@ctive learning
virtual worlds
My China 360

21. supporting inter@ctive learning
streaming video & archival
featured video
live streaming
channels
commenting &
tagging MAGPI’s Video
Center

22. supporting inter@ctive learning
sharing multimedia
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Video from National Dali High School, Taiwan

23. supporting inter@ctive learning
digital collections
Teacher’s Domain Library of Congress
Chinese New Year Example Asian Reading Room

24. supporting inter@ctive learning
web 2.0 tools

25. supporting inter@ctive learning
bloom’s taxonomy of web 2.0 tools

26. what’s next for tech-based learning
augmented reality
Hans Roslings 200 Countries, from BBC

27. Heather Weisse Walsh
MAGPI Manager of Educational Services
hweisse@magpi.net
215-573-6417
twitter: magpik20 or hlw2
skype: hweisse
facebook: www.facebook.com/magpik20
blog: http://k20interactions.blogspot.com
http://www.magpi.net