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COLLEGE-READY
LEARNER
CRITICAL
THINKER
ADAPTABLE &
PRODUCTIVE
LEADER RESPONSIBLE
DECISION MAKER
SKILLED
COMMUNICATORHISD
AN EDUCATIONAL
ECOSYSTEM
Specific Technologies Districts Need to
Support the New Digital Landscape
Beatriz Arnillas and Christina Masick

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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
SESSION OVERVIEW
• Districts are pressed to support:
– Mastery-based learning (pace, UDL, data)
– Easy and controlled access to digital, on-demand content to
provide learner preferences and choice of learning methods
• High user expectations: technology “just works” and systems
communicate data
• What systems are needed to support the new digital landscape?
• Discuss Houston ISD’s framework and core components in
response to changing needs
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3.
HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
HISD AT-A-GLANCE
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4.
HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
HISD AT-A-GLANCE
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5.
HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
AN HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE IS …
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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
DIGITAL LANDSCAPE DRIVERS
Students interact with technology as part of the learning experience and
expect quality digital tools with the ultimate goal being active learning
(learner-centered instruction)
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Teachers
Students
Principals
HISD Central
Parents
Teachers have access to quality digital resources. Instruction shifts from
teacher-centered to facilitated models that support learner agency
(active learning)
HISD Central Administration lays the foundation of systems, data and
communications, to enable flexible learning spaces and UDL
Principals determine school level content needs and make educated
decisions about digital resources
Parents partner with students and their schools to access and interact
with digital content to support anytime, anywhere learning

7.
HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM VISION
What are we building?
• Digital Living
oPersonally
oProfessionally
• Personalized Learning
• Differentiated Learning
• Creativity/ Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Engagement

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Houston ISD Teaching & Learning Eco-System
Teachers
User types:
Students/pa
rents
Admin
Principals
Designers
DTLP
LOR
CMS
LMS
Performance
Feedback
Formative
Assessment
Recommendations
Engine and other
Personalized
Features
TEA
Applications/Systems:
College Board
EVAAS
Career Platform
Formative
Assessment
SIS
• Statistical and
predictive analysis
• College readiness
• Intervention
recommendations
• Past performance
Board
Enterprise Level Dashboards:
Superintendent
CSOs/SSOs
Teachers
Principals
Students/Parents
User’s DTLP
Dashboard:
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Integrated
Data
Warehouse

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ANALYTICS FOR EDUCATION (A4E) – DASH BOARDS
• Data-driven decision-
making
• Dashboard data varies
by role
• Absenteeism
• Budgetary decisions
• TEKs mastery by
class
• Teacher performance
and feedback
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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGY – LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)
• Implemented DTLP and digital tools interoperability
standards
– On the way to personalizing instruction
• Learning accessible and easy for all teachers, students and
parents in one platform
– Linked to various sets of standards
– Guided by HISD curriculum materials
• Provide accurate and consistent data to teachers, Principals
and district leaders for decision-making
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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
• Gradebook, system of record
• Flexible, configurable system
• Volume, diverse organizations and scalability
• Engagement and support
– Parent/student Portal provide learner data to all stakeholder
• OneRoster/interoperability
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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND LEVELS
• Check for understanding/formative
• Snapshots (predictive & interventions)
• Benchmarking (district & state)
• State Testing and results
• Other considerations: ESSA and special interest groups
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ACADEMIC DATA FLOW DIAGRAM
Record Keeping
Scheduling
School Administration
SIS
EDW
HUB (LMS)
3rd Party
Vendors
Student
Assessment
TEA
Integrations
Analysis
Reporting
Content Delivery
Teaching/Learning
Curriculum Planning
Chancery SMS
Data Warehouse, A4E Dashboards, PWR Ad Hoc
Student,Teacher,School
OperationalData
SAP
HCM

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THE ROLE OF INTEROPERABILITY
• Why are standards needed?
– Competing priorities
– Constrained public funding
– Immature industry solutions driven by vendors
• Need: Shift to partnership models
• IMS Global
– LTI, Common Cartridge and thin Common Cartridge
– QTI
– OneRoster
• Platforms – expanding options
– Non-profit, vendor agnostic platforms vs proprietary platforms
– LORs, content curation
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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
GAP – WHAT DO WE NEED TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION?
• How are you providing data to all your
stakeholders?
• What will we do with assessments, in light of
new developments?
• What keeps you from building a coherent
ecosystem? (gaps)
• What about Analytics?
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HISD GLOBAL GRADUATE
THANK YOU