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Editor's Notes

1. Cover Lead Slide…Kevin Just Finishes and This Goes Up…
2. Dan Behm Begins…We face many changes in education…defining the 21st Century Learning Experience…
3. Evolving From “What” to the “How” of 21st Century Teaching and Learning…
4. Helping Teachers Grow from “Sit and Get” to “Educational Teaching and Learning” Facilitators…
5. In a way that allows for sustainability in a climate where status quo can not be sustained…nor should it…
6. We are at an educational “tipping point”…
7. Driven by epic change through globalization….
8. Especially in Michigan where what once was is no more…
9. And like all changes that impact the world…it is not a small Endeavour…
10. So What Tools Can We Provide Our Teachers, Students, and Parents to meet these challenges? A Tool that Uses Digital Access…
11. To Remove Barriers…
12. Providing Individualized Instruction…
13. That allows for acceleration…
14. Putting the best lessons…
15. In the hands of great teachers…and students…and parents…
16. Providing choices to all stakeholders…
17. Putting Diagnostic Data in the Hands of Quality Educators So They Can Focus on Student Learning Needs…
18. Utilizing Best-Practices That Were Once Not Available to Educators…
19. That is flexible for today and tomorrow…with the ability to grow with us as we evolve…
20. Empowering our Students, Teachers, and Parents to Dream Big!
21. Helping to prepare and equip…
22. …students, teachers, and parents to meet these challenges…
23. Using a concept that provides…
24. The efficiencies and effectiveness of Common Formative and Summative Assessments
25. To drive instruction…
26. Preparing Teachers and Students to shift from the “What”…
27. …to the “How” of A 21st Century Educational Environment…
28. Using Research-Based Best Practices…
29. In a way that is sustainable for the future…
30. Taking what was once very familiar tools…
31. And seamlessly merging in modern approaches to instruction…
32. Moving away from educational opportunities driven by “seat time”…
33. And towards competency-based instructional models…
34. Expanding when learning can occur…
35. Creating opportunities for teachers, students, and parents to grow…
36. Being innovative…Thinking Big!
37. Providing a Variety of Essential 21st Century Instructional Tools…
38. In a simple format that is User Friendly…
39. Taking all that a Digital World has to offer…
40. Harnessing it in a way…
41. Skilled 21st Century Educators…
42. Can use…packaged…with a “one click away” access point…
43. That creates one point of entry for Parents, Students, and Teachers…
44. Taking what we all know that students need…placing in their Digital Book Bag…
45. All the Tools that we know teachers need…and placing them in their Digital Briefcase…
46. Bringing together all the available 21st Century Resources…
47. In a way that has minimal risk to culture and climate of school districts…
48. While not limiting the opportunities of flexible implementation…and success…
49. Thinking Big…
50. Because this is a Big challenge…
51. And we are at an ideal point…political, professional, economical…all aspects create a sense of urgency that can fuel change…
52. So we can Dream Big together…
53. So that the educational programs of the past…
54. Will not stand in the way of the educational programs of the future…