This document outlines an infrastructure for educational innovation in Kentucky. It identifies five givens related to globalization, technology, and the pace of change. Schools are trying to keep up but two main concerns are identified. First, schools are becoming detached from learning as the web becomes more integral. Second, systemic restrictions limit innovation from within the education system. The plan proposes a Center for Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education to help address these concerns through refocusing research, seeking funding, developing products, and refocusing leadership preparation.

1. An Infrastructure for Educational Innovation in Kentucky Justin Bathon & Jayson RichardsonUniversity of KentuckyCollege of Education

2. 5 Givens 2 Concerns 1 (developing) Plan

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5. It’s a Global World

6. Dubai, UAE Shanghi, China Kuala Lampur, Malaysia Johannesburg, S.A. Seoul, South Korea Sao Paulo, Brazil

7. What Happened to the Third World? Panama City, Panama Chongqing, China Lagos, Nigeria Manila, Philippines Mexico City, Mexico Auckland, NZ

8. 2006 World Bank Income Groupings High income Upper-middle income Lower-middle income Low income

9. China is now losing manufacturing jobs to other developing economies.

11. Given 1: Globalization is real. Assembly line manufacturing jobs are not coming back.

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14. Technology is Changing Information

16. Information ≠ Physical Space

28. This is not a change of degree

29. A shift has occurred in the underlying technological paradigm.

30. Given 2:Information will never be the same.Information enterprises will have to change or become obsolete.

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33. The Web is Useful

34. Web @ 1995 = Boring

37. We found useful stuff to do too

38. World Human Population Internet Users 2000 @350,000,000 Internet Users 2010 @1,802,330,457 Facebook Users 2010 @500,000,000

39. The Web Became Ordinary

40. Ordinary = Useful = Indispensible

41. Given 3: The Internet is part of life. The Internet can be useful for most daily activities.

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44. These Changes Are Happening Fast

45. “An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense 'intuitive linear' view. So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century—it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate).”Ray Kurzweil, The Law of Accelerating Returns (2001).

47. Given 4:The Pace of Innovation Will Only Accelerate Further.

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50. Education Is Trying

51. Kentucky Technology Deployment - 214,840 Instructional Devices- 1/5 of which are “mobile”- 70% of schools have Tech. Skills as part of defined curriculum.- 92% of schools have a fiber connection- 75% of classrooms have a projector, flatscreen, or smartboard

54. Source: Allen, I. E. & Seaman, J. (2010). Learning on demand: Online education in the United States, 2009, Babson Survey Research Group

55. Given 5: Schools are not standing still in the face of these rapid changes.Educators are caring people, working hard to improve learning for kids.

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60. Everything is on the Web The Web is useful for Everything Everything should include Learning

61. Schooling ≠ Learning

62. Learning ≠ Schooling

63. Learning = Web

64. Schooling ≠ Web

65. Schooling WEB

66. Most of World’s New Information is Digital

67. Analog Schools necessarily become more detached from Learning.

68. America’s high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don’t just mean that they’re broken, flawed or underfunded, though a case could be made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I mean our high schools — even when they’re working as designed — cannot teach all our students what they need to know today.Bill Gates

70. change in degree

71. paradigm shift

72. how?

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75. Democratic Innovation is Possible, but Dependent on Leaders

77. Control Personnel Discipline Curriculum Budget Policy Facilities Change Assignments Time Evaluations

78. If the leaders don’t get it, it’s not going to happen. dangerouslyirrelevant.org

79. Leaders are “restricted”

80. Insiders ≠ Innovators

81. Systemic Restrictions on Innovation

86. busywith the everyday work of schooling

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90. Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education

91. Activities

92. Refocus Research & Scholarship Online Learning Technology Laws Technology Vision 1:1 Laptop Initiatives Handheld Technologies ICT4D Technology Savvy Superintendents

93. Seek Higher Grant Funding

94. Develop Products

95. Sponsor Conferences

96. Offer Professional Development

97. Refocus Leadership Preparation