Principal Panels, in Conjunction with America Achieves Fellows: Principal Panel 2: Misha Simmonds, Principal, University Heights Charter School, Newark Public Schools, NJ Tom Sims, Principal, Dickinson Fine Arts Academy, South Bend Community School Corporation, IN

Principal Panels, in Conjunction with America Achieves Fellows: Principal Panel 1: Maureen Marshall, Principal, Garfield Elementary School, Fairfax County Schools, VA Carmelita Reyes, Principal, Oakland International High School, Oakland Unified School District, CA

State and District Leadership in a Digital Learning Transition Patrick Larkin, Assistant Superintendent for Learning, Burlington Public Schools, MA Bette Manchester, Founding Director, Maine Learning Technology Initiative and President of the Maine International Center for Digital Learning

In this unit, we consider strategies for the effective leadership of digital learning transitions. The essential questions for this unit are: What leadership strategies are currently being used in your school or district digital learning transition? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current local leadership strategies? What recommendations would you make to improve your local DLT leadership strategies?

Gerald Aungst, Supervisor of Gifted and Elementary Mathematics, School District of Cheltenham Township, NJ ; Patrick Larkin, Assistant Superintendent for Learning, Burlington Public Schools, MA; Rebecca McLelland-Crawley, Science Supervisor, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, NJ

Lisa Andrejko, Superintendent, Quakertown Community School District, PA; Rich Kaestner, EdTech Services; CoSN SmartIT Project Director, CoSN

Ann McMullan, Executive Director of Educational Technology, Klein ISD, TX (retired); Bailey Mitchell, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County Schools, GA; Jean Tower, Director of Technology, Northborough/Southborough Schools, MA; Karen Fuller, Chief Technology Officer, Klein ISD, TX

Joe Ableidinger, Senior Consultant, Public Impact; Gail Pletnick, Superintendent, Dysart Unified School District, AZ

Michael Robbins, Special Advisor for Nonprofit Partnerships, U.S. Department of Education; Alex Molina, Deputy Director, Providence After School Alliance

The Project 24 framework includes seven planning elements or 201Cgears201D as shown in the graphic below. All of these elements are essential for a digital learning transition initiative to be successful. We have addressed Curriculum & Instruction in Unit 2 and Professional Learning in Unit 5, as well as touching on other components throughout. In this unit, we look in more detail at the remaining five elements, grouping them into three categories and inviting you to focus on one or...

Please review the panel discussion with experts from across the country. The experts included in the video, who are also participating in the discussion forum, are: Lorie Kaplan, Executive Director, eMINTS National Center, University of Missouri 2013 Columbia; Joellen Killion, Senior Advisor, Learning Forward; Thomas Murray, Director of Technology and Cyber Learning, Quakertown Community School District, PA; Barbara Treacy, Director, EdTech Leaders Online, EDC, Newton, MA.

As we have seen in the prior units, preparing and supporting education professionals, both teachers and administrators, in changing their professional practices is essential for successful digital learning transitions, but is too often given far too little attention, time, and resources. This is compounded by the need for educators to also address many other changes in K-12 education, such as new curriculum standards and student assessments, new approaches to teacher evaluation, new data and...

During Units 1-3, we2019ve explored many of the big ideas about K-12 digital learning to help you define the vision and goals for your own initiatives. We2019ve also looked at many school and district initiatives, and the lessons learned from them, to inform your understanding of the challenges involved in creating a successful digital learning transition and strategies for addressing those challenges. The essential questions for this unit are: (1) How can we effectively communicate our...

The expert panel for Unit 3: School and District Digital Learning Transitions includes leaders from some of the example schools and districts highlighted in this unit: Mira Brown, Director of Development and External Relations, Summit Public Schools; Jon Deane, Chief Information Officer, Summit Public Schools; Jeremy Macdonald, Integrated Technology Systems Coordinator, Bend-La Pine Schools, Oregon; Rebecca McLelland-Crawley Science Supervisor for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School...

This unit extends the work we began in Unit 2 by providing information about digital learning transitions in additional schools and districts. You will be able to select resources about public (non-charter) schools; districts that participate in the Power on Texas initiative; and/or schools that represent models developed by charter school management organizations. During this unit, you will also review the goals and challenges statements prepared by other participants during the prior unit...

For this unit, we have three separate interviews with leaders from each of the four example digital learning transition initiatives, so you can choose those from the case studies you selected in 2.3. Lisa Andrejko, Superintendent, Quakertown Community School District, PA and Ann McMullan, Executive Director of Educational Technology, Klein ISD, TX. Questions discussed with Lisa and Ann: What does the digital learning transition look like in your school districts (0:50); How did your digital...

For this unit, we have three separate interviews with leaders from each of the four example digital learning transition initiatives, so you can choose those from the case studies you selected in 2.3. Bette Manchester, President, Maine International Center for Digital Learning and Founding Director, Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Questions discussed with Bette: Can you share more about the Maine Learning Technology Initiative and its sustainability (1:20); How did you plan a vision...

For this unit, we have three separate interviews with leaders from each of the four example digital learning transition initiatives, so you can choose those from the case studies you selected in 2.3. Interview with Scott Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Mooresville Graded School District, NC. Questions discussed: As the CTO and someone with extensive curriculum and instruction experience, please share an overview of the Mooresville digital conversion initiative from your perspective....

Units 2 and 3 reflect an important assumption underlying this MOOC-Ed: The changes needed in K-12 education go beyond making current practices more effective to requiring significant changes in the culture of teaching and learning - changes in the expectations, roles and interactions of teachers and students. In these two units we will consider potential changes in what students are expected to learn, know and do; how, when and where teaching and learning take place; and how success is...

In this first unit, we focus on how K-12 education needs to be updated in order to prepare our students for success in college, careers and citizenship in the global digital age.

Please review the panel discussion with experts from across the country. It is provided as both a video and a podcast, so you can use it in whichever form you prefer. The questions addressed and the time of each are shown below the video so you can jump to specific topics that are most relevant to you. Panelists: Erin Frew, Principal, New Tech West Public High School, Cleveland, OH Pam Moran, Superintendent, Albemarle County Public Schools, VA Ira Socol, Design 2015 Program Manager, Albemarle...