[1st-mile-nm] Helping More Schools Be "Future Ready"

[Owen Densmore]

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

> From the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
>
> In addition to Adobe and Prezi, many other companies are partnering on
> this initiative,
> including Autodesk, which is offering free software, licenses, training
> and certification
> to every school in the US, through its Digital STEAM program.
>
> Are New Mexico schools stepping up to take advantage of these programs?
>
> RL
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Wow!  This is impressive.

You ask "Are New Mexico schools stepping up to take advantage of these
programs?"

I browsed around some of the links but didn't see details on what the
states need to do to take part.  Is it simply a matter for our state Reps
and Senators?  Or for the state education folks?  Or the individual school
districts?  Or god forbid, our city council?

Thanks for the pointer.

   -- Owen

> Helping More Schools Be "Future Ready"
> Posted by Kumar Garg and James Sanders on March 02, 2014 at 04:07 PM EST
>
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready
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> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready#>
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> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready#>
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> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready#>
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> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/02/helping-more-schools-be-future-ready#>
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> Last Friday, the President welcomed students from around the country to
> the first-ever White House Film Festival, featuring short films made by
> students about the intersection of technology and education.  The Festival
> was part of a series of events in recent weeks highlighting the President's
> ConnectED initiative, which aims to connect 99% of K-12 students to
> high-speed Internet within the next five years.
>
> Students submitted more than 2,000 videos showcasing not only how they use
> technology in the classroom today but also the impact they envision
> technology will have on education in the future.
>
> Earlier this month, at Buck Lodge Middle School, the President articulated
> that to achieve the goal of harnessing technology for excellence in
> education, the public and private sectors will have to collaborate in four
> critical areas: leadership; empowering teachers; providing access to high
> quality content solutions and low cost devices; and robust high-speed
> Internet connectivity.
>
> This kind of cooperation was on display today in the form of a number of
> new commitments announced at the Film Festival.  For example, Adobe
> announced it would make available over $300 million worth of software for
> free to teachers and students, and Prezi, which makes a software tool for
> creating memorable presentations, will provide $100 million in Edu Pro
> licenses for high schools and educators across America. This pushes the
> total value of private-sector commitments to the ConnectED initiative to
> over $1 billion.
>
> Also today, Digital Promise, a non-profit focused on spurring innovation
> in education, announced a new "Future Ready" pledge.  For many, this pledge
> will act as their first step--by showing commitment to the President's goal
> in each of the four critical areas above.  The pledge includes promises to
> provide links to important resources, and to take actions that can help get
> individual schools on track--actions like taking an Internet speed test.
>
> In a related effort, EducationSuperHighway, a non-profit focused on
> getting an accurate picture of classroom connectivity in order to better
> focus policy and resources, is announcing it will offer a "Future Ready"
> badge to every school that takes this important step.
>
> The badge can be placed on a school's website, not just to show parents
> and administrators that it is taking positive steps but also to help raise
> awareness--like wearing a sticker that says "I voted today".
>
> By partnering with educators, researchers, and technologists, Digital
> Promise and Education Superhighway aim to provide guidance and resources to
> help schools create learning environments that prepare students for the
> ever-changing future.
>
> For more information on the "Future Ready" pledge, you can visit:
> http://www.digitalpromise.org/FutureReady/ .
>
> For more information on Internet speed tests or the "Future Ready" badge,
> you can visit: http://schoolspeedtest.org/futureready/ .
>
> *Kumar Garg is Assistant Director for Learning and Innovation at the White
> House Office of Science and Technology Policy and **James Sanders is a
> Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Department of Education.*
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> Also from the White House OSTP:
> Connecting Kids from Diverse Backgrounds to Tech Skills
>
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/02/28/connecting-kids-diverse-backgrounds-tech-skills
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