How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Education

1. How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Education Lynn McNally

2. Loudoun County Median Household Income: $119,540 Growth: Population doubled from 2000 to 2010

3. Consortium for School Networking Professional association for school system technology leaders. Mission: To empower educational leaders to leverage technology to realize engaging learning environments

4. K-12 Education Unprecendented, profound culture shift!

5. Political Forces – Belief that Education is Failing Students • PISA Results – U.S. Students • 17th in Reading, 30th in math, and 23rd in Sciences • Lack of highly qualified teachers • Disenfranchisement of boys • Boys are 30% more likely than girls to flunk or drop out • Women outnumber men in higher ed – 56% of bachelor's degrees Conclusion: The current K-12 education model is no longer meeting the needs of our children or the 21st century workforce and has to change!

6. Economic Forces – School Funding Cuts Federal, state, and local funding is down Class sizes are growing Teachers are being laid off School sites are being closed Conclusion: We need a new model that allows us to do more with less!

7. Loudoun Schools Expenditures Proposed

8. Technological Forces – Consumerization Cloud Computing - Computing services that can be delivered in real time over the Internet through a web browser from any computer or mobile device. Mobile Computing on a variety of devices Social Media Conclusion: Technology offers promise of new models of education that embrace new curriculum standards, capture student performance data, individualize instruction, support larger class sizes.

9. Is K-12 Education Ready? Survey of 300 superintendents, assistant superintendents and principals 80% said they would prefer to see a digital curriculum supported by 1:1 computer access and interactive whiteboards in classrooms. 84% said 21st century skills, including critical thinking, problem solving and the ability to think creatively, are a high priority 69% sited budget constraints as top concern. The 2011 Horizon Report indicates two trends: Cloud solutions and mobile devices. The newly released FCC/DOE Digital Playbook calls for digital content to replace print textbooks in all schools by 2017.

10. FCC / DOE Digital Playbook Next 5 years $7 Billion Per Year

11. This is Derrick - 11th Grade Student

12. Derrick’s Class Schedule • 1st Period – German III • 2nd Period- AP U. S. History • 3rd Period – American Literature • 4th Period – Pre-Calculus • 5th Period – Drama • 6th Period – Biology • 7th Period – Psychology

13. Derrick’s Textbook Costs • German III $130.00 • AP U.S. History $145.00 (two books) • American Literature $120.00 (two books) • Pre-Calculus $100.00 • Drama $120.00 (two books) • Biology $185.00 (two books) • Psychology $80.00 (two books) • Total Cost $880.00 • Consumables $55.00 • Total Weight 47.6 lbs.

14. This is Derrick - 12th Grade Student

15. Potential Benefits of Digital Content • MULTIMEDIA: text, audio, video, simulations, gaming • INTERACTIVE • Easier and less expensive to update • Flexibly structured for collaboration • Supports a wide-range of learning approaches • Motivating and engaging for today’s students

16. How We Learn – Brain Research

17. How We Learn – Educational Research • Preconceptions of curriculum must be engaged in the learning process. • Expertise is developed through deep understanding that is personally meaningful (Read: authentic learning activities). • Learning is optimized when students develop “metacognitive” strategies. Bransford, How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School

18. How We Learn in a Global SocietyThink Social Media Glogster StumbleUpon Twitter Delicious RSS Feed FaceBook LinkedIn

19. Students – How we Want to Learn Joe’s Non-netbook video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhpmEZWuRQ

20. Parents: How we want our Children to Learn Individualized Instruction Face-to-face and Distance Learning Hybrids Rich Learning Opportunities Parent Portals into Learning Management System (gradebook, virtual classrooms)

21. Loudoun Story – SaaS Easier administration – SIS Feed, levels of users, reporting Automatic updates of software Compatibility - all users have same version of software Global accessibility – anywhere, anytime from any device Free – Office 365 and Google

22. Digital Content Software (authoring & communication) Personal Storage Collaborative Space Instructional Software What goes to the Cloud?

23. Integration and Alignment Application to Manage Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

24. Learning Environment in the Cloud

25. VISION Home Facsimile

26. Advantages for School Districts • Portabilityfor End User • Some Free Enterprise Authoring, Communication, and Collaboration Software and Storage • Simpler Devices • Greater flexibility with virtualized resources • Self-service Interface • Enhanced collaboration • Better reliability and security • Scalability and Pay for use

27. Challenges for School Districts • Increased Bandwidth Needs and related LatencyIssues • True Cost of Services • Not All Applications will work in the Cloud • Enhancing In-house IT Servicesto work with Cloud Services • Migrating Data to/from the Cloud Service • Lock-in • Data Security

28. Security of Student Data is an Issue! • Approval • Do school district have policies, regulations and procedures to approve internal and external data sharing? If approved… • Transmission • Are there technical specifications securing electronic transfer of data (in and out)? If so, then… • Processing • Do you have a clear understanding how the data are used and processed within internal and external applications? Then… • Reporting • What guarantee do you have on the accuracy and validity of the reports using your data? If it is worthwhile, … • Exporting • Is sharing a two-way street? • Deleting • When is reasonable to stop sharing and remove all trace of data from external systems?

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30. Thank you. Contact Information: Lynn McNally lynn.mcnally@lcps.org