The Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Bette Manchester, Maine International Center for Digital Learning
Governors goals world class work
Goals:
1. School reform at the middle and high school level
equity and access
2. Goal was about learning
not test scores
3. Increase student communication and collaboration
4. Continue to support project-based learning
Go grief for focusing on project-based learning instead of test scores
Sept 2002 - middle school students
Angus King former governor of Maine
equity tool - Seymour Pappert
Get teachers and kids to re-imaging what a classroom is
Context at ALL Levels
Systemic Change - must have staff development and teacher leaders
Purpose setting - set purpose in your school and tie technology to goals
Learner centered - teachers focused on learners, self sufficient learners
Universal Design -
Professional Learning Community
Culture of risk taking
Windows on Maine - http://windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu/
Schools must have a human and wired network
http://www.mainelearns.org/
Students have collaborative work space, eLocker,
Intelligent Accountability and Vertical Relationships
science projects in the field then building virtual projects based on project
4 ecological concerns in Maine
using
Teachers that try to move forward, even on their own, are shunned by other teachers. Effort is being made to support innovation practices by talking at faculty meetings to make it a culture that is tolerant of innovation.
Getting educators to see themselves as part of the global community.
Bette is now setting up a center, Maine International Center for Digital Learning at the university.
1. Science
2. Math
3. Digital Literacy - working with Don Lou at University of Connecticute
Maine is on a journey ... As goes Maine, so goes the nation
This has been a middle school project, last year they managed to give every high school teacher a MacBook.
Damage to laptops in state is less then one half of one percent
Students have respect for laptops
When it came up for funding with legislature not one vote against the program.
Writing scores are way up across the state
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Students have a collaborative work space called eLocker!
Imagine that! Students could distance plan, research, and create in a safe environment. Safe because a monitor (probably the teacher) would oversee and be alerted to innappropriate correspondence. District personnel are resistant because of the risk. However, if they are made aware of the facts, this could be a great educational tool.
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