Practical+Suggestions

Laura--time for swag presentation (great expense and effort) Read Mike's letter, describe event Show discussion page Show outcome and tasks page Discuss committee outcomes: agreement to work on creating resource with policy materials: reports, data, resources Ask panel to reassemble, help focus on practical suggestions; audience. (Use backchannel chat) Goal: the start of a "roadmaps" for you, what has worked for others. Summary: committee felt that we have a great opportunity to bring together / address / solve major challenges in education today--21st century skills, ubiquitous computing, ...
 * Practical Roadmap Suggestions**
 * Lead with practical, then "free" aspects/benefits (Indiana)
 * Don't lead with philosophical
 * Practical: OSS can solve the "ed tech dilemma" (computers not ubiquitous enough to be transformative, therefore viewed as non-productive)
 * Focus on non-displacement technologies (Moodle, CMS,
 * Recognize 9X factor, how difficult it is to change.
 * Recognize "4 year" rule.
 * Address immediate, practical needs; solve problems.
 * Create immediate benefit for cost-savings and use for agreement (Randy Orwin)
 * Create environment for success: 4 - 5 teachers using (Indiana)
 * Train so that there is success
 * Hand the lead (opportunity) to techs directly involved (Arizona)
 * Seek for policy mandate / high-level buy-in from non-technical decision makers
 * Seek for political support
 * Tie efforts to open standards and open documents
 * Allow for choice and mixed solutions
 * Build concrete support structures (e.g., wiki)
 * Be transparent / forthright about support / maintenance costs (successful examples?)
 * Build curricular solutions, lesson plans (Plano)
 * Tie to 21st century skills (untested?)