Technology & Learning November 2007 - (Page 36) School CIO Science, Math, and Technology Continued from page 35 the future, such as Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, they’re preparing their teachers for a classroom in which every kid has a personal computing device and is wirelessly connected, and the teacher has an interactive whiteboard. They have changed their assumption of what a classroom is. It’s not just Asia. I’ve also been to Chile and seen classrooms based on that model, where teachers are engaging students in a collaborative learning model, and every student has a wireless handheld. We have to keep in mind that the educational future is happening—and it’s not necessarily happening here first. www.schoolcio.com Enterprise Trends Education research experts Eduventures released a report in February 2007 on where U.S. districts are headed with large system management. Following is an excerpt obtained for School CIO. T 1 rends in K–12 Enterprise Management: Are Districts Ready to Cross the Chasm? provides a detailed assessment of the themes and the trends that are driving the market for K–12 enterprise management systems. Selected key findings are included below: have exposed a classic chasm that exists between the academic and administrative halves of the K–12 enterprise. Because student data is the core of the enterprise, providers of student data management systems are well positioned to help bridge this academic-administrative chasm. Q A■ ■ WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT FOR DISTRICTS TO CONSIDER IN THE TECH PICTURE? Districts need to know that there are nonprofit organizations such as SRI out there that stand ready to work with them to bring together what we each know. School CIOs know a lot of onthe-ground stuff, and we know a lot about how to integrate technology, curriculum, and teacher professional development to increase learning. Let’s work together to make sure all kids have a chance to learn really important math and science concepts. For more information on SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning, contact ctl-contact@ctl.sri.com or call 650-859-5866. THE SUPPLY SIDE OF THE MARKET IS CONVERGING, WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONVERGENCE OCCURRING BETWEEN STUDENT DATA MANAGEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. DISTRICTS SEE THE VALUE OF AN ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT APPROACH BUT ARE HESITANT TO ADOPT END-TO-END SOLUTIONS. 2 Sheila Riley is a San Francisco–based freelancer who also writes for EE Times and Investor’s Business Daily. Ninety-one percent of district officials report that it is important “to As companies add new modules in integrate academic and adminadjacent niches, istrative data from various distraditional trict technology systems.” Yet, boundaries collective industry wisdom “The educational between entersuggests that the market is too prise systems future is hapdynamic and districts’ needs are blurring. are too complex for a single NCLB-fueled pening—and it’s company to profitably deliver reporting a comprehensive solution. demands have not necessarily Insufficient and unpredictable accelerated confunding streams and district vergence among happening here unwillingness to outsource student data and core data-related functions instructional first.” help explain this finding. management systems and 36 | A Technology & Learning Publication School CIO November 2007 http://www.schoolcio.com
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