MICROSOFT IN EDUCATION Anthony Salcito General Manager US Education Empower people to realize their social and economic potential by enabling access to quality education experiences for all through technology Enabling Relevant, Personalized, and Engaged Learning Extending the Reach of High-Quality Education to All Nurturing Powerful Communities of Learning Giving Educators Greater Insight and More Time Supporting Agile, Efficient and Connected Education systems Need for highly educated and technically proficient workers to fuel our economy • US is demographically overshadowed by India and China • Need to adequately educate our citizens for new types of work • Education in math and science is key to maintaining a competitive workforce in the global economy Teachers are not adequately trained Curriculum/content disconnected with technology Assessment not aligned to teacher desktop Special funding used to acquire Metrics driven by the what (pc/student ratio, connected classrooms) Fear/Uncertainty/Doubt Generates Questions How do I use? How do I teach with technology? How do we sustain investment? How do we determine value/impact? How do we connect content? How do I deliver personalized, adaptive, immersive learning? How can I connect with my learners and parents in a rich way? How can I excite my students with content and projects? How can my students leverage content that’s available worldwide and in real-time? How do I update my school and classroom to reflect new ways to learn, collaborate, use information? Technology is a part of the answer. • What are you trying to create? Creating Common Vision • What process will discipline your effort? Disciplined Methodology • Who are you creating it for? Know Thy Customer • What factors are critical for success? Establish Common Language • How will you organize your work? Define Scope • What assets are required to support your success factors? Remember… Less is More www.microsoft.com/Education/SchoolofFutureProcess.mspx 6i Development Process© 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introspection Investigation Inclusion Innovation Implementation Introspection Review and Identify Best Practice Innovation Research Advisory Board SWOT Process Engage Community Key Leaders Government Partners Determine Personnel Building IT Architecture Act Training Readiness Launch Reflect, Review and Adjust stage 2 stage 3 stage 4 stage 5 Establish Pedagogy Methodology Culture Success Metrics Benchmarks stage 1 stage 6 Students Teachers Parents Admins Relevant, Personalized Experiences Facilitation, Collaboration Involvement, Accountability, Support Achievement, Productivity. Efficiency Infrastructure and Access Tools and Services Data Driven Accountability and Transparency Content 21st Century Educator and Student Development • Identity Management • Unified Communications • Data Interoperability Infrastructure and • Virtualization • Education Analytics • Business Intelligence Content Infrastruture and Access Data Tools andDriven Services Accountability and Content st Century •21 Learning Portal Educator and Transparency • SCORM Compliant Resources Student Development 21st Century • SemblioEducator and Student Development • MS Learning • IT Academy / MSDNAA • Career Forward • Education Competency Wheel • MS Institute Title 1 Funds Data Driven Accountability and Transparency State Stabilization Funding • Learning Portal • 1:1 Access and Green Computing Tools and Services Applications • Integrated Productivity • Integrated Social Networking Tools / Live@EDU Education Technology Funds (E2T2) Access http://www.microsoft.com/education/ Microsoft’s US Partners in Learning Program was awarded the 2009 NGA Public- Private Partnership Award, recognizing the company for our commitment to education and our support of demonstrating innovation and thought-leadership throughout the country. Management Cybernetics: an outgrowth of the cybernetics scientific field, it rigorously examines the management of organizations from a systems perspective. An early scientist in management cybernetics, Anthony Stafford Beer (19262002), made a significant contribution to the field of Organization Development with his brilliantly succinct description of the “The Three Functions of Leadership”. The 3-part Model Creating the Future Nurturing Identity Managing the Present Managing the Present Nurturing Identity Creating the Future Speech/Writing Communications & Collaboration Web Services Waves Of Innovation XML/SOAP HTTP/HTML SMTP Email Clients Web Browsers Mouse GUI LANs PC Architecture DOS Spreadsheets Word Processors Today PC Mid 80s Applications Late 80s-Mid 90s Internet Mid 90s Web Apps Mid 00s - . . . 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