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Policy House bill 2488 approves on open source textbooks on secondary level
Electronic textbook available for downloading free of charge Eligible university determines the level of qualifications with TEKS Allows the Commissioner of Education to purchase a state-developed t
extbook Commissioner shall provide a license to school or district Eventually open source textbook will be an option to districts, and TEA e
ncourages the best interest to research it sooner about necessary infrastructure and professional development.
H.B.4294 : state textbook fund can be used to purchase equipments to support instruction for digital textbook State will pay for electronic textbooks on Commissioner’s list District’s may choose from either the SBOE list or the Commissioner’s list For Texas, etextbook will be available in classrooms this Fall.
Obama Calls for New Education Technology Agency (news) The Obama administration wants to establish a new agency with the U.S. Depart
ment of Education to support the creation of education technologies and to promote their adoption by teachers
Trends in education It’s all about digital content, software, paperless
management… everything will be digitized and should be connected seamlessly for teaching and learning
It’s all about sharing (social learning) It’s all about free resources and tools (cost down) It’s all about student-centered (response systems or 1:1
or BYOD), teacher-designed education It’s all about flat classrooms without boundaries, learning
anytime & anywhere
Needs Teachers’ Professional development : 1st priority
Technology isn’t to replace teachers, only those teachers don’t learn new technology will be replaced
Continuing learning and social learning are answers Texas “ProjectShare” for teachers PD and collaboration Lots of teacher communities and social tools are there
Cost down : school budget is strained To prepare teachers and students for 21st century, it’s needed to
Do More For Less !! Total solution and experience sharing
Integration of technology pieces (H/W and S/W) Quality content is king (too many choices) Collaborative tools