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Digital Initiatives that transform the 150 Year old educational delivery system that was built for the printing press, not the internet!

---What We Need to Do - Digital Age Reform That Will Redefine Education

	LightSpeed - The A Thru E Initiative
	A = Applications, web based, access for all students
	B = Broadband, affordable, for every student home
	C = Curriculum, Web based, real time, interactive, engaging, assessing.
	D = Devices, one to one, for each student
	E = Education and 21st Century Literacy for teachers, administrators and parents

Examples of Paradigms that need to change in Educational Delivery!
Old Delivery New Delivery
Having To Learn! Wanting To Learn!
4 Corners of Classroom 4 Corners of the World
Student Rigor Student Engagement
Students Bored Students Excited
Teachers Teaching Students Learning
Teachers is Sage on Stage Teacher is Guide on Side
Teachers Lecture Teachers Listen
Conventional Speed Twitch Speed
Step by Step Random Access
Linear Processing Parallel Processing
Book Based Curriculum Web Based Curriculum
Static Real Time
Stand Alone Connected
Book Publishers Web Publishers
Text First Graphics First
Knowing Answer - Memorization Knowing Question - Critical Thinking
One Dimensional - Text Four  Dimensional - Audio, Video,  Interactive, Hyperlinked
Digital Age Skills Not Required  For Teachers/ Admin Digital Age Skills Required For Teachers / Admin.
                     --- What You Can Do Now - Small Steps
	Digital Classrooms - San Diego City Schools Digital Classroom
	Real Time School Web Site - Educational Networks
	Digital Lockers For Students - Web Lockers