”Made in Alaska” Education Software Available
Alaska teacher and software developer Alan Degener recently completed two applications for use by educators. QuickieQ is a web-based on-the-fly student response system. goCloudware is an interactive site designed to help educators discover and review a variety of web-based instructional applications.
Student Produces Tech Support Podcasts
A student participating in CDL at Southeast Island school district has produced a series of podcasts designed to provide technical support to his fellow students. The podcasts give pointers on how to accomplish basic tasks all students using laptops in the district are expected to know, including publishing a website or calendar online and accessing the school server.
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Implementing Apple 1 to 1 Learning in Your School
Apple has assisted with the rollout of over 900 digital learning initiatives nationwide. Hear superintendents and teachers discuss how digital learning environments have helped their students. Access information about Apple’s holistic approach to digital school implementation. Watch educator-created videos to see successful 1 to 1 learning in action.
Denali Borough School District 1 to 1 Learning
Denali Borough School District was the first to initiate a 1 to 1 laptop initiative in Alaska. Hear how digital learning environments have dramatically transformed classroom culture and student success in the district’s K-12 schools.
Apple Profiles in Success: Denali Borough School District
Read more about Denali Borough School District’s 1 to 1 digital learning initiative on the Apple Education website.
Video Podcast
Carl Rose Presentation: AASB’s Digital Learning Consortium
See Executive Director Carl Rose’s original presentation on AASB’s Consortium for Digital Learning to the House Special Committee on Education. Recorded March 21, 2006.
Rising Above the Gathering Storm
Read the speech Carl Rose references in his presentation: Norman Augustine's 10/20/05 remarks to the U.S. House Science Committee on globalization and the job market our children will face.
Audio Podcast
The World Is Flat - Book Review by Angus King
Angus King served as governor of Maine from 1995-2003. He is credited with leading the creation of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative in 2002, which provided every 7th and 8th grader in the state with a laptop computer. In this audio podcast Mr. King gives his perspective on Thomas Friedman’s book, The World is Flat, and how education needs to prepare students for the global economy.
News Archive
Apple 1 to 1 Learning Initiatives
Apple Education website news articles about how schools are harnessing the power of 1 to 1 learning to advance student achievement.
Association of Alaska School Boards
1111 West 9th Street, Juneau, Alaska 99801
(907) 586-1083 www.aasb.org email aasb
Click on the links below to learn about each district’s digital learning initiative.
School Districts in Dallas-Fort Worth Use Netbooks in Classes
The Irving school district in Texas decided in May to begin replacing aging and bulkier student laptops with about 4,600 netbooks.
Study: Laptop use in curriculum results in greater writing achievement
Education Commissioner Susan Gendron and Maine Gov. John Baldacci hailed the results of a study that offers, for the first time, quantifiable data showing that the use of laptops in classrooms improves learning.
Critical Issues - The New Literacy:
21st Century Learning in Alaska
Students learn better when they are engaged, and research on what engages them points to technology. Learn about 21st century skills, how digital learning builds them, and why Alaska's students need them for success in the global economy.
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Learn More about 21st Century Skills
Apple Web Story Profiles Success of AASB-CDL Initiative
A “Profiles In Success" story about the AASB-CDL initiative is featured on the Apple Education website. The three page story tells how CDL began, the components necessary for a successful 1 to 1 initiative, and how digital learning fits into AASB’s vision of a quality education for all of Alaska’s students. Photos and quotes from participants at several CDL project schools are also included.
CDL Movies Document Digital Learning in Alaska
These new films feature segments produced by internationally acclaimed teacher/filmmaker Marco Torres with assistance from Apple and AASB. They document the CDL initiative’s progress in preparing Alaska’s students for success.
1 to 1 in Alaska is an overview of the CDL initiative featuring Eek school.
View more movies on the CDL YouTube digital learning channel.
Apple Professional Development Team
Click Here to meet Apple’s Alaska-based CDL professional development team and learn about the range of services they offer to CDL districts. View the movie “Professional Development in Alaska”
Preparing Alaska’s Students for Success in the Global Economy
CDL Brochure
Read about the current state of the CDL initiative in this printable brochure.
Click Here to read the brochure, or Control click to download it.
Consortium for Digital Learning
CDL Progress Report Now Available
Dr. Jason Ohler, UAS Professor Emeritus and education technology specialist, has completed work on a CDL progress report. Learn about the program’s effectiveness, its impact on student learning and the promising new trends it is generating.