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http://www.ceoforum.org/downloads/report3.pdf
This report is an interesting collaboration between business and education. With education's goal of preparing the employees of tomorrow, I think it's best practices to be collaborating with business. Plus, legislators pay more attention to business leaders than educators, so it's another positive link.
Section III, p. 14+, concerns digital content in education. I really liked the get down to it 3 steps the CEO Forum came up with,
"Steps
1. Identify Educational Goals and Link
Digital Content to Those Objectives
2. Select the Student Outcomes and
Performance Standards That Will Be
Achieved by Digital Content
3. Measure and Evaluate Outcomes Against
Standards and Adjust Accordingly" (p.14)
On p. 18-20, the CEO Forum covers 2 goals for educational systems to work for. The great thing is that PBS is already working on Step #1, Complete a digital inventory of assets. In PBS' case, that includes a ton of science/engineering topics and literacy for preschoolers - 12th grade. PBS is working on a system they call EDCAR which they hope will be one huge repository of digital media for educators to access.
Step #2, the CEO Forum recommends education spends 100% of their instructional materials monies for digital media.
One other great resource is the Appendix C list of Internet links to integrate digital content. Pretty cool! Pam


summary of rec., curriculum connections
p.30 Huge internet resources! Appendix C