Joint Legislative Commission to Study the Use of E-Textbooks

01/12/2015

Our next Commission meeting will be on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in Room 212. We will be following the agenda below. All are welcome to attend.

• RIDE’s 5 Year Strategic Plan Update

• Connections Between the Commission’s Work and RIDE’s Strategic Plan

• Areas of need

• Role of the New Leadership

• Keeping the Momentum Going

• Proposed Name change to "Joint Legislative Commission on Blended

01/12/2015

Great white paper on Blended Learning innovations and the top 10 trends to expect in 2015 can be found here.

01/12/2015

On Monday, September 8, 2014 from 3:00 – 5:00 in the Senate Lounge the Commission met to go through the following:

AGENDA

RHODE Map for Blended Learning

• Yellow Brick Road: The Path We Have Taken

• Route 1: Personalize and Proficiency-Based Learning in a Digitally Rich Environment

• Interstate 95: Accelerating Blended Learning in All RI Schools

• RHODE Map: Strategic Planning - Active stakeholder input through various facilitated

01/12/2015

On Monday, June 2, 2014 from 3:00 – 5:00 in the Senate Lounge the Commission met to go through the following:

Agenda:

• Commission Name

• RIDE Partnership with The Learning Accelerator

• RI Coalition Update - Personalized and Proficiency-Based Learning in a

Digitally Rich Environment

• Project 24 Data and State Level Report

• Save the Dates!

o Next RI Coalition Meeting – Thursday, June 5th

England Tech, East Greenwich

o State Level Open Online Class (SLOOC) to facilitate strategic

planning at a state level – Oct. 2014

o Innovation Powered by Technology Conference – Oct. 18th

• Commission Status Report

01/12/2015

On Monday, March 10, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Senate Lounge the Commission met following the agenda below:

Agenda

This meeting will be a working session to develop the objectives,

strategies and tactics for the recommended plan coordinating with

the election of a new Governor.

01/12/2015

On Monday February 10, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. the Commission met in the Senate Lounge. Please find the agenda below:

• Updates since last meeting,

• State of the State interview

• Professional Development coordination meeting

January 27, 2014

• Digital Learning Day February 5, 2014

• Annual Virtual Learning Report

• Learning Accelerator State Partnership

• End game discussion-target schedule for implementation plan.

01/12/2015

This is a video of our meeting from our Sept. 8th, 2014 meeting summarizing the developments up to this date and planning the Commission's direction for the future.

http://youtu.be/HoykOzDfLSw

04/26/2014

Commission Notes from Meeting--4/14/14
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKQIC5DQ4Q6WXpicHZmdG40NjNhYUQ2X29fTnI2VnlTU2V3/edit?usp=sharing

02/06/2014

Senator O'Neill, Dave Fontaine, and Commissioner Gist were interviewed on the State of the State with Donna Perry about the work of our Commission. Watch it here: http://vimeo.com/channels/365354/84959668

Guests: Deborah Gist, Commissioner of Education, K-12, www.ride.ri.gov Edward O’Neill, RI Senator, [email protected] …

01/19/2014

In Utah in 2012 legislation to fund a new digital textbook project was passed. They were looking for something that would teach to Utah’s new core standards, be low cost for schools, while also being interactive so parents could help kids at home and available in print or online. The project has finally come to fruition. Read about it here: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/57378804-78/math-utah-middle-schools.html.csp?goback=%2Egde_84637_member_5828610658362494978 #%21

There shouldn't be anything stopping us from doing the same here in RI. Why recreate the wheel. No more 'crawling.' Let's just learn from others and start off at a 'sprint.'

http://www.tout.com/m/notxgk

11/19/2013

New article on embedding multimedia like edu-games into school work and eTextbooks.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwKQIC5DQ4Q6ZGg5NTZycTdfRDQ/edit?usp=sharing