Digital Learning Trailblazers in San Antonio on Wednesday: 'The Time Is Now' for Schools to Move to Digital
24 Juni 2013 - 5:00PM
Marketwired
As thousands of educators from around the world converge in San
Antonio this week, digital learning experts will showcase how
digital classrooms of the future are helping boost student
achievement in schools now.
The 2013 national superintendent of the year, pioneer in digital
learning, and renowned author on the subject, Mark Edwards, will
present an "inside look into digital conversion" at the ISTE 2013
Conference & Exhibition on Wednesday, June 26. Dr. Edwards will
be introduced by one of America's top authorities on digital
learning, Pearson Senior Vice President Scott Drossos, who will
share how educators are blazing the path toward digital classrooms
in a bold effort to help students like those in Superintendent
Edwards' schools achieve real academic gains.
The Mooresville Graded School District led by Superintendent
Edwards made the transition to digital classrooms by tearing down
barriers, including dated budgeting models, to improve student
achievement and better prepare students for college and careers. In
just five years since the conversion to laptops and digital
curriculum, the school district catapulted to the second-highest
academic achievement in North Carolina with graduation rates
skyrocketing to the third-highest in the state.
"Digital resources not only transform teaching and learning,
they are essential preparation for today's workplace," said Mark
Edwards, author of Every Child, Every Day: A Digital Conversion
Model for Student Achievement. "The time is now for schools to move
to digital."
Pearson works side by side with educators to help them build a
tailored strategy based on its proven 1:1 Learning Framework that
incorporates powerful personalized learning tools like interactive
digital curriculum, online assessments, education apps, and digital
training resources for teachers. The classroom, instruction and
learning are all digitally transformed, which allows for immediate
feedback on students' skills and knowledge, so individualized
support from teachers and digital curriculum are precisely
targeted.
"Digital learning is right now transforming the education
experience for children across the nation," said Scott Drossos,
Senior Vice President of Pearson's 1:1 Learning. "In this
environment in which school leaders have to deal with tighter
budgets at the same time as they prepare students to be more ready
for college and the workplace, school systems are turning to the
latest technology and comprehensive digital learning resources to
help them shift to interactive, engaging ways for students to learn
rigorous curriculum standards."
Pearson's 1:1 Learning experts help schools and teachers convert
from traditional paper environments to proven digital resources to
personalize the education experience for each individual student's
needs. Pearson works with educators to help bring together
everything needed to make a successful digital conversion, at and
away from school.
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and services, business information through the Financial Times
Group, and consumer publishing through the Penguin brand. Pearson
serves learners of all ages around the globe, employing 41,000
people in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit
www.pearson.com
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