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Why Online Learning is Important to States

To improve things such as dropout rate must change and deal with students rather than systems Talked about a Superintendent that required students going to dropout to meet with him Technology is not a nice tool for us to play around with...it is the fire of the internal combustion engine that will change education

If we do not embrace technology in learning we will become obsolete Globalization of learning Our children will be world players wheather they want to or not Students of today are different...have adapted their lives around technology Adults need to begin to understand how to deliver instruction using it education must change and adopt the new delivery system

21st Century Learning Challenge is to do things much differently than to improve on what we are doing now Moving away from the inputs we provide to students learning the skills needed for the 21st century NCLB has moved us to performance based

Need to look for new and innovative ways to provide resources beyond the traditional teacher, classroom, etc. How can schooling take place outside of a "school"? Holding on to what it was like will cause us to fall short of the goals in the future

NCLB assessment is not a standard for excellance in education

Teacher preparation issues Student learning - need quality early childhood educaton program, rethink high school experience,