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Monday, November 23, 2009
House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Hearing - TMCNet
I would like to share with you the new model of instruction that has emerged in the classrooms with which we work. Teachers are using mobile devices like this handheld computer or this netbook to collect real-time data about their students' progress and learning needs. They use this data to customize lesson planning for each child - for instance, one small group of children might work on sounding out words while another group plays a vocabulary game. We have an algorithm that can generate custom curriculum units for ten-day "Bursts" of instruction, which adjust and adapt as teachers monitor students' progress. We find that schools and districts using these technology tools reorganize themselves around the data. Teachers and coaches run regular grade level meetings in which they strategize around student strengths and weaknesses and share "what works" with one another. Principals and district staff engage on the teaching and learning. Professional development refocuses from "stand and deliver" presentations to active planning based on real student data. And parents find out, mid-year, whether their children are on track to read at grade level. [Larry Berger,the CEO and co-founder of Wireless Generation]
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