“Created
by Republicans and Democrats and championed by a coalition of educators and
business leaders, Digital Promise is an independent nonprofit that will help
spur breakthrough learning technologies.... By harnessing the extraordinary
work being done by educators, innovators, and citizens across this country,
Digital Promise can help prepare Americans – and America – to succeed in the
21st Century,” - Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
They
say that you have only one chance to make a good first impression; as the first
Princeton Project 55 Fellow with Digital
Promise that fact is important to me.
Digital Promise, or the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, is a bipartisan, independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation authorized by Congress under President George W. Bush (in 2008) and launched by President Barack Obama (in 2011) “to support a comprehensive research and development program to harness the increasing capacity of advanced information and digital technologies to improve all levels of learning and education, formal and informal, in order to provide Americans with the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the global economy.”
As a Project 55 Fellow and the assistant to Digital Promise’s Executive Director, Adam Frankel, I feel privileged to have an opportunity to contribute to the effort of closing America’s “Digital Divide.” Although technology and innovation is never a “silver bullet” to any issue, it has the potential to serve a powerful role in our nation’s classrooms. Just like any other tool, if used correctly, education technology has the capacity to help our students learn more efficiently and our teachers teach more efficiently. More specifically, imagine a classroom in which students are able to have personalized lessons tailored to his or her own interests, strengths and weaknesses, and learning style by employing the most advanced, sophisticated technology available: it’s already here and we just need to work hard to make sure every student, in every state has access to it. And that’s where Digital Promise comes in.
In this first entry, I just wanted to provide a basic idea of what I contribute to at Digital Promise. If you would like more information, please click here.
Next Time: “Why Innovation in America’s classrooms is important and what you can do to help!”
Digital Promise, or the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies, is a bipartisan, independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation authorized by Congress under President George W. Bush (in 2008) and launched by President Barack Obama (in 2011) “to support a comprehensive research and development program to harness the increasing capacity of advanced information and digital technologies to improve all levels of learning and education, formal and informal, in order to provide Americans with the knowledge and skills needed to compete in the global economy.”
As a Project 55 Fellow and the assistant to Digital Promise’s Executive Director, Adam Frankel, I feel privileged to have an opportunity to contribute to the effort of closing America’s “Digital Divide.” Although technology and innovation is never a “silver bullet” to any issue, it has the potential to serve a powerful role in our nation’s classrooms. Just like any other tool, if used correctly, education technology has the capacity to help our students learn more efficiently and our teachers teach more efficiently. More specifically, imagine a classroom in which students are able to have personalized lessons tailored to his or her own interests, strengths and weaknesses, and learning style by employing the most advanced, sophisticated technology available: it’s already here and we just need to work hard to make sure every student, in every state has access to it. And that’s where Digital Promise comes in.
In this first entry, I just wanted to provide a basic idea of what I contribute to at Digital Promise. If you would like more information, please click here.
Next Time: “Why Innovation in America’s classrooms is important and what you can do to help!”
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