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Digital Learning

Digital Learning is transforming education. To learn more and see some examples, explore the links below.

Vicki Davis (Camilla, Georgia) http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html

Vicki was mentioned in Thomas Friedman’s 3rd edition of  The World is Flat. Edutopia has this to say: “Innovative teacher Vicki Davis leverages wikis, blogs, digital storytelling, podcasts, virtual worlds, and other digital tools to connect students in rural Georgia to the world.”

Rick Ogston (former Georgia resident), Founder, Carpe Diem High School

Khan Academy

Salman Khan: TED talk on “Let’s use video to reinvent education

Daphne Koller: What we’re learning from online education

Higher Education’s Online Revolution by John Chubb and Terry Moe. The substitution of technology (which is cheap) for labor (which is expensive) can vastly increase access to an elite-caliber education. (Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2012)

Digital Learning Council
Chaired by Jeb Bush, former Republican Governor of Florida 1999 – 2007, and Bob Wise, former Democratic Governor of West Virginia 2001 – 2005.

www.YouTube.com/education - YouTube is gathering some of the best educational resources in one place.

Michael B. Horn, co-founder and Executive Director, Education for the Innosight Institute and co-author of “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns”. 

The video below is Michael Horn speaking at the 2011 Georgia Legislative Policy Briefing

Powerpoint from this presentation

"I wanted to publicly say how much I appreciate Georgia Public Policy Foundation.  For those of you that will be entering the Legislature or are relatively new you may not quite yet appreciate how much we rely on Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s research and work.  As you know we’re a citizen’s legislature.  We have very little staff. They have been an invaluable, invaluable resource to us.  To put this [Forum] on and the regular programs that they do throughout the year make us better at what we do. (At the 2012 Georgia Legislative Policy Forum.) " - Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones