I hope you'll all plan to join us for the 3rd annual Digital Learning Day to be held on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014!  Last year we had an overwhelming response to the national effort--with more than 1.7 million students and thousands of educators participating in the Alliance for Excellent Education’s (Alliance’s) Digital Learning Day on Wednesday, February 6, 2013.

What is DIGITAL LEARNING?

Visit  http://www.digitallearningday.org/  to stay connected, get updates, and receive exclusive information on what you can do to support this effort by taking less than five minutes to sign up and join the wave of innovation and momentum that is building!

This national awareness campaign is designed to celebrate innovative teachers and highlight instructional practices that strengthen and personalize learning for all students. The Digital Learning Day campaign explores how digital learning can provide teachers and students with the opportunities they deserve in an effort to build or become part of a workforce that is ready to succeed in college, a career, and life.

As part of the national Digital Learning Day celebration, the Kansas education community will highlight and explore digital learning practices that improve students' education and save money for schools.

KSDE will be releasing the results of our statewide Digital LEarning Survey again this year!

How can my class, school or district participate in the Digital Learning Day?
Plan now!  Details are being posted at http://www.digitallearningday.org 

Ideas for National Participation

• Follow @dlday on twitter
• LIKE Digital Learning day on Facebook
• SHARE YOUR STORY!! Showcase your school/district!

Ideas for Local Participation  

• Tweet! Use the Twitter hashtag #KSDLD for this effort! Post and share!
• Host a local conversation: At a meeting in your school (staff meeting, PTO/PTA meeting), your department, your library, or a community-based organization talk about your goals for your students and how digital learning can help meet individual student needs and help improve the community.
• Host an Open House to share the exciting progress and promising practices in your school!  Sample Agenda from what one school has done (attached). School toolkits are also available at the Digital Learning Day website.
• Try a new digital learning tool:
  Animoto  http://www.animoto.com/
  Blogster  http://www.blogster.com/
  Collaborize Classrooms http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com/
  Edmodo: http://www.edmodo.com/
  ePals: http://www.epals.com/
  Glogster: http://edu.glogster.com/
  Linkable; http://www.linkable.com/
  Lino It http://en.linoit.com/
  LiveBinders http://www.livebinders.com/
  Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/
  Primary Wall http://primarywall.com/
  Solvr http://a.freshbrain.com/solvr
  Todays Meet: http://www.todaysmeet.com/
  Virtual Science Labs (Univ of Oregon) http://jersey.uoregon.edu/
  Wordle http://www.wordle.net/
• Launch a project-based learning opportunity: http://www.digitallearningday.org/toolkits/pbl
• Investigate or incorporate an Open Education Resource:
  KSDE OER Page: http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4995
  KSDE Conference OER Resource: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=182708
• Explore digital learning lesson ideas from other Kansas teachers: http://www.kansastrc.org/
• Join A Professional Learning Community
  • Kansas Technology Rich Classrooms
  • iPads For Learning
  • Intel ENGAGE
  • Assess4Ed
• Announce a Professional Learning Opportunity for Teachers
  • Host a Brown Bag lunch for staff to “Share a resource”
    • iPad Professional Learning Activities
    • Download an App for Professional Learning
  • Start a Book Study among staff:
    • TRC Books and associated BAKER Credit options
  • Launch an Online INTEL Elements Course in your school/district
    (Grad credit available for facilitated course!):
    • Project Based Approaches
    • Assessment in the 21st Century Classroom
    • Collaboration in the Digital Classroom
    • Thinking Critically with Data