# Presentation: 860018

## Archived Information30th Annual Large ScaleAssessment Conference

**Craig B. Luigart**
**Chief Information Officer**

**Craig_Luigart@ed.gov**

**June 28, 2000**

## We Begin Time Line

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## We Begin Again Time Line

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## Future Trends

**	****Technology Driver****	****      Trend**
**Ubiquitous bandwidth****	****         - anytime, anywhere digital ****	**** ****	****	****	****	****           services will be the norm**
**Smart environments****	****         - homes, offices and everyday ****	****	****	****	****           objects will become ****	****	****	****	****	****           networked and intelligent**
**Net-centric computing****	****         - Internet permeates all ****	****	****	****	****	****           systems, spawning new ****	****	****	****	****	****           products, applications, and ****	****	****	****	****           services**
**Knowledge discovery****	****         - corporate knowledge will ****	**** and exploitation ****	****	****           become a tangible asset;  ****	****	****	****	****	****           decision making will be ****	****	****	****	****	****           faster and more informed**

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## Future Trends cont.

**	****Technology Driver****	****      Trend**
**High-performance computing     - ultrafast computers will ****	****	****	****	****	****           enable us to model reality ****	****	****	****	****	****           and question it, to mine a ****	****	****	****	****	****           huge amount of data and ****	****	****	****	****	****           prosper from it**
**Virtual spaces and simulation    - we will test ideas and ****	****	****	****	****	****           experiences virtually -- ****	****	****	****	****           ie., really but not really**
**Human-computer connection    - everyone will communicate ****	****	****	****	****          more naturally and ****	****	****	****	****	****          effortlessly with computers;  ****	****	****	****	****          ultimately, technology ****	****	****	****	****	****          disappears**

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## Post Gutenberg Age

**E-books**
**20 years - 90% of what we read will be electronic**
**Price Differential - Hardcopy of Encyclopedia Britannica for $2000 or the on-line set for about $100 now and $0 in 2001**
**Sony’s Playstation II**
**66 m polygons/sec**
**Experiential Learning**
**20,000 simulated surgeries upon arrival to medical school**
**Virtual testing of chemical combinations **

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## New Government

**E-Government**
**Acquisitions and E-Grants**
**E-Commerce**
**E-Rate Program**
***Effort to ‘Bridge’ the Digital Divide***
***Get Technology Into the Classroom***
**Information Technology to Improve Society**
***Greater Accessibility to Low Income Communities and the Disabled***
**Greater Need for Security**
***Virus Attacks - ‘Melissa’ and ‘ILOVEYOU’***
***Web Attacks by Hackers***
**Legislation**
***Clinger-Cohen Act***
***Paperwork Reduction Act***
**Redefines Common Business Procedures**

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## eGovernment

**Key ED Programs**
**eGrants**
**Integrated Performance Benchmarking ****System (IPBS)**
**eFOIA**
**eRate**
**Section 508 and Accessibility**

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## Information CollectedFrom Partners

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**Types of Data Collection Burdens**
**Performance Reports**
**Evaluation Studies**

**How to Increase Mutual Benefits**
**E-data Systems**
**Web Forms**

**DEPT.****OFFICE ****1**

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## Digital Collaboration

**What is Digital Collaboration?**
**Integration vs. Automation**
**Tools Available**
***Know-how must facilitate ability to make ******technology work for education enablers***

**Implication for Educators?**
**New ways to catch students’ interest to enhance learning**
***Connect classrooms***
***Teachers CAN ‘compete’ for the attention of Information Age children***

**Outcome?**
**Better assessment results                                                                    as technology is used effectively                                                         to enhance student learning**

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## Technology Opportunitiesfor Student Assessment

**All Students Tested**
**Individual Knowledge, Skills**
**More Linked Information**
**Less Time From Collection to Use**
**Communication = Empowerment**

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## New State of Information Collection

- New State of Information Collection

- Existing E-Data SystemsStates/Universities/Districts

- Middleware

- ____________
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- Web Forms

- Pre-fill Data

- Education Data Warehouse

- IPBS Model

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## Improved Information Collection

**Higher quality****    **

**  ****CIO is ‘champion’ of improved information ****collections**

**More timely **

**Less burdensome **

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## The Challenge

**YOU**
- Subject Experts

**US**
- InformationCoordinators

**What do you need to know?**
**When do you need to know it?**
**What are your best sources?**
**How can ED CIO assist you?**

**“****If you teach us, we will learn.”**

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