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State Toolkits

The Alliance for Excellent Education invites state level educators to harness digital learning day within your own states by challenging community leaders, parents, and students to join the wave of innovation being created by the first-ever national Digital Learning Day campaign. 

More than 35 states and DC have signed up to host their own celebration of innovative teaching practices that make learning more personalized and engaging and encourage exploration of how digital learning can provide more students with opportunities to ensure they are prepared to succeed in college, a career, and life.

What Do You Mean When You Say “Digital Learning?”

The Alliance refers to digital learning as a broad array of topics and approaches where technology can help in school reform efforts. This may be in teacher preparation and continuing education, STEM and innovation instruction, broadband access for all, using data to inform instruction, personalizing instruction, increasing quality teacher time, online/blended learning opportunities as well as using robust digital content in high-quality lessons. The Alliance seeks to use Digital Learning Day to highlight these innovative teaching approaches and celebrate the potential of technology as a force multiplier in America’s schools.

What Are Hosting States Doing?

As a hosting state, you can decide how much or how little you would like to do to support the event. We also know that February 1 may not be the most convenient day for you. We ask you to think about how this national celebration of teachers may be introduced as a state celebration, either on that day or sometime in January, February, March or April. This is more than a DAY. We know that learning should be happening with technology EVERYDAY, so the Alliance will be creating a drumbeat highlighting teachers, innovative practices, and the effective uses of technology starting now and culminating in a national town hall meeting in DC on February 1 and then followed up with several months of awards and special recognition.

We want each host state to feel free to use this national celebration to call attention to the need for digital learning in your state in whatever way you see fit.  A toolkit full of ideas, sample documents and activities is available to download at http://www.digitallearningday.org/statehosts. Below is a list of some things you can consider. Again, a state can craft its Digital Learning Day to suit internal resources, time commitments, and scope. Here are a few ideas: