Digital education content is making it both possible and necessary to reinvent schools, said a panel of education leaders and technology experts at a forum hosted by Cable in the Classroom (CIC) and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) held Friday. "Wiring schools is the beginning of the story," said Douglas Levin, director of education policy for Cable in the Classroom. "But the content is also a vital piece of the puzzle -- in many ways the most meaningful piece." "Quality content is the key to whether students succeed or fail in the learning enterprise, and digital content is a rich, deep well," said Helen Soule, Ph.D., executive director of Cable in the Classroom. "If we think about the resources that are out there, and if we think of how we could -- and should -- transform schools, we have an opportunity to create the kind of classrooms that will help children take their place in the highly competitive global marketplace that awaits them." Read full article.
