The Educational Goals

Instructional and Institutional Outcomes Enabled Through Technology

The evidence is strong that technology and e-learning are powerful tools for revitalizing education and providing today's students with opportunities that both reflect and prepare them for the world beyond the classroom. Pioneering schools have already pointed the way to what is possible when good education and good technology come together. From pre-school to graduate school, technology has repeatedly proven its power to connect and energize educators and learners and to improve learning outcomes.

We know that with educational software, digital content, e-learning and related technologies:

• Help meet the personalized needs of all students
• Support accountability and inform instruction
• Deepen learning and motivate students
• Facilitate communication, connectivity and collaboration
• Manage the education enterprise effectively and economically
• Enable students to learn from any place at any time
• Nurture creativity and self-expression

The Technology Benchmarks
Measures of Progress for Technology and E-Learning Implementation

To achieve the vision for K-20 education, SIIA anticipates an education system that effectively and as a matter of common, second-nature practice:

• Widely utilizes 21st century tools for teaching and learning
• Provides all members of the education community with anytime/anywhere educational access
• Offers differentiated learning options and resources to close achievement gaps
• Employs technology-based assessment tools
• Uses technology to redesign and enable the enterprise

If you would like to see how your educational institution is progressing toward the vision for K-20 education, take the Vision Survey.