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Susan D. Patrick President, CEO iNACOL

Providing educational opportunities to help kids do what they're passionate about. All students have access to a world-class education.

British Columbia - providing education to students in most rural areas. IB program online, based out of the EU, 125 different countries, created bold standard online courses, get true global lreaning experience. Taught by workld calass teachers

Turkey - gold-standard onloine classes, training best teachers, 15 million kids taking online courses

S. Korea - National online program

Middle East - developing partnetrships with US and world-wide, Identify best educational opportunities in the room.

India - Educomp project - benchmark standards world-wide, unicvities - $10.00 laptop project. SHortage of teachers, makeing teaching available across india and eventually around the world.

Austrailia 1-1 laptop program online learning and digital content and national curriculum standards

China - K-12 CUrriculum already digitized. Training master teachers to teach online, scale up world-class education for 100,000,000 students

SIngapore 100% of schools 9-12 have blended learning. One week a year, total online learning. SInce 2005 SARS outbreak. Implement continuity of learning

World Futures Society - Top 10, #8 Virtual eduaction aor distance learning (the online item about education on the list)

**Meeting the diverse needs of different students!**

John Vander Ark revolutionlearning

What's new?

Leveraging the Feds...

Invest and Innovation: i3 Grants Categories Development up to $5 mill Validation of yo $30 mill Scaling up to $50 mill

Eligible Applications: Districts and Non-Profits Strong Track Record Big grants need evidence

Key language: "Exceptionally unique amd not widely adopted"

Must FOcus on high need kids FOcus on teachers, data, turnarounds, college prep Have 20% match

Bonus Rural, college access, special needs, early learning

Selection Design, Reaearch. experience, scalability, sustainability, management, evaluation

LEA Applications Blended Transitions Social Learning consortium Online Learning 2.0 Blended Restart CMO

Non-Profit Applications lended alt schools (CIS PLC) "School of One" [ilots

Platforms Adaptive content: oER (&proprietary) Recommendation engine (level, mode, motivation, interst, popularity)

Big 6 online opperators are backed by a private equity. More venture funds available to look at "learning deals." A lot more private money looking for good ideas, delivery options for learning