California Digital History/Social Science Program

As an educator in California, it is easy to be discouraged by the lack of funding per learner and skewed priorities of the State governance - our children, and our adult workforce, simply doesn't have the benefit of an educational system that is befitting of a State that is this wealthy.

That said, I was pleasantly surprised today to read that last November, the California State Board of Education unanimously approved the "California Digital History/Social Science Program" developed by Pearson - and over 200 districts have already adopted it, including LAUSD.

What I find the most exciting about this announcement is the fact that this product from Pearson is SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) compliant - which means that Games Developers can create SCORM compliant digital game-based learning media that can be effectively added to this digital platform.

This is a huge leap forward for California. Deployment of a digital curriculum can help drive the conversion from treating digital technology as an appliance to finally providing faculty and students with an ubiquitous, transparent resource in every classroom across the curriculum/disciplines.