eSATSi [0] defines digital curriculum as any curriculum deployed within an eLearningi [0] system that uses digital means in some form. As we adopt K-12 eLearning over the next 10 years, much of the digital curriculum will include legacy means such as books and white boards. This brings to question the wisdom of "partial" deployment of eLearning.

Maine launched with computers. Five years ago Maine deployed laptops to all 7th and 8th graders with itsi [0] Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Maine now has a dozen 1:1 high schools. With bundled software and training system, Maine has expanded toward a complete learning system. The Bill and Malinda Gates Foundation is releasing a study soon on the effectiveness of this computer first approach.

• Reports and Newspaper Articles at:
• http://www.azelearning.net/node/225 [0]
• http://www.azelearning.net/node/226 [0]
• http://www.maine.gov/education/cse/gatesgrant.htm [1]

eSATS design and hoped for educational technology fund in this year's Arizona budget leads with digital curriculum, and teacher education and professional development. The curriculum defines the computing and connectivity is needs. So does Arizona's Middle School Math Pilot project and the eLearning taskforce from last year?s budget.

In the long run and from my engineering experience, specifying the curriculum and then defining the rest of the eLearning system makes the most sense. But the critical issue is to start somewhere with real funding. And then rapidly expand to serve all students as the full eLearning system is implemented.