CoSN School District Technology Leader/CTO Clinic - California
Presented by 3C Council and CoSN
Network Meeting Center at Techmart, Santa Clara
CTO Clinic Biographies
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Agenda
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 |
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| 7:30AM - 8:30AM |
Registration/Breakfast/Table Top Exhibits Open |
| 8:30AM |
Welcome
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| 8:35AM - 9:30AM | Opening Keynote
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| 9:30AM - 10:00AM | Table Top Exhibits Open/Break |
| 10:00AM - 11:45AM |
Clinic I (choose 1) A. The Cost of Technology: Total Cost of Ownership and Value of Investment Rich Kaestner, Project Director, Total Cost of Ownership and Value of Investment, CoSN This session will focus on providing the information and tools necessary to perform a complete TCO assessment for your district. Following an introduction describing the need for understanding all costs associated with maintaining networked computers, this session will focus on providing an understanding of the free web-based CoSN-Gartner TCO tool, which has already been accessed by over 1,800 schools and districts throughout the United States. Complete with an online demo, this session is intended to provide a familiarity with the tool’s input data fields and resulting output. B. Using Technology to Raise the Achievement of ALL Students Linda Sharp, Project Director, Accessible Technologies for All Students, CoSN The enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act has made schools subject to strict accountability for the educational progress of all students, including those with disabilities. Computer technology can extend a teacher’s reach to help these students. Cooperation and coordination between instructional technology and assistive technology leaders will result in comprehensive and robust technology resources being leveraged for students, providing access to tools which could take full advantage of their individual learning styles; and build an awareness and increased use of the accessibility functions already embedded in current education applications. This session will share information, strategies and share successful case studies from districts successfully implementing technology for the success of all students. C. Data Retention Carl Fong, Executive Director, Information Technology, Orange County Department of Education Jon Bernstein, President, Bernstein Strategy Group (via telephone) Explore current federal and state rules regarding the retention of electronic communications and data, including the recent changes to federal civil procedure rules which may have a significant impact on school policies and practices. G. Hot Technology Trends Keith Krueger. CEO, CoSN As K-12 schools adopt new technologies they have found innovative ways to transform instruction, assessment, professional development, community connections and operations. Learn about an exciting new report from CoSN on Hot Trends in Technology which highlights technologies from iPods to RFID to audio enhancement and many more. Attendees will gain an understanding of how to think about emerging technologies that meet education goals. Plus hear from CA CTOs who have been experimenting with new technologies. |
| 11:45AM - 12:00AM |
Table Top Exhibits Open/Break |
| 12:00 Noon - 12:30PM |
Sponsor Sessions (choose one) 1. Provided by Promethean 2. Provided by Toshiba/Microsoft |
| 12:30PM - 1:30PM |
Networking Lunch |
| 1:30PM - 2:00PM |
Sponsor Session 3. Provided by Cisco - Information forthcoming 4. Provided by netTrekker d.i. - Differentiate Instruction with Standards-Based Online Resources That Match Individual Students’ Learning Needs! Andria Humpert, Senior Account Manager, netTrekker d.i. Craig Blackburn, Instruction Media Technology Director, Santa Clara COE |
| 2:00PM - 2:15PM |
Table Top Exhibits Open/Break |
| 2:15PM - 4:00PM |
Clinic II (choose 1) E. Planning for the Inevitable: IT Disaster Preparedness Linda Sharp, Project Director, CyberSecurity for the Digital District, CoSN When there is the unexpected disaster of any kind, school personnel, students, parents and communities expect to rely on communication and critical services the district provides and therefore the technology that supports them. Disaster recovery of IT-related operations and information is critical to the 24/7 operations of your district and its overall business continuity planning. This strong reliance on technology presents significant challenges to today’s school technology leader. The time to plan and prepare for a disaster and cyber security is before the event is imminent. Much can be learned from the experiences of individuals, schools and districts who have developed and tested plans and from those recently experiencing disasters. What preparations were made? What worked or needed modification in testing or in an actual disaster? What would they recommend to others now? Best practices will be explored and suggestions for effective preparations will be shared. F. Getting Your Professional Development: How Can District Technology Leaders/CTO's Stay Current? Andrea Bennett, Executive Director, CETPA Keith Krueger, CEO, CoSN James Anderberg, Director of Information Technology, Placer County Office of Education Mike Fury, Director of Technology, Roseville Joint Union High School District Florrie Turner, Technology Specialist, Brittan Elementary School James Anderson, MBA, Director III, Information Technology & Communication, Placer County Office of Education O.K., you are the person in charge of technology at your school district. What are the essential skills that you need to succeed? Where do you turn to continuously fresh and expand your knowledge base? While the responsibilities of CTO’s vary by district, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has developed a Framework of Essential Skills for CTO’s. Learn about the Framework, and then participate in an interactive exercise to identify your strengths/weaknesses. Then learn about key state and national efforts to help you upgrade such as CETPA’s initiatives including the CTO Mentor Project, an innovative professional development series. Hear case examples. D. Open Technology Solutions Steve Hargadon, Project Director, Open Technologies Initiative, CoSN Open Technologies, the newest leadership initiative from CoSN, provides information regarding three primary components: open source software, open data standards, and open device standards – and the impact that decisions regarding the use of open technologies will have on future classroom learning opportunities for students and teachers. It’s critical that educators become more aware of the opportunities presented by the use of open technologies and be prepared to use this experience as they create and assess their technology implementation plans. Participants will work with a wide variety of open source software and compare the functionality to existing proprietary software. Each participant will have an opportunity to explore options in the three primary categories of open source software: operating systems (e.g. Linux), applications (e.g. GIMP) and content (e.g. Wikipedia). Group discussion involving TCO perspectives (installation, printing/network and general support) will complete the workshop H. Using Data for Targeted Interventions Karen Henke, Author and Speaker, Nimble Press Data driven decision making is an evolving process — moving from the collection of the data, to the reporting and analysis and finally to its use for targeted interventions. Research from CoSN’s Data-Driven Decision Making Initiative, www.3d2know.org, indicates that most districts are making process in the collection, reporting and analysis of the data, but are lagging behind in its use for targeted interventions. During this session, participants will take part in an activity to gain deeper knowledge of the data-driven decision making process, learn about ways in which districts are using data in powerful ways and achieving results, and understand the challenges of using data for target interventions through case studies. |
| 4:00PM - 4:15PM |
Table Top Exhibits Open/Break |
| 4:15PM - 5:15PM |
Closing Keynote Show Me The Evidence: What the Research Says about Using Technology to Improve Learning Moderator: Darryl LaGace, CTO, Lemon Grove School District Saul Rockman, Rockman et al Denis Newman, Empirical Education |
| 5:15PM - 6:00PM | Reception |
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ph 202/861-2676 . fx 202/393-2011 . email info@cosn.org
Unless otherwise noted, this site is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.