CoSN: CTO Clinics - Georgia, June 2007

CoSN School District Technology Leader/CTO Clinic - Georgia

Presented with the Georgia CIO Council
Wednesday, June 27, during the National Educational Computing Conference
Atlanta Marriott Downtown, 160 Spring Street


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Agenda
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Last Updated: July 6, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
7:30AM - 8:30AM	Registration/Table Top Exhibits Open/Breakfast
8:30AM - 8:45AM	Welcome Katie Lovett (bio), Chief Information Officer, Fulton County Schools (GA) Past Chair, Georgia CIO Council, CoSN Chair Bailey Mitchell (bio), Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County Schools (GA) and Chair, Georgia CIO Council

8:45AM - 10:00AM	Opening Keynote Introduction by Matt Wasowski, Director, Communications, Wimba The Growing Impact of Web 2.0 On Education Moderator: Steve Hargadon (bio), Project Director, Open Technologies Initiative, CoSN Will Richardson, Founding Partner, the Connective Learning Group David S. Jakes (bio), Instructional Technology Coordinator, Community High School District 99 (IL) Steve Hargadon moderates a discussion with Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms and David Jakes, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Community High School District 99 (IL). After identifying and describing the Web 2.0 tools that are being used in schools, the discussion will address the impact these tools are having at all levels in educational institutions: from administrative and teacher professional development, to expanded student learning opportunities and changing classroom practices, as well as to the issues of security, privacy, and liability. Time will be given for a Q & A.
10:00 - 10:30	Table Top Exhibits Open/Break
10:00AM - 11:45AM	Clinic I (choose 1) A. Planning for the Inevitable: IT Disaster Preparedness Linda Sharp (bio), 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. B. The Cost of Technology: Total Cost of Ownership and Value of Investment Rich Kaestner (bio), 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. C. Getting Your Professional Development: How Can District Technology Leaders/CTO’s Stay Current? Bailey Mitchell (bio), Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County Schools (GA) Ed Zaiontz, Executive Director, Information Services, Round Rock ISD (TX) 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 including the CTO Mentor Project, an innovative professional development series. Hear case examples. D. Using Data for Targeted Interventions Irene Spero (bio), Chief Operating Officer, CoSN, and Project Director, Data-Driven Decision Making, CoSN 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.
11:45AM - 12:00AM	Table Top Exhibits Open/Break
12:00 Noon - 12:30PM	Sponsor Sessions (choose one) 1. Accelerating to the Digital Front Line: District-wide Interactive Technology Bailey Mitchell (bio), Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County Schools (GA) Provided by Promethean 2. Provided by Toshiba/Microsoft
12:30PM - 1:30PM	Networking Lunch
1:30PM - 2:00PM	Sponsor Session (choose one) 3. Demystifying Wi-Fi Alan Amrod, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Xirrus Provided by Xirrus 4. The Anatomy of a Successful Distance Learning Network Amy Floyd (bio), AT&T Director of Education Advocacy and Max Kolstad, Project Manager, State of Arkansas Department of Information Systems Provided by AT&T
2:00PM - 2:10PM	Table Top Exhibits Open/Break
2:10PM - 3:50PM	Clinic II (choose 1) E. Open Technology Solutions Steve Hargadon (bio), 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 F. Measuring the Value of Investment in Technology Rich Kaestner (bio), Project Director, Total Cost of Ownership and Value of Investment, CoSN This session will review CoSN’s methodology for measuring costs and benefits of your proposed technology projects. The “business” of schools is education resulting in a different approach than used by businesses for determining value of investment. CoSN is developing a methodology and tools to help you to explicitly understand and communicate the costs and benefits of proposed technology projects. This session includes an online demonstration of CoSN’s Value of Investment (VOI) website and tools. G. Using Technology to Raise the Achievement of ALL Students Linda Sharp (bio), 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. H. Data Retention and Other Key Policy Updates Jon Bernstein (bio), President, Bernstein Strategy Group Bailey Mitchell (bio), Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County Schools (GA) 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. The session will also include the latest from Washington on education technology funding under No Child Left Behind (Title IID, Enhancing Education Through Technology), reauthorization of NCLB, and Erate.
3:50PM - 4:00PM	Table Top Exhibits Open/Break
4:00PM - 5:00PM	Closing Keynote What We Know And What We Don't Know: Research on Impact of Technology in K-12 Moderator: Katie Lovett (bio), Chief Information Officer, Fulton County Schools (GA) Cheryl Lemke, President and CEO, Metiri Group What have we learned about how to effectively use technology for teaching and learning? What can we tell educational administrators, policymakers and the public? Hear from two leading researchers on the state of research on education technology.
5:00PM - 6:00PM	Reception

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