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Assessing 8th Grade Technology Literacy:  How are schools meeting the requirements of NCLB?

at NSBA T+L:  Nashville, TN (October 17 – 19, 2007)
Wednesday, October 17
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Governor's B

The No Child Left Behind Act requires school district to show evidence of computer literacy at the 8th grade. The requirement of NCLB has been widely interpreted by school districts and State DOE’s and compliance on a national scale is mixed. Technology leaders have been grappling with the definition of technology literacy, a plan for teaching technology literacy skills, and a process for assessing student technology use. How do district technology leaders develop and administer assessments to meet this high-stakes requirement? Should we be embedding student technology literacy into mastery of the content standards or do we just implement an assessment to determine that every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade? What is a reasonable definition of 8th grade technology literacy? How will the assessments be standardized for all school districts? What will be the cost of administrating this assessment? A panel of technology leaders will discuss local and state efforts to meet the requirements of the NCLB 8th grade literacy requirement.

New U.S. Department of Education Study on Efficacy of Educational Software: What Does the Study Say?

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Open Technology Solutions

Thursday, November 9, 2006
2:30 - 4:30 pm
Dallas, TX

Held in conjunction with NSBA's T+L Conference

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One-to-One Computing Initiatives and Other Technology Solutions

Wednesday, July 5, 2006
2:00 - 4:00 pm
San Diego, CA

Held in conjunction with ISTE's National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)

Creating a Customer-Centric IT Team

Tuesday, March 7, 2006
10:15 am - 12:30 pm
Arlington, VA

Held in conjunction with CoSN's 2006 K-12 School Networking Conference

What it Takes: Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO

Thursday, October 27, 2005
3:00-4:30 pm
Denver, CO

Held in conjunction with NSBA's T+L² conference

What it Takes: Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO

June 29, 2005
Philadelphia, PA

Held in conjunction with ISTE's National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)

What it Takes: Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO

October 28, 2004
Denver, CO

Held in conjunction with the National School Boards Association T+L² Conference