Conference Agenda

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

• View Conference Welcome Address, Presentation of Awards, and Plenary Session I: Innovative Approaches to Individualized Learning

• Chris Dede, EdD, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University (Moderator)
• Jack D. Dale, EdD, Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
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• Jean Johnson, Project Director, Notschool.net

• View Award Presentation and CoSN Annual Meeting

W101: Creating Learning That Digital Natives Will Love (Spotlight Session)
Essential Skills: Vision and Leadership, Education and Training

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To meet the needs and expectations of our Digital Native learners, we have to begin with their interests, not ours. In this session we will delve into those interests in detail, focusing especially on the design principles that cause their computer and video games to engage them to such a great extent. Using these principles as a base, we will show how to create teaching experiences - both game-based and non - that fit both the curriculum and the Digital Natives' style.

• Marc Prensky, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, games2train.com and Corporate Gameware, LLC

W102: The California Educational Technology Professionals Association's (CETPA) CTO Mentor Program
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training

Learn about CETPA's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mentor Program. This innovative program provides one-on-one ratio of student to mentor and offers instruction by some of the top leaders of California's K-12 Technologists. The CTO training program is targeted to produce qualified California school district CTOs. This eight month program provides classroom training which takes place in eight sessions. Instructors are qualified and experienced CTOs with a minimum of 10 years experience. This program is unique because of four major components: Each participant is teamed with his/her own mentor, participants are nominated and screened, training involves “hands-on” experience and training is offered at a substantially lower cost than other professional development courses. The three strands of instruction are leadership, education, and technology. Successful candidates will become Certified Chief Technology Officers (CCTO).

• Andrea Bennett, Executive Director, California Educational Technology Professionals
• Darryl LaGace, Director of Information Services, Lemon Grove School District, CA Association

W103: Global Learning Portals: Multilingual, Multimodal Technology
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training

Hear about the latest in educational portals around the world. The Global Learning Portal is a free multilingual education portal designed to assist teachers in second and third world countries. The site provides access to content, assessments, instructional strategies, resources, and collaborative tools that support Education for All and improves K-12 education in 68 countries. Education.au provides EDNA, the national educational portal in Australia. Hear about education.au's opportunities for international collaboration and improving K-12 teaching and learning. Finally, the European SchoolNet provides comprehensive elearning resources for European educators and policymakers. All these portals are great resources for educators around the world to link with best practices.

• Kurt Moses, Vice President and Officer in Charge, Global Learning Portal, Academy for Educational Development
• Bruce Geisert, Director, Global Learning Portal, Academy for Educational Development
Odile de Chalendar, Chair, Eurpoean SchoolNet & Senior International Manager, Department of ICT, Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research, France
• Garry Putland, General Manager, Business Development, education.au limited

W104: Statewide Online Professional Learning
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting, Education and Training

This session will focus on professional development for teachers provided by two states, Michigan and Delaware, via the web. Participants will learn how a statewide online model can be developed and how it can benefit schools and teachers. Ways in which this model impacts instructional strategies and technology integration in the classroom will also be discussed.

• Kate Kemker, Bureau Chief for Instruction and Innovation, Florida Department of Education (Moderator)
• Barbara Fardell, Educational Technology Manager, Office of Educational Technology and Data Coordination, Michigan Department of Education
• Wayne Hartschuh, PhD, Executive Director, Delaware Center for Educational Technology
• Jennifer Peace, PhD, , Online Curriculum Developer and Facilitator, EDC Center for Online Professional Education
• David Myers, EdD, Director, Michigan Learnport, Michigan Virtual University

W105: The Power of Technology - Curriculum Access for All Students
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Team Building and Staffing, Education and Training

All classrooms have mixtures of students. Historically, teachers have had to choose between teaching to the median, the top, or the bottom. This session addresses this issue and answers the following questions: What technology exists that allows students to learn and contribute at their own pace? How does technology give more flexibility to the teacher? How can assistive technology help all learners?

• Arjan Khalsa, CoSN Board Member & Senior Vice President, Cambium Learning Technologies (Moderator)
• Sean O'Sullivan, Deputy Headteacher, Frank Wise School, United Kingdom
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• Lauri Susi, Technology Specialists, Plainville Community Schools, CT & Founder, Spotlight on Learning
• John Laskarzewski,Technology Specialists, Plainville Community Schools, CT& Founder, Spotlight on Learning

W106: The NEW Keeping Pace with K12 Online Learning
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision

What is the future of virtual education in America – and what is YOUR state doing to hasten or hamper it? Learn the latest developments in online education from the director of the largest online education program in the country, the Florida Virtual School, and the author of Keeping Pace with K12 Online Learning 2006, the definitive overview of virtual education policy. Hear up-to-the-minute findings from across the country on issues of quality, funding, professional development, and measuring outcomes in the burgeoning field of online learning. Keeping Pace – which was first published in 2004 and previously updated in 2005 – explores how well state-level policies and the practices of statewide programs are keeping up with the rapidly expanding virtual education world. The speakers will discuss data from the research, including how many states have state-led virtual school programs, how these and other online programs are funded, and how quality of courses and online teaching is assured. Promising practices and policies that allow for the sustainable growth of online education will be discussed. Free copies of the entire report will be available to attendees at the end of this session.

• Todd Hitchcock, Vice President, Global Services, Florida Virtual School
• John Watson, Consultant, Evergreen Consulting Associates

W107: Engaging Students and Teachers with Real Time Learning Experiences Using Internet2
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training, Communication Systems

In this session, attendees will learn how Internet2, the national research and education network, has grown in recent years to connect over 46,000 K20 organizations across the country. Through live demonstrations, participants will see how Internet2 can engage learners in new and exciting ways by connecting them in real-time to experts and experiences they would never have access to otherwise.

• Marla Davenport, Director, Learning & Technology, TIES (Moderator)
• Ruth Blankenbaker, Executive Director, The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)
• Lawrence Gallery, Manager, Membership Development, Internet2 K20 and NYSERNet, Inc.
• Doug Meyer, Professional Development Consultant, Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
• Heather Weisse, Applications Coordinator, MAGPI, Univeristy of Pennsylvania

W108: The International Value of Investment Project
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting

A joint international research project involving Australia, the USA and the United Kingdom has been launched to investigating new ways to measure the value of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools. This project is intended to assist policymakers and school leaders in the three countries. It will develop approaches for informing data-driven decision-making processes concerning how best to provide up-to-date technology resources for school students. This session will provide an overview and discussion of this international project and relate it to CoSN’s Value of Investment (VOI) Leadership Initiative.

• Rich Kaestner, Project Director, Value of Investment Initiative, Consortium for School Networking
• Kathryn Moyle, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Education and Community Services, University of Canberra, Australia
• Niel McLean, Executive Director, Educational Practice, British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)

W109: Prescriptive Media: Increasing Student Achievement with Digital Differentiated Instruction
(Spotlight Session Hosted by SAFARI Montage/Library Video Company)
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting, Systems Management, Information Management, Business Leadership, Education and Training, Communication Systems

When Chicago public schools (CPS) announced their test scores for 2006 the education world was astounded by the historic 15% gains. As CPS examines these results one thing continues to stand out - formative assessment works. Just as important as the assessments are the tools that teachers have to meet identified deficiencies. SAFARI Montage, launched throughout CPS in 2005, played a significant role in providing teachers anytime access to full curriculum support and was used in a new, innovative program called prescriptive media. Largely heralded by CPS administrators and educators as the most well-received and quickly implemented technology initiative in decades, teachers are using this video-on-demand system on a daily basis. Explore how educators leverage this state aligned media, provided in short segments, to reinforce concepts and reach digital learners. Learn how SAFARI Montage and prescriptive media are providing differentiated instruction to meet identified deficiencies and increase student achievement. And discuss how to redesign learning environments to support visually rich, digital instruction.

• Robin Gonzales, Projects Coordinator, SAFARI Montage/Library Video Company

This event is by “invitation only” for district leaders who are currently administering one-to-one laptop initiatives. Round table discussions will cover a variety of topics such as professional development, leadership, sustainability, and more. Technology directors, superintendents and other top administrators will be among the participants.

The open technology showcase will feature demonstrations of Xen, Open Office/Neo Office, Moodle, Inkspot and more.

W201: Tools, Culture, and Education: Past, Present, Future (Spotlight Session)
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision

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It is common for presentations about educational technology to remind us that we are in a new era: the information age. . Certainly the abundance of information and communications technology (ICT) devises in every aspect of our lives make it quite apparent that ICT is a pervasive 21st century fact-of-life. Generally, however, the term "information age" is presented with only vague reference to its meaning. The presentation will explain the profound consequence of the ICT for the creation and dissemination of culture. It will unpack the term "information age" by providing a brief excursion through human history. This excursion helps to clarify why it is not hyperbole to argue that human existence has entered a new era. We are now deep enough into this era to be able to see the consequences of the changes in the way human culture is created and disseminated for the nature and conduct of education. The final segment of the presentation will offer the major implications of the emergence of ICT for education in our era.

• James Bosco, EdD, Emeritus Professor, Western Michigan University

W202: : International Online Content Lessons

Hear from two global leaders in the use of online content from Japan and Australia. The Learning Federation (TLF), an Australian and New Zealand online initiative for schools, is working with museums, libraries, art galleries and archival institutions to develop quality digital assets for classroom use. Likewise, Japan has been a leader in developing reusable learning content. Explore how educators and policymakers can share and reuse learning content, especially under financial and human resource limitations.

• Mary Burns, Education Development Center (Moderator)
• Stuart Tait, Director, Market Relations, The Learning Federation
• Tsuneo Yamada, Professor, Research and Development Department, National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME), Japan

W203: The Journey Toward Data-Driven Leadership
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Team Building and Staffing, Information Management

Learn how 25 Minnesota principals are using powerful data tools, methodologies, and research in order to truly lead with information. Faculty from TIES Principal Data Academy will share the experiences of the participating principals' journeys toward data-driven leadership, show examples of schools' critical metrics and talk about how principals communicate with their staff based on the data. What results are they seeing? We hope you'll come and find out.

• Todd Bloom, PhD, Director of Software Applications and Support, TIES
• Betty Schweizer, Chief Executive Officer, TIES

W204: Creative Leadership Training for Learning CoSN's Essential Skills
Essential Skills: Entire Framework

COSN has identified a Framework of Essential Skills for K-12 CTOs and other district educational technology school leaders. This presentation will examine each of the COSN's Essential Skills and share creative approaches to training current and future technology decision-makers for improved learning and accountability leadership. This presentation will also discuss a comprehensive online learning approach that includes simulations, collaboration, creative leadership excises and virtual presentation to train individuals to meet these core competences. During this university-based, online training course, current and future educational technology leaders have an opportunity to review and test their creative leadership and teamwork skills in a controlled and reflective environment.

• Vicki Smith Bigham, President, Bigham Technology Solutions, Inc.
• Dr. Robert Leneway, Educational Technology Program Coordinator, Leadership, Research and Technology Department, Western Michigan University
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W205: It Takes a Team: Working with Stakeholders to Implement Change
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Systems Management, Information Management

District technology leaders spend many hours making technology purchasing decisions and managing implementations but tend to spend less time on gaining stakeholder buy-in — critical to the success of any technology project. Many implementations fail when leadership doesn't paint the big picture about how this new technology will help the entire organization, doesn't explain the importance for each user's involvement and doesn't provide enough training for ongoing end user success. Join leaders from Forsyth County Schools and Rockwood School District as they show how they managed the process to replace their Student Information Systems, ultimately enabling their staff to spend more time with students.

• Steven Beatty, Chief Information Officer, Rockwood School District, MO
• Bailey Mitchell, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County School District, GA
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W206: TechSETS: California’s Innovative K-12 Technical Support Partner
Essential Skills: Planning and Budgeting, Team Building and Staffing, Education and Training

This presentation will describe how the TechSETS project is supporting technology-based individualized instruction by providing free and low-cost technical support resources to K-12 schools. The audience will learn about a variety of free resources that are easily replicable, including an “always on” web-based help desk, an online ticket management system for tracking service requests, a customized job-description builder for hiring qualified technical staff, and sample projects designed for student tech support teams. Whether you are California-based or not, learn about this terrific online resource available to you.

• Marianne Pack, CTAP 6 Director, California Technology Assistance Project, Delta Sierra Region 6, Stanislaus County Office of Education, CA (Moderator)
• Patricia MacIntyre, TechSETS Project Specialist, Human Resources and Technology, San Diego County Office of Education
• Bill Simpson, Director, North County Regional Education Center, Human Resources and Technology, San Diego County Office of Education

W207: Districts Use of Ad-Hoc Reporting in Statewide Systems (Spotlight Session Hosted by SAS inSchool)

Districts use data-laden statewide systems for many purposes including basic reporting for both the district and the state, as well as for more sophisticated analysis and performance management purposes. The session will address how to design and implement a statewide system and how to work with districts to ensure their support and engagement with this system. Join your colleagues to discover how districts can have control over their reporting.

• Amy Anderson, Account Executive, Education and Medical Practice, SAS
• Michael Veckenstedt, PhD, Chief Technology Officer, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

W208: Other Approaches to Utilizing Gaming and Simulations in Education: View from Japan

While some types of games are utilized frequently in Japan (board games, card games, role playing), it is less common to find classes using digital games. One reason is that schools do not have enough computers and budget. But more profound reasons are: 1) parental opposition; 2) teacher opposition; and 3) lack of knowledge by teachers. Learn about the Instructional Activities Game (IAG) which is using games in teacher education and now is moving to the next stage of cooperating with schools and schools districts.

• Judy Salpeter, Editor of CoSN Compendium (Moderator)
• Toshiki Matsuda, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Human System Science, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

W301: Web 2.0: Providing a Digital Curriculum for Digital Natives (Spotlight Session)
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training

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Are you ready to take curriculum integration to the next level in your school, district, or state? This presentation will prepare visionary educators to use Web 2.0 applications; new handheld devices and annotation software to provide more engaging, and collaborative personal computing environments for students and teachers. Learn how districts are using blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking, tagging, and file sharing to engage digital natives in the curriculum across grade levels and subject areas.

• Bridget Foster, Director of Business Development, SchoolNet, Inc. (Moderator)
• Jim Hirsch, Associate Superintendent for Technology and Academic Services, Plano Independent School District, TX
• James Sweet, Executive Director, Digital Generation Education Exchange

W302: Making the Most of Open Technologies
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting, Systems Management, Information Management, Business Leadership

Open Technologies are more about change in process than they are about change in technology. Almost by definition, the Open Technologies development community employs a very different process in the funding and improvement of new products. So, too, must the planning and processes change in our K-12 institutions to take advantage of the unique benefits provided by this community. This session will discuss how Open Technologies address the needs of K-12 and how existing procedures and expectations in schools and districts adapt to ride the next technology wave.

• Steve Midgley, Program Manager, Knowledge, Learning and Results, Stupski Foundation (Moderator)
• Bernard Burchette, II, Director of Educational Technology, Alameda County Office of Technology
• Eric Hall, Director, Information Systems Support Center, Northwest Educational Service District 189, WA
• Dave Paulson, Executive Director Technology, Alameda County Office of Education

W303: Show Me the Data About Virtual Schooling
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting, Information Management, Education and Training, Communication Systems

This session will focus on virtual education in Florida. Through a number of research initiatives over the past five years, BellSouth Foundation has partnered on an evaluation and assessment of virtual schooling. Participants will learn how data is used to provide supervision and accountability for staff, improve teaching, and learning performance and support increased graduation rates.

• Todd Hitchcock, Vice President, Global Services, Florida Virtual School
• Jessica Kim Mulkey, Director, Technology Programs, BellSouth Foundation

W304: Integration of Research and Technology to Improve Learnings
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Team Building and Staffing, Information Management, Education and Training

By examining national research of best practices in schools, leaders can make smart and strategic choices for their districts. This, along with intelligent decision-support systems, can work together to improve student learning and to assist educators in creating a truly productive, collaborative educational environment. This presentation will focus on how these tools have been used within a district leadership team to transform educational culture to a collaborative environment.

• Allan Olson, President and Executive Director, Northwest Evaluation Association (Moderator)
• Philip Collins, Assistant Superintendent for Student Achievement, Glenview Community Consolidated School District No. 34, IL
• School District Representatives TBD

W305: May I See your Class? An Alternative View of eLearning
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting, Education and Training, Ethics and Policies, Communication Systems

This session focuses on online learning that creates intellectually-rich social contexts for collaboration and learning. Synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies hold great promise for new educational experiences; and could be perceived as the next step in the fast paced evolution of online learning in education. What are the techniques that engage students and prepare them for real world problem solving? How does this depart from the traditional classroom experience? Who is doing this already? Participants will also take under consideration eight new and exciting recommendations for this alternative view of eLearning.

• Gary Stager, Editor-at-Large, District Administration Magazine & djunct Professor, Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Pepperdine University

W306: Walking the Talk: Creating Technology Visionaries
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Team Building and Staffing, Business Leadership, Education and Training, Ethics and Policies

Educational transformation requires effective leadership. At the heart of all successful schools are leaders that inspire others, leaders that spur passion and commitment, and leaders that make the impossible, possible. Join leaders from Chicago Public Schools and the New York Board of Cooperative Educational Services as they outline the steps and strategies that helped them develop strong leaders who are technology visionaries and are capable of implementing data-driven decision making processes with technology.

• Moderator TBD
• Gerald Beimler, Leadership Development Programs Manager, Office of eLearning, Chicago Public Schools, IL
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• Pete Reilly, Director, Lower Hudson Regional Information Center, NY, BOCES & President, New York State Association of Computers and Technology in Education (NYSCATE)

W307: Digital Game-Based Learning…Motivating Today's Students
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training, Communication Systems

New education games and simulations capture and hold the attention of players for hours. They can also be valuable tools in the classroom. But, in the era of accountability, how can educators justify the purchase and use of games in the classroom? What are the development and implementation issues? And what's on the horizon for these new interactive learning applications of education technology. In this session, a panel of educators and education game developers will share their knowledge, expertise and perspectives on how games/simulations can strengthen our educational system and prepare students for the 21st Century workplace. The panel will look at the aspects of learning that are most amenable to approaches offered by games and the barriers for the developers and publishers of games/simulations. Attendees will receive a new report with key research findings and a resource list of representative applications by game category.

• Karen Billings, EdD, Vice President, Education, SIIA (Moderator)
• Ntiedo Etuk, Chief Executive Officer, Tabula Digita
• Sharnell Jackson, Chief e-Learning Officer, Office of Technology Services e-Learning, Chicago Public Schools, IL
• Ellen Lefkowitz, Family Learning and Hebrew Coordinator, Congregation Beth Am
• Sharon Sloane, President and Chief Executive Officer, WILL Interactive Inc.
• Doug Stein, Vice President, Development, Learning.com

W308: District Team Leadership for Success
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision

Where does educational transformation start? Learn how two premier school districts developed their leadership teams and vision to use technology to transform student learning. Kiel, WI, a small rural district, is the winner of CoSN’s 2007 TEAM award. Although small, the Kiel school district is on the cutting edge of technology. Fairfax County Public Schools, VA, one of the nation’s largest school districts, is profiled in the opening conference plenary for their work to create an individual learning plan for every student, just one of the district’s many innovative uses of technology.

• Bob Moore, Executive Director of IT Services, Blue Valley USD #229, KS (Moderator)
• Jack D. Dale, EdD, Superintendent, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
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• Maribeth Luftglass, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA
• Representatives of the CoSN TEAM Award-winning district

W309A: Demystifying the ROI of Voice over IP in K-12 (30-Minute Spotlight Session Hosted by Mitel Networks Corporation)
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Planning and Budgeting, Communication Systems

The session outlines the decision criteria, savings, and alignment to student outcomes associated with the deployment of a VOIP communication system across a public-school district. Key topics include cost, operational and administrative efficiencies, and improved communications among the school and parents. We will share our experience along with how school-district CIOs are looking to leverage VOIP-communications infrastructure to maximize positive student outcomes, and operational and efficiency gains.

• Vani Naidoo, Education Specialist, Mitel Networks Corporation

W 309B: How the "New Web" Will Deliver and Transform Student Performance and Accountability (30-Minute Spotlight Session Hosted by Editure)
Essential Skills: Education and Training

This session will look at how the wealth of social and contextual information gained from observing students’ behavior online can augment the traditional accountability metrics used by teachers. Everyday in our classrooms we make a range of invaluable assumptions about our students – she is noisy to cover for her lack of confidence; he sits at the back and needs space and time to make a contribution – it is more than just their written or presented work that enables us to assess and improve student performance. The new Web (or Web 2.0 tools with open source software and services) can yield valuable information about students’ and their learning preferences. This, in turn, can be used to truly enhance performance and increase student achievement — by marrying raw results with observed personal styles. Just like we do in the real world!

• Daniel Ingvarson, Global Technology Strategist, Editure

W401: Interactive Whiteboards – More Than Another Lecture Tool? (Spotlight Session)
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision

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The purchase of interactive whiteboards in schools has grown enormously over the past few years. Some critics and research, however, have bemoaned that this tool is nothing more than a crutch for a teacher-controlled classroom – the antithesis of a technology-integrated, highly student engaged classroom. In this session, a panel will discuss the pros, cons, and appropriate uses of interactive whiteboards in a 21st century classroom as well as alternatives for consideration.

• Geoffrey Fletcher, Editorial Director, T.H.E. Journal (Moderator)
• Doug Brown, Deputy Director - Head of Learning Technologies, Department of Education & Skills, UK
• Jim Hirsch, Associate Superintendent for Technology and Academic Services, Plano Independent School District
• Bailey Mitchell, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Forsyth County School District, GA
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W402: What Works & What Doesn't: Lessons Learned from Iowa and Wisconsin
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training

This session will present the results of Iowa and Wisconsin's 3 year research grants on the impact of using technology on teaching and learning. Participants will learn the initial research designs, data collection procedures, training programs and the results of the research. Participants will also learn what worked and didn't in terms of interventions. The goal of this research is to demonstrate the efficacy of using technology in K-12 to improve achievement. The Iowa component will provide results showing the positive impact of professional development on reading and language arts achievement. The Wisconsin component will demonstrate the impact of using technology with two inquiry based models, Big6, and 6 Traits Writing compared to a Control Group. Research was done with some 8,000 7th & 8th grade students in science and social studies.

• Barry Golden, Educational Consultant, Library Media, Technology and Community Learning, Wisconsin Department of Public Education
• John O'Connell, Consultant Instructional Technology, Iowa Department of Education

W403: State of the E-Rate: An Update on E-Rate Legislation, Regulations, and Applications
Essential Skills: Planning and Budgeting, Business Leaderships

Gain an in-depth understanding of E-Rate policy changes that may impact the future path of the program and receive practical insights on securing E-Rate support. This session will cover a wide-range and informative discussion that will hit all of the important angles on the E-Rate program. The presentation will provide attendees with the latest news from Washington on possible major legislative and regulatory changes to the E-Rate program, as well as recommendations on navigating the E-Rate application process and coping with new program rules changes. This session will also be repeated on Thursday, Session TH304.

• Jon Bernstein, President, Bernstein Strategy Group
• John Harrington, Chief Executive Officer, Funds For Learning, LLC

W404: Teaching and Learning 21st Century Technology Skills
Essential Skills: Vision and Leadership, Education and Training

Seventy percent of all jobs today require individuals to use a computer on a daily basis. This statistic alone should provide impetus for a drastic change in how we prepare our students to be successful in this century and a rationale for updating existing standards to ensure continued relevance. Teaching and learning in a discovery-based environment requires access, definition, and effective utilization of information. 21st century technology skills must focus on maximizing information available and using it to make decisions, to inform planning and modeling, and to create new knowledge products. Effective strategies for maximizing student technology skills in the classroom and beyond will require the teacher to achieve a solid foundation in technology knowledge, value, and applications, plus pedagogical expertise aimed at providing students technology-supported experiences relevant to learning, living, and work in the real world. This session will help participants define teaching and learning for success in this century and identify tools, standards, and benchmarks to help them to be successful.

• Lajeane Thomas, EdD, NETS Project Director, Louisiana Tech University (Moderator)
• Sheryl Abshire, Administrative Coordinator of Technology, Calcasieu Parish School System, LA
• Leslie Conery, PhD, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• School District Representatives TBD

W405: Maintaining a Safe Environment for Digital Social Networking
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training, Ethics and Policies

Educators, parents and students need to communicate and collaborate to insure Internet use is not only legal, but also safe and effective for all concerned. Young people need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. In addition they need to be aware of copyright issues including fair use and Creative Commons use/licensing of derivative works. Participants of this session will be provided with tools to help ensure students learn how these technologies can be safely, legally, and powerfully used.

• Ron Teixeira, Executive Director, National Cyber Security Alliance (Moderator/Presenter)
• Wesley Fryer, Director of Education Advocacy, Oklahoma, AT&T
• Lora Smith, Executive Director, Missouri Distance Learning

W406: Designing 21st Century "Schools"
Essential Skills: Leadership and Vision, Education and Training

Twenty-first century learning incorporates change from schools to learning environments. With emphasis on essential learning standards and curricula, this presentation will focus on instructional design and action planning for transformation for the digital/graphical age.

• Stevan Kalmon, Information Literacy and Technology Coordinator, Denver Public Schools, CO

W407: Creating Digital, Paperless Classrooms
Essential Skills: Communication Systems

In less than 24 months and no funding Business & Interactive Technology was launched on the campus of one of the 68 high schools in the second largest school districts in the world, Los Angeles Unified School District. The vision was to integrate technology across EVERY core course. A digital classroom was created which is paperless, allows parents, students and teachers to interact and view every single piece of work produced by student or teacher 24/7. Learn about the efficiencies gained over a 40-week academic year by not dealing with hundreds of thousands of pieces of paper. Presenter will also share lessons learned so participants will learn how to replicate in their school, and/or district.

• Paul Guenthner, Specialist, Educational Technology Branch, Los Angeles Unified School District, CA
• Connie Moore Kelly, Secondary Math & Los Angeles Virtual Academy Instructor, Business and Interactive Technology
• Alexander Hamilton High School, Los Angeles Unified School District, CA

W408: Using Interactive Multi-Media and Blended Learning: International Examples

Europe and Australia have been leading the world in using ICT around using rich interactive multi-media to allow flexibility and individualization. Hear an overview of The Le@rning Federation Initiative which has been a significant contributor to the development and use of digital interactive curriculum content for schools in Australia and New Zealand. Several different types of content – learning objects – will be shown exemplifying a range of learning principles and approaches that are embedded in their design. In The Netherlands, exciting work is being done on what they call "flexibilization" — designing rich learning environments for an optimum individualization of learning through ICT.

• Susan Mann, Chief Executive Officer, Curriculum Corporation, Australia (Moderator)
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• Guus Wijngaards, PhD, Professor, eLearning, INHOLLAND University for Professional Education, The Netherlands

W409: Excellence through Technology Partnerships - TECH|XL (Spotlight Session Hosted by Apple)

This session will discuss how Chicago Public Schools launched a business to address the challenges of delivering services in a market based environment where local schools are given the funds to determine how much technology they want and where they will get their services. Presenters will discuss how the TECH|XL Program was developed, the implementation challenges they faced, and their efforts to drive continuous improvement in how they deliver services to schools. The TECH|XL program is an innovative partnership program that promotes technology excellence and accelerates CPS schools’ technology environments by providing accessible, cutting-edge technology, and customer service to the CPS community. TECH|XL is Mr. Runcie’s solution for managing and maintaining the Chicago Public Schools cross platform environment of over 125,000 computers.

• Robert Runcie, Chief Information Officer, Office of Technology Services, Chicago Public Schools
• Anthony McPhearson, Director of TECH|XL Services, Office of Technology Services, Chicago Public Schools

Reception with Exhibitors