Program
Friday, April 20
8:15 – 8:45 Opening Plenary
9:00-10:15 – Session 1
10:30-11:45 – Session 2
12:00-1:30 - Alan November Keynote & Lunch
1:30-2:00 – Alan November book signing
2:00-3:15 – Session 3
3:30-4:45 – Session 4
4:45-6:00 – Attendee Reception
Saturday, April 21
8:00-9:15 – Session 5
9:30-10:45 – Session 6
11:00-12:15 – Closing Session with Speaker and Drawing
Books without Borders: The modern school library meets the 21st century
9:00 AM, Synergy 2
Connie Williams, Teacher Librarian, California School Library Association
Barbara Jeffus, California Department of Education Library Consultant, California School Library Association
Doug Achterman, Teacher Librarian, California School Library Association
John McGinnis, Member, Long Beach School Board, California School Library Association
Learn how school libraries create better readers, lifelong learners and technologically skilled students. Panelists include a site administrator, CDE consultant, past-president of California School Library Association and a school librarian whose doctoral research studied school libraries’ impact on student achievement. Learn how today’s school library will rock your school!
Breaking Down Boundaries with Blended Teaching and Learning?
9:00 AM, Connect 1
Rob Darrow, Online School Principal, Retired, Online Learning Visions
Teaching and learning online can break down barriers between teachers and students. A variety of research studies over the past five years have defined “blended learning.” Do you wonder what exactly blended learning really looks like? Participants will leave this session knowing the difference between technology enhanced, blended, and online teaching and learning, and how to promote it in your organization.
Educational Technology in a Common Core Age
9:00 AM, Inspire 1
Dennis Deets, Program Manager, California Technology Assistance Project, Region10
This presentation is designed to give administrators an overview of the role educational technology will play in the California Common Core Standards (CCCS). Topics covered include: CCCS student learning expectations relevant to web based research and publication, CCCS assessment needs and student internet access, and in smaller part, various other topics from disruptive innovation to open-access as they pertain to CCCS. This presentation will help district leaders build an educational technology vision that is grounded on student learning in a time of CCCS.
iPads District Wide for Home and School
9:00 AM, Inspire 2
Steve Berry, Learning Director, Corcoran Unified School District
Steve Brown, Director of Instructional Services, Corcoran Unified School District
Shellie Escobedo, Technology Coach, Corcoran Unified School District
Dean Adalian, 6th Grade Teacher, Corcoran Unified School District
Teresa Carlos, English Language Development Coach, Corcoran Unified School District
We have iPads for all our 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th grade students in our district, with routers so they can use them at home too. Hear how we did it. Where we are now and where we’re headed. We will share the bumps we’ve encountered and the ways we’ve smoothed them over.
Participatory Leadership: Emergent Decision Making Processes
9:00 AM, Synergy 1 (Chromebook Lab)
Emil Ahangarzadeh, Director, TechSETS
Digital networking systems are not only changing how we socialize but they are affecting how we make decisions. Chief Technology Officers, Directors of Technology, Administrators and other leaders are using these tools more and more to disseminate and gather information to rapidly communicate with their teams and make critical decisions. Participants will learn about the science of emergence and its implications on how ideas that may not be intuitive often lead to the best course of action. They will also learn about various digital tools available for pursuing the core concepts of participatory leadership styles.
So long STAR and Welcome Smarter Balanced Test
9:00 AM, Inspire 3
Bob Blackney, Director of Assessment, Technology and Professional Development, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
2014 is the year that the STAR test will be replaced with the SMARTER Balanced test to measure the Common Core Curriculum. What does this mean? It’s NOT a Fitness Bar, It’s an Online Adaptive Assessment System. Come and hear what this test will mean to schools and districts across California. The latest news on the development of the test, sample items and how districts can prepare themselves for this new adaptive assessment system will be shared. It’s not a Fitness Bar, it’s an Online Adaptive Assessment System.
Top 12 Tech Resources for 2012
9:00 AM, Connect 3
Lisa Gonzales, Ed.D., ACSA Vice President of Legislative Action/TICAL cadre
Devin Vodicka, Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, Carlsbad Unified School District
Based on their recent article in Leadership magazine, the presenters will share and explore their Top 12 recommended internet resources for 2012 including Dropbox, YouSendIt, Tungle, Khan Academy, Slideshare and Facebook. Leave with new skills that build personal learning networks, enhance communication skills and improve productivity. Many of the resources can be used with teachers and students to expand their capacity as learners, communicators and creative thinkers. Spend a bit of time sharing your favorite resources with attendees as well.
www.MyBoE.org: How California Educators Connect and Collaborate
9:00 AM, Synergy 5 (Mac Lab)
Jon Knolle, Brokers of Expertise Coordinator, Butte County Office of Education
Brian Ausland, Administrator, Butte County Office of Education
Jose Ortega, Administrator, Education Technology Office, California Department of Education
How does the nation’s most culturally and geographically diverse state support collaboration among its over 300,000 educators? Join us to learn how the California Department of Education’s web portal, Brokers of Expertise (www.myboe.org), allows educational leaders throughout the state to overcome geographic and temporal boundaries to share best practices and access rich instructional resources. In this presentation, you will follow the evolution of the BOE community, share in new-found knowledge about encouraging participation with online communities, and get a sneak peak at work accomplished with the national Learning Registry project in its quest to collect and manage data on the use of digital resources in education.
An Open 1:1 Program
10:30 AM, Synergy 5 (Mac Lab)
Chris Scott, Technology Teacher, College School District
The 1:1 program that allows the student to stretch their digital legs, to become the creators, to learn without boundaries. This session will demonstrate an easily replicable 1:1 program that will allow student freedoms without burdening IT. Unlike many 1:1 programs that block and lock down the tools students need to create, this program does not need to discourage students from downloading, modifying and customizing. Using Netbooks running the Ubermix computers are free from viruses and constant management.
Building the Interactive Classroom
10:30 AM, Synergy 2
Bob Blackney, Director of Assessment, professional Development and Technology, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
How did the goal of increased student engagement and active learning lead to 1100 interactive classrooms? Come hear the process we went through and the 10 lessons that we learned to take your district or school from dream to reality that makes a difference.
Digital Storytelling: Moving From Desktop to Mobile Devices
10:30 AM, Inspire 3
Thom Dunks, Digital Media Advisor, TICAL
Discover phenomenal opportunities in both mobile and desktop technology, using innovative digital media tools and techniques to tell your learning community’s great success stories. This session will provide teachers and administrators the opportunity to explore enhanced, easy-to-use multimedia tools. Included are strategies to communicate vision, build community, improve student learning and provide high visibility leadership in technology. Participants will be able to examine innovative ideas and techniques, using computers, cameras, the iPad, smart phones, and other peripherals enabling them to lead colleagues in the development of multimedia presentations of all types.
Great eLearning vs. Online Road Kill
10:30 AM, Connect 3
Kelly Schwirtzke, Online Learning Coordinator, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Brian Bridges, Director, California Learning Resource Network
What should you expect from a great online course? How do you know if it’s any good, if your students will be highly engaged, or if teaching and learning goes beyond knowledge and comprehension? We’ll review iNACOL’s quality course standards, share how to select engaging courses and speak to course features you should be expecting.
How Two Superintendents Collaboratively Launched an Initiative to Maximize Classroom Effectiveness in the Digital Age
10:30 AM, Connect 1
Dr. Jacqueline M. Horejs, Superintendent, Union School District
Dr. Deborah L. Blow, Superintendent, Cambrian School District
Aware of the importance of collaboration as a 21st Century skill, Dr. Debbie Blow, Superintendent of Cambrian School District and Dr. Jacqueline Horejs, Superintendent of Union School District, decided to initiate a 21st Century Digital Media Academy to provide professional development for teachers in both of our districts. Teachers from each district applied and were selected to participate in a year long academy to learn how to effectively use digital media in their classrooms. Each teacher was given the equipment necessary and agreed to submit a minimum of three student videos aligned to their curriculum standards. At the end of the year each teacher will showcase one of the productions at a community event co-sponsored by local business partners. Management team members are also collaborating on book studies including Trilling and Fadel’s 21st Century Skills, and workshops on the effective classroom use of iPads.
It’s On-the-Line: The California 21st Century District Technology Policy Project
10:30 AM, Inspire 1
Dr. Kelly J. Calhoun, Chief Technology Officer/Assistant Superintendent, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Dr. Charles Weis, County Superintendent, Santa Clara County Office of Education
Districts throughout California have struggled for years to nail “Jell-O to the wall” with technology policies, guidelines and practices that make sense for today’s employees and students. Come learn about a new approach from partners CETPA, ACSA, CSBA, TICAL and Fagen, Friedman to stop the madness with an approach that makes sense at last!
School Improvement as a Function of Engaged Students, Revivified Teachers, and an Involved Community
10:30 AM, Inspire 2
Rushton Hurley, Nonprofit Director, NextVista.org
Rapid change in funding, technology and the political climate has made strengthening staff morale and collaboration all the more complex, but these challenges may offer phenomenal opportunities for your school. In this session, we will discuss six interwoven techniques for improving student performance, rekindling teacher professionalism, and connecting with supporters in the community. Come with an open mind and leave with resources, ideas and a plan for a strong end to the school year.
Who’s Paying Attention to the CTE Programs? We Are!
10:30 AM, Synergy 1 (Chromebook Lab)
Brian Ausland, Administrator, Butte County Office of Education(COE) and Center for the Advancement of Digital Resources in Education (CADRE)
Learning Boundaries develop within our own schools and districts when we fail to identify ways in which Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs serve both as strong career readiness environments as well as unique opportunities for students to apply the academic skills learned in their core courses. WWW.CTEONLINE.ORG has been working for 4 years to break these boundaries by developing a statewide community of CTE practitioners who are accessing common curriculum models and one another’s best practices across all industry disciplines and supporting both valid CTE standards and academic core standards in ways that have students excited and engaged.
Administrators, Teachers, Students, Parents: A Major Disconnect with Technology!
2:00 PM, Synergy 1 (Chromebook Lab)
Sandy Miller, Technology consultant, Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) and Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
The use of technology in schools, documented by Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up Findings, reflect a need to think in new ways. Mobile Learning, Online learning, and One to One classrooms are examples of “learning without boundaries.” See what research shows students want, how teachers and administrators can facilitate learning without boundaries through already prepared surveys. Learn how you can get free, personalized, yearly data for your school or district. Use these findings to gain support for improved technology in your schools. Look smart, share all this presentation information (available PowerPoint) with your teachers, district, and parents.
Cloud Computing Demystified
2:00 PM, Inspire 1
Tim Landeck, Technology Director, Pajaro Valley Unified School District
“It’s in the Cloud.” “Why don’t you move that to the Cloud?” So much talk about the Cloud but what does it really mean? This session will focus on how Cloud computing has (and will) impact the K-12 environment and help to demystify the terminology and increase the basic understanding of what Cloud computing is and how it can help you in the work place.
Google Apps for All
2:00 PM, Inspire 3
Joe Wood, Instructional Technology Integration Specialist, San Juan Unified School District
Carl Fahle, Senior Director, Technology Services, San Juan Unified School District
Elliot Lopez, Program Manager, Technology Services, San Juan Unified School District
Kalei Eskridge, Instructional Technology Integration Specialist, San Juan Unified School District
Collaboration and learning without boundaries are just steps away for all of your students. Discover strategies for providing Google Apps, a free online collaboration and communication tool, to your students and staff through San Juan Unified School District’s successful implementation. Technical roll out, professional development and support models will be discussed.
iDevices for Administrators (iPhone, iPad, iTouch)
2:00 PM, Connect 3
Todd Reed, Instructional Technology Administrator, Temecula Valley Unified School District
iDevices for Administrators is the ABC’s of the iOS. This session is for new users and users that want to learn the functionality of an iOS and iTunes, iCloud. The tour will take Administrators through must have Apps like Evernote, Dropbox and Note Taker HD. Then we will do a slow walk by important Apps like Keynote, Keynote Remote, Pages, and Quickoffice Pro. Finally, we will briskly review 40 other apps that can make an administrator’s life more mobile.
mLearning: Identifying the Leadership, Vision & Policies Needed
2:00 PM, Synergy 2
Keith Krueger, CEO, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
Darryl Lagace, Chief Information & Technology Officer, San Diego Unified School District
Mobile devices are transforming our society. How and when should we use them in classrooms? Learn about a new Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) toolkit for school leaders, as well as how San Diego Unified School District and other places around the United States and the world are making it happen.
Social Media for School Leaders
2:00 PM, Inspire 2
Devin Vodicka, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, Carlsbad Unified School District
Lisa Gonzales, Ed.D., ACSA Vice President of Legislative Action/TICAL cadre
Social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter are transforming the role of technology in business and society. How is social media impacting schools? Learn about the experiences of students, teachers, and administrators from Carlsbad Unified School District and the Santa Clara County Office of Education. First steps, missteps and next steps that illustrate the potential for leveraging new resources to build connectedness and improve student learning will be reviewed.
Technology Tools to Support Academics in RTI
2:00 PM, Synergy 5 (Mac Lab)
Sheri Wilkins, Program Manager, Desert/Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area
This workshop will provide participants with opportunities to explore technological solutions that will extend the effectiveness and efficiency of a Response to Intervention (RTI) model. The session will focus on tools for assessment and intervention in the areas of reading, writing, and math. Participants will be given time to explore the tools that are shared in the presentation.
The Next Step: Using Mobile Devices to Enhance Special Education Learning
2:00 PM, Connect 1
Stephen Vaughn, Area Director, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
In this session participants will learn about a variety of mobile device applications that will enhance learning for the full spectrum of disabilities including intellectual disabilities, autism, learning disabilities, visual and hearing disabilities, and emotionally disturbed disabilities. A spectrum of instructional strategies that leverage the interactive advantage of mobile devices will also be shared and discussed. Legal and policy issues will also be discussed.
Creating Affordable and Timely Professional Development
3:30 PM, Inspire 3
Skip Johnson, Principal, San Bruno Park School District
Steven J. McGriff, Teacher-in-Residence, Krause Center for Innovation
Gay Krause, Executive Director, Krause Center for Innovation
Melissa Trudell, Teacher, San Bruno Park School District
Laura Parrish, Teacher, San Bruno Park School District
Providing high quality professional development to promote the use of technology is a challenge. In the San Bruno Park School District we created a partnership with the Krause Center for Innovation housed on the junior college campus of Foothill in Los Altos Hills to provide low cost professional development through the establishment of the Danford Center for Innovation.
Has the World Changed? Have Students Changed? Have Schools Changed?
3:30 PM, Inspire 1
Kevin Silberberg, Superintendent, TICAL
Gabe Soumakian, Superintendent, Oxnard Unified High School District
Bob Price, Superintendent, Empire School District
Butch Owens, Director of Student Support, Murrieta Valley Unified School District
Site and District administrators are invited to be part of an interactive journey exposing the disconnect between where schools are and where our world and many of our students live. This session has been designed to take back to your district and duplicate for your own stakeholders conducting the activities and asking these critical questions with the goal of moving your district. Be ready to be uncomfortable!
Online Learning’s Promise, Potential, & Pitfalls
3:30 PM, Inspire 2
Brian Bridges, Director, California Learning Resource Network (CLRN)
How is online learning disrupting education? Why do schools and students choose online courses? How should you prepare and what are the drawbacks of adopting eLearning too quickly? How do virtual schools perform and how can you ensure that online courses are high quality? This session will review the current state of online education, explain the reasons for its dramatic growth, and review how schools should prepare to include eLearning as an option.
The Administrator’s Digital Swiss Army Knife
3:30 PM, Synergy 1 (Chromebook Lab)
Kyle Brumbaugh, Director of Technology, San Mateo Union High School District
The busy administrator has a variety of competing demands and a limited number of hours to meet them. Included are the demands of their role as an instructional leader; modeling the appropriate use of technology; providing the most recent research to their staff; communicating quickly and effectively with parents; and creating a bond with their community. It is a difficult juggling act for any administrator. This session will allow administrators to become “Instructional Leaders Without Boundaries” and develop a nimble and quick communications tool kit which will allow them to quickly and easily reach out to all of their stakeholders.
The Bottom Line: Financing Online/Blended Programs
3:30 PM, Connect 1
Rob Darrow, Online School Principal, Retired, Retired
How do schools finance online or blended learning programs in California? One time and ongoing costs need to be identified in order to develop a sustainable model for an online or blended learning program. The components that need to be financed should be identified in the planning process and incorporated into a long range plan. Examples will be shared of what needs to be financed and how to do it. Creative financing can help in providing students new learning opportunities without boundaries.
To BYOT or Not?
3:30 PM, Synergy 2
Keith Krueger, CEO, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
One of the hottest trends in education technology is allowing students to “bring their own technologies” — so called BYOT strategies. Is this the solution for your district to get to a ubiquitous technology environment? Most school systems have determined that the economical costs associated with traditional 1:1 programs are not fully sustainable. With the advent of new and smarter personal consumer devices, school systems are rethinking about new and innovative practices for utilizing student owned devices. The session will feature lessons learned and best practices with the topics listed and will draw upon new resources from CoSN’s Leadership for Mobile Learning initiative and www.access4ed.net, an online community of practice to share best practices on BYOT. /
Walkthrough 2.0
3:30 PM, Synergy 5 (Mac Lab)
Dennis Deets, Program Manager, California Technology Assistance Project, Region11
Traditionally, site administrators collect data in their walkthrough practice. This presentation shows how administrators, using modern technology, can bring information into the classroom to identify content, examine rigor, evaluate student needs, and more effectively communicate with teachers and PLCs about student learning. Based on DuFour and Marzano’s recently published “Leaders of Learning”, this presentation helps site leadership use their mobile technology to support grade-level and content based PLCs through a focus on the content. This is about bringing necessary information into the classroom to enter into the Professional Learning Community conversation, hence Walkthrough 2.0.
Writing in the Common Core with Web 2.0 Tools
3:30 PM, Connect 3
Lisa Gonzales, Ed.D., ACSA Vice President of Legislative Action/TICAL cadre
Devin Vodicka, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for Business Services, Carlsbad Unified School District
Is your site fully engaging digital natives when it comes to writing? Learn how to incorporate Web 2.0 tools to engage students while satisfying Writing and Language Common Core State Standards across the curriculum. Explore how to use technology, including the Internet, to produce writing, publish writing and collaborate with others.
Broadband and Digital Inclusion
8:00 AM, Inspire 1
Emil Ahangarzadeh, Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education
As educational resources become more reliant on access to the Internet, lack of broadband Internet access by students perpetuates the digital divide and the achievement gap. Participants will learn how the San Diego County Office of Education has been working to expand off campus broadband usage and accessibility for all students and families through the Broadband Anywhere initiative. Participants will hear about the strategies implanted to date and planned to bridge this digital divide and improve student outcomes by expanding broadband usage and access for all students and families.
Building a Competitive Learner: The Pace of Technology in Schools and the World
8:00 AM, Connect 1
Todd Reed, Instructional Technology Administrator, Temecula Valley Unified School District
This session will present key topics about using mobile technology for student learning. How to access the technology, diagnose student learning, engage student learners, prescribe learning and manage it all. The objectives of the session are for educational administrators to come away with actionable plans to include mobile technology at their school site.
Community Without Boundaries: How to Develop a Sense of Community in Your Online/Hybrid Course
8:00 AM, Synergy 2
Sean Williams, Educator, University of La Verne
We all know learning is social and in a traditional classroom teachers work endlessly to create a sense of community. How does one create this in an online or hybrid class where there are fewer opportunities for face to face or even synchronous conversations? This session will discuss the challenges of building a community of learners in an online environment as well as share practical ideas to develop relationships in a class that doesn’t meet face to face.
Streamlining Your Workflow8:00 AM, Synergy 1 (Chromebook Lab)
Elizabeth Calhoon, Assistant Principal, San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Do you have too many balls to juggle? Too many plates to spin? Too many tools to track? Come to this session to learn about a few quick and easy tools to streamline your workflow—particularly if you are considering using blogs as newsletters, Google calendar to keep track of appointments, or the wealth of social media options to improve community communication. You will also be given time to pick one tool and begin to improve your workflow immediately!
The California Open Campus Initiative
8:00 AM, Inspire 2
David Haglund, Director or Educational Options, Riverside Unified School District
Rick Miller, District Superintendent, Riverside Unified School District
Jay McPhail, Director or Instructional Technology, Riverside Unified School District
Blended and online learning experiences support student development of the critical skill set demanded in the 21st Century workforce. By integrating virtual learning components into both online and face-to-face instructional models, RUSD students benefit regardless of the instructional setting in which they enroll. Efforts to tie virtual and face-to-face instruction together across a 47,000 student urban school district have created new learning opportunities for students and removed learning challenges relating to time, place and pathway. These same opportunities can be made available to any California school district via the California Open Campus Initiative. Join us to talk about how.
Cyberbullying: From the Playground to Cyberspace
9:30 AM, Inspire 1
Bob Price, Superintendent, Empire Union School District
School administrators often find themselves in a conundrum regarding cyber behavior that occurs off campus. How do we balance freedom of speech protections with the need to keep our campuses safe and protect our students from cyberbullying? This workshop will present a definition of the problem of cyberbullying, a review of recent court cases related to cyber misconduct, and a framework for establishing a nexus between off campus cyber misconduct and the school giving the school jurisdiction to administer discipline for cyber misconduct. All attendees will receive a CD of resources including videos, a PowerPoint presentation and many media resources.
Data Visualization: Understanding School Finance
9:30 AM, Inspire 2
Devin Vodicka, Assistant Superintendent, Business Services, Carlsbad Unified School District
Lisa Gonzales, Ed.D., ACSA Vice President of Legislative Action/TICAL cadre
We are in an age where information is abundant and overwhelming. How does one make sense of it all? Harder yet, how do you use that data to tell compelling stories that lead to change? Learn new tools to help make sense of data –particularly school finances–and tell your stories with free websites and resources including Animoto, Many Eyes, Word Clouds and more. These resources can be used with all stakeholders.
Getting Connecting: A Social Learning Primer
9:30 AM, Synergy 2
Kristine Diener, Instructor, Cardinal Stritch University
Feeling a little lost among technologies like Facebook and Twitter? Does your school or district block the use of YouTube and cell phones? Come to this session for a quick look at the social networking tools that define today’s connected, collaborative, creative student. We will discuss ways to allow students and staff to communicate and collaborate safely and securely in a learning community that uses these digital tools. Incorporating these tools into our learning communities will make school more relevant and will reignite student passion for investigation and learning. Bring your laptop and take your first steps in the social network.
Google Apps for Education to Save Time, Money and Resources
9:30 AM, Synergy 1 (Chromebook Lab)
Diane Main, Technology Teacher, Milpitas Christian School
Sean Williams, Independent Study Instructor, La Entrada High School, Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Learning Without Boundaries means any time, anywhere. Google Apps for Education allows learning to happen any time and anywhere students can get online. Add to this scenario Google Chromebooks and make the tools even more accessible, almost instantly. Another boundary often imposed on learning is the traditional structure of individual assignments. Let Google Apps help you go paperless and easily incorporate collaborative projects you can have students do with their peers at school or across the globe. Come try a Chromebook* while you use Google Apps for yourself and get ideas for new collaborative possibilities. *Note: Google *may* supply Chromebooks for the day. We are working on this. If we can’t get them, we would need to alter this part of the description before going live with it.
Looking Forward: The State Superintendent’s Education Technology Task Force
9:30 AM, Connect 1
Jose Ortega, Director/Ed Tech Office, CA Department of Education
Barbara Ross, Consultant/Ed Tech Office, CA Department of Education
Join representatives from the Superintendent’s Education Technology Task Force and staff from the CDE in a lively session and discussion. Find out about the Task Force, interact with members, share your interests, experiences and concerns about the use of ed tech in schools. Where should/can the state focus to improve and support the effective use of ed tech in California schools? What should be included in the next revision of the State Ed Tech Plan? Representatives will answer questions, facilitate the discussion, and provide information about the work of the Task Force. BYOD and jump on the Task Force website at the Brokers of Expertise site (www.myboe.org) and join the online discussion too!
Transforming Education Through Digital Learning – Warts and All
9:30 AM, Inspire 3
Meri Robinson, Title I Technology Instructional Specialist, Prince George’s County Public Schools
Debra Mahone, Director of State and Federal Programs, Prince George’s County Public Schools
In this session you will gain real world insight into the implementation of mobile technology in a school system. This is a transparent look into one of the largest 1:1 mobile device installation projects in the country. Prepare yourself for the unexpected pitfalls that most vendors are unaware exist in the educational sector. This class will save your school system time, money, stress, legal and employment issues. As the traditional boundaries of education are being removed, it is imperative for schools to be prepared for the new set of challenges it brings.
Transitioning to the Common Core Standards by Using a Blended Learning Environment
9:30 AM, Synergy 5 (Mac Lab)
Christi Harter, Director, STEM Center, San Mateo County Office of Education
April Cherrington, Mathematics Coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education
Sandy Somera, Instructional Technology Coordinator, San Mateo County Office of Education
Using the California e-Learning framework as a guideline, we will provide you with strategies to support your teachers in the transition to the Common Core math standards. We will model how to instruct, as well as provide professional development using an online learning management system. In addition, we will provide comparison information on the various types of blended-learning models and learning management systems.