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Speakers
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Guest Speaker
Dr.
Christopher Moersch is the Director of the
National Business Education Alliance, a non-profit organization
dedicated to elevating the
level of
technology implementation (LoTI) in school systems nationwide. Prior
to launching this organization in 1987, he was a school and county
administrator and classroom teacher in several school systems throughout
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ISTE's CEO, Don Knezek, has a
distinguished career in educational technology, and he has been involved
with ISTE for many years. Since 1999, he has served as director of the
organization’s National Center for Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use
Technology. In that role, he created, established, directed, and
sustained the center and its programs, designed to improve the
technology preparation of new teachers. |
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Anita Givens has served as the Senior
Director of the Instructional Technology Division of the
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
since 1994. Her responsibilities are to provide leadership for the
integration, utilization, evaluation, and expansion of instructional
technologies throughout the state through the on-going implementation of
the State Board of Education's Long Range Plan for Technology. |
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Jack
Singley is superintendent of
Irving ISD where all students in grades 9-12 have wireless laptop
computers for use at home and school during the school year. Also
all teachers PK-12 receive and use a wireless laptop computer. In
October 1997, $47 million in bond funds were approved that funded a
five-year instructional technology plan that included networking schools
and other facilities. In October 2001, $54.8 million in bond funds
were approved to update equipment and to provide equipment for new
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Panel Discussions
Panel Discussions based on
research from program implementations in Maine, Virginia, and Texas.
- Irving ISD Evaluation (Texas)
- Dr. Gerald Knezek
- Henrico Country Evaluation
(Virginia)
- Dr. Andy Zucker
- Maine Evaluation (State-wide)
- Dr. Mike Muir, Bette Manchester
Come hear from the research personnel,
instructors, and technicians from different states ... Maine's
statewide program, Henrico County in Virginia, and Texas ...
Symposium Activities
Small Group Breakout Sessions
focused on curriculum and logistics of One-to-One implementations.
Round Table Dialogue focused
around sharing experiences about specific One-to-One topics.
The Academy of Irving ISD Tours
designed to see 0ne-to-One curriculum and logistics in action.
Topics suggested for Breakout Sessions and
Round Table Dialogues
- how is professional development
supporting the project
- sustaining a laptop implementation
program
- classroom management
- logistics of hardware deployment,
getting students involved
- networking, wireless issues,
viruses, spam
- ethical challenges - filtering, AUPs
- online content delivery systems
(such as, Blackboard, WebCT, etc.)
- online resources - instructional,
assessment, curriculum
- tools in the technology immersed
classroom
- Instructional Technologist
Specialist needs
- getting parents and community
involved
- getting students involved (Laptop
101, Gen Y, peer training, etc.)
- role of leadership teams - principal,
tech coordinator and teacher leaders
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We would like to thank
our business partners
for their support.
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For information about
becoming a sponsor contact:
Alice Owen
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