CoSN's 12th Annual K-12 School

March 28-30, 2007 San Francisco California

Date: Friday, 3/30/2007           
Time: 8:15 AM-9:15 AM     
Session: F101: 8th Grade Technology Literacy: Implementing the NCLB Requirement (Spotlight Session)

Session Description: The 2006 requirement to measure student technology literacy for all 8th graders presents interesting scenarios for school districts and states. While the ultimate solution is for students to learn and demonstrate the required skills as part of an integrated curriculum from K-8, temporary solutions are 8th grade formative assessments, skill-based assessments, and portfolio assessments. This session will look at possible short and long term solutions for this problem.

• Geoff Fletcher – Editor in Chief of T.H.E. Journal and SETDA Board Member
• Cathy Poplin – SETDA member from the Arizona Department of Education
• Frances Bradburn – SETDA member from the North Carolina Department of Education
• Sara Hall – SETDA Deputy Director to introduce & moderate

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

Preparing Students for a Global Economy, Denver, Colorado, February 16-18, 2007
Investing in Technology for the 21st Century

As education technology funds under NCLB have decreased, states have begun to take on a visionary role as funders of education technology.  This session will present new data on which states are funding education technology and what their priorities are.  Data will also be presented on how federal ed tech dollars have been spent and the results from evaluations of learning.  Click here to view the brief.                             

• Mary Ann Wolf, State Education Technology Directors Association, Washington, D.C.
• Kent Tamsen, former State Education Technology Director, Colorado

FETC
January 24-26, 2007
Orange County Convention Center’s South Complex Orlando, Florida

Eye-opener Keynote:
Ensuring America’s Competitiveness: Systemic Change Required
Education plays a critical role and has a responsibility in ensuring America’s Competitiveness. This sessions highlights the work of several states in addressing needs in math & science, high quality teachers, and student achievement for all through systemic change.
Mary Ann Wolf, SETDA Anita Givens, Texas Education Agency
Melinda Maddox, Alabama Department of Education

Ensuring America's Competitiveness Presentation
Featured Session 1:
Sustainable Professional Development: More Than Just a Workshop
For professional development to make a difference in teaching and learning, teachers must learn new skills or information and then actually have the opportunity to implement what they have learned in the classroom. This requires consistent and on-going learning, a community of peers to share successes and challenges, and time to change instructional approaches. Utah, Texas, and Iowa will share their programs that have led to sustainable professional development.
Rick Gaisford, Utah Department of Education
Wayne Hartschuh, Delaware Department of Education
John O’Connell, Iowa Department of Education

Sustainable Professional Development Presentation

Featured Session 2:
Cyber Security and Media Literacy
As educators, parents, and students struggle with Cyber Security, several states are working to address these issues with guidelines and tools that allow education stakeholders to ensure students’ safety. This session will include updates from across the country on available resources from states and will highlight a tool currently being developed by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and Cable in the Classroom. Presenters will solicit your feedback on what is needed to encourage media literacy as a tool in addressing Internet Safety.
Kate Kemker, Florida Department of Education
Jayne Moore, Maryland State Department of Education
Sara Hall, SETDA

Cyber Security and Media Literacy Presentation