SETDA’s Emerging Technologies (ET) Forum 2011
Philadelphia Marriott
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
1-215-625-2900
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2011 ET Forum Brochure

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Schedule of Events

Friday, June 24, 2011

1:00 - 4:30 p.m.	ET Forum Registration Open - Outside Grand CD
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.	SETDA Annual Convocation and Business Meeting (State Members Only) - Grand AB
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.	Corporate Speed Meeting Sessions (Event Only Small Company Participants)* - Grand CD
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.	Opening Product Showcase Reception - Salon E

Saturday, June 25, 2011

7:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	ET Forum Registration Open - Outside Grand CD
7:30 - 8:15 a.m.	Welcome & Opening Breakfast - Grand CD
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	R & D Focus Group I* Cisco - Room 406 Education Networks of America (ENA) - Room 408 ESRI - Room 409 GlobalScholar - Room 411 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt & Riverside - Room 407 PBS LearningMedia - Room 405
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.	R & D Focus Group II* ATOMIC Learning - Room 406 CDWG 2 - Room 408 Hewlett Packard - Room 409 McGraw Hill - Room 411 Oracle Education - Room 407 Vernier Software - Room 405 Connections Academy - Room 412	Concurrent Corporate PD - Navigating the Federal Landscape: Post-EETT and Beyond facilitated by Doug Levin, SETDA's Executive Director - (Room 410)
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	R & D Focus Group III* BrainPOP - Room 406 Desire2Learn - Room 408 Pearson - Room 409 Promethean - Room 411 Texas Instruments - Room 407 Knowledge Delivery Systems - Room 405 Intel Education - Room 413	Concurrent Corporate PD - Getting Ready for Online Assessments:  It's Not Just About The Tests facilitated discussion led by Geoff Fletcher, SETDA's Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Communications - (Room 410)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Networking Luncheon
1:30 - 3:45 p.m.	Time to Shine – States Sharing Showcase - Grand CD Group I - 1:30 - 2:30 pm Group II - 2:45 - 3:45 pm During this event states will provide our corporate partners and state colleagues a more in-depth perspective regarding their state’s educational technology initiatives based on the categories below. Improving Educator Effectiveness: Teachers as Co-Learners Virtual Learning for Teachers & Students: Online and Blended Learning Approaches Innovation in Education including Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM)      Making the Shift from Traditional Textbooks to Digital and Open Content  Getting Ready for Online Assessments States Sharing Resource Page - Members, you must be logged into my SETDA to post resources on this page.
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.	R & D Focus Group IV* Crowe - Room 406 FTC Family Companies - Room 408 Microsoft - Room 409 netTrekker - Room 411 School Improvement Network - Room 407 Verizon Thinkfinity - Room 405	Concurrent Corporate PD - The Shift From Print to Digital Content - Fad or Fact? facilitated discussion led by Geoff Fletcher, SETDA's Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Communications - (Room 410)
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.	Closing Reception & Birthday Celebration - Salon IJ
8:00 - 10:00 p.m.	SETDA Pub Crawl Hosted by Kathy Brautigam, Michael Golden, Neill Kimrey, Mike Kozak, and Bruce Umpstead

Sunday, June 26, 2011

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Networking Breakfast - Grand CD
9:00 - 11:30 a.m.	Connecting Curriculum and Assessment with Technology Professional Development Session - Grand CD (One executive from our platinum companies are welcome and encouraged to attend.) During this session SETDA members will hear from colleagues and share examples of how their states are shifting from paper to digital. Discussions will focus on both content and assessment and address the critical need for sufficient infrastructure. or ISTE Leadership Symposium Innovation: Scaling for Success 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Making It Happen Reception 12:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.	SETDA Board of Directors Meeting
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.	SETDA Membership Dinner (Members Only) Field House Sports Bar 1150 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA  19107

Monday, June 27, 2011

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast - Grand CD
8:00 – 10:00 a.m.	USDOE Meeting For State ED Tech Directors Only - Grand CD
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.	VIP Platinum R & D Focus Group Sessions* Apple Inc. - Conference Room 307 Learning.com - Room 405 Smart - Room 406
12:00 - 3:00 p.m.	Mobile Education Media/Digital Content Interest Group Meeting - Grand CD Enjoy a light lunch and join a compelling conversation about the current state of State mobile/digital content initiatives. Explore the national initiatives underway to help manage the avalanche of digital content available to our schools with experts in open education resources, mobile learning applications, and meta-tagging standards. Share your state initiatives and learn what other states are doing to advance effective teaching and learning strategies using high quality mobile/digital content. or Project Tomorrow: Speak Up Luncheon 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm Roberts Boardroom at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel (across the street from the Convention Center)

 *Participation is required for reimbursement.

Additional Events and Invitations Extended to SETDA Members

Tuesday, June 28      3:45 pm	ISTE Session: Using Next Practices from Around the World in Your Classroom David Walddon will moderate a session with educational experts from South Africa, Ireland and Jordon who will discuss global teaching and learning best practices and how to leverage them for your classroom.
Wednesday, June 29 10:15 am	ISTE Session: Digital Citizenship for Administrators Doug Levin will be a panelist in this session designed to define digital citizenship, what it means to administrators, and how it can help schools deal with issues caused by digital technologies.