Launch of Class of 2020 Action Plan
SETDA Director Mary Ann Wolf opens the conference and launches the Class of 2020 Action Plan, November 2008. Duration 00:20:32.
Effective Technology Plans That Make a Difference
Geoff Fletcher, SETDA Board Member Emeritus, facilitates the presentation of technology planning strategies by Dennis Small of Washington, Connie Louie of Massachusetts, and Jerome Browning of Alabama at the 2008 SETDA Leadership Summit. Presentations are followed by excerpts from table discussions among state leaders. Duration 00:29:29.
States Sharing with States Sessions
STEM Education: Achievement and Innovation, Michigan
Bruce Umpstead, Michigan's Director of Educational Technology, and Dr. Christine Johns, Superintendent of the Utica Community Schools, present on a broad-based initiative where science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are taught through and interdisciplinary approach. Presented along with teachers from the district to the 2008 SETDA Leadership Summit. Duration 00:39:49.
Systemic Reform: Changing the Role of the Teacher in the Classroom
Cathy Poplin, Deputy Associate Superintendent for Education Technology in Arizona presents on IDEAL, Arizona's educational web portal and eLearning Platform, to the 2008 SETDA Leadership Summit. Duration 00:14:57.
Systemic Reform: Changing the Role of Teacher in the Classroom (continued)
Karen Kahan, Technology Director at the Texas Education Agency, shares new research on the effectiveness of the Texas TIP program with the 2008 SETDA Leadership Summit. Duration 00:16:01.
The Critical Role of Technology in High School Reform
Lyndsay Pinkus of the Alliance for Excellent Education, Peter Drescher, the Education Technology Coordinator for Vermont, and North Carolina's Frances Bradburn, Program Director of the NC New Schools Project and Melanie Honeycutt, Instructional Technology Consultant, present to the SETDA Leadership Summit on the North Carolina New Schools Project and Vermont's Transformation of Education. Duration: 01:01:52.
States Tackle Systemic Change Through 21st Century Skills: A Panel Discussion
Ken Kay, President of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, leads a panel discussion at the 2008 SETDA Leadership Summit. Panelists: Brenda Williams, West Virginia Department of Education; Dr. Tom Foster, Kansas Department of Education; Doug Levin, Cable in the Classroom. Duration 00:52:24.
2008 SETDA Gala Leadership Awards Dinner
Honoring Education Technology leaders at the 2008 SETDA Leadership Summit. Duration 01:14:06.
Education Forum
Opening Keynote Addresses
Opening Keynote: Dr. Tony Wagner
Dr. Tony Wagner, Co-Director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, addresses the 2008 SETDA Education Forum. His latest book is "The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need -- And What We Can Do About It." Duration 00:40:56
Opening Keynote: Susan Gendron, Commissioner of Education, Maine
Maine's Commissioner of Education, Susan Gendron, addresses attendees of the 2008 SETDA Education Forum. She will soon be leading the CCSSO. Duration 00:25:39
Floydada ISD, Texas: Beating the Odds with Technology
Anita Givens from the Texas Education Agency introduces Jerry Vaughn, Superintendent of Floydada ISD, Floydada, TX -- the first district to implement Texas's 1:1 laptop initiative -- at the 2008 SETDA Education Forum. Presentations from Floydada students Blake Chavarria (10), Mallory Graham (9), Kelsea Miller (9), Sean Miller (12), Titus Miller (12), and Imelda Resendiz (9). Duration 00:59:20.
Middle School Science Class: Differentiated Science with Technology
Lisa Hogan, Teacher Leader at Mt. Ararat Middle School in Topsham, Maine, simulates her 21st Century classroom at the 2008 SETDA Education Forum. Participants use a laptop to engage in learning science concepts and skills. Participants find themselves working on different assignments than the person beside them, using different ways to access digital text, as well as using a variety of simulations to understand scientific concepts. Duration 00:15:22.
Fifth Grade Science: Layers of the Earth
Greg Chapuis, Teacher Mr. Chapuis, a 5th grade teacher at Oakridge Elementary School in Arlington, VA, demonstrates his use of the SMART board as participants use a collaborative approach in problem solving to correctly construct, draw, and label the layers of the Earth at the 2008 SETDA Leadership Conference. Duration 00:28:25
STEM Education: Achievement and Innovation
eMINTS in Missouri
Presenter: Monica Beglau, Executive Director
In a bold Missouri initiative called the Missouri METS Coalition (Mathematics, Engineering, Technology and Science), state funding has been provided to create model mathematics and science classrooms with technology-rich eMINTS -- enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies resources. Presented at the 2008 SETDA Leadership Conference by Monica Beglau, Executive Director of the eMINTS National Center. Duration 00:31:05.
Roundtable Discussion: STEM Education
Frances Bradburn of the New Schools Project facilitates a roundtable at the 2008 SETDA Education Forum. Panelists: Bob Gabrys, NASA; Dane Linn, National Governor's Association; Gerhard Salinger, National Science Foundation; Wanda Staggers, Project Lead the Way. Duration 01:00:45.
Creative Approaches to Digital Content
Presenters: Barbara Fardell, Education Technology Manager, Michigan Dr. Tammy McGraw, Director of Educational Technology, Virginia Lan Neugent, Assistant Superintendent for Technology and Career Education, Virginia
Removing the barriers to online instruction is the goal of the EETT Michigan Learns Online Grant. After identifying cost as the number one reason for the slow expansion of online learning in Michigan, the grant purchased and is giving away the digital content for a complete high school curriculum. Supporting this statewide EETT grant is professional development for both teachers and administrators to assist with various levels of virtual learning implementation. Virginia has recently applied two creative approaches to developing digital content. The Apps Challenge is based upon the premise that iPhone/iPod touch applications can help students learn critical information that might prove too difficult in regular instruction. Another digital content initiative is the Physics Flexbook. This project provides Virginia schools with an electronic text featuring regularly updated resources and information that can be changed continually as scientific advances occur.
Best Practices in STEM Education
Presenters: Shannon Parks, Education Administrator, Alabama Dr. Melinda Maddox, State Technology Director, Alabama Nancy Carey, Maryland Jayne Moore, Maryland
Alabama’s Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U, project-based learning concept was created to deeply engage girls in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics through 21st Century Technology tools and pedagogies. The Alabama Learning Exchange, ALEX, a 2009 winner of the Center for Digital Education’s “Best of the Web,” in collaboration with state and national partners, including Apple iTunes U, is creating a robust learning community full of podcasts and exciting learning resources designed to motivate girls to envision themselves as powerful contributors to 21st Century thought and paradigms. The project will culminate in girls building projects using technology to research and express STEM key concepts. Maryland will highlight projects that combine funding to maximize effective technology integration in their Math-Science Partnership Grants. The Maryland model for STEM builds upon a priority to refine the math, science, and technology curricula, allowing for a trans disciplinary approach that incorporates the latest technology. This includes the Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) at Chesapeake High School in Baltimore County and cost-effective technology solutions for teacher professional development.
Technology's Role in Disaster Relief (MI, LA)
Presenters: Kumar A Garg, White House, Margo Murphy, Lousiana, Bruce Umpstead, Michigan, Beth Cortolillo, eTech Ohio
Technology: Central to Turning Around Title I Schools
Prsenters: Sue Bachmann, Anne Arundel County Schools, MD, Jennifer Barrett, ASCD, Rich Long, NASTID, Carla Wade, OR
Panel Discussion and Recommendations to the New Administration
In this panel discussion, representatives from four educational organizations, ASCD, CCSO, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and SETDA provide their receommendations for the new administration. Presentations are followed by discussion and questions.
