NSBA

March 28- April 1, 2008 Orlando, Florida

Results Matter! Schools Close the Achievement Gaps by Transforming Teaching and Learning

Student Engagement Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

It is possible to increase student achievement while closing the achievement gap with technology driven reform models. Come learn how students in Utah and Missouri participating in the enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies (eMINTS) program have consistently out-performed non-eMINTS students on standardized tests. eMINTS students in subgroups reduced the gap in test scores by up to half.

ASCD
March 15–17, 2008  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

21st Century Schools: Add Technology and Then What?

Frances Bradburn, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh; Jason Osborne, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Jenifer O'Sullivan-Corn, SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina

What is the recipe for a successful 21st century school? Our three-year United States Education Department's Looking at North Carolina Educational Technology grant looked at some of the ingredients necessary to successfully transform a school into a technology-rich, resource-rich teaching and learning environment. Technology is important, but critical ingredients also include: collaboration, professional development and support (particularly for pedagogical integration of technology), leadership, resource availability, needs assessment and formative evaluation, and supportive and visionary leadership at all school levels. Interactive, multimedia handouts will be available.

Professional Development, Technology, & Student Achievement:Lessons Learned
John O’Connell – Iowa Department of Education,Dr. Gary Phye – Iowa State University
Kim Rost – Prairie Lakes AEA Administrator for Agency-wide Initiatives

Math Teaching in the 21st Century
Bette Manchester, Maine Department of Education, David Silvernail, University of Southern Maine
Pamela Buffington, PhD, Education Development Center

Keeping the 'T' in STEM
Monica Beglau, University of Missouri - ColumbiaCharles Pearson, Maplewood Richmond Heights School District

Technology + Professional Development = Student Success (eMINTS)
Rick Gaisford/Kathleen Webb, Utah Department of Education
Deborah Sutton, Missouri Department of Education
Monica Beglau, University of Missouri - Columbia
   eMINTS Videos

Washington Policy Summit - March 11 - 12, 2008 Washinton, DC

Session on the ATTAIN Act  Presenter: Mary Ann Wolf, SETDA

Maryland Assistant Superintendents Retreat

Technology: An Accelerator of Change in the 21st Century

Presenter: Mary Ann Wolf, SETDA