Digital Education Leadership Conversation (DELC) 2010

A conversation among those who choose to lead.

The Digital Education Leadership Conversation (DELC) is a unique education event that unites chief information officers, chief technology officers, state and municipal education executives, policy makers and senior IT industry executives from around the country. Attendees meet with their like-minded peers and focus on the key questions and most significant issues facing K-12 technology executives today.

Please note: This is an invitation-only event.
 

Agenda

DECEMBER 8

2:30 p.m. – Special Invitation: Nooks and Crannies Tour of New Orleans

Join us for a true behind the scenes tour of New Orleans designed by the Center for Digital Education. We’ll be venturing off the beaten path and promise an experience you won’t soon forget. The tour will investigate what happened during Katrina and what still remains to be done over five years later.

6:30 p.m. – Welcome Reception

A time to meet your peers. The Welcome Reception is the first networking time during DELC. You will have an opportunity to renew acquaintances and make new ones in true southern style.


DECEMBER 9

The 2010 Digital Education Leadership Conversation will focus on highlights from the Center for Digital Education’s research findings as published in the Converge Special Report Series throughout the year.

Conducted through one-on-one interviews, report and research analyses, along with insight provided by education leaders and private sector companies, you’ll get a firsthand look into the latest and most relevant information surrounding:

• Student Information Systems
• Classroom Technologies
• Infrastructure Planning
• Digital Content/Online Learning

Education and technology practitioners from the research’s featured jurisdictions will share real-life, “best practice” examples.

This year’s conversation is customized to address your district’s current challenges. The goal for each session is to share best practices, identify challenges and to offer solutions.

8:00 a.m. – Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions

All attendees will introduce themselves. The attendees are also asked to share one thing they are most proud of in the last year and  their biggest work-related challenge.

Marina Leight, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Center for Digital Education

9:30 a.m. – Session 1: Campus Management Systems

Where are successful campus management system deployments resulting in improved student achievement? How are these systems being leveraged at the administrator and teacher level?

Introduction
Jeff McCoy, Director, Instructional Technology, Greenville County Schools, SC

Panelists
Shayne Kendall, Director, Student Information Systems, Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
Jeff McCoy, Director, Instructional Technology, Greenville County Schools, SC
Dale Roberts, Director, Information Systems, Granite School District, UT

10:30 a.m. – Break

10:45 a.m. – Session 2: Classroom Technologies

This session will spotlight strategies to match technology to the different needs of students. How can each teacher move his/her classroom one step closer to truly individualized instruction?

Introduction
John Connolly, Technology Education Director, Chicago Public Schools, IL

Panelists
John Connolly, Technology Education Director, Chicago Public Schools, IL
Dr. Christopher Corallo, Executive Director for Organizational Development, Quality and Innovation, Henrico County Public Schools, VA
Katherine Tsamasiros, Director, Solutions Design and Engineering Group, New York City Department of Education

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Noon – Lunch

12:45 p.m. – Lunch Discussion and Special Presentation
Re-Engineering New Orleans: Schools, Parents, Jobs

1:30 p.m. – Break

1:45 p.m. – Session 3: Campus Technology Infrastructure

A district’s digital infrastructure acts as the campus nervous system keeping the institution operational by collecting data (from PCs, handhelds, POS devices, digital content, etc.) and then processing it into relevant information that is either distributed immediately or stored for future use. In this session, we will discuss instructional delivery, back office business functions, strategic decision making and student support functions.

Introduction
Dr. Sheryl Abshire, Chief Technology Officer, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, LA  

Panelists
Dr. Sheryl Abshire, Chief Technology Officer, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, LA
Jhone Ebert, Chief Technology Officer, Clark County School District, NV
Tom Kambouras, Senior Director, Enterprise Infrastructure Services, Division of Instructional and Information Technology, New York City Department of Educatio

3:00 p.m. – Break

3:15 p.m. – Session 4: Digital Content and Learning Management Platforms

Digital content is what fulfills the promise for 21st Century learning as we undertake to make learning student-centered and a lifelong endeavor. It can instantly deliver learning experiences that are consistent and engaging. Just as digital content is transforming classroom behavior, so is it causing content providers to look at different ways to produce and market their educational content. This conversation will dive right into digital content’s present time application, as well as explore its “education transformation” promise for the future.

Introduction
Dr. Jeanine Gendron, Director, Instructional Technology, Broward County Public Schools

Panelists
Dr. Jeanine Gendron, Director, Instructional Technology, Broward County Public Schools, FL
Dr. William Morrison, Director of Technology, Rapides Parish School District, LA
Dr. Themistocles Sparangis, Chief Technology Director, Los Angeles Unified School District, CA

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4:30 p.m. – Adjourn

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