State leadership can help provide robust resources for teaching and learning and unique professional learning opportunities for educators. Representatives from two states who have led the gathering and dissemination of these teaching materials, Texas and Oregon, will showcase their efforts and how they go to where they are. Karen Kahan, Director of Educational Technology at the Texas Education Agency will share highlights of the Texas Project Share program (http://www.projectsharetexas.org). Project Share, developed and hosted by the Texas Education Agency, is a collection of Web 2.0 tools and applications that provides high quality professional development in an interactive and engaging learning environment. Carla Wade, Digital Learning and STEM Education Specialist for the Oregon Department of Education will provide an overview of the Oregon EdTech Professional Development Cadre (http://teach.oetc.org/oregon). The OR Cadre is an online community where educators share lesson plans and professional development ideas and seek advice from their colleagues.

1. State Online Communities Bloom with Robust
Resources
October 2013

2. Agenda
• Welcome
– Christine Fox, Director, Educational Leadership
& Research
• Texas Project Share
– Karen Kahan, Director of Educational
Technology, TEA
• Oregon EdTech PD Cadre
– Carla Wade, Technology and STEM
Education Specialist, ODE
• Q&A
• Next Steps

3. About SETDA
• Ten-year old DC-based, national, non-profit member
association
• Serve, support, and represent U.S. state and territorial
directors (SEA leadership) for educational technology
• Forum for:
– Research and best practices
– Inter-state collaboration
– Professional development
– Public-private partnerships
– State-federal relations

4. Texas Project Share
Karen Kahan
Director, Educational Technology
Texas Education Agency
karen.kahan@tea.state.tx.us

5. Oregon EdTech Professional Development Cadre
Carla Wade
Digital Learning Specialist,
Oregon Department of Education
carla.wade@state.or.us

6. Project Share
Connecting
Texas Educators
Karen Kahan
Director of Educational Technology
Texas Education Agency

8. Exploring Project Share
Providing Resources
Collaborating & Sharing
Learning More

9. Exploring Project Share

10.  A global online learning community
where educators collaborate,
share resources, and showcase
accomplishments.

12. www.projectsharetexas.org

13. Providing Resources

14. Available
for Everyone

16. Learning Community
for Texas Public
and Charter Schools

17. Resources for Texas Educators
• 95+ Professional Development Courses
– Aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
– Credit-bearing training opportunities for practicing and
pre-service Texas teachers
– Available at no cost to Texas public and charter schools
• Certification Courses
– Aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
– Certifications to teach Career and Technical Education
math and science courses to meet graduation
requirements
– Available at no cost to Texas public and charter schools

18. Online Professional Development with Web Tools,
Multimedia, and Avenues for Sharing

19. Online Professional Development
with Actual Classroom Examples and Videos

20. Collaborating & Sharing

25. Project Share Group: Technology Applications Teacher Network
850 Members

27. Learning More
about Project Share

28. www.projectsharetexas.org

29. Project
Share
Information

31. Contact Us
projectshare@tea.state.tx.us

32. Follow Us
@projectsharetx

33. Project Share
Connecting
Texas Educators
Karen Kahan
Director of Educational Technology
Texas Education Agency
karen.kahan@tea.state.tx.us

34. © 2013 by the Texas Education Agency
Copyright © Notice
The Materials are copyrighted © and trademarked ™ as the property of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and
may not be reproduced without the express written permission of TEA, except under the following
conditions:
1) Texas public school districts, charter schools, and Education Service Centers may reproduce and use copies
of the Materials and Related Materials for the districts’ and schools’ educational use without obtaining
permission from TEA.
2) Residents of the state of Texas may reproduce and use copies of the Materials and Related Materials for
individual personal use only, without obtaining written permission of TEA.
3) Any portion reproduced must be reproduced in its entirety and remain unedited, unaltered and unchanged
in any way.
4) No monetary charge can be made for the reproduced materials or any document containing them; however,
a reasonable charge to cover only the cost of reproduction and distribution may be charged.
Private entities or persons located in Texas that are not Texas public school districts, Texas Education Service
Centers, or Texas charter schools or any entity, whether public or private, educational or non-educational,
located outside the state of Texas MUST obtain written approval from TEA and will be required to enter
into a license agreement that may involve the payment of a licensing fee or a royalty.
For information contact: Office of Copyrights, Trademarks, License Agreements, and Royalties, Texas Education
Agency, 1701 N. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701-1494; phone 512-463-7004; email:
copyrights@tea.state.tx.us.

35. Carla Wade
Digital Learning Specialist
Oregon Department of Education

36. The cadre is a partnership
between ODE and OETC,
to improve the practice of
effective professional development
with technology.

37. Identify and disseminate best practices targeting
innovative technology integration into teaching and
learning, by:
◦ Providing forums for networking and ongoing
collaborative work,
◦ Effectively integrating technology standards with content
standards (2013 Common Core emphasis),
◦ Focusing on exemplary staff development skills by
designing staff development structures to improve
practice,
◦ Modeling and practicing effective instructional strategies
while demonstrating emerging technologies.

38. 
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Carla Wade, Oregon Department of Education
Jennifer Arns, Organization for Educational
Technology and Curriculum
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Joe Buglione, Intermountain ESD
Tim Chase, Ed Tech 2020
Melissa Garner, Salem-Keizer School District
Jennifer Gingerich, Professional Development Specialist
Brian Hawkins, Forest Grove School District
Lynn Lary, Springfield School District
Melissa Lim, Portland Public Schools
Linda Pabst, South Lane School District
Jennfer Scypinski, Tigard-Tualatin School District
Linda Vanderford, Clackamas ESD

52. Carla Wade
Digital Learning Specialist
Oregon Department of Education
Ph: 503-947-5631
Email: carla.wade@state.or.us

53. Save the Date
Ready for Online Assessments? Help is Here.
October 15, 2013
3pm ET
URL: http://tinyurl.com/setda-CEM2
Call-in number: 571-392-7703/ pin: 635 397 980
649
http://assessmentstudies.setda.org

54. CEM Activities for State Leadership
http://connectededucators.org/events/#/
audience=249
http://connectededucators.org/cem-for-states/