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Ready
,
Set,
Tech!
Delegate Assembly Break-out Session
October 11, 2012
Presented by Mike Berg, Dr. Lisa Gonzales,
Mike Lawrence & Dr. Devin Vodicka
bit.ly/readysettech

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OUTCOMES
 Tohighlight the work of ACSA leaders in the
development of the new Education
Technology Plan
 To
share tech tools to improve
communication, organization and time
management
 To
brainstorm where ACSA’s Technology
Leadership Group (TLG) can support your
work

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Learning Assessment
4 Work
Teams
Teaching Infrastructure

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Ed Tech Task Force
Created by SPI Torlakson in Spring 2012
48 member team
ACSA Leaders involved:
Mike Berg – Superintendent, Central USD
Dr. Kelly Calhoun - Chief Technology Officer, Santa Clara COE; ACSA TLG
Steve Clemons – Chief Technology Officer, San Diego COE
Robert Craven – Director of Technology, Fullerton USD
Shirley Diaz – Deputy Superintendent, Glenn COE
John Fleischman – Assistant Sup Tech Services, Sacramento COE
Dr. Lisa Gonzales – Coordinator, Santa Clara COE; ACSA TLG; TICAL
Machele Kilgore – Principal, Orange County DOE
Mike Lawrence – Executive Director, CUE; ACSA TLG
Ann Mallory – Superintendent, Imperial COE
Nonette Martin – Asst Sup of Business Services, Bassett USD
Richard Miller – Superintendent, Riverside USD
Dr. Barbara Nemko – Superintendent, Napa COE
Richard Quinonez – Chief Technology Officer, Los Angeles COE
Dr. Kevin Silberberg – Superintendent, Standard USD, ACSA TLG; TICAL
Paul Watters – ROP Director, Butte COE
Dr. John White – Principal, Los Angeles USD; TICAL

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Big Ideas – Teaching
 Provide/leverage regional & statewide tech support systems to
meet current/emerging needs of teachers & administrators
 Prioritize technology at the CDE with a cabinet level position
 Facilitate the implementation of online teaching &
learning, teacher & administrative certification, and professional
development standards
 Encourage and reward teachers for use of and risk-taking with
technology
 Develop a clear plan for summative & formative assessments
of the policies, programs and services as implemented

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Big Ideas – Learning
 Promotethe use of online instructional materials that
engage and build 21st century competencies
 Builda political coalition for “anytime, anyplace, any pace”
learning
 Advocatefor broad implementation of existing tech
frameworks (CTE, Library, etc.)
 Find a way around current ADA funding to approaches
that do not limit teacher flexibility with technology in
synchronous and asynchronous instruction

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Big Ideas – Assessment
 Draw upon assessment approaches from sectors outside of
education
 Develop an assessment system that provides feedback to
students with validation from experts in the field for “real world”
learning
 Use ranked data sources & open source to provide technology
infrastructure and sharing of learning resources
 Create personalized formative and summative assessments for
Common Core State Standards (including infrastructure and
professional development)
 Communicate about data access, privacy issues & changes in
assessment system

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Big Ideas – Infrastructure
 Ensure every student has access to one-to-one technology
with compliance guidelines for Williams settlement
 Create minimum bandwidth standards; scalable & flexible
infrastructure; connect existing data systems
 Leverage service models that exist in County Offices of
Education
 Collaborate with industry partners/public-private programs
 Directly engage the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC)
and Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
 Emphasize safe and appropriate use of technology
 Create Cabinet level position at the CDE for technology

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ACSA Position Paper
 Authored by ACSA Technology Leadership Group
 Endorsed by ACSA Board of Directors in July 2010
 http://bit.ly/RuDo4U

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Tech Tool Sharing – Free!
 Technology Matrix Index (TMI)
 Implementation Checklists
 Google Moderator
 LinkedIn Groups
 Pinterest
 EduCore
 Asana
 Doodle
 EpicEd

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http://bit.ly/OR
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OUTCOMES
 Tohighlight the work of ACSA leaders in the
development of the new Education
Technology Plan
 To
share tech tools to improve
communication, organization and time
management
 To
brainstorm where ACSA’s Technology
Leadership Group (TLG) can support your
work

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Are we building something that others have
yet to imagine?