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Keynote Speakers to Discuss Global Collaboration
By Paul Wurster
Time for a Hall Pass
By Davis N. Smith
The banners were unfurled, the carpet was laid, the exhibits disgorged, unlimbered and erected. And at precisely 9:30 a.m., the doors were opened, and NECC 2008s spacious exhibit hall was overrun. More than 500 companies and 4,600 representatives are staffing the cavernous space. The exhibit hall will be open again today from 9:30 a.m. until 5 pm. Tomorrow, the hall opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes for the year at 2:30 p.m. See additional exhibit hall coverage on pages 8 and 13.
Global Movements Transform Education
By Paul Wurster
The Faronics Education crew was ready to greet the crowd with warm smiles and ice sculpture.
Before todays keynote speakers take the stage, ISTE CEO Don Knezek will discuss how the efforts of learning communities fit into global movements to improve teaching and learning through the effective use of technology. Knezek believes that teachers of todays learners must be globally aware and highly effective as members of multicultural teams that deliver world-class learningboth physically and virtuallyaround the globe. Technology and connectedness, in fact, are bringing an end to teaching and learning as isolated, local endeavors, says Knezek, and that is transformation you can believe in. According to Knezek, todays teachers must model 21st-century work and learning, and they must be willing to continue
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With 50 years of teaching between them, Jim Carleton and Mali Bickley have seen how students become passionate about the connections they have made with others, and theyve witnessed how students become highly engaged in global collaborative projects that use Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The duo offered up creative ideas for using technology to meet NETSS benchmarks at Sundays Leadership Symposium. At todays keynote, slated for 8:30 a.m. in Ballroom C, the speakers will offer a rich, onstage dialogue featuring their inspirational experiences and can-do insights on how they have transcended traditions in education to create dynamic, engaging learning environments. NBC news anchor Lester Holt will conduct the discussion. Carleton is the Informations Communications and Technology consultant at the Simcoe County District School Board in Barrie, ON. He has won numerous local and national awards for his work in using ICT to connect students from around the world. He is also the county coordinator for the Canadian division of the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN). Over the past five years, Bickley has used ICT and successfully integrated literacy and content area curriculum to have her students connect, communicate and collaborate with several classes worldwide. As a literacy coach, she is using Global Education Projects to integrate reading and writing strategies into meaningful projects that connect students globally. Bickley is also the assistant country coordinator of iEARN Canada. She also designs and facilitates many international projects.
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Education, Awareness Building Key in Advancing Online Safety
By jessica Corcoran
Network on New NECC Ning
In addition to the face-to-face connections youll make at NECC, you can also connect online on NECCs new Ning. Visit http://www.necc2008.org to post photos, join a forum, find a roommate for NECC 2009 and extend the conversation beyond San Antonio.
When it comes to promoting online safety for our children, education and awareness are key. That was the resounding theme at Mondays Internet Safety Town Hall meeting. Sponsored by the Cable and Telecommunication Association for Marketing, the Town Hall featured a keynote address from Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired and editor-
in-chief of the Ypulse blog. Goodstein outlined how todays teens are using technology and highlighted a variety of virtual worlds and social networks theyre using to stay connected. Kicking off the first panel, Amanda Lenhart cited the Pew Internet and American Life Projects recent research showing that, contrary to popular belief, only seven percent of
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2 RAISING THE BAR New NETS for Teachers unveiled. 3 UNESCO ICT Competency Framework released. 5 PROGRAM UPDATES Latest schedule changes, cancellations and additions. 10 PLAY WITH YOUR PEEPS Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and Playgrounds open. .
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Setting the Standards for Teachers and Administrators
By j.V. Bolkan
In front of an overflow crowd Monday morning, ISTE CEO Don Knezek led a celebration of the organizations most recent set of standardsthe refreshed National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. Perhaps even more important, in this venue, than the standards themselves were the words of acknowledgement for contributors responsible for creating the NETST. From the Mother of the NETS Lajeane Thomas and NETS guru David Barr conveying how gratifyingand challengingthe process of gaining consensus has been, to a fiery speech from past ISTE President Jan Van Dam imploring educators to take the new standards and change teaching for the right reasons, the mood was both celebratory and anticipatory. Underscoring the anticipation, Brenda Kempster of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) talked briefly about exciting developments and collaborative projects on the horizon as the state works with the new standards The standing-room-only crowd was urged to use the newly refreshed NETST to change teaching toward the goal of complete techfor the right reasons. nology literacy for all California students. The anticipatory mood was heightened by Knezek and ISTEs Senior Director for Education Leadership Lynn Nolan, who reminded the crowds that the final piece of the NETS Refresh projectupdating the NETS for Administratorswould officially kick off that afternoon, with a scheduled release during NECCs 30th Anniversary conference next year in Washington, DC. The NETSA kickoff drew more than 150 educational leaders, The Official Newspaper of isTEs NECC with most identifying themselves as district- and building-level Brenda Kempster publishes sunday through Wednesday. administrators, media specialists, tech facilitators and curriculum specialists sharing tables. Noting a small NECCs L&L Daily Leader is produced by the ISTE staffs of smattering of classroom teachers, Knezek vowed to seek Learning & Leading with Technology, Journal of Research more input from that group, but nonetheless pronouncing on Technology in Education, and Journal of Computing in the blend very good. Teacher Education. Between NECCs, keep informed and Following brief messages from the NETS Refresh involved in education technology through these periodicals by visiting http://www.iste.org/publications/. sponsors, Tim Magner from the U.S. Department of Education gave a short speech explaining that These (the NETSA) may be the most important of all the how to reach us: standards, because without supNECC Daily Leader port from administrators, teachers Newsroom: HGCC 208 cant be creative. Phone: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] A highly collaborative process, Kate Conley Courtney Burkholder, the refresh process will continue Editor Jessica Corcoran, well into 2009. To explore the variKatie Pontius, Elizabeth scandalios ous opportunities to share in the Carolyn sykora Art Director process, visit www.iste.org/nets. Reporters
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online teens experience unwanted stranger contact, and the vast majority handle these instances appropriately by ignoring or deleting the contact. Adam Thierer of the Progress and Freedom Foundation shared his perspective on the moral panic in Washington, D.C., over Internet safety, which results in regulationbased strategies rather than education- and awareness-based strategies. All of the speakers reinforced Thierers message that, although its not reflected in Congress current actions, educationnot regulationis what is needed to advance Internet safety.
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throughout their career to be co-learners with their students and their colleagues. We know that teaching like we did in the 1990s is not getting the job done for our students, for our economies of the nations we represent, or for the standard of living we hope to enjoy, he said. ISTEs role, according to Knezek, is to build capacity for this transformation by advocating and supporting engaging, relevant, and rigorous schooling worldwide.
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How Do You Gain Support for Technology?
Were a very small school district, so the important thing is we have to prove to people that technology is going to make a difference in the academic achievement of our kids. We have to sell that not only to our boardIm a superintendentbut secondly, weve got to get our community involved in that because its a lot of money, and just to have technology for technologys sake doesnt serve the purpose. There has to be a plan in place, and there have to be those steps in place to reach that goal and we have to share the results. Rick Pass, Astoria, OR Were regional technology coordinators, so in my region we have 42 schools, and there are two tech coordinators per region who help to move that technology forward. So we go into classrooms and help teachers, we sit with principals and help them pull their budgets together. We are the support. Phyllis Chesley, Chesapeake Beach, MD Our administrators are usually pretty supportive in the use of technology, and will use available funds when we have them to purchase new technology that they feel as a department well use, and they support projects that we collaborate on. Casey Marler, Tuskaloosa, AL We are a school district of about 40,000 students, and we have our own separate funding through our special education program. Special ed does allocate a big portion of the budget into technology, and thats how we promote the technology in our classrooms. Cindy Aguilar, Laredo, TX In my district, we go to a lot of workshops. We have workshops about every six weeks, and thats for upgrading us so we can be prepared to teach the kids of the future with this technology. So we have plenty of workshops and seminars. Nellie McCary, Dixmoor, IL In my job, its a collaboration between the administrative staff and the community members. Once we come together and look at the needs for our specific school district, thats how we come about implementing new technology. We also look at the industry in our community for support in purchasing technology. And E-rate is a big help as far as dictating what we implement. Marcus Martinez, Port Lavaca, TX I modeled an interactive whiteboard in my classroom at a teacher workshop day, and that prompted a lot of enthusiasm for interactive whiteboards in our school. Susan Priest, Brunswick, ME We have the resources in our district. We provide resources through staff development training. We try to get teachers different laptops, projectors anything like that for their classrooms to integrate into their daily lesson plans. We foster support by sending them to staff development trainings within the district and to conferences such as this one. Frank Padilla III, San Antonio, TX
We have a very forwardthinking superintendent. We make a proposal to him to show where the students will benefit, and show how it will increase their learning and knowledge and the overall well-being of the district. Erica Kruckenberg, Prosper, TX I work for SOITA [the Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association]. We promote technology through the programs we offer, our workshops, our on-site, and we also go off site to schools to help with technology integration, lesson ideas and learning software. Our whole job is promoting technology and helping teachers understand how to use it and where to go for resources. Katie Pedersen, Franklin, OH We use lots of grants and do special projects in which we influence more teachers and get into classrooms with more kids. We have a lot of opportunities that way. We target the whole district, and our district has 100,000 students and 5,000 teachers. Charles McKinney, Louisville, KY As a teacher, I usually present it to my principal, and my principal is very good about using and integrating technology into the classroom. Shes always ready for change, ready for new ideas, anything that will engage the students and help them succeed. All I need to do is tell her a little bit of what were going to do. If we dont have the support from our administrators, then were at this by ourselves. Janie Tamez, Monte Alto, TX
Harnessing the Power of Technology Worldwide
By Carolyn Sykora
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization leveraged its considerable reputation and connections during the past four years to develop a new ICT Competency Framework for Teachers. ISTE helped develop the framework, released in London in January 2008, and participated in efforts led by its architect, Dr. Tarek Shawki. ISTEs Don Knezek and Lynn Nolan will present UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers on Tuesday, July 1, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Crockett A/B at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. They will discuss UNESCOs vision of streamlining global efforts to map out teacher training standards. They will also introduce the three components of the UNESCO ICT Competency Standards for Teachers, including the Policy Framework, the Competency Standards Modules Structure and the Implementation Guidelines. ISTE joined Cisco, Microsoft and Intel to help UNESCO develop these standards. We were honored to be asked to contribute to UNESCOs efforts and applaud the resulting standards, ISTEs CEO Don Knezek said. We are especially pleased because ISTEs refreshed teacher standards absolutely complement the UNESCO standards. We believe that together, these frameworks will help harness the power of technology in education and prepare students all over the globe for the Digital Age. UNESCOs standards aim to advance economic and social development around the world by contributing to a better-informed citizenry through education. According to DirectorGeneral of UNESCO Kochiro Matsuura, the standards focus on teacher professional development and policy needs to increase technology integration and reflect UNESCOs conviction that countries must occupy the drivers seat of educational planning. UNESCO expects the standards will be used in teacher education, thus facilitating the collaboration and sharing of experience in teaching across national boundaries and systems.
Additional Special International Events
Online Survey for International Members: How can ISTE better meet the needs of nonU.S. educators for resources, professional development and networking with like-minded colleagues? Take a short survey at: http:// www.iste.org/international-survey2008. Technology and Educational Change: A World Perspective: Tuesday, July 1, 12:301:30 p.m., 207A, HGCC. International NETS: ICT Around the World (iNETS Forum): Tuesday, July 1, 24 p.m., Bowie C, Grand Hyatt Hotel. Global Connections International Lounge: Ballroom C Foyer, HGCC. See the schedule of events at http://plannecc2008.iste.wikispaces. net/Global+Connections.
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Keynote Mali Bickley and Jim Carleton, featuring ISTE CEO Don Knezek 8:309:45 a.m., Ballroom C Listen in as prominent NBC anchor Lester Holt interviews Canadian educators Jim Carleton and Mali Bickley about the way they tap the collaborative power of technology to help their students help others worldwide. Digital Equity technology, wisdom from ISTEs current and past presidents, as well as strategies from top business leaders. The session is recommended by SIGTC. siG Annual Meetings siGAdmin (Administrators) 4:456:15 p.m. Room 101B siGCT (Computing Teachers) 11 a.m.noon, Room 101B siGiLT (Innovative Learning Technologies) 12:301:30 p.m., Room 101B sETsiG (Special Education Technology) 4:455:45 p.m., Room 101A siGiVC (Interactive Video Conferencing) 3:304:30 p.m., Room, 101B siG Forums siGMs (Media Specialists) NETS or AASL Standards for 21st-Century Learners? A Standards Debate 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Room 217 B/C siGTE (Teacher Educators) Assessing 21st-Century Skills Next Steps 10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Room 217D siG1to1 (1-to-1 Computing) Doing 1 to 1 Right 14 p.m. Room 217D special Focus Playground: AT for iT 9 a.m.4 p.m., West Lobby, Level One Sponsored by ISTEs SETSIG, in this playful setting you will explore powerful tools to support student reading, writing and math. Everyday technologies will be represented, as well as specialized tools that can benefit all learners. second Life & Virtual Worlds on innovative learning technologies, multimedia, social studies and English language arts. Afternoon posters will focus on teacher education, language learning and literacy for the information age, videoconferencing, podcasting and ICT.
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Preparing Skilled Online Instructors: Effective Strategies and Models (Poster)
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10:30 a.m.3 p.m. Grand Hyatt Texas Ballroom C Learn more about how information communications technology is addressing the issue of the global digital divide challenge facing schools. Sharing stories and engaging in a global dialogue can improve the economic, political and social quality of life for individuals, communities and countries around the world. Fee includes a plated lunch and resource kit. Sponsored by Verizon Thinkfinity, Atomic Learning, Intel Education, Pearson and Sony. Presidents Panel Strategic Ed Tech Thinking with ISTE Presidents and Business Leaders 3:304:30 p.m., Room 214 C/D The spirited session will provide insight about the future of educational
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9 a.m.4 p.m., West Lobby, Level One Meet Claudia LAmoreaux/Claudia Linden, education manager for Second Life, Linden Lab. While there, explore ISTEs Virtual Island. Learn how to create avatars, how to navigate and how to use Second Life for professional development and with students. Poster sessions Traditional and Global Gallery poster sessions Tower View Lobby, Level 2 student showcase posters West Lobby, Level 2 Todays morning posters will focus
Linda Carling, Betsy Lowry, Amy Parlette Gain strategies, building on research and experience, for developing skilled facilitators of online professional development. Learn about essential elements for effective instructor training. Tuesday, 10 a.m.noon, Tower View Lobby, Table 35
NCWIT: Broadening Participation in Computing (Poster)
Jane Krauss, National Center for Women & Information Technology Will your students thrive in the emerging knowledge economy? NCWIT offers free materials to help you introduce computer science and information technology to your students. Tuesday, 13 p.m., Tower View Lobby, Table 20
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Hundreds of volunteers are required to help plan, prepare and propel NECC, the largest educational technology conference in the world. This year, most of those volunteers are organized by the Texas Computer Education Association, the largest state organization devoted to promoting ed tech. Ron Cravey is the executive director of TCEA. We help the NECC staff in getting qualified Texas-based support staff. We help get the word out about NECC through our publications, listservs, and marketing e-mails. As we attend events throughout the year, we distribute NECC information. We expect to have over 700 volunteers at the conference, Cravey said. TCEA volunteers and other volunteers have choices of tasks, dates and times. Assignments range from stuffing the conference bags, greeting attendees at the shuttle stops, dropping materials on seats before the keynote addresses, hosting in the Presenters World, or being a part of the Ask Me Stations or Information Booth, he explained. According to Cravey, several past and present TCEA Board members and staff will be performing duties at the conference. There will also be a jazz-themed TCEA Membership reception on Tuesday night. It promises to be a fantastic event, Cravey said. In addition to TCEA, support for NECC 2008 has been provided by the Texas Education Agency, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, the Texas Association of School Administrators and KLRN San Antonio. According to Malinda McCormick, the director of school services for KLRN, a PBS-affiliated television station, the key to successfully supporting a conference such as NECC is to identify your organizations strengths. Developing a good working relationship with conference organizers is also key. Figure out what you can do, then offer that, McCormick said. Convene Connect Transform http://www.iste.org/NECC/DailyLeader
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exhibitor news
Exhibit hall hours: Tuesday, July 1: 9:30 a.m.5 p.m.
Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall: 9:4510:15 a.m. Its acres of splendid, red-carpet runways invite you into the brilliantly lit exhibit hall. The purpose of that scarlet sea is twofold: to underscore the glamour of this, the worlds largest ed tech exhibit; to soften the steps of more than 20,000 feet pounding (or 100,000 toes tiptoeing) its high-tech pavement. The 500 firms located in the hall have pulled out all the stopsand filled them up again with electrical outletsto help you find the perfect ed tech product. Theyve got the tools to perfectly complement the ideas falling like stars from the hundreds of learning opportunities here at NECC 2008. So, slap on the Harry Winstons (or not) and step onto the red carpet in the exhibit hall. Youll be as dazzled today as your students will be when you share with them what you learned. Weve got everything you need right here, nearly. All thats missing is the paparazzi.
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core subjects to support secondary mainstream, creditrecovery and intervention students. One of the features of the program is the customized critical-mistakes matrix to identify common mistakes students make on standardized assessments. Instructors can use it to plan instructional activities teaching students strategies to avoid the errors.
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Have Some Fun in NECC Playgrounds
By Paul Wurster
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Want to play? Then be sure to visit NECCs Special Focus Playgrounds, open today until 4 p.m. in the West Lobby on Level One. If youve ever wanted to explore the possibilities of a dynamic multiuser virtual environment, now is your chance. The Second Life and Virtual Worlds playground has stations for creating avatars, navigating young presenters from a nearby student showcase try their hand at Spongelab Interactives in Second Life, using the virtual Transcription Hero at Mondays Games & Simulations playground. The program is part of a suite of curriculum-integrated games, modules and interactive simulations covering an array environment with students, for of topics in biology. professional development and to explore ISTE Island. Life does, she said. Technology playground until Lisa Linn, co-coordinator NECC attendees also have 4 p.m. Try out powerful tools of the SL playground, said SLs the chance to meet luminary to support students in readMUVE can have a significant Claudia LAmoreaux, Linden ing, writing and math using effect on student achievement, Labs education manager, at the everyday technologies as well as especially for 21st-century skills Second Life and Virtual Worlds specialized tools that can benefit and constructivist learning, beplayground today. all learners. cause it is synchronous as well If open-source tools are your On Wednesday, play with as immersive. interest, check out stations that digital photography, graphic It engages students and at feature K12LTSP thin-clients design, animation, video and the same time requires them and a wide range of free softWeb design at the Visual Arts to discover, interpret, analyze, ware, including Linux, GIMP, playground from 9 a.m. to evaluate, problem solve, reflect, OpenOffice, Mysql, Firefox, 2:30 p.m. Explore stations for and most importantly, do some- Moodle and more at the Open composing and creating music, thing new with the content. I Source Software playground. learning about music, performcannot imagine another vehicle Roll up your sleeves for handsing music and integrating it into that can offer all of that and on demonstrations sponsored the curriculum at the Music IFL Conference as Final 1 engage kids as well Ad Second NECC:test 6/3/08 AT for IT: Pageplayground through 2 p.m. by SETSIG at the 11:03 AM
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Catch a Connecting Flight in a Birds-of-a-Feather Session
By Rachel Bannister
Find like-minded NECC-ites at any of 21 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions on Monday and Tuesday at the Convention Center. This is your opportunity for a focused, informal discussion about challenges and issues you face regarding technology. These 60-minute gatherings are personal and informal, and are intended to provide a forum for meeting like-minded individuals to share great ideas and learning solutions about common problems or passions. NECC Program Chair Anita McAnear explains how the topics were developed this year by inviting presenters to submit to an ISTE wiki online. According to McAnear, We created a wiki to solicit topics of interest and assigned moderators to these topics based on their expertise and interest. Topics are typically chosen to reflect issues that will encourage rich discussion or focus on emerging technologies, and are not cov-
ered by existing ISTE special interest groups. ISTE recently changed the way it introduces new SIGs so that hosting two consecutive Birds-of-a-Feather sessions is now a precursor to becoming a formal SIG. Jennifer Ragan-Fore, ISTEs general membership program director, says, We hope that by introducing a streamlined pathway to becoming a SIG, we can both support our members in exploring emerging technologies and concepts and create new avenues for informal networking and knowledge-sharing. Of course, ISTE has been doing this for years through our Birds-of-a-Feather programmingwere just now formalizing how we nurture and develop these collaborators throughout the year. The conversations dont end after the conference. Birds sessions on Tuesday will feature classroom 2.0, digital portfolios and grants. These roundtable groups dont require that you bring anything except a willingness to participate in discussions of technology best practices, integration, effects, potential and solutions. You have several chances to participate. Tuesdays sessions are at 11 a.m.noon and 4:455:45 p.m. in various locations around the HGCC. Check the final program for topics, presenters and locations. For more information and full descriptions, use the NECC Program search engine.
Strategic Thinking with ISTE Past Presidents
By Kate Conley
Join ISTE past presidents and company leaders for a spirited Spotlight Session titled Strategic Ed Tech Thinking with ISTE Presidents and Business Leaders. Today from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in HGCC 214C/D, ISTE past presidents and strategic partners will provide insight about the future of educational technology and strategies for thriving in that future. Past President Kurt Steinhaus (now with Los Alamos National Laboratory; Education, Economic Development, and Community Giving), ISTE CEO Don Knezek and additional past ISTE presidents Cathleen Norris, Paul Resta, Heidi Rogers, Cheryl Scott Williams and Jan Van Dam will lead the lively discussion with help from audience members. This session is recommended by ISTEs SIG for Technology Coordinators.
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Honestech The new Claymation Studio 2.0 Stop Motion Video Creation software will be presented by Honestech (booths #8022, 8024). Staff there will also be demonstrating its new Audio Recorder 2.0 Deluxe, designed to enable migration from cassettes, LPs and ot...