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​**//Lance Tachino's Wiki at ISTE 2010// Thursday - July 1,2010

Flying home!**


 * Wednesday - June 30, 2010

Tuesday - June 29, 2010**

__**Speak Up Report and Project Tomorrow**__ The Speak Up National Research Projgect is a national initiative of Project Tomorrow, the nation's leading education nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that today's students are well prepared to be tomorrow's innovators and leaders.

The best presentation and information of the day. The Maine's 1:1 Learning Program is the largest in the country, encompassing, over 70,000 laptops and growing over 323 schools. They are considered by far the most successful student implementation program. This presentation focused on what made this project so successful. There are too many items to list here, however, the main points are to plan, plan and plan. The KS 1:1 laptop implementation has followed many of the suggested items. Several recommendations will be reviewed by the High School Core planning team, these items are:
 * __How to Design a Successful 1:1 Student Laptop Program__ - Jeff Mao**

1. How we do active directory for student laptops 2. Using thumb drive to re-image laptops in 18-20 minutes (saves money)

__**Extreme future in education - Ian Jukes**__ The change in technology in the world is changing exponentially, causing something called 'disruptive technology'. Disruptive technology is a situation where the pace of change is changing change itself and is leaving many of the older technologies and processes far behind. Examples of this are:

One of the largest areas that is falling far behind is 'education'. We are teaching our students for the 20th century and not the 21st century.
 * Cell phones
 * Digital cameras
 * Computers
 * MP3 players


 * Monday - June 28, 2010**


 * //__Top 10 Components of Technology Leadership__//** - Chris O'Neal (speaker)

Here are a few of the major components for leaders to follow to improve educational technology: The issue is How Do You Get Educational Technology Traction?
 * 1) Develop a strong teacher professional development plan
 * 2) Provide equal access for students for all technology - 1 to 1 technology is critical
 * 3) Use and understand data, such as, assessment information, but dig deeper. Don't just review data at a high level.
 * 4) As leaders, use technology and show your staff how to leverage technology.
 * 5) Develop a vision for technology
 * 6) Reward teachers for using and improving technology
 * 7) Spend time for genuine reflection
 * 8) Let students help 'drive' technology
 * 9) Develop 'personal learning networks'; twitter, facebook, etc.
 * 10) Provide for technology discussions within staff and students to improve


 * //__Project RED presentation -__//** Thomas Greaves and Jeanne Hayes

First long term empirical research on the effectivenes of technology on improving student achievement and evaluating the total financial impact on state budgets.

Some of the findings:
 * Schools with 1:1 learning programs have better education success than do schools with fewer computing devices.
 * Improved attendance for both students and teachers
 * Student drop out rates improve
 * Improved student academenic performance
 * Cost savings in paper and printing

Social networking discussion on the perils and what schools can do to control some of the risks.
 * //__How to leverage social networking for education__//** - Panel discussion

Use a thrid party service, such as 'gaggle' which can create a more controlled social networking site that has a managed population.