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Taking K-12 to the Cloud: An Innovative Partnership between Higher Education and K-12 Technology Leaders
Program Code:
090
Date:
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Time:
9:30 AM to 10:20 AM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Diane Mason, Assistant Professor, Lamar University, LA
Sheryl Abshire, Chief Technology Officer, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, Lake Charles LA
Kay Abernathy, Associate Professor, Lamar University, Beaumont TX
Cindy Cummings, Clinical Instructor, Lamar University, Batson TX
Daryl Ann Borel, Executive Director, Beaumont Foundation of America, Beaumont TX
Description
To meet the needs of building future technology-savvy leaders and to reduce costs for educating K-12 students, Lamar University in Beaumont, TX and Academic Partnerships have joined to create a unique, online graduate program in Educational Technology Leadership aimed at preparing K-12 teachers for technology facilitation and chief technology leadership roles in K-12 school districts throughout the country. This program focuses on the core ISTE Technology Facilitation and Leadership Standards paired with the CoSN Framework of Essential Skills for K-12 CTOs. During this session, participants will learn how the program’s candidates and graduates utilize cloud computing as an enhanced online learning experience by making communication, collaboration, and file sharing a simple process from anywhere with Internet access, ways that cloud computing tools enable a cost effective means for K-12 students to interact and creatively produce project-based activities, and glean noteworthy ideas meriting further investigation and possible implementation in personal work environments.