11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM
Backup Is Broken
1 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VII
Type Group Session, Technology, Facilities
Rick Wilson, Sr. Consultant, Weidenhammer, Wyomissing , PA
The New Jersey Department of Education recommends a Continuity of Instruction / Core Operations Plan (CoI/COP). Today's technology networks look very different
Limited Capacity Max 35 attendees
10:30 AM
to 12:00 PM
Decrease Costs and Increase Buying Power with Shared Services
21 Attendees
Location
Palace: North West Ballroom
Type Group Session, Technology
Gene Murphy, President, Promedia Technology Services, Inc.;
The goal of this presentation is to educate attendees on the cost saving benefits of a shared service model for their school districts. Shared Services refers to the provision of a service by one part of an organization or group where that service had previously been found in more than one part of the organization or group. Thus the funding and resourcing of the service is shared and the providing department effectively becomes an internal service provider. The key is the idea of 'sharing' within an organization or group and decreasing overall costs of procuring products and services. Some of the benefits of using a Shared Service model: • Decrease Costs and Increase Buying Power • Higher trained and certified engineers by a countywide or group discounted basis • Act as a buying consortium for member organizations • Decrease licensing, product, and service costs • Decrease costs on products you are already buying o Cisco o Microsoft o HP o VMware • Countywide redundant system including: Exchange Email Services, Voice, Video, Data Center, Library System, etc.
Limited Capacity Max 90 attendees
10:30 AM
to 12:00 PM
Sharing Technology - Implementing Technology with a Limited Budget
19 Attendees
Location
Holiday Inn: Ambrose
Type Group Session, Technology
Edmund C. Hayward, Director of Special Projects, Manchester Regional High School District; Scott Hlavacek, Director of Technology, Manchester Regional High School District; Brian Zinn
Eight years ago, for the first time MRHS, a regional high school, shared its Technician with Haledon Public school. HPS needed tech services and we found that it was more efficient and cost effective to share one technician between the two single building school districts. Fast forward to the present, Manchester now shares technology services with 16 school districts, two public libraries, and a borough hall. The philosophy is that 80% of technology issues (can't print, email, logon, etc.) can be handled by level one technicians. There's no need to pay for a full time level 3 Administrator when you only need one 20% of the time. Through the sharing of services and a layered approach to technology support, your district gains a multi-level technology department that can manage ALL technology needs that impact the district, and all while reducing your bottom line.
Limited Capacity Max 70 attendees
11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM
Portable, Cost-Effective, Interactive Whiteboard Learning Experiences!
4 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon III
Type Group Session, Technology, Curricululm
Scott McCue, principal, Eatontown Public Schools; Agnes Zaorski, Educational Technology Consultant, Take Along Technology LLC
Bring the power of collaborative student authoring into your classroom! Use a computer, a projector, and the portable MimioTeach interactive whiteboard system for use on an ordinary classroom whiteboard. Lessons become dynamic, interactive experiences as students use Stationery Studio templates, Microsoft Paint, PowerPoint (or Keynote), and MimioStudio working on collaborative writing projects as a class. Reluctant authors also gain confidence and inspiration from being able to see other classmates' work projected on the MimioTeach system.
Limited Capacity Max 40 attendees
11:30 AM
to 1:00 PM
The Digital Natives: Teaching to a Different Brain
16 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon I
Dominic F. Mucci, Superintendent of Schools, Englewood Cliffs Public Schools
Advancements in digital technology have had a tremendous impact on education, changing schools and our student's brains. Discover the implications of these advancements on how we reach, teach and engage today's students. Learn more about the skills and strategies 21st century teachers will need to be successful with 21st century learners. Your presenter is a New Jersey superintendent and is nationally certified by Jensen Learning as a Brain Based Education instructor.
Limited Capacity Max 50 attendees
2:45 PM
to 4:15 PM
Inviting Google to Your Professional Learning Community
12 Attendees
Location
Holiday Inn: Ambrose
Type Group Session, Technology
Scott Shaw, Supervisor of Humanities, Morris County School of Technology; Fiona Borland, Vice-President of Consulting Services, IDE
As school leaders, we value collaboration. We value the input of all stake holders in goal setting, curriculum development, and policy design. Additionally, we hope to foster a community of professional learning within our school buildings. How do we accomplish this without overloading the faculty with additional emails and meetings? The suite of Google applications such as Sites and Docs, can be a powerful tool for building a culture of collaboration. Through the use of these Google Apps, hear the story of how teams of teachers, community members, administrators, and business partners collaborate on key district documents, team projects, and instructional resources. Additionally, see how teachers share what their students are doing with other faculty members through the use of Google Sites, creating not only an awareness of assignments, topics of study, and infusion of instruction with technology, but also an idea bank for sharing instructional practices across the entire school community. As our students utilize web 2.0 tools for their academic success, are we as educational professionals committed to optimizing these collaborative tools to enhance our learning community?
Limited Capacity Max 70 attendees
2:45 PM
to 4:15 PM
Online Student Registration Can Save Money and Time
7 Attendees
Location
Holiday Inn: Concord
Type Group Session, Technology
Karin Holtz, Director of Sales and Marketing, Public Schools, Infosnap, Inc.; Daniela Tattoli, Director of Technology, Springfield Public School District
See how easy it is to transfer registration and annual enrollment updates from paper forms to online forms. Save your school district money on re/registration. Hear from Daniela Tatolli, Director of Technology at Springfield Public Schools, about how her district simplified the expensive, time-consuming and error-prone paper registration forms process by putting the Student Registration, Health, Emergency Contacts, etc. online and uploading the clean data into SIS
Limited Capacity Max 70 attendees
3:00 PM
to 5:00 PM
Social Media: It's Not As Scary As You Think
20 Attendees
Location
Palace: NorthWest Ballroom
Jim Long, NBC News; Eric Scheinger, New Milford High School
Hear from two speakers using social media in very interesting ways. Jim Long (@newmediajim) is a cameraman with NBC News who covers the White House and President Barack Obama. The images he captures through his lens are only part of the story, the other part is what Jim shares with more than 30,000 followers on Twitter, offering the a very unique look at the Presidency and news gathering. You'll hear how Jim got involved in using Twitter and the challenges that he faces having a direct relationship with 30,000 people while working inside a massive corporation. Eric Scheinger is a High School Principal who is connected to his school and his community using Twitter and Facebook. His efforts have built a stronger school-community relationship and opened new doors for him professionally. His school has even received grants and news coverage as a result of his use of social media.
Limited Capacity Max 125 attendees
