Webinar Series Spring 2013:

Demystifying Windows 8 and Tablet Technology

WEBINAR 1 – Common Core and IT
WATCH ON DEMAND
Districts are engaged in long term planning to meet the technology requirements of the Common Core Standards. Equipment must be robust enough to support the increased demands of the activities students will perform for deeper learning and the testing that will measure their achievement. This webinar will explore the IT issues that districts should consider before purchasing the next round of student and staff devices and the strategy for addressing future equipment needs.

Speakers:
Mike Belcher, Americas Education Strategist
Hewlett-Packard Company
Rick Herrmann,US Public Sector Manger
Intel
Cameron Evans, Microsoft CTO
US Education
Debbie Rice, Director of Technology
Auburn City Schools, Auburn, AL

WEBINAR 2 – Common Core and Curriculum
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Districts are engaged in long term planning to meet the learning needs of students to address the Common Core Standards. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have in K-12 so that they will graduate able to succeed in the future. The standards include rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order skills and are aligned with college and work expectations. Robust technology is essential to support such learning. This webinar will explore the curricular requirements that districts should consider before purchasing student and staff devices and the strategy for addressing future learning and assessment needs.

Speakers:
Elliott Levine, Education Strategist, Printing & Personal Systems - Americas
Hewlett-Packard Company
Paige Johnson, Education, State and Local Government Strategist
Intel Americas
Cameron Evans, Microsoft CTO
US Education

WEBINAR 3 - Higher Education
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Colleges and universities traditionally prepare students for the world of ideas and responsibilities with tasks that incorporate higher-order thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and application of information to create new knowledge, With K-12 schools addressing these skills and the technologies that support them, institutions of higher education will have to plan carefully to meet the technology needs that foster deeper student learning and greater achievement. This webinar will explore the IT issues that colleges and universities should consider before purchasing or recommending the next round of devices and the strategy for addressing future equipment needs.

Speakers:
Mike Belcher, Americas Education Strategist
Hewlett-Packard Company
Eileen M. Lento, Ph.D., Director of Education Strategy and Marketing
Intel
Cameron Evans, Microsoft CTO
US Education

Fall 2012 Webinar Series On Demand

Technology for Learning: A Guidebook for Change

Today's students are connected: they use communications, media, and digital technologies easily and thus their worldview is different from that of previous generations. As learners, they need both new and traditional skills. The good news is that schools have technology enhanced tools and methods to help them change the system and improve student achievement.

This guidebook provides a process for creating effective, robust technology initiatives based on real-life practitioners' successes. It is based on the complex confluence of variables that impact today's schools. It is designed to help you get started with the process.

***NEW: Technology for Learning: Buyers' Guide.
Two essesntial questions to guide technology purchase decsions and some basic information to help you decide.

DLE eBooks:

How Web-based Tools Change Teaching and Learning
Understand how valuable Web 2.0 technologies are and how we can help educators to use these tools to meet the challenges ahead

Netbooks in K-12: Thinking Big by Thinking Small
Growing one-to-one programs and creating digital learning environments with low-cost, high-impact technology

Getting Started with Tablet PCs: A Guide to Innovation, Flexibility, and Mobility for Learning Digitally

Fundamentals of K-12 Technology

The Fundamentals of K-12 Technology Program is a series that covers the educational technology topics that matter most to the profession's leaders, practitioners, and innovators as they plan and implement effective instructional technology integration programs.

Register once and download as many as you need.
http://www.techlearning.com/K12/Fundamentals

Topics for the series include: Anytime, Anywhere Learning, Infrastructure & Networking, Educational Technology Leadership, Safety & Security, Money Matters, 21st Century Learning and Assessment, Web 2.0, Professional Development, and Mobile Learning.

Guide to Digital Learning

Today’s students grew up with technology and expect to use it to get information, solve problems and communicate. These are the very skills they need now and in the future. When classrooms are equipped with the right combination of technology tools, students can learn all the skills they need to prepare.

This web site is your guide to digital learning, dedicated to demonstrating how the technologies available in a digital learning environment can be the catalyst for teaching and learning in an era where new skills - and the ability to change as times demand - are paramount.

• Download Digital Learning Resources