160: Agenda
Location: Grand View A
8:45 - 10:15 am
How Business Impact Assessment Can Transform Your Technology
You will be guided through technology planning, budgeting, and decision making in a way you have probably never considered. Business Impact Assessment is the Swiss Army Knife of technology tools for the effective technology director. Learn how to create a personalized plan that will allow you to be more effective, make a case for funding, and show the value you bring to your District/ISD. Concepts such as project planning, resource prioritization, disaster recovery, technology decision making and being a leader in your environment will be discussed. Presenter: Bob Baldyga, Peckham, Inc.
10:15 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 - 11:15 am
How Do You Evaluate New Technologies? What are Today’s Best Practice Technologies?
One of your district’s staff members or administrators has just come back from a conference and wants to implement a new technology. Do you know how to respond (Hint: “No” is not necessarily the correct answer). Determine the difference between effective technologies and fads using past experiences, TCO, and curriculum-based thinking. Presenter: Brian Schupbach, Kalamazoo RESA
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
What Your Business Manager Needs from You
Your district’s business manager has great influence over whether your projects are funded or moved to the wish list. Getting a better understanding for what they need from you as well as an understanding of the pressures they deal with will help you get more of your critical projects funded. Presenters: Tamara Chaffee and Ken Chinavare, Clare-Gladwin RESD
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch in Thornapple
1:00 - 1:45 pm
Technology Staffing and Levels of Support
You probably don’t have enough staff but you still have all the responsibilities (and more.) Learn how to do more with less and how to make the case for help (outsourcing) when you really need it. We will also look at service level agreements as a way of helping make the case for increasing help for your department. Presenter: Shannon Degan, Jackson County ISD
1:45 - 2:30 pm
Technology integration with curriculum is imperative as we move into Smarter Balanced Assessment and online test taking starting in 2014. Understanding the vision and aligning your technology goals with the overall school district goals will ensure a successful school environment. Presenter: Jeff Trudell, Wyandotte Public Schools
2:30 - 2:45 pm
Break
2:45 - 3:30 pm
With the new technology readiness requirements upon us and the increasing need to update technology for the 21st Century education environment, completing a technology audit is more important than ever. While we all run the most efficient technology department there is always room for improvement. Get up to speed on technology readiness (22i, Category Three, Activity 2) and what it means. Learn how technology audits are critical to how you approach technology readiness. Presenter: Fred Trimble, Trimble Consulting, Inc.
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Presenters: Debbie Kopkau, MSBO and David Palme, Portland Public Schools