ISTE Digital Equity Summit
Presenters:
Trina Davis, Ph.D. TX A&M Past Pres. ISTE
Lynn Nolan – ISTE
Bonnie Bracey Sutton, SIGDE Chair Elect
Sylvester Robertson – Cal St. San Bernadino
Janelle Leonard – USDOE
Janelle spoke about the following topics from the perspective of the US Department of Education:
· Focus on best/proven practices, promising practices and innovation
· USDOE as participatory and inclusionary – listening to stakeholders
· Recovery Act Funds and EETT – modernize the teaching profession, focus on low performing schools, innovation
· Shedding the stigma of “compliance and focus on service”
· Work with the sense of extraordinary urgency
· Education is the new Civil Right
Milton Chen – Exec Dir of George Lucas Foundation - spoke about 10 remarkable children who are doing tremendous things with technology. Topics he touched on:
· Digital Generation Project
· Profiles of 10 extraordinary children doing exceptional things with technology
· iTunes Beyond the Campus has all the film profiles of the children
· Lucas has profiles of model schools
· Technology with project based learning
· Putting children in new roles - 78 million children leading the way – Now is our time, so let’s grasp it – pointing to the future
Pearson Learning sponsored event
There was a round table discussion of different case studies of digital success – Against All Odds for Digital Equity
Links:
Lucas foundation: edutopia.org
George Mason University NSF Youth Based Project: itest.gmu.edu
Tech Yes and Generation Yes: genyes.com
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