NECC 2009 - Washington DC - First Session - Monday Morning

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