Rants of Jeff: ITjab

ITjab

ITjab was founded on the belief that systemic change by exploting information technology in schools, classrooms, and districts, is not moving fast enough. We struggle in keeping up with, much less getting ahead of, the demands created by advances in neuroscience, information technology and globalization. We're stuck, we need to get unstuck, and we need to do it within the next ten years.

In our march to accelerate learning and cover all standards and all achievement, we simply must better utilize information technology. While we wrestle with professional development, data warehousing, organizational changes, funding, and the like, we must re-think how to not only instruct for academic content, but engage productivity using authentic, 21st century skills and environments. We must in fact become experts at not just teaching, but teaching with a 21st century purpose.

Towards that end, information technology not only enhances and catalyzes learning and educational processes, but it may well be the central focus of the next innovations and solutions in the K12 industry. A good/great IT Director, Coordinator, Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, whatever you want to call it, could be one of the most valuable assets in your organization. Creativity in information technology, coupled with strategic decisions and vision, such as Open Source for functionality and fiscal sustainabiltity will be some of the keys to our future.

Through successful K12 experience at state, district, school and classroom levels, I stand ready to serve. IT creativity, coupled with a passion to help students, educators, and learning organizations, drives the mission.

iPBL, iTeaching and iSchools - copyright © 2006, ITjab, all rights reserved.

Paradise Valley Education Foundation - High Tech High

Presentation to PVEF on High Tech High - projects, presentations of learning, etc..

PVEF on High Tech High

PVCC Student Teachers - April, 08

Presentation to PVCC Student Teachers - trying to encourage and definitely thanking them for considering this industry as their chosen profession.

PVCC - April, 08

On the "Verge" - AZ CTO Presentation - July, 07

Discussion and presentation to the AZ K12 CTO group on Technology Support in PVUSD.

On the Verge....

Convergence Update - April, 08

Convergence update to Technology Advisory Committee and Cabinet during April, 2008.

Update Presentation - Convergence

ASU and PVCC Cohort Presentation - July, 06

Trying to explain IT in Education to future educators.

ASU and PVCC Cohort

AIM - '06

Presentation to Administrators in Training - '06

AIM Presentation

pTUNES

Our teachers are embracing multimedia tools available through iTunes. Modeled after iTunes U, pTUNES represents the launch of the first K12 enterprise to fully embrace these tools. Check out some of the early titles - several hundred and counting......;-)

http://ptunes.pvschools.net

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