Rants of Jeff: ITjab

Paradise Valley Education Foundation - High Tech High

2008-05-31T14:52:00.001-07:00

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

PVCC Student Teachers - April, 08

2008-05-31T14:40:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-31T14:30:00.000-07:00

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

On the Verge....

Convergence Update - April, 08

2008-05-31T14:21:00.000-07:00

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

Update Presentation - Convergence

ASU and PVCC Cohort Presentation - July, 06

2008-05-31T14:14:00.000-07:00

Trying to explain IT in Education to future educators.

ASU and PVCC Cohort

AIM - '06

2008-05-31T14:07:00.000-07:00

Presentation to Administrators in Training - '06

AIM Presentation

pTUNES

2008-05-31T13:59:00.000-07:00

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

Analog Minds

2008-05-31T13:58:00.001-07:00

Early year's podcast - trying to move my analog mind forward....;-)

Analog Minds

Need iTunes

Teaching Well

2008-05-31T13:56:00.000-07:00

An early year's podcast - need iTunes. Trying to remember to keep our eye on the ball - Teach Well....

Teaching Well

GenYes in PVUSD

2008-05-31T13:55:00.000-07:00

A vodcast for our administrators. GenYes is a solid program for K12.

GenYes in PVUSD

Need iTunes

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

2008-05-31T13:54:00.000-07:00

A vodcast for our administrators.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Need iTunes

One to One Laptops - It's Inevitable

2008-05-31T13:52:00.000-07:00

A podcast keynote I provided at the 2005 MEC at ASU.

One to One

Need iTunes....

High Tech High in San Diego

2008-05-31T13:49:00.000-07:00

I spent a week in San Diego studying this school - they get IT and Learning of secondary students.

High Tech High

The above link takes you to iTunes U - where I prepared a vodcast.

pDAT Board Update - February, 07

2008-05-31T13:44:00.001-07:00

Early phases and status of pDAT - PVUSD's Data Warehouse

pDAT Board Update - 2/07

Technology Update to All Administrators - December, 07

2008-05-31T13:38:00.000-07:00

Short Presentation with many pTUNES movies, provided here in slide show format.

Technology Update - 12/07

PVUSD Board Update on Capital Over Ride - March, 07

2008-05-31T13:28:00.000-07:00

Update to the PVUSD Board on investments made by the Capital Over Ride.

PVUSD Board Update - March, 07

Participatory Learning - May, 08

2008-05-31T13:22:00.000-07:00

Noting PVUSD students and teachers, our lives, and concepts from MTI and Carnegie Mellon, this presentation provides an interesting twist to Participatory Learning, based on Passion Based Learning.

Participatory Learning

Presentation to 2nd Year Teachers - 06/07

2008-05-31T09:40:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite groups of people to talk with - 2nd year teachers. They know what they're in for, and they're excited to come back and make a difference in the world. I applaud and respect them, all.

This year's presentation was on; fun, globalization, academic content AND 21st century skills, iPBL, and "Just Teach Well - and the Business/Political Headaches of Education Go Away" - what a nice thought...

eLearning Research - January, 2007

2008-05-31T09:36:00.001-07:00

Research on the efficacy of eLearning at the secondary level, and a call to the Arizona Legislature to allow all Local Education Agencies to be able to compete in this market space.

Call to Legislatively Enact eLearning for All of Arizona’s Secondary Level (9-12) Students and Schools: Findings of Student Achievement Research in Comparing eLearning to Traditional, Face to Face Learning Environments

Colliding Forces - March, 2008

2008-05-31T09:30:00.000-07:00

An interesting take on the convergence of multiple economic, technical and cultural forces onto and into the secondary market space.

Colliding Forces

ITjab

2008-05-29T12:49:00.001-07:00

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.

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