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Apple 1:1 (Southeast) Leadership Summit - Assessing Infrastructure
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008George Vensel with Manatee County Schools in Florida says people are infrastructure too.
Make sure you have bandwidth first.
They use Websense from IBM to handle the at home Internet filtering for CIPA compliance. They charge a $35 maintenance fee to parents per child that takes laptop home. These funds pay for repair costs. If a child loses [...]
Apple 1:1 (Southeast) Leadership Summit - Redefining Curriculum & Pedagogy
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Patricia MacNeill, assistant superintendent, Greene County Schools, discussed “Leading a Culture of Change”.
Steady Focused Successful School Reform By Design, Not Chance.
Greene County decided to focusing on changing their culture as it pertains to how students, teachers, and parents think about post-secondary education.
We had a core group of individuals that understood the vision and helped package [...]
Apple 1:1 (Southeast) Leadership Summit - Community Engagement
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Phillip Jackson, Lauderdale County Schools’ superintendent, discussed community engagement. Lauderdale, TN has an agriculture based economy. Jackson realized they must adapt to information age.One-to-One has resulted in the drop out rate declining from 15% to 8.7% in past 2 years. Lauderdale started by providing all their teachers with a laptop first.
We are a very rural and [...]
Apple 1:1 (Southeast) Leadership Summit - Financing
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Doug Pindell, a CPO for Howard County Schools in Maryland, discussed 1:1 financing…
We need to think beyond Dewey.
You have to include the financial team. In working together through the process- financing rather than purchasing was determined to be the best method to maximize funding while creating a consistent refresh plan. Financing allows you to attach a [...]
Apple 1:1 (Southeast) Leadership Summit - Stephen Mazingo
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Stephen Mazingo, superintendent of Greene County Schools in North Carolina, presented a session on 1:1 leadership and change.
Studies show most people resist change, even when faced with a life-threatening situation.
In the beginning they talked about what they wanted to do about learning not about technology. Technology was simply the best tool available to help them [...]
Apple 1:1 (Southeast) Leadership Summit Keynote
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Dr. Tim Tyson provided an inspiring keynote presentation. He has started a new site at www.drtimtyson.com and is now working to help other school districts “make learning irresistible”.
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