Office of Office of Knowledge, Information and Data Services (KIDS)

1. Office of Office of Knowledge, Information and Data Services (KIDS) David Couch, Associate Commissioner & KDE Chief Information Officer (CIO) Phone: (502) 546-2020 ext 229 (office) Cell: (859) 619-2160 Email: david.couch@education.ky.gov Twitter: davidcouch LinkedIn: David Couch

6. Big Changes for K-12 • Cloud Computing for 174 school districts • Mobile explosion- BYOD, dense wireless • Blended learning • e-books • Portals- data driven decisions/accountability • Parent and student engagement • Digital Citizenship and filtering

7. Anything is technically possible to a technical person

8. Can You? Should You? How Much? Who Pays?

9. “ When I think of STEVE JOBS and his work at Apple I think of the GOLD STANDARD for “USER FRIENDLINESS" in technology.” “His focus was ensuring a good customer experience every time. When you experience technology that is very simple for the average person, there are lots of complex things going on behind the scenes to make that happen. He mastered the psychology of technology like no other.”

10. EVERYBODY wants this button

11. Not So Easy Behind The Scenes

12. You Only Get 2 of 3…..at Best 1. Low Cost Speed (done quickly), 2. 3. High Quality

13. Technology Hype Cycle for Supts

15. The Emerging Tech Hype Cycle for Education

16. Organizational Adoption Cycle for CIOs

17. The Other Sense Test The Mobile Mule • Educational Sense • Fiscal Sense • Technical Sense • Support Sense • Common Sense • PR Sense

18. High Use and Sustainment • If you build it exactly like the customer asks does that mean they will buy and use it? • Technology can be educational multiplier if they already have a solid educational practice. It can also send them in the wrong direction faster. • Some basic things that up the odds of sustainment and reduce the hassle factor for teachers.

19. Ease of Access • Anytime, anywhere, always on • No special rooms (web conferencing) • Home and school • End devices • Personal and professional world meshing, no Batman utility belts

20. Extremely Teacher Friendly • Intuitive to quickly use without remembering a bunch of steps • No computer science degree required • No matter how initially flashy, they will quickly move away if it does not have ease of use

21. Must have strong added value link to what they need to teach or do. • Must be reliable. • Low initial and ongoing costs to the end customer. If not they tend to migrate away from it after the initial flash.

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