Welcome to NSBA’s 22 nd Annual T+L Conference Seattle, WA

1. Come Visit us in the TLN Room #601 Learn About Your TLN Benefits Or Learn How to Join! Welcome to NSBA’s 22nd AnnualT+L ConferenceSeattle, WA

2. Dr. Doug Brubaker Director of Instructional Technology Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD ○ Carrollton, TX Data-driven decision making for 21st century schools

3. Data and District Leadership • Leadership and Vision • Interpret and act on data • Planning and Budgeting • Prioritize needs • Team Building and Staffing • Make decision making processes more transparent; build trust; hire effectively • Systems and Information Management • Report data in meaningful and usable ways • Evaluate outcomes (CoSN, 2007)

4. Data and District Leadership • Business Leadership • Determine return on investment • Education and Training • Plan/evaluate professional development • Ethics and Policies • Use data to develop and enforce • Communication Systems • Enlist support of key stakeholders • Monitor the landscape • Respond to new opportunities (CoSN, 2007)

5. What is the size of your district? ? • Less than 5,000 students • 5,000-15,000 students • 15,000-25,000 students • 25,000-35,000 students • 35,000 or more students

6. Technology Roadmap: Our Vision

7. Technology Literacy and the 21st Century Skills Framework: (Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2007)

8. Does your state require a technology literacy assessment as part of its accountability system? ? • Yes • No

9. What type of technology literacy assessment do you use? ? • Portfolios • Commercially Prepared Test • Self Assessment • All of these • None of these

10. Instructional Technology:Technology Literacy Assessment

11. TLA Elementary School ResultsGrade 5: Baseline Scores, 2007

12. TLA Middle School ResultsGrade 7: Baseline Scores, 2007

13. How is technology literacy taught in your district? ? • Integrated in other content areas • Technology applications classes • Both • Neither

14. Using Data to Guide Instruction • Built “sense of urgency” (Kotter, 2006) • Key areas for growth: • Social and Ethical • Spreadsheets • Database • Principal Conferences • Use of UbD Framework • After-School Program

15. Hardware Selection • Beyond Hardware Initiative (BHI) Presentation Cart • Used student achievement (TAKS) data to determine instructional impact (Knezek, 2005). • .

16. Hardware Selection • Interactive Technologies Evaluation • Identifying variables related to student engagement for vendor-neutral study.

17. Hardware Selection • Virtual Information Center (VIC) A district-created database for feedback about products used in C-FB.

18. Does your district’s technology infrastructure include wireless connectivity in classrooms? ? • Yes • No

19. Does your district offer flexible online learning opportunities for students? ? • Yes • No

20. Virtual Campus • Online Courses – Tuition-Based Model • Health, P.E. Foundations, BCIS, Comm. Apps. • Other Courses based on Campus Request • Foreign Languages, AP Courses • 2007-2008- 550 enrollments- 88% completion rate • Summer 2008 – www.cfbonline.org online registration Time Flexible / Interactive / Teacher Supported

21. Virtual Campus • Online Curriculum- Hybrid Model • UTASKME online Algebra I, Geometry • Problem-Based/Real-World Applications • Wireless Classroom Environments • 160 middle and high school students THSP Exemplary Program Website Time Flexible / Interactive / Teacher Supported

22. How much time is dedicated for technology training in your district’s new hire training? ? • 1 day or less • 2 days – 3 days • 4 or more days

23. Does your district use online tools to deliver asynchronous staff development? ? • Yes • No

24. Developing Digital Content • Online Tools for Teachers • Podcasting- student and teacher produced • WebEx- online professional development and collaboration tools • Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) • Training for Teacher Moodle Pages • Online Staff Development- New Hire training • Moodle Course Login

25. Which Learning Management System does your district use? ? • Blackboard • Moodle • WebCT • Other • None

26. Virtual Campus Assessments • Student Achievement Data • District Benchmark Assessments • Math TAKS results • End of semester and final exam data • Completion rates for online courses • Students Survey Data- www.Surveymonkey.com • Moodle and WebEx- online quiz and survey responses

27. Does your district use online survey tools to collect data for program evaluation? ? • Yes • No

28. Using Data for Staffing

29. References/Resources Consortium for School Networking. (2007). CoSN: Essential CTO Skills Overview. Retrieved September 28, 2008, from CoSN: The Consortium for School Networking: http://www.cosn.org/resources/cto_council/excerpt.cfm Knezek, G., (2005, April). One-to-many computing: Evaluation models. American Educational Research Association (AERA) April 11-15, 2005, Montreal, Canada. Kotter, J. P., & Rathgeber, H. (2006). Our Iceberg is Melting. New York: St. Martin's Press. Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (2007, July 23). Building 21st Century Skills. Retrieved September 28, 2008, from Framework Overview: http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/frameworkflyer_072307.pdf