Meeting+Agenda+May+2009

Federal Educational Technology State Grants Meeting ** Ø To prepare State Educational Agencies (SEA) to implement Title II, Part D of ESEA, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Ø To improve the quality, completeness, and timeliness of State-reported data for meeting Title II, D annual GPRA reporting requirements Ø To showcase promising practices using Title II-D funds to improve educational programs in high need districts and schools
 * May 2009
 * DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC**
 * 1515 Rhode Island, NW** **Washington****, DC 20005**
 * //May 5-7, 2009//**
 * //DRAFT AGENDA//**
 * Meeting Purposes:

In addition, meeting participants will engage in a full day of briefings, roundtable discussions, and a Street Fair on Thursday, May 7, highlighting ED-funded educational technology projects, products, and resources. || Ø U.S. Department of Education Program Officer Meetings with State Educational Technology Directors || // Lobby Level // || Ø Jenelle Leonard, Director School Support and Technology Programs U.S. Department of Education || // Terrace // // East/West //  || Ø Introductions: Laura Johns, Acting Director, Office of Educational Technology Ø Speaker: Mike Smith (Invited), Senior Advisor to the Secretary U.S. Department of Education || // Terrace // // East/West //  || Ø Overview and Purpose Ø Program Guidance o Program Priorities o Grant Award Schedule o Requirements for Receiving ARRA Funds o Uses of ARRA Funds || // Terrace // // East/West //  ||
 * **Day 1 – Tuesday, May 5** ||
 * 7:30-8:30 a.m. || Ø Registration
 * 8:30-8:45 a.m. || Welcome and Overview
 * 8:45-9:15 a.m. || The Administration’s Vision
 * 9:15-10:15 a.m. || U.S. Department of Education Panel: //American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and Requirements for Title II, D//

Ø Accountability o ARRA Grant Conditions o Reporting Requirements o Fiscal Requirements o Program Evaluation and Assessment || // Terrace // // East/West // || // East/West //  || Invited Speaker: Gene Wilhoit (to be invited) Executive Director Council of Chief State School Officers || // Terrace East/West //  || // East/West //  || o Identifying What Works o Uses of Funds to Meet ARRA Goals o Targeting to High-Need Low Performing Local Educational Agency o Ongoing Professional Development for Teachers, Principals, and Administrators o Improving Student Academic Achievement o Coordinating Activities with Funds Available from Other Federal, State, And Local Sources || // Second Floor Conference Rooms // // As Assigned //  ||
 * ** Day 1 – Tuesday, May 5 (continued) **  ||
 * 9:15-10:15 a.m. || American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and Requirements for Title II, D (continued)
 * 9:15-10:15 a.m. || American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and Requirements for Title II, D (continued)
 * 10:15-10:30 a.m. |||| Break ||
 * 10:30-11:45 a.m. || American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and Requirements for Title II, D (continued) || // Terrace //
 * 12:00-1:00 p.m. || Lunch
 * 1:00-1:45 p.m. || ARRA Wrap-up || // Terrace //
 * 1:45-2:00 p.m. || Break || ||
 * 2:00-3:30 p.m. || Small Group Discussions: Strategies for Uses of ARRA Funds
 * 3:30-4:30 p.m. |||| Break – Set-up for Promising Practices Showcase ||


 * ** Day 1 – Tuesday, May 5 (continued) **  ||
 * 4:30-7:00 p.m. || **// Promising Practices Showcase //**// - // States will be showcasing Title II, Part D--Enhancing Education Through Technology federally funded projects from around the country that illustrate effective use of technology to improve instruction in high-need districts and schools. From Alaska to Maine, Oregon to Florida, participants will have an opportunity to visit with State Educational Technology Directors to hear success stories describing how educational technology is being used to engage students and raise academic achievement. Learn how states and districts are moving learning and teaching into the 21st Century.

Guests to be invited: Senior officials, program managers and staff of the U. S. Department of Education; and representatives from National Associations, such as the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), National Engineering Technology Education Clearinghouse (NETEC**)**, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Council of Great City Schools

// Terrace East/West room and the Stateroom // ||
 * == **Day 2 – Wednesday, May 6** == ||
 * 7:00-7:30 a.m.

7:30-8:15 a.m. || Ø Registration - State ED//Facts// Coordinators

Ø Small Group Reports – Strategies for Uses of ARRA Funds Ø Facilitator: Kathleen Barnhart Principal Consultant Illinois Department State Board of Education || // Lobby Level // || Ø Enid Marshall, Group Leader Technology and Flexibility Programs U.S. Department of Education || // Terrace // // East/West //  || Ø Mary Ann Wolf, Executive Director (Invited) SETDA - Data Quality Project Ø Ross Santy, Director, Director (Invited) Performance Information Management Service (PIMS), U.S. Department of Education Ø Brenda Williams, Executive Director, Office of Instructional Technology West Virginia Department of Education || // Terrace // // East/West //  || Ø Nancy Loy, Senior Analyst School Support and Technology Programs U.S. Department of Education Ø Data elements/performance measures o 8th Grade Literacy o Teachers Meeting State Technology Standards o Technology Integration o Access Ø Discussion issues o Data Integrity for Both Program Improvement and Federal Reporting o Operational Definitions o Data Timeframes o Reporting Periods o Data Collection and Reporting Systems o Challenges and Solutions o Models and Tools o Additional Suggestions || // Terrace // // East/West //  || ED//Facts// data elements and GPRA performance measures || // Rooms TBD // || Ø Kate Kemker, Senior Director, Office of Instructional Technology, Florida Department of Education Ø Melinda Stanley State Education Technology Coordinator Kansas State Department of Education Ø Deborah Sutton Director of Instructional Technology Missouri Department of Education || // Terrace // // East/West //  || Ø Nancy Loy || // Terrace // // East/West // || Ø Introductions: Bernadette Adams-Yates Ø Speaker: ams-Yat BernatTechnolo Barbara Means, Director, Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International Ø Speaker: Linda Roberts, Consultant SRI International || // Terrace // // East/West //  || // East/West // || = =
 * 8:15-8:30 a.m. || Welcome and Overview
 * 8:30-9:30 a.m. || Panel Presentation and Discussion: How Can States Ensure the Integrity of Data for Both Program Improvement and Federal Reporting?
 * 9:30-10:00 a.m. || Introduction to each of the ED//Facts// educational technology data elements and GPRA performance measures
 * **Day 2 – Wednesday, May 6** **(continued)**   ||
 * 10:00-10:15 a.m. || Break || ||
 * 10:15 -11:45 a.m. || // Small Group Discussions // of each of the four
 * 10:15 -11:45 a.m. || // Small Group Discussions // of each of the four
 * 12:00-1:00 p.m. || Panel presentations: //“Data Collection Stories”//
 * 1:15-3:00 p.m. || // Small Group Discussions // of each of the four ED//Facts// data elements and GPRA performance measures || // Rooms TBD //  ||
 * 3:00-3:15 p.m. |||| Break ||
 * 3:00-3:15 p.m. || Highlights From Small Group Discussions
 * 3:30-5:00 p.m. || National Educational Technology Plan
 * 5:00-5:30 p.m. || Wrap-up – Jenelle Leonard || // Terrace //
 * == **Day 3 – Thursday, May 7** ==

|| Departmental Auditorium Lyndon Baines Johnson Building 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202 || // Room //  || **// Technologies & Children: Megabytes for Learning //** A Trilogy of Briefings, Roundtable Discussions, and a Street Fair highlighting projects, products and resources funded by the U.S. Department of Education Technology in Education Programs (TEP) Office. ||
 * 8:00-9:00 a.m. || Ø Travel to U.S. Department of Education

Ø Opening Remarks Margo Anderson, Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary, OII Cheryl Petty Garnette, Director Technology in Education Programs, OII Ø Discussion Facilitator: Brian Lekander, Program Manager, OII Ø Presenters: Javier Elizondo, Director, JUMP into Reading for Meaning, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) Lynne Meeks, Project Manager, Alabama Public Television Don Moody, Producer and Creator, Word World Ø Roundtable Moderator: Cheryl Garnette Ø Roundtable Panelists: Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Margaret Honey, President New York Hall of Science Ø Questions and Answers || // LBJ Auditorium // ||
 * 10:00-11:30 a.m. || Policy Briefing: “Rebooting Reading Education with New Technologies”

1:30 p.m. || **// “Street Fair” //** || // LBJ //// Plaza //  ||
 * 11:30 a.m.–

Ø Overview: Cheryl Garnette Ø Panelists: Ayesha Edwards, Facilitator Dr. Michael Cohen, Founder, The Michael Cohen Group -television and digital media for low-income families Dr. Beth Phillips, Florida State University television viewing by preschoolers Dr. Glenda Revelle, Sesame Workshop online training for daycare providers and preschool teachers Dr. Shelley Pasnik, EDC -cell phone and iPod study Ø Roundtable Discussion Segment Wanda Gill, Moderator Barbara Bowman, ED Name, State Education Technology Director Ø Audience Roundtables Ø Future Agenda, Feedback || // LBJ Auditorium // ||
 * 2:00-4:00 p.m. || Research Colloquium: //“Playing Games, Watching Television and Other Important Ways to Learn: What Recent Research Says about Teaching Reading and Developing Literacy Skills for Young Children through Digital Media”//

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