Registration / Morning Refreshments / Exhibit Area Open

Opening Remarks

Jon Castelhano, President, Arizona Technology in Education Association

Keynote

Greg “Boss” Wooldridge is the only commanding officer to lead the Blue Angels for three separate tours. He was first selected because of his demonstrated ability to build teams where communication, trust and teamwork took precedence over rank and status. His heart-driven approach proved a perfect match for the Blue Angels’ culture of excellence, and he was called back to lead two more teams through times of difficult transition. Since his success with the Blues, Greg has been inspired to share his methods in order to empower individuals and teams on their journey toward high performance.

Greg “Boss” Wooldridge, Former Commanding Officer, Blue Angels

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Concurrent Sessions I

Bringing Makerspaces to FUSD Classrooms

This session will explore how the Flagstaff Unified School District began the development of school-based makerspaces. Project successes and challenges will be shared. During the session, we will analyze maker culture; learn why this modality of instruction is beneficial to student learning; share funding options; highlight professional development methods used to teach educators about makerspaces; explain the various technology maker equipment acquired for student use; and investigate assessment options for student learning within a makerspace.

Heather Breedlove, Technology Integration Coordinator, Flagstaff Unified School District

Heather Ziegler, Digital Literacy Specialist, Flagstaff Unified School District

Refresh Your Classroom Practices with the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students

Join Cathy Poplin for a session focused on helping teachers implement the International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Students. As an ISTE affiliate, AZTEA facilitated several Student Standards refresh sessions during the fall of 2015. ISTE debuted the refreshed ISTE Standards for Students, based on educator feedback, at the ISTE 2016 conference in Denver, CO. This session will highlight the refreshed student technology standards, identify what is new and what has changed and direct teachers to resources that will support the implementation of the new standards. Participants will identify those standards they need additional support to fully implement. AzTEA will then follow up with online resources to support those standards.

Cathy Poplin, Executive Director, Arizona Technology in Education Association

Arizona Statewide Digital Citizenship Data Collection: Outcomes/Next Steps and Data/Analytics

Last fall, the Arizona Statewide Digital Citizenship Survey was launched to collect data focused on digital citizenship from local education agencies across the state. Please join us as we look at essential key outcomes and consider next steps as we move forward. Additionally, we will discuss the data analytics used in Paradise Valley Unified School District to include Google Apps (Explore, Pivot Tables and Graphs) and Google API.

Leslie Allen, Technology Integration Facilitator, Paradise Valley Unified School District

Cathy Cumbee, Digital Security Specialist, Paradise Valley Unified School District

Jill Felty, Technology Integration Facilitator, Paradise Valley Unified School District

Andy Harris, Information Technology Specialist, Paradise Valley Unified School District

The Power of the New iOS Management Features

Come to this session to see how deploying and managing devices and apps in your school is simplified with iOS 9. We will touch on:

· assigning and distributing apps directly to iPad, without requiring an Apple ID;

· configuring and deploying devices for both one-to-one and shared deployments;

· new capabilities that provide institutions with better ways to manage devices and apps;

· how mobile device management (MDM) can update iOS and apps over the air;

· classroom-focused enhancements that benefit both teachers and students; and

· an MDM solution that makes it easier than ever to deploy devices, apps and content in any environment.

Brian Frye, Systems Engineer – Southwest Education, JAMF Software

Kimberly Fuller, Strategic Account Executive – Southwest Education, JAMF Software

Javier R. Rodriguez, Senior Systems Engineer – CWNA, Apple Education, Apple Inc.

Attention in Education

Educators and educational spaces constantly compete with technology and other factors for students’ attention. It is important to leverage what we know about how the brain works to maximize student attention and improve student success. This session focuses on research and insights from the neuroscience of attention related to education. We will share the seven insights for attention in education and discuss how you can design spaces that block distraction and help students pay attention.

Alejandro Rengifo, Regional Education Leader, Steelcase Higher Education

Don Squires, Regional Education Leader, Steelcase K-12

Lunch

General Session / Lunchtime Panel

This lunchtime panel will kick-off with a fun trip down memory lane! In honor of the tenth annual Arizona CIO/CTO Forum, the planning committee will share some of the accomplishments that have made this event such a success throughout the years!

Following the above, an update will be provided on ESSA and the potential technology funding available through this new legislation. As part of this update, there will also be a review of the new ISTE student standards and Go Open (OER) Initiative.

Join us for a look at the old and the new in this exciting lunchtime panel!

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Concurrent Sessions II

Social Media in the Classroom: Elementary Through High School

Social media is one of many tools that has enhanced an increasingly technology-oriented learning environment. Last spring, a dozen classrooms in the Paradise Valley Unified School District piloted a program to integrate social media in their classrooms, ranging from second grade through high school. With the advent of new programs and tools also come potential challenges and security concerns. Please join Fortinet and Paradise Valley USD to discuss some of the successes, the challenges and how it impacted the classroom and the learning experience. Additionally, Fortinet will provide an update on the latest threats affecting the K-12 market and best practices to secure your network against sophisticated and powerful cyberattacks.

Jason Graun, Manager, Systems Engineering, Fortinet

Karen Mensing, Technology Integration Facilitator, Paradise Valley Unified School District

The Impact of Space on Teaching and Learning

Everything else discussed at this conference usually takes place within the physical confines of your school. And these confines often limit what teachers and students can do. This session will explore the impact that simple changes to space can have on teaching practices and student learning.

Chris Johnson, Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, University of Arizona South

Engaging Girls in Technology

Students will share strategies for engaging girls in technology. The students will present three distinct, but complementary, initiatives: peer tech tutoring, peer mentoring with hands-on activities and AP computer science. These efforts have led to a significant and substantial number of girls studying computing.

Catherine Wyman, Computer Science Teacher, Xavier College Preparatory

Computer Science K-12 and Beyond

Computer science education approaches, curricula and resources will be shared by a district IT director and a Code.org affiliate. All resources are open source and can be implemented in any K-12 setting. Integration of computational thinking across the curriculum will also be shared, as will updates on computer science education collaborations with higher education institutions.

Jeff Billings, Director of Technology, Paradise Valley Unified School District

Janice Mak, Educator, Instructional Coach, Code.org Affiliate, Paradise Valley Unified School District, Code.org

Software Defined WAN – What It Is and Why You’ll Use It One Day

Software-defined (SD) WAN gives you better control over your network to ensure security, reliability and cost efficiency. A quick history of WAN, how we got here and what’s the future of WAN will be discussed. We will review how SD WAN will:

· improve performance and security;

· lower TCO;

· improve IT agility;

· deploy in hours versus weeks; and

· simplify support and operations.

The future is software-defined.

Omar Smith, Senior Network Solutions Architect, CenturyLink

Office 365 In Education – Best Practices and Considerations

Students can explore their greatest curiosities, learn to work with their peers and enhance their education in and outside of the classroom with Microsoft Office 365. Offering online versions of PowerPoint, Excel, Word and OneNote, Office 365 allows students to do their work at any time and from anywhere using familiar applications. But have you considered all aspects of implementation? Join Insight as we discuss the decision process, planning, technology, support and security considerations in addition to best practices and case studies.

Steve Correia, Senior Technical Account Manager, Microsoft Corporation

Dene Halle, Director of Services, Insight

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Concurrent Sessions III

Imaging on a Shoestring Budget

Leveraging Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to automate and improve your desktop imaging, reduce deployment time and standardize desktop imaging will be discussed in this session. Learn how West-MEC implemented this free resource from Microsoft to deploy desktop imaging.

George Gerardo, IT Director, West-MEC

Sun Corridor Network: Arizona's Higher Ed Gigabit Speed Network

The Sun Corridor Network is a collaborative effort of ASU, NAU and UA to share digital communications resources, network services and applications among eligible subscribers. It provides gigabit speed and reliable network connectivity while creating opportunities for collaboration, information sharing and efficiency among its users. As a member of Internet2, the Sun Corridor Network taps into a nationwide network of universities, K-12 schools, libraries, museums and science centers for research and educational purposes.

Michael Sherman, Executive Director, Sun Corridor Network

The Data Warehouse Implementation – Lessons Learned / Beyond the Data Dashboard: Automated Data Analysis Examples in Balsz School District and Tolleson Union High School District

In this combined session, you will learn how after implementing an information visualization tool, such as a data dashboard, your organization may find itself suddenly awash in information, but not much closer to extracting meaningful solutions from it. We will examine automation techniques that can be utilized to present your educators and administrators with clear understandings of individual student’s trending performance in an intuitive and holistic manner. As part of this session, Balsz School

District will also share its 2015-2016 DecisionEd Data Warehouse implementation focusing on lessons learned, challenges, the advantages and maybe a few disadvantages of having access to big data.

Eric Kistler, Software Developer, Tolleson Union High School District 214

Julie Morgenthal, Director of Technology Services, Balsz School District

How to Grow Your STEM Program

Are you a STEM initiator? Do you want to gain a better understanding of how to grow your STEM program in your classroom? This session will focus on the success of STEM integration in today’s classrooms to support student achievement. Come participate in an interactive, focused session that will help the participants gain a better understanding of STEM and STEM models. Participants will need to bring a charged device with them for this session.

Nan Williams, Director of Technology, Alhambra Elementary School District

Top IT Security Challenges K-12 CIOs Face Every Day

Security is always top of mind among K-12 officials responsible for the safety of the children attending their schools. The children in our schools are America’s most precious assets, so it’s critical that K-12 IT professionals ask themselves if they are prepared to face the threats. To help K-12 IT pros assess the efficacy of their security solutions, security experts have identified five of the biggest IT security challenges schools face today. Want to learn more? Join this session and find out what you can do to implement the right security solution to protect your school.

Ron Temske, Vice President Security Solutions, Solutions and Services, Logicalis

Adjourn

Conference times, agenda and speakers are subject to change.