Center for Digital Education Market Briefing: Pennsylvania 2015

Overview

The Center for Digital Education is hosting a Research Roundtable event in Philadelphia, PA and we hope that you can join us.

IT leaders from Pennsylvania districts will be on-hand for a special briefing on their technology plans, priorities and focus for the coming years. Parkland School District is working to align classroom environments with real-world environments by infusing 21st century skills through the use of technology. Pennridge School District is committed to supporting its students, teachers and parents in developing 21st century skills in a world dominated by technology. The Upper Dublin School District believes in effective technology integration that is routine, transparent and supports curricular goals.

The participants will be briefing the audience on district plans in a variety of topic areas, including computing infrastructure, mobile devices, digital content and curriculum, professional development, cyber security and their plans to incorporate blended learning models.

This event will allow participants to:
• Hear directly from CIOs and technology leaders from area school districts
• Network with fellow industry leaders in the region
• Learn about the hot issues in the education IT market

Agenda

12:30 pm

Registration

1:00 pm

Welcome

1:10 pm

District Leadership Panel

This panel will be led by the Center for Digital Education and feature district leaders from Boston-area school districts. Panelists will provide an overview of technology plans, priorities and challenges for the districts.

Panelists:
Kathleen Brewster-Scheid, Ed.D, Director of Curriculum, Assessment, and Instructional Technology, Pennridge School District
Beth Breiner, Coordinator of Educational Technology, Parkland School District
Philip Vinogradov, Director of Technology, School District of Upper Dublin, PA

2:30 pm

Industry Market Briefing

This segment will include a Center for Digital Education market briefing on trends and opportunities in K-12. Attendees will receive an overview of the latest research that the Center has gathered in the past year through interviews, Special Reports, events and its annual Digital School Districts Survey.

3:00 pm

Closing Remarks

3:30 pm

Adjourn

Speakers

Beth Breiner

Coordinator of Educational Technology, Parkland School District

Beth Breiner is coordinator of educational technology at Parkland School District, located in Lehigh County, PA. A graduate of East Stroudsburg University (B.S.), Western Kentucky University (M.A.) and DeSales University (Instructional Technology Specialist Certificate), Breiner is also a Google Certified Teacher. Over the past two years, Parkland School District has embarked on multiple technology initiatives, including a BYOD program, establishing a blended learning program, enhancing the content and delivery of professional development and establishing a Microsoft certification program for students. She has been instrumental in the development of each of these programs and looks forward to progressing with the district focus on expanding the blended learning program, enhancing the professional development program to include online options and moving to digital content.

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Registration Fees

Digital Education Navigator Members*    $99
Non-members    $125

Registration by credit card only; no billing.

Contact Us

For registration and general assistance contact:

Shayna Mayen
Center for Digital Education
Phone:  (916) 932-1314 
E-mail:  smayen@centerdigitaled.com

Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact:

Heather Earney
Center for Digital Education
Phone:  (916) 932-1435
E-mail:  hearney@centerdigitaled.com