The Gallery Walk features students from the 2006-2007 Johns Hopkins University Online Graduate Certificate in School Administration and Supervision showcasing leadership projects about staff development, preparing tech literate students, integrating technology, and solving equity and safety issues. Come join us in this poster-like session Monday, June 25, 2007 from 3:30pm - 4:30pm in the Galleria.

Outline

Technology Resource Teachers: 21st Century Professional Development and Support
Lisa Rollins, Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia, with Cherise Hodge, Lori Chaney, and Rocky Roberts
High-quality staff development is crucial for preparing teachers to use technology effectively. Learn about how Technology Resource Teachers help teachers integrate technology through meaningful, job-embedded professional development.
This presentation will share information on the Technology Resource Teachers (TRTs) program in Stafford County, Va. This program is designed to help teachers effectively integrate technology into daily instruction. Having TRTs in schools allows for teacher's needs to be recognized and addressed in a timely fashion. Some of these opportunities include one-on-one training and planning sessions, after-school professional development with follow-up in the classroom with students, online courses, hybrid face-to-face and online training, study groups of teachers, partnering with Instructional and Curriculum Specialists to provide training and district-wide training sessions. The TRT program helps teachers onto the path for enhancing their teaching with technology.

Great by Eight: NCLB Technology Literacy Requirement for Eighth Graders
Patti Fisher, St. Lawrence-Lewis Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York, with Dory Marcus
This poster session will provide available state specific information and resources to achieve the NCLB goal, "every student is technologically literate by the time the student finishes the eighth grade."
One of the goals of Title IID of NCLB is to ensure that all students are technology literate by eighth grade. Across the country, school districts are looking for ways to ensure that 100% of 8th grade students will be able to demonstrate technology literacy and meet that requirement by the 2008 -2009 school year. Some states provide specific assessments for districts to use; some provide guidelines and resources, and some are in the process of exploring possibilities. This poster presentation will feature an interactive map of the United States that will highlight the progress states have made toward fulfilling this requirement. Resources, contact information, ISTE Seal of Approval vendor options, and web sites will be highlighted. State specific handouts will be available which may be retrieved via the web at a later date.

Enriching Staff Development with Technology
Michael Aubin, Maryland Public Television - Thinkport, with June Garwin
Effective instructional technology integration in the classroom begins with modeling by school leaders. Learn strategies and tips to utilize in all staff development opportunities.
This poster presentation will show a spectrum of technology uses that a school leader can use to model technology integration. Novice technology users will learn how to set up and use simple tools such as online surveys or email polling to quickly gather staff opinions. More advanced technology users will learn how to start and monitor discussion boards that extend meaningful dialogue started in a meeting. School leaders with expert technology skills will learn more sophisticated uses such as audience response systems and instructional management systems. The poster presentation will show tips and tricks for including technology techniques in professional development and will provide resources for finding resources for free software and information web sites.

On the Road to Connectivity, the Saga Continues
Sandra Rose, Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland, with Sandi Williams
Take a historic journey of the digital divide; see where the journey takes you when the conductors are tech savvy.
Although the technology revolution has brought significant change to so many areas of life, the pace of change in today's typcial classroom is slow. In many situations, the push to integrate technology within the school setting has been met with some opposition. It is the aim of this presentation to highlight the importance of leadership in making the transition toward greater and effective technology use. This presentation will highlight research to support technology in the classroom as a motivator for students and an effective tool in managing the school setting. The poster session will take the viewer on a historical journey of the digital divide. Participants will see how technology has brought society out of the "dark ages" and into the "age of enlightenment" through a display of historic educational objects/artifacts led by tech savvy conductors.

Safe in Cyberspace? Guidelines for Teaching Responsible Use
Maryellen Brogan, Cecil County Public Schools in Maryland, with Marianne Hart and Marisa Montgomery
Delve into cyberspace and investigate Internet safety, social networking, and bullying. Discover learning experiences we have implemented for students, staff, and the community.
Internet safety, protecting private information, social networking and bullying are issues facing educators incorporating technology. Our mission is to explore safety guidelines for students, teachers, administrators, parents and the public. This presentation will provide a toolbox of resources for a variety of audiences with the goal of helping to design professional development, community presentations, and instructional resources addressing cybersafety. Latest trends and practices of students communicating in online environments will be highlighted along with a showcase of cybersafety best practices; including filtering, parental controls, monitoring, and safe practices for preventing cyberbullying.

E-Handouts from Your School Psychologist
Ari Yares, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland
This project explores the use of e-mail newsletters developed by a school psychologist to provide information about education, human development, and mental health to educators.
School psychologists often have a wealth of information that they would like to share with the teachers, administrators, and other staff members with whom they work. Handouts from Your School Psychologist were developed as an electronic alternative to dropping notes in teacher's mailbox regarding relevant, helpful information related to education, human development, and mental health. . Each e-newsletter contains several short blurbs related to these topics in "easy-to-read" formats and provides links to relevant websites to access more in depth information. This presentation will illustrate the usefulness, challenges, and benefits of psychologists using e-mail newsletters as a method of providing information to educators.

Are We Closing the Digital Divide?
Craig Reed, Baltimore City Public Schools, with Marilyn Barber and Susan Himes
This investigation will compare students with similar backgrounds but with different access to technology in school to see how their technological fluency is affected.
Schools with high percentages of students who receive Free and Reduced Meals FARMS) tend to have lower standardized test scores than schools from more affluent areas. This fact is very well known and has been the focus of many studies and programs trying to close achievement gaps. This presentation will highlight findings from a survey conducted at several MD schools in high poverty districts to discern students' and teachers' perceptions of the influence of technology access on student performance, school leadership and technology, and the role of professional development. These findings can be used to guide how time and resources are allocated for high quality professional development related to effective technology integration that results in improved teacher performance and increased academic achievement among all students.

Presenter Background

Betsy Lowry leads Center for Technology in Education (CTE) to develop online learning and communities of practice for all major grants and projects. She is primary architect of CTE’s model for online learning and distance education, and has provided direction and leadership for many of CTE’s grants and contracts, including: Project SITE Support, a Department of Justice School Safety Project, the MSDE partnership grant, and a federal PT3 grant. Ms. Lowry also directed CTE’s work in developing and implementing a national evaluation, data collection, and reporting system for the federal Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG) Program. She is an adjunct instructor in JHU’s Technology for Educators graduate program, and delivered professional development nationally with the JHU Success for All program before joining CTE. Ms. Lowry has 6 years experience as a classroom teacher in special education and English. She will complete her doctoral program in Teacher Development and Leadership at Johns Hopkins University in 2006. Ms. Lowry earned her M.S. in Administration and Supervision at JHU in 1994, and her B.S. in Special Education at James Madison University in 1987.

Referenced Web Links

http://education.jhu.edu/iste-admin