National Invitational Summit on Digital Equity:
Developing a National Strategic Plan for Digital Equity
Join Us!
Noon – 6 p.m., Monday, June 26, 2017
Menger Hotel, San Antonio
To register (thanks to generous support from Connection Public Sector Solutions, it’s complimentary and includes lunch and materials) click here.
The U.S. is falling behind other nations in addressing the digital divide. One in four families lack access to the Internet, depriving them of significant educational and economic opportunities.
Join this collaborative effort to develop a shared vision and a National Strategic Plan for Digital Equity. Learn how to tap Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and other unprecedented funding sources to close the digital divide through systemic digital equity partnerships.
Outcomes -- Participants will:
- Envision strategies to access Community Reinvestment Act and other economic opportunity funds to close the digital divide for low-income learners.
- Consider essential dimensions of a systemic approach to digital equity.
- Explore deeply discounted and free public, private and nonprofit resources that assist communities to address each dimension (e.g., broadband, hardware, multilingual tech support, OER, Deep Web content, librarian support for cybersafety and digital literacy).
- Help to launch sustained national conversation to develop a shared vision and National Strategic Plan for Digital Equity.
AGENDA
NOON - 12:45 P.M. Lunch and welcoming remarks by Dr. Tracy Weeks, Executive director, State Education Technology Directors Association, Sheryul Nussman-Beach, board member, International Society for Technology in Education, and Dr. Robert McLaughlin, co-founder and executive director, National Collaborative for Digital Eqyity
12:45 - 1:00 P.M. Overviews: Dr. Paul Resta, Co-chair, National Collaborative for Digital Equity
1:00 - 1:30 P.M. Context for the Summit: Dr. Robert McLaughlin, National Collaborative for Digital Equity executive director
1:30 - 2:00 P.M. Panel: Essential Dimensions of Systemic Digital Equity: Dr. Robbie Melton, associate vice-president for e-learning, TN Board of Regents; Lisa Trisciani, field sales vice-president, Connection Public Sector Solutions; Dr. Amee Godwin, educational innovations director, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education; Dr. Dennis Harper, executive director, GenYes; and Ian Singer, business development and marketing vice-president. Credo Education.
2:00 - 2:10 P.M. Panel Q & A (refreshments available)
2:10 - 2:40 P.M. Panel: School boards, Superintendents, Banking and Philanthropic leafders: guiding principles for mutually rewarding partnerships. Ann Flynn, education technology director National School Boards Association; Brenda Watt, technology coordinator, Innovation Technology Education Fund; and Robert McLaughlin, NCDE/Grantmakers For Education Impact Group
2:40 - 2:50 P.M. Panel Q & A
2:50 - 3:20 P.M. Panel: Implications for Educator Prepararions: Christine Stokes-Beverly, educator fellow, U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Education Technology; Dr. Elizabeth Kolb, assistant professor of education technology, University of Michigan; Dr. Christine Terry, director eMINTS National Center; and Dr. Paul Resta, professor of learning technology, University of Texas.
3:20 - 3:40 P.M. Roundtable discussion: implications for educator preparation programs and school system leaders
3:40 - 4:00 P.M. Panel Q & A
4:00 - 4:20 P.M. Roundtable discussion: strategies for statewide, regional and national collaboration
4:20 - 4:40 P.M. Table report outs and plenary discussion
4:40 - 5:00 P.M. National Leadership Panel: Reflections on participant recommendations: next steps for national collaboration: Karen Cator, Digital Promise; William Bass, ISTE; Ann Flynn, NSBA; Tracy Weeks, SETDA; Susan Bearden, senior education pioneer fellow, U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Education Technology; and Paul Resta and Robert McLaughlin, NCDE
5:00 - 5:10 P.M. Next Steps and Wrap-Up
5:10 - 6:00 P.M. Showcase and Networking Reception: sponsored by Credo Education
