CoSN 2004 Annual Conference The State of CoSN

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Presentation by Keith Krueger, CEO Consortium on
School Networking (CoSN)
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Presentation Outline

• CoSN Goals for 2004-05
• Todays challenging world for ed tech
• CoSN success in meeting the challenges
• Leadership initiatives
• Professional development
• Advocacy
• Coalition building
• Emerging technologies

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Our Mission To promote the use of information
technologies and the Internet to ensure
technology has a positive effect on learning by
focusing on leadership development, coalition
building, advocacy and emerging technologies.
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Goals for 2004-05
Leadership Development Building effective
leadership capacity of technology decision-makers
at the national, state and local levels to ensure
technology has a positive effect on learning
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Goals for 2004-05
Advocacy Providing a strong voice for effective
national policy and implementation of technology
use in education to serve all students
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Goals for 2004-05
Coalition Building Creating contexts for
private and public sector interaction and
fostering partnerships to shape the future of
technology use to improve access, equity and
professional development.
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Goals for 2004-05
Emerging Technologies Providing a place and the
means to track emerging technologies and develop
insights and tools to use technology to address
core educational challenges
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Members
Represent school districts, state and local
education agencies, nonprofits, companies and
individuals who share our vision
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Membership is Growing
with increases in institutional, corporate and
individual membership categories even while
budgets are restricted
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Conference is Growing
at the same time other Ed Tech meetings are
seeing decreasing attendance
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN
must be doing something right for its members and
for K-12 education in terms of its core values
and beliefs and programs
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Core Values and Beliefs

• Regarding Technology and Education
• Technology is an essential tool to truly
  personalize learning for each student. As such,
  skillful uses of technology provide a key means
  to achieving equity.
• Technology overcomes barriers of time and space
  in learning.
• Integration of technology into educations
  mainstream requires strong leadership.
• The primary challenge we face in using technology
  effectively is human, not technical.
• Technological proficiency is essential for
  success in the 21st century.
• Strong leadership development and advocacy are
  essential to accomplish the above.

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Core Values and Beliefs

• Regarding the CoSN Organization
• CoSN must stand out as a national leader in
  tracking and implementing current and emerging
  technologies.
• CoSN must be pro-active in periodically
  re-inventing itself.
• Because of its unique and diverse public/private
  sector membership, CoSN is in a powerful position
  to provide a voice of advocacy and support to
  guide the infusion of technology use into
  educations mainstream.

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Todays Challenging World for Ed Tech Champions

• Accountability within the context of No Child
  Left Behind
• Shrinking budgets and funding sources for
  technology
• Staff cuts at the local and state levels
• Questions about the effectiveness of technology
  in improving student achievement
• Continuing changes in technology available

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN is meeting these challenges

• by providing
• Effective Leadership Development
• Powerful Voice on Public Policy
• Working in Partnership
• Access to Essential Knowledge

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Leadership Development Accomplishments
CoSN is providing leadership development through
its initiatives and professional development
opportunities
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Taking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to the
Classroom
www.classroomtco.org Helping school leaders
better budget for education technology NEW --
CoSN/Gartner Web Tool on TCO Made possible by
support from US Department of Education, as well
as Platinum sponsors Apple Computer, Intel and
Sprint Gold sponsors Blackboard, Dell, eChalk,
eClassroom, HP, IBM, PLATO Learning and Texas
Instruments Association partners NCREL and
NCRTEC Bronze media partner Editorial Projects
in Education
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse
www.safewiredschools.org Helping administrators
understand Internet Safety FREE Home-School
Partnership Toolkit. Enabling school leaders to
better communicate with their communities
www.safewiredschools.org/toolkit Platinum
sponsors AOL Time Warner Foundation, BellSouth,
Microsoft, Sprint Gold sponsor SurfControl
Bronze Sponsors ATT, Verizon Media
Partner Peter Li Education Group
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Data-Driven Decision Making
www.3d2know.org 3D Vision to Know Do Helping
school district leaders use data more effectively
for continuous school improvement and
accountability Platinum Sponsors ETS, IBM,
SAS Gold Sponsors Dell, Plato Learning Bronze
Sponsors SchoolNet, PowerSchool, Texas
Instruments Media Partner Scholastic
Administr_at_tor
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Cyber Security for the Digital District
CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
www.securedistrict.org Launched October 2003 to
help ensure the security of school networks Made
possible by support for the US Department of
Education and Founding Platinum Sponsors
SonicWALL, SurfControl, Symantec Founding Gold
Sponsors BellSouth, Enterasys, Microsoft, Sun
Microsystems Media Partner DistrictAdministration
Education Partner Mass Networks
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Coming Soon

• With the Challenge Grant announced this morning,
  a new emphasis on Leadership Resources on
  Assistive Technologies for all students
• Sponsored by Sprint Foundation and IntelliTools,
  Inc.

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Professional Development
a range of face-to-face, online and print
publications for CTOs and those that support
them
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
K-12 School NetworkingAnnual Conference
March 22 23, 2005 at the Renaissance
Washington DC Hotel (near the Washington
Convention Center).  www.k12schoolnetworking.org
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CTO Forums

• School District CTO Forums for chief technology
  decision-makers which meet three times a year
• NEW -- Focus on the Essential Skills of CTO

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Online Courses Webcasts

• CoSN Courses offered through the National School
  Boards online resource for school administrators
  on tech leadership
• Six Web Telecasts throughout the year on key
  education technology leadership issues

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CoSN Compendium
In mid-March, release of the 2nd edition of the
Compendiuma new leadership publication built in
Harvard Business School-like Case
Studies/Articles www.cosn.org/initiatives/compend
ium.html
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Advocacy Accomplishments

• CoSN builds on its history of strong policy and
  advocacy emphasis by launching New CoSN/ISTE Ed
  Tech Action Network (ETAN)
• Plus, continue providing
• Washington Update and Alerts for members
• Advocacy Day Thurs., March 4th
• Input into National Education Technology Plan
• CoSN/Grunwald District Surveys

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
CoSN Emerging Technologies Accomplishments

• New area on www.cosn.org
• Fall 2003 Release of A Guide to Wireless LANs in
  K-12 Schools
• Coming Soon Reports on Handheld Technologies and
  Five Hot Technology Trends

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Coalition Building Accomplishments

• Youth Technology Support with a group of
  non-profit organizations
• New online courses with NSBA
• SIIA Feedback Forums with SIIA
• Joint Policy/Advocacy with ISTE

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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
And, as Frank Sinatra said, The Best is Yet to
Come
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CoSN 2004 Annual ConferenceThe State of CoSN
Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
www.cosn.org Keith R. Kruegerkeith_at_cosn.org 202
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900Washington, DC 20036