Cathy Higgins, NHDOE

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Updating the NH State Educational Technology Plan

• Cathy Higgins, NHDOE
• Sharon Silva, NHEMA President
• Glen Page, NHSTE President
• Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference
• Nashua, NH
• 12/3/08 at 130-230 in Windsor 2

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Agenda

• What is this session about?
• Opinions yours
• Research theirs
• Current plan
• Future plan

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Session Description

• Audience NH citizen, teacher, student,
  administrator, web user
• Hands-on Web 2.0 tools to revise the plan
• Topic Your ideas for the future of educational
  technology in New Hampshire

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Why This Session
2009
2002
Current plan dated 2002
Staff Cuts
AYP
NECAP
Budget Cuts
NCLB
Web 2.0
eLearning
more
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Whats your opinion?

• Are kids different today because of digital
  media?

• Discussion
• Go to nhedtechplan.wetpaint.com/
• Click on discussion forum
• Click on thread called Kids Today
• Share your thoughts

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Digital Media Learning

• Are kids different today because of digital
  media?
• Digital Media and Learning Project at
  www.macfound.org

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Planning Tools

• http//nhedtechplan.wetpaint.com/
• http//nhedtechvision.edublogs.org/
• Other ideas?

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What Data?

• www.nheon.org/oet/surveys
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• www.nheon.org/oet/speakup
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• Other data sources?