The Impact on Pedagogy & Professional Development
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Bring Your Own technology initiatives are top of mind with school administrators everywhere this year. Whether big or small, schools across the nation want to leverage the benefits of student and teacher owned technology devices in the classroom. Specifically, schools expect BYO to improve learning and better prepare 21st century citizens. When surveyed, schools that have successfully implemented BYO programs universally agree that improvement to classroom instruction (pedagogy) is an ‘essential element’ for success.
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| Date: | Dec 8, 2011 |
| Time: | 1 pm EST |
| Duration: | 60 minutes |
| Cost: | Free |
 Elliot Soloway |
 Cathleen Norris |
 Cary Harrod |
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About the Experts:
Elliot Soloway is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in the Department of CSE, College of Engineering, School of Education and School of Information, University of Michigan. For the past 10 years, Soloway's research has been guided by the vision that mobile, handheld − and very low-cost − networked devices are the only way to truly achieve universal 1:1 in schools − all across the globe. In 2001, the UMich undergraduates selected him to receive the "Golden Apple Award" as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year. In 2004 and in 2011, the EECS College of Engineering HKN Honor Society awarded Elliot "Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award." Elliot is a co-founder of GoKnow, Inc., a Dallas-based company that supports K-12 in using mobile learning devices.
Cathleen Norris is a Regents Professor in the College of Information, Department of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. Cathie's 14 years in K-12 classrooms − and receiving Dallas' Golden Apple Award − has shaped her university research agenda: helping K-12 teachers move from the 19th century into the 21st century. Cathie has been President of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the leading international organization for technology-minded educators, and the President of the National Educational Computing Association (NECA), the association that organized NECC, the premier conference on technology in K-12. Cathie is co-founder of GoKnow, Inc.
Cary Harrod has been an educator for 22 years; she spent the first 7 years as a third and fourth grade teacher and then enjoyed 10 years as a gifted specialist. For the past five years, she has been the Instructional Technology Specialist for the Forest Hills School District outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Her work has included leading a project in which district teachers participated in a year-long professional development program focused on the use of instructional technology in the classroom. Over 400 teachers have participated in the program. Most recently, she was the project lead of "Partnership for Powerful Learning", an initiative which gave seventh graders the option to bring their personally owned devices to school. Her deepest passion is helping teachers design authentic learning experiences that are personalized for each unique learner.
Berj Akian founded ClassLink, Inc. in 1998. What began as an endeavor to assist a local school in creating a leading edge technology environment, matured into a next generation 24/7 Learning Access solution for the $7 billion U.S. education technology market. Today, ClassLink serves over 1500 schools and over 1.1 million students and teachers across the nation, with a solution that provides anytime, anywhere access to instructional software and files to students and teachers.
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