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Evaluate the Tech & Don't Waste Your Money!

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 15

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Brian Seymour
Deputy Superintendent
Whitehall City Schools
@SeymourEducate
ISTE Certified Educator
Brian is the Deputy Superintendent for Whitehall City Schools in Ohio. Brian was previously the EdTech Director for Pickerington Schools (Ohio). Brian has created a pedagogy of blended learning termed “Tradigital Learning.” Under Brian’s leadership, his former district was named the 2018 ISTE Distinguished District of the Year. Brian has received honors from The Center for Digital Education, The Learning Counsel, and District Administrator Magazine. Brian was named the 2019 EdTech Leadership School Leader of the Year, 2017 ITIPOhio Tech Admin, 2017 ISTE’s Ohio Making It Happen, and 2020 Top 100 EdTech Influencer.

Session description

Does your school spend thousands of dollars on technology? How do you determine if it is making a positive impact on learning? We take a look at a complete process to evaluate technology, including committee, technical and instructional feedback to give a true picture of how technology is impacting learning.

Purpose & objective

By attending this session, attendees will be able to
- walk away with a complete FREE process of how to evaluate the effectiveness of the technology.
- Attendees with receive access to a flowchart explaining the process, a rubric to evaluate digital content, and questions to ask in committees and to vendors.
- Additionally, attendees will leave with a basic knowledge of how learning science principles can validate technology purchases or help to eliminate non-impactful technology.

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Outline

We will start the session by asking questions like, how do you evaluate tech now? How do you know technology is making a difference? What evidence do you have that this technology is making an impact before you renew your contract again? Then we will talk about the process that we have created and implemented over the past six years. We will ask attendees to get into small groups and go over the flow chart and determine how this process can fit into their school districts

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Supporting research

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XvivAnSeFsNpU-C67_Y6aCZYJwUfjKrh?usp=drive_link

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Session specifications

Topic:
Leadership
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Curriculum/district specialists, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices not needed
ISTE Standards:
For Coaches:
Learning Designer
  • Help educators use digital tools to create effective assessments that provide timely feedback and support personalized learning.
For Education Leaders:
Visionary Planner
  • Communicate effectively with stakeholders to gather input on the plan, celebrate successes and engage in a continuous improvement cycle.
Systems Designer
  • Ensure that resources for supporting the effective use of technology for learning are sufficient and scalable to meet future demand.

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