Agenda

8:30-8:45am: ARRIVAL

• light breakfast served

8:45-9:05am: WELCOME

• Lorin Basden Arnold, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY New Paltz
• Michael Rosenberg, Dean of the School of Education, SUNY New Paltz
• Gerald Benjamin, Associate Vice President for Regional Engagement and Director of the Benjamin Center, SUNY New Paltz
• Kiersten Greene, Assistant Professor of Literacy Education, SUNY New Paltz
  • Google Slide presentation

9:05-9:20am: OVERVIEW OF SMART SCHOOLS BOND ACT

• Christina Coughlin, Coordinator, Educational Management Services, NYSED
• Shannon Logan, Coordinator, Technology Policy, NYSED [PDF of presentation]

9:20-9:30am: EDUCATION RENEWAL / CENTERS OF PEDAGOGY

• Nicholas Michelli, Presidential Professor of Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center [YouTube presentation]

9:30-10:00am: TECH SMACKDOWN!

• share #edtech projects you’re working on or anything neat that you recently learned in lightning-fast presentations (a few minutes or less); no prior sign-up necessary
  • here’s Paul explaining more

10:00-10:10am: SYSTEM & COMMUNITY BUILDING

• Carey Hatch, Associate Provost for Academic Technologies and Information Services

10:10-10:15am: BREAK

10:15-11:10am: LEARNING SESSION A

• Tech Across the Content [OM 132] with Andrew Gardner: improve teaching and learning by including BrainPOP across the content areas. Participants are eligible for a free extended BrainPOP trial in up to three schools per district. [collaborative notes doc]
• Models for Professional Development [OM 130] with Paul Rubeo and Daniel Roberto: learn fundamental components of professional development for technology integration. [collaborative notes doc]

11:15am-12:10pm: LEARNING SESSION B

• Adult Learning [OM  130] with Jill Berkowicz: develop focused professional development based on each school’s goals for improving teaching and learning. [collaborative notes doc]
• Privacy Concerns [OM 133]  with Lydia Willoughby: how locked down or open should school networks be? [collaborative notes doc]

12:15-1:15pm: LUNCH & GROUP PHOTO

• Photo op is promptly at 12:15 [please help yourselves to food after[
• Feel free to eat in the 1907 room, the Curriculum Materials Center on the 2nd floor (at the south end of the building), outside, or at any of the two-seater tables you see in the hallways. Eat with your teammate, someone you don’t know, or someone you just met.

1:15-2:30pm: PARTICIPANT-LED BREAKOUT GROUPS

• in groups with individuals who fill a similar role across participant districts, consider both your short- and long-term goals, as well as the support you need to achieve them
  • here’s a Google doc to copy and use. When you’re finished, go ahead and link the document in the comments below.

2:30-2:45pm: REPORT OUT

2:45-3:00: RETURN TO DISTRICT TEAMS

• what will you bring back to your district from today? what next steps do you need to take?
• location: feel free to pair up with another district or two during this break out session. You may use any available space we have been in throughout the day: 1907 Room, OM 130, 131, 132, and 133; we will meet back in the 1907 Room for the Report Out.

3:00-3:30pm: CLOSING

• SUNY New Paltz resources for teacher education
  • Karen Bell, CIE@NP
  • Devon Duhaney and Paul Rubeo, NYSCATE
  • Dennis Johnson, Mid-Hudson Teacher Center
  • Mark Colvson, Sojourner Truth Library
  • Emily Trapp, Instructional Media Services
  • Kathryn Bohan & Richard McElrath, Teaching & Learning Center
• next steps for the Summit: staying connected into the future
  • Google Slide presentation
  • [Evaluation Form for the day — please complete before you leave, or soon after]