PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL — (Marketwired) — 08/30/16 — The (FETC), a premier ed tech event, today announced details of the Information Technology track to be presented at the 37th annual FETC event, taking place January 24 – 27, 2017 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Through hands-on workshops and informative sessions led by leaders in the field, the IT track will highlight cutting-edge technologies and strategies that can take student learning to the next level.
In light of K-12 reforms, many education initiatives employ computer technology and software applications promising to increase student productivity, improve instruction and narrow the achievement gap. District and school IT departments also face increasing demands to engage educational technology to support a wide range of educational innovations, including flipped classrooms, peer-to-peer teaching and customized learning. Implementing, maintaining and managing an IT Infrastructure require new systems, evaluation tools, procurement procedures and implementation plans. In response, FETC has expanded its professional development IT offerings to match the growing needs of IT staff nationwide.
“Pressure is growing on school IT to keep pace with the many new advances in the ed tech space, and IT specialists are increasingly challenged to figure out how to make all the great solutions out there work for their districts. Now, more than ever, effective implementation is becoming critical to success,” said Bruce Umpstead, managing partner of ScaleUp Education Partners and program chair of the FETC Information Technology track. “FETC 2017 will provide these IT professionals with a carefully curated selection of workshops and sessions designed to address their biggest challenges and concerns. As a result, they can return to their districts with a set of best practices, tools to help them do more with less, and a clear plan to elevate how their schools leverage technology to enhance student learning.”
Developed to meet the needs of chief information and technology officers, IT directors, IT staff and network administrators, FETC–s IT track will address topics in technology infrastructure, networks, data administration, security and internet access. The track consists of 12 interactive workshops led by executives of education technology providers and IT leaders from districts that have implemented these solutions successfully. Featured workshops include:
: Led by Dr. Julie Carter, co-founder and CEO of GreyED Solutions; Lisa deRoy, GreyED–s CLO; and Rob Dickson, executive director of IMS for the Omaha (Neb.) Public Schools, this workshop will dive deep into the processes and protocols needed to shift a district and school culture to support successful technology efforts. Attendees will learn how to harness the power of stakeholder voices, build more tech buy-in and achieve cleaner execution when deploying a technology ecosystem.
: Providing a real-life case study of user acceptance testing, Beatriz Arnilas, director of IT and Education Technology for the Houston (Texas) Independent School District, and Susan Haught, the district–s senior project manager, discuss digital resources selection, acquisition and integration processes, and other supporting documentation, while sharing insight on how to manage the ingestion of content onto learning platforms. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own devices to experience the kind of work required to manage digital resources interoperability and integration.
: Education–s use of technology and data has increased exponentially in recent years, but school privacy and security practices have not kept pace. In this BYOD workshop, SchoolMessenger Solutions and Steve Smith, CTO for Cambridge (Mass.) Public Schools, will provide a comprehensive framework to help school leaders — from CIOs and superintendents to curriculum directors and principals — identify, develop and implement necessary data privacy policies and procedures.
In addition to its hands-on, interactive workshops, FETC will include 18 engaging sessions offering subject matter expertise to help IT professionals leverage technology to support their learning environments. These sessions will address the most pressing topics in education technology, including how to address education infrastructure needs, determine the impact of technology investment on student performance, consider next-generation instructional systems, select education technology tools and services, and deliver new IT models for schools.
“School district IT professionals have the responsibility to ensure their schools are digitally connected and equipped with innovations to enhance how teachers instruct their students and ensure students have the best resources to help them learn,” said Steve Bevilacqua, editorial director of Education Technology for LRP Publications. “FETC 2017–s IT track is designed to connect IT professionals with the thought leaders, new ideas and emerging tools and solutions to create a modern, safe and technologically advanced learning environment.”
Registration is now open for the 2017 Future of Education Technology Conference. A $150.00 Super Saver discount is currently available. For additional information and to register, visit or call toll-free 1-800-727-1227.
The Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) annually attracts thousands of education and technology leaders from around the world. Delivering strategies and best practices for student success and schoolwide advancement, FETC is known as one of the nation–s premier education technology events! Recognized for its outstanding program year after year, FETC provides CTOs, CIOs, Innovation Directors, Special Ed/Pupil Services Directors, Early Childhood Directors, Media Specialists, Technologists, Administrators and other Educators, the opportunity to explore the most effective integration of technology across the curriculum — from preK-12 — through premium sessions, intensive workshops, various concurrent sessions, live demonstrations of several hundred hardware and software products, plus much more.
LRP Conferences, LLC, an affiliate of LRP Publications, produces more than a dozen professional conferences and trade shows annually including: Campus Technology Conference, Ergonomics Conference & ErgoExpo, Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), Recruiting Trends Conference, and Talent Acquisition Tech Conference.
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