REGION 8 TECHNOLOGY LEADERS UPDATE MEETING May 6, 2013

HIGHLIGHTS  If you want to see a good example of _____________, you should visit ___________________.

INTEL  Now offering Intel Elements  Free, just-in-time professional development courses  Deeper exploration of 21 st Century learning concepts.  NC has seven EdTech Leaders Online (ETLO) trained facilitators  ETLO will deliver Elements and Thinkfinity courses  Click here for more information on ElementsElements  Click here for NC course offeringsNC course offerings

21 ST CENTURY ASSESSMENT  Assessment to look at 21 st Century teaching and learning in the district  Interviews of district office and school-based personnel  Report provided with recommendations for improvement

Update April 2013

Products being integrated to create Home Base OpenClass Collaboration Schoolnet Instructional Tools and Assessment PowerSchool Student Information Core Instructional Improvement System Test Nav Summative Assessment Truenorthlogic Educator Evaluation R R = Required R R User Portal Content in System Tools for Teaching Assessment Creation Truenorthlogic Professional Development via PowerSchool Initial Content Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies Assessment Items for Benchmarking and Classroom Assessment Instructional Content (e.g. lesson plans and unit plans) housed in the NC Learning Object Repository NC Cloud Identity and Access Management

Products being integrated to create Home Base OpenClass Collaboration Schoolnet Instructional Tools and Assessment PowerSchool Student Information Core Instructional Improvement System Test Nav Summative Assessment Truenorthlogic Educator Evaluation R R = Required R R Content in System Tools for Teaching Assessment Creation Truenorthlogic Professional Development Initial Content Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies Assessment Items for Benchmarking and Classroom Assessment Instructional Content housed in the NC Learning Object Repository The required functionalities of Home Base provided for districts free of charge

Products being integrated to create Home Base Schoolnet Instructional Tools and Assessment PowerSchool Student Information Core Instructional Improvement System Test Nav Summative Assessment Truenorthlogic Educator Evaluation R R = Required R R Content in System Tools for Teaching Assessment Creation Truenorthlogic Professional Development Initial Content Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies Assessment Items for Benchmarking and Classroom Assessment Instructional Content (e.g. lesson plans and unit plans) housed in the NC Learning Object Repository Instructional Improvement Tools are optional We believe districts will find value in these tools to improve instruction Districts will have the school year to use all of Home Base cost-free OpenClass Collaboration

How will Home Base be rolled out? Home Base will be available to districts without costs for the school year. Home Base will be phased in with many key functions available at the beginning of the school year year will be a kick-off year; we expect it to take districts time to learn and apply the resources in Home Base.

During the kick-off year, districts will be able to use the optional functions of Home Base at their own discretion. By March of 2014, districts will be able to choose to cost-share for the optional tools in Home Base in at $4 per student.

Products being integrated to create Home Base OpenClass Collaboration Schoolnet Instructional Tools and Assessment PowerSchool Student Information Core Instructional Improvement System Test Nav Summative Assessment Truenorthlogic Educator Evaluation R R = Required R R Content in System Tools for Teaching Assessment Creation Truenorthlogic Professional Development Initial Content Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies Assessment Items for Benchmarking and Classroom Assessment Instructional Content housed in the NC Learning Object Repository Required Tools will always be Free of Charge

Products being integrated to create Home Base Schoolnet Instructional Tools and Assessment PowerSchool Student Information Core Instructional Improvement System Test Nav Summative Assessment Truenorthlogic Educator Evaluation R R = Required R R Content in System Tools for Teaching Assessment Creation Truenorthlogic Professional Development Initial Content Math, ELA, Science and Social Studies Assessment Items for Benchmarking and Classroom Assessment Instructional Content (e.g. lesson plans and unit plans) housed in the NC Learning Object Repository Optional Tools will be free in and will require a $4 per student cost share in OpenClass Collaboration

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BREAK  Let’s take a 15 minute break!

DISCUSSION  Use this time to discuss topics that are relevant to your districts and schools.