Databus Issue: 2007 2 05/29/2007
CETPA, CoSN California (3C) Council Update
Andrea Bennett Executive Director
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The 3C Council is planning a CTO Leadership Clinic in California in May. This is the first clinic of its kind and is modeled after clinics given throughout the country. The purpose of the clinic is to provide information to those providing technology support in K-12 education, generically called CTOs. This is a great opportunity to get up to date information on hot topics in K12 and to network with your peers from around the state.
Some of the topics that will be covered are:
„o Open Technologies - Open source software, open standards and open hardware are poised to make a profound impact on K-12 education. The convergence of web technologies and a new spirit of collaboration in the education community makes this an exciting time to get informed.
„o Data Driven Decision Making - Data collection, analysis and reporting are critical components of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). School districts must collect more data, in more detail and disaggregate them.
„o Security - Maintaining a school's Cyber Security requires staying informed about the rapidly changing on-line environment and on-going effort. It is a shared responsibility of policymakers, technology leaders, users, and the community.
„o Value of Investment or VOI - The focus of VOI is to project the costs and related benefits of specific proposed technology projects. On the cost side, while anticipated budgeted initial and ongoing costs are very important, the anticipated project TCO is critical for determining all of the anticipated project costs over the life of the project. Benefits include any dollar savings, efficiencies or additional revenue generation, but also need to take into account qualitative benefits that relate directly to school mission, goals and mandates.
„o Total Cost of Ownership or TCO - CoSN launched its "Taking TCO to the Classroom" project to provide school leaders with tools to help them estimate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) involved when they build a network of computers and wire their classrooms to the Internet. "Ownership" in this context includes all of the costs associated with using and maintaining networked computers, no matter whether a school district owns or leases them. TCO traditionally also includes calculations of costs that may not turn up in a budget, but that can still have an impact on school district operations--for example, when teachers must take time out of their day to address their own tech support problems.
„o Accessible Technologies - The Accessible Technologies for All Students Project is a major new leadership initiative of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). The goal of this initiative is increased achievement and success for all students through the unlimited and effective use of accessible technologies.
„o Data Retention ¡V Learn the latest on requirements and best practices for data retention.
You will also be given an update on the CTO Mentorship Program and the 3C Council. There will also be two keynote speakers.
More information on the clinic, registration and location will be posted to the CETPA and CoSN websites and will be sent out on the CETPA ListServ.
If you would like more information about becoming a 3C Council member, please see http://www.cosn.org/join/index.cfm .
Some of the benefits that members of the 3C Council enjoy are: up-to-the minute news on key national policy issues, such as the Erate and funding for technology under No Child Left Behind, as well as networking opportunities, professional development, representation in Washington and more.
