Virtual Event Agenda

THE Journal IT Leadership Summit: Key Strategies for K–12 Information Technology in 2021

In our first-ever IT Leadership Summit dedicated to information technology and instructional technology professionals, our experts spotlight strategies to support the mission of K–12 education in these unusual times and provide insights into funding those strategies.

9:00 – 10:00AM PT

Session 1: The IT Director's Guide to Hyflex: Setting up the Optimal Teaching and Learning Studio for Your Educators
Coordinating technologies to support effective synchronous, asynchronous and in-person learning has become the major challenge for K–12 IT leaders in the last 12 months. That scenario is likely to continue into the foreseeable future, regardless of what happens with a COVID-1 vaccine. This discussion provides tactics for equipping your teachers with the gear they need to accomplish the job.

Presenter:
Christine Lion-Bailey, Chief Strategy Officer @ Ready Learner One | Board of Advisors- Transformative Leadership Pace University Lubin School of Business | Author | Director of Tech & Innovation | Elementary Principal | Adjunct Professor

Moderator: David Nagel, Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief, THE Journal

10:00 – 11:00AM PT

Session 2: How Districts and Schools are Spending their CARES Act Funding on Technology
With the first round of CARES Act funding the education sector has received billions, and it stands to get even more in the second round, which was approved in December. This session offers insights on how districts are spending at least a portion of that money on technology to address teaching and learning and operational needs in the short-term and long-term and how they're weaving E-rate discounts into their decision-making.

Presenters: Dana Satterwhite, Senior Director, Poly/Zoom Grants Partnership, for Learn Design Apply
John Harrington, CEO, Funds for Learning

Moderator: Di Schaffhauser, Senior Editor, THE Journal

11:00 – 12:00PM PT

Session 3: Addressing IT Security During Remote Learning
It’s an education technology leader’s worst nightmare: During remote learning, the K–12 education segment has become not only the No. 1 target for ransomware, but it also makes up the majority of all ransomware attacks. We’ll learn about the scope and impact of these troubling developments and explore strategies that schools and districts have employed in response.

Presenter: Douglas A. Levin, founder and president of EdTech Strategies, LLC

Moderator: David Nagel, Editorial Director and Editor-in-Chief, THE Journal

Virtual Sponsor Library

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