This Webinar took place on Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Overview :

Education leaders from three pioneering one-to-one districts will address the curriculum breakthroughs that a technology-rich environment has made possible. How does ongoing, 24/7 access to computer technology change the ways in which students learn and teachers teach? Come learn more about what – and how – students are learning and accomplishing in these one-to-one schools.

Featured Speakers :

From Kent School District, Washington

Dennis McClellan
Administrator, Kent Technology Academies

Dennis McClellan has been actively involved in educational technology issues since a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 1 entered his classroom in the late 1970’s. He is currently the program director for the Kent Technology Academies. Prior to running the Tech Academy, he was the director of instructional technology as the Kent School District’s one-to-one laptop program developed and expanded, and interactive white boards were installed in all classrooms across the district. He was a school principal for 18 years as well as an elementary teacher. Outside of the district, McLellan was a key member of the team that developed and implemented the Technology Alliance and Gates Grant-funded Smart Tools Academy training for all superintendents and principals across the State of Washington.

Dani Pfeiffer
Director, School Technology Services

Prior to assuming her current position as director of school technology services for the Kent School District, Dani Pfeiffer was the director of the Kent Technology Academies at both the middle and high school level. She was instrumental in planning and implementing Kent's first one-to-one computing program, which has been nationally recognized by Microsoft as well as the NSBA and AALF, appeared in several publications as a model for best practice, and been featured on NBC Nightly News. Pfeiffer has presented at numerous conferences and has served as an advisor to districts, both nationally and internationally, that are in the process of implementing one-to-one programs. In addition, she has collaborated with the University of Minnesota regarding integration of technology as an enhancer of student achievement. Since the Fall of 2008, she has been overseeing Kent School District’s deployment of laptops to all 7th grade students across the district, with the hope of continuing the deployment through grade 12.

From Vail School District, Arizona

Matt Federoff
Director of Technology

Matt Federoff has been the director of technology for the Vail (Arizona) School District since 1999. In 2005, he worked on the team that opened Empire High School, the first textbook-free school in the nation. He is currently involved in the Beyond Textbooks Initiative, extending the Empire methodology across all grade levels. Federoff lives in the wilds of the Empire Mountains with his wife and nine children.

From Floydada ISD, Texas

Jerry Vaughn
Superintendent

Jerry Vaughn is serving in his 7th year as superintendent of Floydada ISD (FISD) and has 28 years experience in teaching, coaching, and administration in Texas public schools. Floydada ISD, a small (AA) rural school district with approximately 85% of its student population being socio-economically disadvantaged, is in year five of 1:1 immersion at Floydada Junior High (grades 6-8) and year four of a 1:1 immersion at Floydada High School.  FISD is extremely proud of its success with the 1:1 immersion programs and the positive impact it has provided to its students’ education.

Christine Scroggs
Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

In her current role as Floydada Independent School District’s director of curriculum, Christine Scroggs is responsible for supporting seamless integration of technology into curriculum and instruction.  Having spent ten years in the classrooms in Texas and six years as an instructional coach in Colorado, Scroggs adamantly believes that FISD, with its current initiatives and future endeavors, is building strong futures and opening doors for each student that comes its way.  Being passionate about providing challenging opportunities for all students and holding high expectations for each child, she understands the need to adapt instruction to meet the needs of 21st century learners in order to prepare them for life in a global digital environment.