“Vision without a strategy and execution is simply an interesting story.”
–Mark Hurd, CEO, Hewlett Packard as cited by Steve Brown, Texas State CTO

The last session of the day at Texas CTO Clinic sponsored by the Consortium for School Networking (COSN) was a panel presentation by Kari Murphy (Deer Park ISD), Dr. Alice Owen-Farsaii (Irving ISD), and Bob Doughterty (Pasadena ISD). It was a great session, probably because there were a lot of good questions asked…and this was a beginner session that addressed nuts and bolts.

You can find my notes online, and I hope to have a podcast later this evening.

Coincidentally, the Spring 2009 issue of JCT is now available at http://iste.org/JCT.

JCT is a K-12 oriented online periodical where the emphasis is teaching about computing. JCT is published under the auspices of the Special Interest Group for Computing Teachers (SIGCT) in the International Sociecy for Technology in Education (ISTE). The primary mission of SIGCT is to enhance precollege computing instruction.

We hope you’ll read and enjoy the contents. We are anxious to hear from you with your comments. In order to continue producing JCT, we need your papers and articles.

For your planning, the submission deadline for the Fall, 2009 issue is September 1, 2009. Information on submissions appears on the http://iste.org/JCT page below the link to the current issue.

One of the articles is:

Designing a Computer-supported Project-based Learning Environment for High School Students: A Case Study
Quek Choon Lang, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technologies University

It’s a topic that deserves attention…we need to find a sustainable model that is focused on project-based learning rather than strict traditional assessment models of teach and assess…it needs to be more “learn” and assess.

Nothing new in that sentiment. Some of the great questions:

• What policies need to be in place for online learning?
• What staff is needed to keep a local program operating?
• How do you market online courses?
• What other resources are out there to assist students in earning credits?
• What are you doing about counting out of state online courses?
• Who approached who? Curriculum depts or Tech Dept? [this is my question]

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