APPENDIX I: CONFERENCE AGENDA

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1995

2:00 PM

Opening Plenary Session

Linda G. Roberts, Director, Office of Educational Technology

Sharon P. Robinson, Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research and Improvement

Gwen Solomon, Senior Associate, Office of Educational Technology

2:30 PM

State Team Meeting

Michael Cohen, Senior Adviser to the Secretary

William Wright, Executive Director, Consortium for School Networking

3:30 PM

Keynote

Richard W. Riley, Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

4:30 PM

Breakout Sessions: Access and Equity

1. What are the special issues for rural access to telecomputing?
2. What are the special issues for urban access to telecomputing?
3. How does technology improve academic results for children with disabilities?
4. How can we provide access to the next generation of information for persons with disabilities?
5. How does technology help non-English-speaking students?
6. How do we get parents online?
7. How do we provide educational opportunities outside of school?

6:00 PM

Demonstrations

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1995

8:00 AM

Breakout Sessions: Professional Development

1. What are professional development needs if technology is to be well used in classrooms?
2. How does technology change the way teachers think about their work?
3. What potential does online education have to improve professional development?
4. What potential does distance learning have to improve professional?
5. What potential does multimedia have to improve professional development?
6. What are we learning from networking projects?
7. How can online resources contribute to professional development?
8. What can we learn from new school designs?
9. What changes are needed in pre-service education?

9:45 AM

Keynote

David Thornburg, Director, Thornburg Center for Professional Development

10:15 AM

Plenary Session: What's the Future of Technology for Education?

Linda G. Roberts, Moderator

Karen Billings, K-12 Strategic Relations, Microsoft Corporation

Chris Dede, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University

Vivian Horner, Director, Bell Atlantic Video Services

Inabeth Miller, Vice President, Affiliate Programs, The Lightspan Partnership, Inc.

Bruce Nelson, Advanced Networking Services Program Manager, IBM EduQuest

11:15 AM

Demonstrations

1:45 PM

Breakout Sessions: Content and Software

1. What role does technology play in assessing student progress?
2. How does software promote high standards?
3. How do we determine quality of software?
4. How will digital libraries change learning?
5. Why should students produce information and put it online?
6. How is technology helping students learn?
7. How do international projects on the Internet affect learning?
8. What's the future of math and science software?
9. What's the role of educational technology in the arts and humanities?
10. What's the role of television in the classroom of the future?

3:30 PM

Regional Session: Planning for the Future

5:00 PM

Demonstrations

THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1995

8:15 AM Breakout Sessions: Infrastructure and Financing

1. What does it cost to network a state?
2. How do you build a state network?
3. Designing a network: what are the technical considerations?
4. What have we learned from district and community networks?
5. What are the politics of infrastructure and finance?
6. How do we win grants for technology?
7. What have we learned from surveys on school networking?
8. What have we learned from NSF educational telecommunications testbeds?
9. What state resources are available for assistive technologies?
10. How are North Carolina and Maryland connecting to the information superhighway?

10:00 AM

Plenary Session: Professional Development and Technology

Sharon P. Robinson, Moderator

Eugene Garcia, Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs

Judith Heumann, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitation Services

Augusta Kappner, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education

Thomas Payzant, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education

11:00 AM

Keynote

Edward R. McCracken, President and CEO, Silicon Graphics, Inc.

11:45 AM

Regional Session: The National Plan

1:00 PM

State Team Meeting

2:00 PM

Remarks

Shirley Malcom, Director of Education and Human Resources, American Academy for the Advancement of Science

Closing Keynote

Madeleine M. Kunin, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Education

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