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Conference for Managers of Information Technology
Date: Wednesday - November 09, 2005
Time: All Day
Speakers: John Palfrey & Alan November
Wednesday, November 9 - Friday November 11, 2005  Mohonk Mountain HouseNew Paltz, NY Phone 845-255-1000
Vendors and Corporate Guests - Register here.
This conference is for Directors of Technology, Librarians, Media Specialists, and others who manage information.
- Required reading before the conference:
Thomas l. Friedman's The World is Flat
Wednesday
11:AM NYSAIS Registration Desk opens
12 Noon Lunch
2:00 PM Welcome by the Conference Committee
- Don Buckley, Marymount School, Chair, NYSAIS Technology Committee (NIT.com)
- The Conference Blog – introduced and managed by Brad Schonhorst, Village Community School
Session 1 –Keynote - The Digital Media Crisis
Speaker: John Palfrey, Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
The transition from analog to digital forms of
entertainment -- and teaching materials -- has brought with it both
challenges and opportunities. With respect to entertainment products,
schools and universities have been placed in the unenviable position of
policing their students and responding, at great cost, to accusations
of copyright infringement by the recording and movie industries. In the
context of teaching materials, a similar series of issues related to
digitization and intellectual property bring with them hard questions
about how libraries and schools make teaching materials available to
their students and what constitutes "fair use" in the classroom.
Vote for session 5 offerings. Click here for the list of breakouts.
4:00 PM Tea in Lake Lounge - Check-in to hotel rooms
5:00PM Session 2 - Transformation of the Internet
Speaker: John Palfrey
The architecture of the Internet is changing. More and
more pressure is being placed on the middlepeople in the architecture
of the Net. The Internet is still a largely distributed network, but
more points of control are being inserted between the end-points. Some
of this plays out at the country level, as places like China and Saudi
Arabia are filtering the access of their citizens to the Internet. But
the issues resonate at home as well. Those who provide network access
-- including schools -- to others -- like students -- are increasingly
being asked to turn over information about their users, to shape the
way they provide their services, and to play a much more engaged role
than just as a service provider that "passes all packets."
7:00 PM Welcoming Reception and Dinner
Thursday
7:30 AM Buffet Breakfast
8:30 AM Session 3 – 4-Hour Workshops Part 1
Click here for the list of workshops. Register for your choice when you register for the conference below. Note: Some workshops are full.
10:30 AM Coffee Break (in Parlor Alcove and Conference House)
11:00 AM Session 4 – 4-Hour Workshops Part 2
1:00 PM Buffet Luncheon
(If you have a topic you would like to open for discussion while
dining, please see Lois Bailey to arrange for a designated table.)
2:00-4:00 Afternoon Options
4:00 PM Tea in Lake Lounge
4:30 PM Session 5 – 1 ½ Hour Breakouts/Discussions
Click here for complete list of Breakouts.
Rooms listed below:
11 - iPods in Education
Azalea (Conference House)
Presenter: Katherine Hallissy Ayala, Head of the Computer Education Department, The Brearley School
12 - A Surefire Step by Step Program to Technology Integration- Seriously!
Lilac (Conference House)
Presenter: Justine Fellows, Coordinator of Academic Technology, Greens Farms Academy
13 - SharePoint Portal Server as a Collaboration Tool for Schools
Dogwood (Conference House)
Presenter: David Held, Director of Technology, Poughkeepsie Day School
14 A Tour of Live Online Tutors & Librarians
Laurel Lounge (off Lake Lounge, where tea is served)
Presenter: Judith James, Library Director, and Ken Ambach, Dir. of Technology, Friends Academy
17 - Ed Tech--Survey of the field 2005
Study (off Lake Lounge, where tea is served)
Presenter: John Ment, Director of Technology, Riverdale Country School
18 - The Global Digital Divide - An Integrated Project and Discussion
Rose (Conference House)
Presenter: Tanya Priber, Upper School Technology Integrator, Marymount
19 - Media Literacy and Web Evaluation
Main Parlor
Presenter: Patricia A. Russac, Library Director, Buckley Country Day School
6:00 PM Complimentary Cocktails and Vendor Displays
A select group of corporate guests will display their products and services.
7:30 PM Dinner
Friday
8:00 AM Buffet Breakfast
9:00 AM Session 6 – Preparing Students for a Global Work Ethic: Fearless Learners and Courageous Teachers
Assigned reading in preparation for the workshop: The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
Speaker: Alan November
The workshop will outline three critical skills
- Information Literacy
- Global Communications
- being Self Directed
The workshop will employ an online curriculum model using open
source tools such as Moodle and Skype to support the work.
Ultimatley we will expand our boundaries of learning: time, space and
relationships.
Coffee will be available throughout the morning.
12:45 PM Buffet Luncheon
Friday lunch is not part of
the conference package. There will be an extra charge if you decide to
stay for lunch.
About the Speakers
 John Palfrey
is Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. John works with the
Center’s faculty directors to set and carry out the Center's ambitious,
public-spirited agenda and oversees the work of its staff, fellows and
students. John teaches courses on Internet law, e-commerce, and
digital democracy. He is a lead researcher on the Digital Media
Project, which studies the transition from analog to digital
entertainment, and the OpenNet Initiative, a collaborative project with
the Universities of Cambridge and Toronto to example the way that
countries block their citizens’ access to the Internet. He
has published a number of scholarly papers related to the Internet’s
relationship to Intellectual Property, international governance, and
democracy. He writes a blog at
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/. Prior to joining the
Berkman Center, he practiced intellectual property and corporate law at
the law firm of Ropes & Gray. John worked as a White
House-appointed special assistant at the US EPA during the Clinton
Administration. He is a former founder and officer of a
venture-backed software company. He is a graduate of Harvard
College, the University of Cambridge, and Harvard Law School.
 Alan November is
recognized internationally as a leader in education technology. He
began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an
island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. He has been a director
of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology
consultant, and university lecturer. As practitioner, designer, and
author, Alan has guided schools, government organizations and industry
leaders as they plan to improve quality with technology. Click here for Alan's website.
Alan is well known for applying his humor and wit to inspire us to
think about applying technology to improve learning. His areas of
expertise include information and communication technology, planning
across the curriculum, staff development, long-range planning, building
learning communities and leadership development. He has delivered
keynote presentations and workshops in all fifty states, in every
province in Canada, and throughout the UK, Europe and Asia.
Alan was named one of the nation’s fifteen most influential thinkers of
the decade by Classroom Computer Learning Magazine. In 2001, he was
named one of eight educators to provide leadership into the future by
the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. His writing includes dozens of
articles and the best-selling book, Empowering Students with
Technology. Alan was co-founder of the Stanford Institute for
Educational Leadership Through Technology and is most proud of being
selected as one of the original five national Christa McAuliffe
Educators.
Education:
- Harvard University, Graduate School of Education Masters in Education, 1979
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Bachelor of Science, 1974, Magna Cum Laude
- Edinburgh University, Scotland Special Student, City Planning
Registration
Important NOTE - Registration is a 2 step process.
1. Reserve your room at Mohonk.
Click here for Mohonk Residential Reservation Form
Click here for Mohonk Day Guest Reservation Form (meals only)
Phone 845-255-1000
2. Conference Registration - Fill out this form.
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