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School Technology Sector Staffing UpdateSenior Manager of Standards and Strategic Relationships School Technology Sector is pleased to announce that Dave Hauschildt is the new Senior Manager of Standards and Strategic Relationships. Dave originally joined Alberta Education in the School Technology Sector in November of 2007 as an Emerging Technologies Analyst. In that role, he managed the service management component of the School Technology Services program and managed SuperNet installations, as well as maintaining the SuperNet vendor relationships for the provincial K-12 sector. Prior to joining Alberta Education, he spent 12 years as an IT Director in two Alberta school jurisdictions - Fort Vermilion School Division #52 and Grande Prairie Public School District #2357. In his new role, Dave will be responsible for working collaboratively with stakeholders to develop provincial technology standards and policies, working with the vendor community, establishing Educational Standing Offers that add value to the system, and managing provincial licensing agreements. He will also continue to manage the SuperNet portfolio. Dave can be reached at Dave.Hauschildt@gov.ab.ca or by phone at 780-415-0824.
Advisor for Emerging Technologies
School Technology Sector also welcomes back Erwin Loewen who will be rejoining Alberta Education on secondment from Service Alberta. In his role as Advisor for Emerging Technologies, Erwin will be working with both School Technology Sector and the Learning Resources Centre on a range of issues related to IT strategy development to support the future directions of the transformation agenda. Erwin has worked in government for over 28 years with his information technology experience spanning mainframe computing to microcomputers to local and wide-area networking as well as IT management duties. Most recently he was Director of Voice and Video Services for Service Alberta as well as primary technical consultant for SuperNet Services. Erwin previously spent 14 years at Alberta Education, 11 with School Technology Sector in technical advisory and management roles, working with both K-12 and post-secondary IT staff throughout the province. He was instrumental in bringing SuperNet to all schools and helping to enable videoconferencing throughout the K-12 environment. Erwin can be reached at Erwin.Loewen@gov.ab.ca or by phone at 780-427-5066.
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Provincial Approach to Student Information (PASI) UpdateA Provincial Approach to Student Information (PASI) Usage Agreement clarifying the responsibilities of Alberta Education and school authorities and ensuring appropriate security and privacy measures has been drafted. This agreement will be presented to the Association of School Business Officials of Alberta (ASBOA) and Jurisdiction Technology Contacts (JTC) in May. >> For more details, click here.
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Media Awareness Network UpdateThe Media Awareness Network (MNet) has developed My World, a digital literacy tutorial for secondary students to teach essential digital literacy skills through simulating their favourite online experiences. The tutorial is divided into four sections: researching and authenticating online information, managing privacy and reputation, dealing with online relationships and using digital media in an ethical manner. Licenses for individual schools, districts, Faculties of Education and Universities or Colleges can be purchased through MNet. For more information, visit the MNet blog
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Speak Up 2010The Speak Up survey is an online research project, facilitated by Project Tomorrow, that collects information annually on education, technology, 21st Century skills, and schools of the future. Schools and school authorities use the no-cost survey to gather information from students, parents, educators and community members. Participating Alberta schools and school authorities can now access their Speak Up 2010 district/school reports online. >> For details on how to access Speak Up data, click here.
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ResearchAlberta Education’s School Technology Sector is continually monitoring research on best practices in the use of technology for learning and teaching. Research articles or reports from outside sources that may be pertinent to the work of tech.news subscribers will occasionally be included in this newsletter. The information in the articles or reports does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Alberta Education.
>> For more information and links to the documents, click here.
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Upcoming EventsJurisdiction Technology Contacts Event – By Invitation Only May 5, 2011 Mount Royal University, Calgary
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LearnAlberta.ca UpdateVideo Update The quality and reliability of video delivery from LearnAlberta.ca has been improved. Last fall, Alberta Education’s Digital Design and Resource Authorization Branch embarked on reworking the video delivery system to address technical issues with the QuickTime for Windows Player and to take advantage of advances in video streaming technology that allows much improved video playback for the end user. The revision of all 3,500 videos is now completed.
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Professional Development OpportunitiesLeaping Forward in a Connected Age Central Alberta Regional Consortium is presenting a technology conference in Red Deer on April 20 and 21, 2011, which will feature Dr. Alec Couros and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. WiFi Tablet Symposium Alberta Technology Leaders in Education (ATLE) is planning two WiFi Tablet Symposiums. One will be held in Lethbridge and the other in Grande Prairie. >> For information on these conferences, click here.
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2Learn.ca UpdateThe 2Learn.ca Education Society offers a variety of events for students to connect with other students on curriculum based topics. These events are available for all grades through the use of videoconferencing. >> For more details on the upcoming events, click here.
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Vol. 10 No. 8Tech.News is an electronic newsletter for Alberta's education community. It is produced by Alberta Education, School Technology Sector.Send your questions, suggestions, or article submissions to tech.news@gov.ab.ca Next edition: April 2011 LINKS: Alberta Education - Technology section Emerge One-to-One Laptop Learning Technology and High School Success Supporting Innovative Classrooms
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