Nice to "see" you all today!

Richard Culatta, ISTE (Virginia)

Hi all! Cassidy Francies, Education Commission of the States

Constanza from Paraguay

Good afternoon from Lansing, Michigan! I'm Ann-Marie Mapes, Educational Technology Manager, Michigan Department of Education - the snow is finally melting here!

Greetings from the Washington DC area! Elizabeth Langran, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education & Marymount U faculty

Hi everyone. I'm Bill Bass from Parkway School District, St. Louis, MO and ISTE Board Past-President

Good morning! Erin Henderson joining from sunny Phoenix, AZ. I am with the Arizona Department of Education as the Title IV-A Digital Learning Specialist

Carmalita Seitz (ISTE) New York

Dennis Small, Educational Technology Director, WA OSPI (Dept of Educ)

Valerie Truesdale, AASA, The Superintendents Association; working from home hear Charlotte, NC. Sunny and 65 degrees today!

Leslie Yenkin, Ohio Department of Education

Aloha, Terry Holck from Kailua, Hawai’i!

Mary Beth Guthrie from Buffalo, New York. 2 1/2 feet of snow. NYSCATE

Neeta Agrawal - Ohio Dept of Education

Megan Blanco with the National Association of State Boards of Education

John Fleischman, Sacramento County Office of Education

Cara Wylie - eMINTS National Center - University of Missouri - Joining from St. Louis, MO

Hi everyone, Felix from South Carolina Department of Education.

Rosi Kloberdanz. Greetings from North Dakota EduTech

Terry Sue Fanning Lynchburg TN TETA

Steve Snow - North Dakota - Dept of Public Instruction

Sweet greetings from Hershey, PA. Sean McDonough, Past President of PAECT and Corp Relations Mgr at NYSCATE (NY affiliate)

Hi everyone Imani Coleman from Dayton Ohio, ASCA

Michelle Burke, Madrid-Waddington, Northern NY, K-12 Tech Coordinator

Hello from Los Angeles! This is Jasmine Park, Policy Fellow at FPF and TUSD Board Member

Anne Tapp, Saginaw Valley State University and AACTE, Michigan

Hello all - Chris Cox New Jersey Dept. of Ed.

Hello Michelle Burke! I am originally from Chateaugay, NY! Nice to see someone else from the North Country.

@ Erin: Love NNY :)

YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN

(Whoops - well now we all know)

:)

BTW if anyone has questions please post them in the chat

We’ll try our best to get to them along the way

Will these slides be available after the presentation? Thanks.

Sure - we can make them available

Hi Chris!!

That would be great! I would love the slides also.

🎉🎉🎉🎉

That’s awesome Carm ;)

Do you have a list of the ISTE certified educators in each state?

The most purposeful, practical, and challenging program I have ever taken as an educator.

Lisa and Carla. Happy to provide you with that info.

Hey - Evo, Warm regards!

There are a number of providers of ISTE Cert, you can find their info/prices here: https://www.iste.org/learn/iste-certification

Most have discounts for cohorts as well

Great point Valerie - thank you

Future Ready positions school systems well

Waves hello to Ruth Okoye!

Agree.. SEL for students and staff is so critical

Isolationism is huge impact on kids. Anything we can do to help educators relate virtually, we should do. Relationships-first teaching is emerging.

BTW if you’re not familiar with the CT initiative to close the digital divide, check this out: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-12-15-connecticut-gives-every-student-a-computer-and-home-internet-to-close-the-digital-divide

Hope the new Secretary can replicate CT's strides nationwide!

+1

Also ISTE's conversation with Doug on other system level actions that states can lead: https://ednote.ecs.org/addressing-pre-service-capacity-in-ed-tech-how-can-states-reimagine-educator-preparation/

Just a comment... Since COVID has forced us all to adopt uses of technology to enhance teaching and learning, we should now go forward and focus our work on "teaching and learning WITH technology (digital, onsite, remote, etc.) and not reference "digital learning" or "hybrid learning" or "eLearning". We are always focused on teaching and learning and will better serve our communities by referencing this as such and not put any modifiers BEFORE learning. This will help combat those that don't feel "digital learning" is working. Thus ends my sermon. thx ;)

Good point Sean. We should be thinking about these rich learning experiences as the norm.

And how we can ensure that all communities have access to equitable resources that help reach that end.

@Ji Soo Exactly!

#amen

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+1 Sean. (As hard as it is for me to agree with you in general) :)

https://www.iste.org/isteu/microcourses

what Brian is talking about

@Evo Isn't that your goal in 2021 to agree with me more? ;)

Same as last year.

https://portal.ct.gov/DAS/CTEdTech/Commission-for-Educational-Technology/Initiatives/Open-Education-Resources

Sounds familiar, right @Chris Cox

Parent Teacher Conferences are happening virtually -- it's working. We are advocating to school system leaders to continue the enhanced parent engagement post-pandemic. We also are live streaming meetings and that is resulting in more attendance, as per Carol's point.

It’s been amazing to see the increased participation in parent teacher conferences when they are more accessible.

Continue.Stop.Start is always a great strategy for feedback. I think the continue will be a surprisingly long list.

Brian --how many 5-12 graders didn't like online?

+1 on student agency

https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DAS/CTEdTech/publications/2021/2021_CET_K-12_Winter_Connectivity.pdf

To Brian and Ji Soo’s earlier point - hearing great stories of teachers teaching and supporting each other. Opportunity to advocate for and support teacher leaders will continue. Great opportunity to leverage ISTE Cert thoughtfully to support your whole school, district, state

The governor's workforce plan that Doug mentioned: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/Office-of-the-Governor/News/20201028-Governors-Workforce-Council-Strategic-Plan.pdf#page=22

Thank you all!

Thank you, panelists!

Thanks - great discussion.

Thanks, panelists!

Thanks all!

This was wonderful. Thanks so much!

bit.ly/LeadersResource

Thank you. Very useful resources and engaging conversations!

Yes - not planned but so true!

Agreed, Carla ~ seize the moment #leadershipmatters

+1 Richard!

https://www.iste.org/explore/education-leadership/4-best-practices-states-ensure-digital-readiness-educators

Thank you everyone!!

Thank you!

Thank you, all!