1. Presented by:
Dr. Lisa Gonzales –
State Vice President of Legislative Action
Association of California School Administrators
TICAL Cadre Member
Jason Borgen –
Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Program Director, Technology Information Center for
Administrative Leadership (TICAL)
iPossibilities…An Overview of
Ed Tech Initiatives in California

2. Outcomes
• Present an overview of technology initiatives
in California
• Experience the leadership landscape in
California
• Learn about the 21st
century digital advances
in California
• Share what your state is doing so we can
learn from each other

3. Poll Everywhere
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4. Educational Trends

6. ACSA
Strategic
Planning
We will cultivate transformational
technologies in all aspects of our
work.
•Incorporate tech in all trainings
•Professional development for staff
•New management system
•Social media job alike web presence
•Fully utilize region websites
•Online calendars for state, regions,
charters
•Create repository web portal
•Pursue YouTube, Slideshare, TED model

7. ACSA
Technology
Leadership
Group

8. Advocacy
Work in
California
Samples of legislation:
•SB505 - regional support for ed tech
•SB520 - incentives for students in
UC/CSU/CC/high school systems to
take online courses
•SB714 - online courses can count for
average daily attendance/funding
•AB342 - school districts/county offices
can provide online instruction
•SB682 - digital textbooks available
•SB185 - publishers provide digital
materials free of charge

9. Publication
Topics
• Two-way communication with social media
• Using tech to support good instruction, not replace it
• STEM/STEAM
• Online professional development
• Project-based learning
• Becoming a visionary technology leader
• Preparing new and aspiring school leaders

10. Department of Education
Program and Projects

11. TICALThe Technology Information
Center for Administrative Leadership
A Statewide Education Technology Service
Funded by the CDE through the
Santa Cruz County Office of Education

12. TICAL’s mission
•To help K-12 school leaders provide
informed and effective leadership in the
use of technology to improve education.

13. TICAL is really three things
• An Internet portal (www.portical.org)
• A statewide cadre of school leaders in CA and AR
• An annual statewide leadership symposium in
collaboration with ACSA and CUE in CA (
www.lead3.org)

14. Social Media Handbook
• Resource for school leaders
• Sections include:
o Overview of social media
o
Benefits to educational leaders
o
Services for using social media
o
Policies to Enact
o
Recommendations for Strategic Implementation
o
Resources and Templates
www.portical.org/tools/socialmediahandbook.html

15. CLRN
www.clrn.org

16. TechSETS
www.techsets.org

17. www.myctap.org

18. CTAP Performance
Assessments
http://bit.ly/ctapccss

19. http://k12hsn.org

20. +
California
Ed Tech
Task Force
Assessment
Teaching
Learning
Infrastructure

21. Big Ideas – Learning
• Promote the use of online instructional materials
that engage and build 21st
century competencies
• Build a political coalition for “anytime, anyplace,
any pace” learning
• Advocate for broad implementation of existing tech
frameworks (CTE, Library, etc.)
• Find a way around current ADA funding to
approaches that do not limit teacher flexibility with
technology in synchronous and asynchronous
instruction

22. Big Ideas – Teaching
• Provide/leverage regional & statewide tech support systems
to meet current/emerging needs of teachers & administrators
• Prioritize technology at the CDE with a cabinet level position
• Facilitate the implementation of online teaching & learning,
teacher & administrative certification, and professional
development standards
• Encourage and reward teachers for use of and risk-taking
with technology
• Develop a clear plan for summative & formative assessments
of the policies, programs and services as implemented

23. Big Ideas – Assessment
• Draw upon assessment approaches from sectors outside of
education
• Develop an assessment system that provides feedback to
students with validation from experts in the field for “real
world” learning
• Use ranked data sources & open source to provide
technology infrastructure and sharing of learning resources
• Create personalized formative and summative assessments
for Common Core State Standards (including infrastructure
and professional development)
• Communicate about data access, privacy issues & changes in
assessment system

24. Big Ideas – Infrastructure
• Ensure every student has access to one-to-one technology
with compliance guidelines for Williams settlement
• Create minimum bandwidth standards; scalable & flexible
infrastructure; connect existing data systems
• Leverage service models that exist in County Offices of
Education
• Collaborate with industry partners/public-private programs
• Directly engage the California Public Utility Commission
(CPUC) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Emphasize safe and appropriate use of technology
• Create Cabinet level position at the CDE for technology

25. Computer Using Educators
www.cue.org

26. Leading Edge Certification -
California and Beyond
• National Certification Program
• Created by alliance of nonprofits,
educational agencies, etc.
• Focused on innovation and edtech
• Courseworks from 40-60 which is
mostly only
• 3 Certifications developed so far:
o
Online Blended Teacher
o Administrator/Educational Leader
o
Digital Educator
• All performanced-based
o
Participants complete Portoflio
www.leadingedgecertification.org

27. LEC For the Administrator Portfolio Example
www.leadingedgecertification.org

28. Poll Everywhere
What are you doing
in your state?

29. Outcomes
• Present an overview of technology initiatives
in California
• Experience the leadership landscape in
California
• Learn about the 21st
century digital advances
in California
• Share what your state is doing so we can
learn from each other

31. Thank You!
Dr. Lisa Gonzales
lisatheprincipal@gmail.com
Jason Borgen
jborgen@portical.org