2004 ISTE Leadership Symposium at NECC
 On June
20,
2004, the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
teamed with
the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), and
with the
generous sponsorship of Intel® Innovation in Education, presented
the 2004
ISTE Leadership Symposium at the National Educational Computing
Conference (NECC).
The topic of the day was "Making the Case for Educational Technology."
More than 175 leaders met at the 2004 ISTE Leadership Symposium,
eager to "learn
from the wisdom in the room," and inspired to have their day's efforts
move
forward a shared commitment to educational technology advocacy.
Participants
included representatives from the U.S. Department of Education,
leaders of not-for-profit
associations, state level leaders, foundation executives and corporate
leaders,
and school district and regional education leaders who stand apart
from their
peers through their broad-impact leadership.
Various speakers set the stage for the work ahead (view the Leadership
Symposium presentation, PDF, 276 KB, PDF instructions), and Anita Givens of the Texas
Education Association showed how a shared vision and new approach to advocacy
for educational technology had a positive effect in her state (see Making
the Case for Making the Case, PDF, 895 KB, PDF
instructions, Copyright © 2004, Anita Givens, Texas Educational Association.
Used with permission.). Then it was on to the work of the day: Participants
convened in "audience" groups to discuss the many aspects of advocacy,
and to create the templates and tools you will find in the Advocacy
Toolkit.
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 Intel® Innovation in Education
ISTE thanks Intel for its generous, continuing support of the
Leadership
Symposium, and for sponsorship of the Advocacy Toolkit Web
pages.
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