Date Communication Topics for the Week04/02/2016 CETL Facilitator Training at the National Level

04/03/2016 Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) State Chapter Leaders Meeting

04/04/2016 CoSN 2016 Conference: Infrastructure Highways to Support Transformed Learning

04/05/2016 CoSN 2016 Conference: Volunteer Hall of Fame

04/06/2016 CoSN 2016 Conference Enabling 21st Century Instruction and Learning: A CFISD Case Study

04/06/2016 CoSN 2016 Conference Panel: Beyond the Homework Gap: Infrastructure for Equitable Access

04/06/2016 CoSN 2016 Conference CTO Forum: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education

04/07/2016 Cost Estimates for Satisfying SB 507: Cameras in Special Education Classrooms

04/07/2016 Staff Supports Technology Festival at the Berry Center on April 7, 2016

04/08/2016 Closing Message for the Week

04/08/2016 Reflection for the Week

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CETL Facilitator Training at the National Level

April 2, 2016

Frankie Jackson was invited to participate in the National Certified Education

Technology Leadership (CETL) Facilitator training program on April 2, 2016 in

Washington DC, prior to the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) conference.

The CETL training and certification has doubled in the past year. CoSN needs

additional trainers, mentors, and facilitators to help support the effort.

As part of the Texas K-12 CTO Council, serving as the

Chair of the Professional Learning committee, the

Council paid for her training fees. After the completion

of the course, she is now one of twelve in the Nation

that can serve as a CETL facilitator, helping and

mentoring future Chief Technology Officers in their

training for the CETL designation.

Principles of Adult Learning

Top 6 Characteristics of Adult Learners

The Adult Learning Theory – Andragogy

How to ask probing questions

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Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) State

Chapter Leaders Meeting

April 3, 2016

Frankie Jackson participated in the CoSN state

chapter leaders meeting on Sunday, April 3, 2016.

The meeting is a professional development

opportunity for state chapter leaders to enhance their

leadership skills and improve advocacy efforts made

by their chapter. Meeting topics included mentorship,

funding, professional development opportunities, and

membership recruitment.

CoSN state chapters function at the grassroots level

to effect change in the field of educational technology.

The national office of CoSN works closely with state

chapters to develop and deliver professional

development, build capacity among members, provide

leadership and policy recommendations, and

advocate on behalf of technology officers.

After the meeting, chapter leaders were invited to tour

some of the Washington DC sites and have dinner

with state chapter leaders from around the nation.

This provided a great opportunity to network with

other technology leaders across the nation.

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CoSN 2016 Conference Presentation: Infrastructure

Highways to Support Transformed Learning Environments

April 4, 2016

As the mission criticality increases, districts are looking for high availability networks, often in the 4-5 “nines”

availability range. And districts that are supporting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) networks are finding that in

many schools they need to support multiple devices per student leading to an increase of an order in magnitude of

devices in the district from the times when they were merely supporting devices for staff and computer labs. These

higher performance expectations lead to changes in the way leading districts are designing and implementing their

network infrastructure. In this workshop, participants learned and discussed the steps and considerations districts

are going through to design these “New Networks” and learn about CoSN resources and tools to support this

work. Frankie was proud to be part of the panel and represent CFISD!

On Monday, April 4, 2016, at the CoSN 2016

conference, Frankie Jackson participated in a

comprehensive design workshop on the topic of

building future-resilient SMART networks. She was

invited to serve on the panel with other leaders in

the nation and industry. A copy of the presentation

used to guide conversations during the workshop is

here.

Once districts commit to digital transformation, the

requirements on district networks become nonlinear.

With 1:1 implementations, several factors combine

to drive growth in capacity demand to become

exponential with many districts experiencing 60%

year-over-year growth – something akin to a

Moore’s law of demand, doubling every 18 months.

Frankie Jackson, 2016 CoSN Conference, SEND Workshop

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CoSN 2016 Conference Presentation: Enabling 21st

Century Instruction and Learning: A CFISD Case Study

April 6, 2016

The presentation included information about our herculean challenge: how to

implement a network that reliably, securely and cost-effectively meets student

learning needs and helps prepare them to be 21st Century global leaders. The

team reviewed in detail how CFISD is planning for and deploying state-of-the-

art, always-on, district-wide high-speed wireless access infrastructure, which

supports BYOT and guest access and provides 1-to-many connections. The

following shows the main points that were discussed in the presentation.

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at the CoSN 2016 conference, Frankie

Jackson, Paula Ross, Larry Barrios, and Jennifer Miller gave a presentation

on Enabling 21st Century Instruction and Learning: A CFISD Case Study.

Paula Ross, Jennifer Miller,

Frankie Jackson, and Larry Barrios

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CoSN Volunteer Hall of Fame

Third Year in A Row

April 4, 2016

Frankie Jackson was recognized into the CoSN Volunteer Hall of

Fame, on Monday, April 4, 2016 for her work on CoSN’s Smart

Education Network Design (SEND) working group, serving as the

Professional Development chair for the Texas K-12 CTO Council,

and working on the National Level Certified Education Technology

Leader (CETL) Governance committee. Jennifer was also

recognized for passing the CETL exam and for serving on the

CETL examination writing committee.

As part of the recognition, she (and Jennifer Miller) were invited to

hear Daniel H. Pink, author of five books about the changing world

of work, including the long-running New York Times best seller, A

Whole New Mind, and the #1 New York Times best seller, Drive.

Daniel Pink’s main focus was on what motivates students and how we should be

changing our education system. He believes that most people think that the best way to

motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. He asserts that the

secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deep

human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by

ourselves and our world.

He examined three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose-and

offered techniques for putting these into action in a book that will change how we think

and transform how we live.

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Participated on CoSN 2016 Conference Panel: Beyond

the Homework Gap: Infrastructure for Equitable Access

April 6, 2016

Marie Bjerede, Principal, Mobile Learning and Infrastructure, CoSN

Keith Bockwoldt, Director of Technology Services, Township High School District 214

Polly Gifford, Owner, Education Partners Solution

Karen McGonigle, CETL, Director of Technology, Nantucket Public Schools

Mary Schlegelmilch, Cisco Education Advisor, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Frankie Jackson, CETL, Chief Technology Officer, Cypress Fairbanks ISD

On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Frankie participated on a panel called Beyond the Homework Gap: Infrastructure

for Equitable Access. The panel participants talked about the inequities created by unequal access to the

Internet at home ("Homework Gap“), that leads to a disparity in student outcomes. Technology leaders from

CoSN's Smart Education Networks by Design initiative led the discussion about how these equity gaps are being

addressed. Others participating on the panel are shown on the list in the following.

Panel Discussion Ideas:

• Partner with local businesses on Wi-Fi access for learning;

• Maximize the use of existing assets, e.g. infrastructure available at the campuses;

• Seek mobile hotspot and/or affordable LTE (Long Term Evolution) programs;

• Leverage special broadband offerings;

• Repurpose the educational spectrum; and

• Create a mesh network.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer April 3, 2016

Frankie Jackson participated in a work group session on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 to discuss

Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education. The working

group was facilitated by Joseph South, Acting Director – Office of Educational Technology,

U.S. Department of Education.

The session provided highlights of the just released 2016 National

Education Technology Plan (NETP). It also included a list of newly

developed resources that are available to help leaders implement a

transformational vision of learning powered by technology.

The NETP serves as the flagship educational technology policy

document for the United States. Updated every five years, the new

plan articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative

leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible. This

plan can be used as a basis for strategic planning in districts across

the nation.

Topics included collaborative leadership, personalized student

learning, robust infrastructure, and personalized professional

learning. CTOs in the forum worked in groups to discuss inventing

the future by listing new technologies and their impact on student

learning.

Participated In CoSN 2016 Conference CTO Forum:

Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education

2016

National Education

Technology Plan

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CoSN 2016 Conference:

State of CoSN and Awards Ceremony on April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Larry Barrios, Jennifer Miller, Paula Ross, Polly Gifford, and Frankie Jackson

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CoSN 2016 Conference:

Monumental Impact – Advocacy Dinner and Auction

April 15 2016

Larry Barrios, Polly Gifford, Paula Ross, Frankie Jackson, and Jennifer Miller

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Staff Supports Technology Festival at the

Berry Center on April 7, 2016

April 7, 2016

Thanks to Paula Ross, Lillie Swearingen,

Josh Zhang, Brandon Splawn, Stephen

Rodriquez, Thomas Hollister, and Henry

DeLeon with the Layer3 team for supporting

over 1,000 students at the 2016 Technology

Festival. Becky Cook asked for help and

boy did she get it. Not only did everyone

provide outstanding support, they showed

enthusiasm and professionalism Thank you

for supporting every student every day!

Brandon Splawn, Stephen Rodriquez,

Lillie Swearingen, Josh Zhang

I wanted to thank you and your

team for all the support that we

were given at the Tech Fest last

night. Even though we had

some challenges in the Arena,

your team went above and

beyond to work through the

issues and support the teachers

and students in every way

possible. Lillie, Josh, Steven,

Brandon and Thomas were

amazing and provided excellent

customer service with a calm

demeanor and a smile! We

could not have gotten through

the night without their

support! Also, a special thanks

to Paula and Henry from Layer

One for keeping an eye on the

situation and staying in touch

with me to provide me with

information! You have an

awesome team!!! –

Becky Cook, Director of

Instructional TechnologyBrandon Splawn and Stephen

Rodriquez Setup a Help Desk

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Cost Estimates for Satisfying Requirements for

SB 507: Cameras in Special Education Classrooms

April 8, 2016

Average ESCampus Cost

Average MSCampus Cost

Average HSCampus Cost

AverageAlternative

Campus Cost

Total EstimatedDistrict Cost

ComparitiveEstimate

Series1 $1,818,780.41 $734,786.83 $432,020.00 $251,718.40 $3,287,919.00 $2,972,437

$0.00

$500,000.00

$1,000,000.00

$1,500,000.00

$2,000,000.00

$2,500,000.00

$3,000,000.00

$3,500,000.00

Estimated Costs for Senate Bill 507

Frankie Jackson met at the Police Department with Chief Bragg, Juan Cruz, and

Dillon Brady on April 7, 2016 to discuss Senate Bill 507 (installing video cameras in

special education classrooms and providing archived data on a 6-month retention

cycle). Juan shared his cost estimates, based on our current video management

system, Exacqvision. His costs are shown in the following graph, boxed in green.

Frankie prepared alternative cost options based on several draft proposals from

other video management solution providers (shown boxed in blue). Juan’s

estimates are based on current bid offerings and are assumed more accurate.

Click here

to view

detail costs

Next Step: Dillon has the

action to talk to Teresa

Hull about setting up a

prototype classroom with

a complete setup of

cameras and server

space so we can test and

start recording now.

Leadership and Vision

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Closing Message for the Week

April 8, 2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Reflection for the Week

April 8, 2016

Technology Services VISION

Be the district that transforms education

MISSION: LEAD in Providing

World-Class Quality K-12 Systems

These are the

guiding core

VALUES for how

we provide

service

Efficient

Accessible

Systematic

Highly-Skilled

Student-Focused

Service-Oriented

On Thursday I had the pleasure of going to the

technology festival at the Berry Center. Seeing

teachers, parents, and students setup and

get ready to show off their projects was

incredible. More than 1100 students and several thousand

guests were TechNSpried! Equally as exciting was to see

our staff from technology support and device imaging and

integration there to provide just-in-time service. They setup

a service desk so anyone needing support while at the

festival would know where to go. Our staff’s smiles,

hastiness while walking, and enthusiastic attitude was over

the top! Thank you for all that you do - Frankie Jackson