The National Academies

Board On Science Education

Workshop on ICT Fluency and High School graduation outcomes

Agenda

October 23 - 24, 2005

Washington, DC

Sunday, October 23 Wyndham Washington Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW, Vista Ballroom
3:00 p.m.	Welcome
	Jean Moon, Director, Board on Science Education, The National Research Council Gerhard Salinger, Program Director, Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education, National Science Foundation Lawrence Snyder, Professor, University of Washington, representing Being Fluent report
3:30 p.m.	ICT Fluency in the 21st Century, Panel discussion
	Session Convener: Margaret Honey, Director, Center for Children and Technology (Workshop Chair)
	William Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Learning Technologies, Harvard Graduate School of Education
4:00 p.m.	Comments from Respondents
	Michael Eisenberg, Dean of the Information School, University of Washington Robert Tinker, President, Concord Consortium
4:20 p.m.	Audience discussion, questions, comments
5:30 p.m.	Adjourn and Reception
Monday, October 24 The National Academies Keck Center 500 Fifth Street, NW, Room 100
8:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast available in meeting room
8:30 a.m.	Overview of the day: Setting forth goals
	Margaret Honey, Director, Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center
8:45 a.m.	Perspectives on ICT and High Schools
	Session Convener: Philip Sumida, Physics Instructor, Maine Township High School, Des Plaines, IL
	Wendy Hawkins, Executive Director, Intel Foundation Thomas N. Applegate, Executive Dean, Austin Community College Karen Bruett, Director, Education & Community Initiatives, Dell Inc.
9:15 a.m.	Comments from Respondents
	Daniel Gohl, Principal, McKinley Technical High School, Washington, DC Julia Fallon, Program Developer for Technical Education, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, WA
9:30 a.m.	Audience discussion
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	What ICT skills, competencies and capabilities are high school students learning, and where, and how are they learning them?
	Session Convener: Herb Lin, Computer Science and Telecommunication Board, Study Director, Being Fluent with Information Technology
	Mary Cullinane, Academic Program Manager, Microsoft, School of the Future Bette Manchester, Director of Special Projects, Maine Laptop Initiative, Maine Department of Education Vera Michalchik, Research Social Scientist, SRI
11:00 a.m.	Comments from Respondents
	Joyce-Malyn Smith, Strategic Director, Workforce and Human Development Program, Education Development Center Phillip Sumida, Physics Instructor, Maine Township High School, Des Plaines, IL
11:15 a.m.	Audience discussion
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	How can we design assessments that effectively measure high school students’ competencies with ICT?
	Session Convener: Margaret Honey, Director, Center for Children and Technology (Workshop Chair)
	Irvin Katz, Senior Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service Martin Ripley, Qualifications Curriculum Authority, UK John Behrens, Senior Manager, Assessment Development and Innovation, Cisco Systems, Inc.
2:00 p.m.	Audience discussion
2:30 p.m.	Being Fluent Framework: Revisions and Rationales (Panel) Session Convener: Lawrence Snyder, Professor, University of Washington, representing Being Fluent report
	Paul Resta, Director, Learning Technology Center University of Texas	Think Piece
	Paul Horwitz, Senior Scientist, Concord Consortium	Think Piece
	Philip Bell, Associate Professor, University of Washington	Think Piece
	Karen Pittman, President, Forum for Youth Investment	Think Piece
3:00 p.m.	Break out sessions: rooms 104, 106, and 207 Facilitators: Michael Eisenberg, Dan Gohl, Joyce Malyn-Smith, Philip Sumida, and Herb Lin
3:45 p.m.	Report out from breakouts and wrap up discussion
4:30 p.m.	Adjourn

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