News
from the front of Kentucky Education Technology.
Awards Nomination Deadline
Extended!
See notes from the Awards Committee below for details
Early Bird Registration for KySTE
2014 Closes Feb. 1
Join us for the premiere education technology conference of
south central US. Click
here for information and where to register. Members receive a
discount!
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January
15, 2014. This mostly-monthly newsletter contains
announcements and
information from the KySTE Board meetings. Look below for
the latest news from the
Kentucky Society for
Technology in Education.
News
From the KySTE Board Conference Call
KySTE's
conference call was January 13 over Microsoft Lync.
Planning
Committee
This
committee is in charge of planning KySTE events, including the Fall
Event and Spring Conference.
- Fall
Event:
With board approval, VP Erin Waggoner and
President Diana McGhee, in coordination with next year's incoming vice
president, will continue KySTE's partnership with the
University of Kentucky's College of Education
in bringing the Fall Event. The tentative date is Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Last year's interest in 1-1/BYOD will be repeated, with an expanded
focus on technical interests and issues, including possibly digital
textbooks.
- KySTE
2014:
- Early
Bird Registration closes in less than three weeks! KySTE membership
discounts go away Feb. 1!
- Schedule Available.
Thursday/Friday concurrent sessions have now been scheduled, with a
schedule matrix available
here (PDF -- subject to change).
- Pre-conference workshops (Wednesday)
work is nearly
completed, with threads for CIOs, techs, TIS's, LMS's, leadership, STLP, including
scheduled sessions on CIITS, BYOD, Edmodo, and lots of
others. Look for several sessions by "Expertly Speaking" presenter Meg Ormiston. Watch for an announcement on kyste.org.
- Infinite Campus. The
Wednesday pre-conference workshop includes a full day's sessions delivered by
Infinite Campus. Tell your district or school-level Student Information
folks to sign up. One-day passes are available.
- Sponsorship levels
are up! Why should you
care? Sponsorships directly feed member services,
including the KySTE Reception at the Sports and Social Club, and KySTE
Outreach funding levels. Thanks to our vendor partners!
- KySTE 2014 Conference Volunteers
will once again be coordinated by Susan Kerr Vincentz. Contact
her if you are attending, and want to help. It's a great way to meet
and work with the KySTE leadership!
- "BIrds of a Feather." Once
again, KySTE 2014 will be offering meeting space for people who share a
passion for some idea, technology, instructional practice. Our intent
is to encourage peer/community discussions on issues. Past BofF
sessions have included iPads, BYOD, 1-1, LMS, and others. This year's
sessions might include "flipped classrooms," 3D printing, electronic
texts -- or any idea/technology you think important! If you have a
passion, and would like to schedule a session to meet like-minded folks
at KySTE 2014, contact Jeffrey Jones.
Budget
Committee
As
of December 31, the
Budget Committee's monthly figures were as follows:
- Current
balance $300,752.96
- Current
assets: $353,550.46
Awards
Committee
The
deadline for the "Outstanding..." awards, plus "Making IT Happen," has
been extended to Friday, January 24. These awards will be presented at
KySTE 2014. See the email
announcement here. Find more information and nomination forms
on
kyste.org here. Don't forget! $1,000 STLP Scholarship Awards
for seniors are also available - deadline Feb. 1.
Elections
Committee
Elections
for the 2014-15 board are slated to take place later this month. Read
the candidate statements and résumés here. For more
information on KySTE's election process, read
on
kyste.org here.
Except for Regional Representatives, voting is online by KySTE members
only -- watch for an announcement and link to an electronic ballot soon.
Other
Committees
Governance
and Communications committees had no items for this
board meeting.
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KySTE
Outreach News
The grant
application window closed December 31, 2013, and applications are now
in the hands of the evaluation team. New this year:
KySTE has contracted with outside evaluators to rank applications.
Watch for an announcement of winners in late February, with awards
presented at KySTE 2014.
Information,
including application blanks, FAQs, amounts, and eligibility can be
found on the www.kyste.org
KySTE Outreach page.
KySTE 2014 Outreach Grant Session.
Come to KySTE 2014,
and learn about the grant application process. KySTE Outreach
offerings will continue to expand -- prepare now
for next year!
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