District Technology Leadership Group

District Roundtable

• Summer Projects
• 2023 - 2024 Objectives and Projects
• 2023 - 2024 Meeting Topics

Artificial Intelligence – Teaching, Learning, and Staff Professional Development Discussion 

• Do you have a district policy dealing with AI use? Explain the differences between Staff use and Student use. 
• What are your biggest concerns when dealing with AI in your role as an IT specialist or educational technology support provider? 
• How have you communicated with your staff and students about the uses and misuse of AI and how it related to your district policy? 
• What questions are you getting from those staff and students that you are supporting about AI and its use in the classroom?

Infrastructure & Development Discussion – Email Security 

• What email security system is everyone using? 

• What is your current process for responding to threats? 

• What domain email security are you using? ​​​​​​(SPF, DKIM, DMARC) 

• How are email security events triaged? (Who has access to what?) 

• Do you restrict certain types of messaging? (Bulk outgoing, external forwarding, sending to large internal groups, etc.) 

• Do you reuse accounts? 

• What is your user account naming convention? 

• How do you handle access to retained accounts? 

• Can users whitelist senders for their own account? 

• How do users report potentially malicious emails? 

User Support Discussion – Evaluating Staffing and creating new positions 

• Are you satisfied with your current staffing? 

• How do you monitor and decide when a change needs to happen 

• What recent changes have you made to meet goals? 

Lunch & Learn

Meet Lightspeed's Digital Insight/Equity Solution

A look into the innovative "Digital Insight" solution. Learn how real data on all EdTech app usage can drive learning outcomes, identify wasteful software spending to help districts save money, target and track PD outcomes, app approval workflow, manage your state-mandated "Student Privacy" agreements...and so much more.

• Palo Alto Best Practices with Digital Scepter, September 13, 2023
• California State Library Content Training, September 28, 2023

Welcome and Introductions

• Sign In Sheet

Knights Ferry Room

Pump up the Jamf Presentation
End-user security and the Apple Ecosystem
Save valuable IT and teacher time using Jamf to manage secure as we demonstrate how we manage and secure Apple devices in any learning environment. More at: jamf.com/education.

Brian Frye - Senior Sales Engineer
Brad Caldwell - Strategic Account Executive
Mike Lawrence - Education Leadership Executive

Knights Ferry Room

WeVideo Presentation

WeVideo Presentation
92% of teachers rate digital creation tools extremely or very effective for developing student’ content knowledge or skills in a specific subject area per Common Sense. WeVideo for School is your all-around engagement toolkit. It's a great lesson creation tool for teachers. Its built-in, royalty-free digital library speeds up project development. WeVideo empowers students to find their voice and demonstrate their knowledge in any subject, at any grade level. We’ll begin with a quick overview of WeVideo for Schools with time for hands-on exploration. Please bring a laptop with a Chrome browser.

Greg Gardner - Western Region Sales Manager

Break
 

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Technology Discussion Roundtable:

VoIP Solutions

California Student Media Festival
(Shiloh Room)

California Student Media Festival

California Student Media Festival
Learn how to celebrate your students’ creativity through the nation’s oldest student media festival. Free to enter, free to attend.
More at: mediafestival.org.

Lunch and Learn with Jamf

Jamf School and Safe Internet Presentation
Managing a safe and secure environment for student success with Jamf + Apple. Learn about Jamf School, our free education apps and our new content filtering solution Safe Internet.
More at: jamf.com/education.

Jamf Q & A

Knights Ferry Room

PORTS

California State Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students
 

Join California State Parks PORTS Program this school year for an adventure in learning that will connect you with parks across California through live distance learning programs and other digital content!  PORTS has been offering live award-winning virtual field trips for over 15 years, and we are proud to be able to help enhance learning in your digital classroom this school year! Join this information session to learn about all of the ways you can connect your students to their California State Parks this school year!