District Technology Leadership Group
A forum for communication and collaboration between the Stanislaus County Office of Education and school districts county-wide. This community will facilitate conversation for both technical and educational technology staff.
To view resources from past meetings, please click on the meeting agendas, which will take you to notes and various resources.
Meetings
2025-2026
October 23
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
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1:00pm-1:15pm |
Welcome & Introductions Announcements and Upcoming Events
|
Gratton Conference Room |
|
1:15pm–1:45pm |
District Technology Leadership Round Table
|
Gratton Conference Room |
| 1:45pm-2:20pm | Staff Professional Development Conversation | Gratton Conference Room |
|
2:20pm-2:30pm |
Break |
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| 2:30pm-4:00pm | Educational Technology Conversation | Roberts Ferry Conference Room |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm |
Palo Alto Network's Prisma Browser Palo Alto Networks will introduce us to their secure browser for managed and unmanaged computers, Chromebooks, and mobile devices. Features include the ability to block data transfers from work to personal accounts and protecting data based upon content and context. A demonstration of the features will be included in this presentation. |
Gratton Conference Room |
|
3:30pm-4:15pm |
Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 Services Unit 42 is Palo Alto Network's team of threat analysts, threat hunters, and experts in reverse engineering, malware analysis, and threat modeling. This team can provide incident response and incident preparation. This presentation will review their available services. |
Gratton Conference Room |
| 4:15pm-4:30pm | Palo Alto Networks Firewall Enterprise Agreement Pricing Conversation | Gratton Conference Room |
|
4:30pm-6:30pm |
Networking and Social Event |
Location TBD |
December 4
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
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9:00am-9:15am |
Welcome & Introductions Announcements and Upcoming Events
|
Celeste West Conference Room |
|
9:15am–10:00am |
CITE Conference in Review |
Celeste West Conference Room |
| 10:00am-10:30am |
District Technology Leadership Round Table
|
Celeste West Conference Room |
| 10:30am-11:30am | Educational Technology Conversation | Celeste East Conference Room |
| 10:30am-11:30am |
Virtualized Environments: VMWare and Alternatives A discussion about the current issues facing school districts with Broadcom and VMWare environments. Suggestions on maintaining and managing a VMWare environment at a minimum cost will be provided. An exploration of alternative environments, such as Microsoft and Nutanix will be presented. |
Celeste West Conference Room |
| 11:30am-11:45am | Palo Alto Networks Firewall Enterprise Agreement Update | Celeste West Conference Room |
|
11:30am-12:00pm |
Lunch n Learn Discussion about the differences between vendors and value-added partners. What should school districts expect from each type of entity? |
Celeste West Conference Room |
April 16
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
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9:00am-10:00am |
Welcome & Introductions Announcements and Upcoming Events
Current Events
|
Gratton Conference Room |
| 9:30am-10:00am | SchoolAI Presentation about data privacy and technology considerations | Gratton Conference Room |
| 10:00am-11:00am |
From Alert Fatigue to 24x7 Protection: A K-12 MDR Case Study Forsyte IT Solutions and the Stanislaus County Office of Education will walk through their journey of deploying, optimizing, and operationalizing Microsoft security technologies. Gain insight into how Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services can reduce alert fatigue, produce continuous monitoring, and support IT and security teams that are stretched thin. The discussion will highlight Guardian 365, Forsyte’s 24x7 MDR service purpose built for education organizations, and how a managed SOC model tailored to K-12 helps institutions move from reactive alerting to proactive threat detection and response. |
Gratton Conference Room |
| 10:00am-11:00am |
School AI Presentation Educational Technology features |
Roberts Ferry Conference Room |
| 11:15am-12:00pm |
Lunch n Learn Forsyte will expand on Guardian 365 by introducing the Guardian 365 Data Security Managed Service, which combines Microsoft Purview capabilities with ongoing MDR support to help education organizations better protect sensitive data. Topics include:
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Gratton Conference Room |
June 11
2024-2025
September 5
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
|
9:00am-9:15am |
Welcome & Introductions |
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
9:15am–9:50am |
District Roundtable
Upcoming Events:
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
9:50am-10:00am |
Break |
|
|
10:00am-10:50am |
Educational Technology Group Discussion
|
Celeste East Meeting Room |
|
10:00am-10:50am |
Cloudflare Project Cybersafe Schools
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
10:50am-11:00am |
Break |
|
|
11:00am-12:00pm |
Lunch & Learn - Anatomy of a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) Attack
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
November 7
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
|---|---|
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9:00am-9:10am |
Welcome, Announcements & Ice Breaker
|
|
9:10am–9:30am |
District Round Table
|
|
9:30am-10:05am |
Ceres Unified School District IT Service Management Journey Presentation
This session will explore the district’s Technology Services transformation journey, including lessons learned, best practices, and how technology initiatives were integrated to promote communication and streamline processes. Attendees will leave with practical strategies, templates, and insights to guide their own technology transformation efforts, embracing innovation with confidence and aligning IT as a strategic partner rather than just a support function. |
| 10:05am-10:15am |
Legal Implications of AI in Education (Recap of TSC Presentation) Time will be spent sharing and discussing a presentation from F3 Law on aspects of Artificial Intelligence that should be kept in mind as staff and students use Generative AI and AI-embedded technology resources for teaching, learning, and work. |
| 10:15am-10:45am |
Neptune Navigate: Digital Citizenship Simplified
Neptune Navigate will share their video-based digital citizenship platform |
|
10:45am-11:00am |
Questions, Comments, and Closure |
January 9
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
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9:00am-9:15am |
Welcome & Introductions |
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
9:15am–9:50am |
Announcements and Meeting Feedback
District Roundtable
Upcoming Events:
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
9:50am-10:00am |
Break |
|
|
10:00am-10:50am |
Educational Technology Group Discussion |
Celeste East Meeting Room |
|
10:00am-10:50am |
Hands-On Workshop: Birthday Bandits Scavenger Hunt to Investigate a Compromised Account Cybersecurity isn't just about technology and tools. It's also about the processes you have in place to protect, detect, and respond to incidents. How well prepared are you if there's an incident at your school? Let's find out.
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Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
10:50am-11:00am |
Break |
|
|
11:00am-12:00pm |
Lunch & Learn - Presentation and Discussion about features in Managed Methods to assist with cyberbullying and student safety monitoring.
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
April 3
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
|
9:00am-9:15am |
Welcome & Introductions |
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
9:15am–9:50am |
Announcements and Upcoming Events
District Roundtable
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
9:50am-10:00am |
Break |
|
|
10:00am-10:50am |
Educational Technology Group Product Demonstration
|
Celeste East Meeting Room |
| 10:50am-11:45am | Educational Technology Group Discussion | Celeste East Meeting Room |
|
10:00am-11:45am |
Hands-On Workshop: Cloud-Delivered Security Services Ultimate Test Drive Participants will:
|
Celeste West Meeting Room |
|
11:45am-12:15pm |
Lunch & Learn - Network Security Discussion |
Celeste West Meeting Room |
June 12
Meeting Agenda and Resources
Time |
Activity |
Location |
|---|---|---|
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9:00am-9:15am |
Welcome & Introductions Announcements and Upcoming Events
|
Chatom Conference Room |
|
9:15am–10:00am |
Infrastructure Roundtable
|
Chatom Conference Room |
|
9:15am-10:00am |
User Support Round Table |
Knights Ferry Conference Room |
|
10:00am-10:10am |
Break |
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| 10:10am-11:00am |
Guided Conversation on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Telcion will provide guiding questions and industry insight into how AI is impacting the responsibilities of IT support and how AI is being used for network security, both from a Whitehat and Blackhat perspective. Telcion will also provide a 12-point check list that provides a starting point for network and user security. Discussion will also uncover pitfalls that are often seen in environments. |
Chatom Conference Room |
|
11:00am-11:30am |
Central California Intelligence Center Presentation Bill Kizer and Chad Beever |
Chatom Conference Room |
|
11:30am-12:15pm |
Lunch |
Chatom Conference Room |
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