Palo Alto Unified School District in California
InVision & InPractice • March 15-18, 2005
Palo Alto Unified School District (Palo Alto, CA) invited participants to experience firsthand how this K-12 district combines all the necessary components to provide first-rate, multi-platform technology services to support teaching and learning and student-centered environment.
Theme areas included:
- Technology & Learning with site visits to newly upgraded elementary, middle, and high schools
- Wireless Technologies for seamless integration into the classroom
- Technology Professional Development as a key to changing teaching practices
- Electronic Communication Methods including digital lockers, e-homework, InClass curricular support, parent-teacher communication, community connections
- Youth Broadcast Collaborative (YBC-TV) as an example of new directions in video, Internet, and community partnerships
- IT Support Model as a way to service every computer and to provide an expert for every staff member
- Network/Systems Technical Support as the foundation for reliability and dependability
As part of a Bay Area visit, participants also were invited to spend time getting to know Silicon Valley. Special events, dinners, and/or visits included Apple Computers, Dell, Blackboard, Google and the Midpeninsula Community Media Center.