Hotel

Hilton Garden Inn Houston Northwest

Rates: $109 Single or Double occupancy plus tax
Current tax is 17%

Room rates includes a full breakfast.

Cut-off date to make reservations is January 27, 2012
Phone: 832-912-1000

Testimonials

• “This is one of the best experiences I have had in 30 years in educational technology!”
  - Jim Marras, Technology Coordinator, Lakewood City Schools, Ohio (2011 Site Visit Attendee)
• “It was nice to see classrooms in action. Being able to talk with students, teachers, and administrative staff provided a complete perspective.”
  - Jorge Arteaga, Director of Information Technology, Merced Union H.S. District, CA (2011 Site Visit Attendee)

Klein Independent School District, Klein Texas

February 19-21, 2012

Where Technology Empowers Learning: Engaging All Students, Expanding Knowledge, Embracing Diversity

Online registration is closed for this site visit.

Located near Houston, Klein ISD is a highly diverse district with changing demographics serving 45,000 students and 6,000 employees. The district’s success is rooted in a unified vision for technology’s role in supporting student success at all levels, combined with a strong ongoing, job-embedded professional development program and visionary leadership within all curriculum, student support and campus administration areas.

Launched in 2004, the district’s Technology Baseline Standard Initiative (TBSI) assures that all students at every school have ready access to a suite of technology tools for learning in their classrooms, as well as teachers who are prepared to maximize those tools through the implementation of an updated curriculum. Today, every core content classroom in grades K through 12 has an interactive whiteboard, a classroom assessment “clicker” system, a projector, document camera and a minimum of 4 student networked computers and a teacher computer, all complete with a full complement of software productivity tools and access to hundreds of online interactive learning resources. The combination of powerful learning tools, leadership at all levels, and teachers committed to making it all work – through research based instructional strategies - has produced learning innovations across the entire school district.

Recognizing that 24/7 access to powerful productivity tools and digital resources is key to any 21st century learning program, Klein ISD launched a 1:1 Tablet PC program in 2006 and to date, over 8,600 students, at 4 school locations, have been issued Tablet PC computers as part of the district’s one-to-one student computer initiative. Visitors will also have the opportunity to tour the district’s Network Operations Center, a state of the art facility, where the information technology department is committed to maximizing technology tools for all aspects of the district’s operation.

We look forward to giving you a Texas-sized welcome!

Power On Texas

Klein ISD has joined the Power on Texas Revolution. Power on Texas highlights teachers effectively using technology to transform student achievement. Watch Klein ISD in action power on the digital learning revolution.  

• Sunday, February 19
• Monday, February 20
• Tuesday, February 21

NSBA thanks Cable in the Classroom for its continuing support of the Technology Leadership Network Site Visits.

For the eighth consecutive year, Cable in the Classroom (CIC), the national education foundation of the U.S. cable industry, is proud to be the only national partner and sponsor of this important initiative. Working in partnership with, and on behalf of, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and our cable industry partners, CIC advocates for digital citizenship and the visionary, sensible and effective use of media in homes, schools, and communities. Since 1989, through CIC, local cable companies have been providing complimentary connections to schools, and cable programmers have offered quality educational programming. CIC enables educators to access the best of cable’s video and web content.