Hi,

Zoey Kroll here. I am enthused about the introductions thus far -  
interesting people doing great work! As a user experience designer  
and information architect, I work with open source (Drupal) creating  
websites for progressive organizations. I am a Partner at  
CivicActions, a technology strategy and development company, and I  
also do media education for a gardening/ecology elementary school  
program in San Francisco.

I'd like to add social media as a topic to the list - issues and  
opportunities surrounding blogging, mobile technology, and social  
networking, as they are used or could be used by youth and by schools.

It would be great to have a Bay Area meet-up to learn more from each  
other in person.

- Zoey
zoeyk at sbcglobal.net


On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Mike Huffman wrote:

> Keep up the great introductions!
>
> Mike Huffman here.  I am very excited about this effort and look  
> forward to hearing all sorts of great ideas - and seeing  them take  
> hold.
>
> I was with the Indiana Department of Education for a long time, and  
> had the pleasure of being the IT Director there for 10 years before  
> moving into instructional technology.  In the instructional  
> technology area, I served as the Special Assistant to the  
> Superintendent which gave me a good platform to begin talking to  
> schools about open-source software.  In future posts, I will share  
> some of those experiences and more importantly, where that led us  
> in Indiana.
>
> For this group, my personal hope is that it becomes a communication  
> forum that leads down many paths.  To see real change  in K12, we  
> will need a clear vision, documentation that will back up our  
> positions, some brilliant brainstorming, and a commitment to our  
> kids' futures.  Some of the topics up for discussion probably  
> should be:
>
> - one-to-one computing
> - affordability
> - sustainability
> - scalability
> - repeatability
> - cost effectiveness issues
> - management methodologies
> - professional development issues
> - transition programs
> - more ideas from you!
>
> If you have suggestions or ideas about how you would like to see  
> this list run, please feel free to email me on the list or  
> individually.  I hope everyone participates.  If you have  
> suggestions for changing the web page, let me know.  I plan to get  
> a list of software that schools can begin using posted soon.
>
> I encourage you to go to http://www.doe.in.gov/olt/InACCESS/
> to learn more about what we accomplished in Indiana.  It is not  
> perfect but was a good start.
>
> I am looking forward to a spirited discussion and your ideas!
>
> Mike
>
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