Publishing
in the World of Free: Do Educators Get What They Pay For?
On May
27, AEP
and Follett Digital Resources presented the educator's
perspective on free vs. paid digital content usage. Topics
covered included:
- The
current percentage of digital usage for curriculum purposes
in their respective districts
- Of
that percentage, what is “free” (available
on the Internet) and what is purchased from a publisher
- Their
predictions on whether this will change
- Who
decides in each district what is used for curriculum
support from the Internet
- Barriers or
issues specific to instructional content that impact
digital usage
Missed
the webinar? View
a recording or
read AEP's
blog coverage of the event.
Presenters:
Sheryl
Abshire, Ph. D.
Chief Technology Officer
Calcasieu Parish Public Schools (LA)
Dr. Sheryl Abshire is the Chief Technology Officer in the
Calcasieu Parish School System in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
As a leader in technology integration, she has served as the
catalyst to initiate the integration of technology into all
curriculum areas throughout her school district, the state,
and internationally. Sheryl has a B.S. in Early Childhood
Education, a M.Ed. in Elementary Education, an Educational
Specialist in School Administration and Supervision and a
Ph.D. from the University of New Orleans in Educational Leadership
and Administration. She is an accomplished grant writer and
regularly conducts institutes to fund innovative technology
programs throughout the nation. A thirty-six year veteran
educator, she has worked as a school principal, K-5 teacher,
a library/media specialist, a classroom teacher, and as an
adjunct professor at McNeese State University, Louisiana Tech
University and Lamar University (2010).
She has been involved in diverse staff development programs
throughout the nation and in Great Britain involving restructuring
schools through the infusion of technology and curriculum
enhancements. As a 1991 NEA/NFIE Christa McAuliffe Fellow,
1990 Louisiana Technology Teacher of the Year, 1992 National
Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, 1998 Louisiana Computer Using
Educator of the Year, 1999 McNeese State University Distinguished
Alumnus, 2008 University of New Orleans Outstanding Doctoral
Student in Educational Leadership, and the 2002 National Christa
McAuliffe Award winner, Sheryl is a nationally recognized
consultant/speaker. She serves on numerous national, state,
and district committees focusing on the role of technology
and curriculum integration in changing educational practice.
As a member of the ISTE NETS Writing Team and the Technology
for School Administrators Writing Team she is deeply involved
in infusing technology into standards based instruction. Additionally,
she is a member of the ISTE Standards and Accreditation Committee
working on the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
Refresh Project.
Dr. Abshire is the past co-chair of the NEA Membership Advisory
Committee, currently serving on the NEA Legislative Committee
and is the past chair of the Louisiana Association of Educators
Instruction and Professional Development Committee. Sheryl
has served as a member of the national K-12 advisory councils
for Compaq Computer, and Knowledge Adventure. Presently she
serves on the national advisory boards for Dell, Blackboard,
eSchool News, Pearson Digital Learning and Scholastic Administrator.
She is the Chairman of the Louisiana Department of Education
Committee to Advance Technology Standards and since 1997 has
served as Chairman of the Louisiana Technology Advisory Commission
with the responsibility to oversee and approve proposals for
the expenditure of over $200 million in technological advancements
in the Louisiana schools. In 2003 she was named a national
semi-finalist for national Ed Tech Leader of the Year. In
May of 2009, ISTE awarded Dr. Abshire the first Public Policy
Advocate of the Year Award for her decades of work promoting
educational technology.
Sheryl is the
immediate past Chair of the Teacher’s
Retirement System of Louisiana Board of Trustees and oversees
the placement of over 15 billion dollars in retirement
funds. She is the immediate past Board Chair for the Consortium
for School Networking (CoSN) in Washington, D.C., is on
the Executive Committee and also chairs their Public Policy
Committee. As a nationally recognized speaker she has shared
her expertise with audiences at the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development, Consortium for School Networking
Conference, National Education Computing Conference, National
School Board Association, National Association of Elementary
School Principals, National Education Association professional
development conferences and institutes, eSchool News Grants
and Funding Conference and at numerous local, regional
and state conferences.
John
A. Vaille, Ed.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Lake Washington School District (WA)
Dr. Vaille has
a more than a quarter century of experience in just about
every aspect of education—from the classroom
and administration in K-12 to the leadership of an international
professional society. John has taught kindergarten and
the elementary grades, prepared teachers to use technology
with their students and taught graduate students at MIT,
Stanford, and Pepperdine Universities. He currently holds
a guest faculty appointment the University of Oregon, College
of Education. After three years as superintendent for a
Central California school district, Dr. Vaille joined Lake
Washington as its Chief Technology Officer in 2007. Lake
Washington School District (LWSD) is located just east
of Seattle and serves 24,000 students for families living
in communities of Kirkland, Redmond and Sammamish. LWSD
has long been in the vanguard of instructional technology
and since 1998 has received for than $100 million in taxpayer
support for technology in its schools.
In 2001, Dr.
Vaille began service with the Corporation for Educational
Networking Initiatives in California as the Director of
Educational Applications for the Digital California Project
(DCP.) The Digital California Project is a public/private
partnership that is creating a statewide high performance
network that will connect the more than 11,000 schools,
colleges and universities in California. Vaille’s
role is to connect the teaching and learning resources
of the K-12, University of California, California State
University and the California Community College systems
and those of the private sector to this advanced services
network.
n July 1, 1999,
Vaille joined the International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE) as its first Chief Executive Officer.
At NECC 2001, ISTE awarded Vaille its 2001 Learning & Leading with Technology Award in recognition of his
contributions to the advancement of technology in schools
and colleges. In January of 2000, Vaille was named among the
eSchool News “Impact 20” – a select group
of American educational technology leaders who have made significant
impacts on this nation’s schools and colleges.
In June of 1996,
Vaille joined the California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse
as its Director and as the Stanislaus County Office of
Education’s Assistant Superintendent
for Technology and Learning Resources. His work expanded the
reach of the Clearinghouse’s services beyond California
to serve many states and the schools operated by the Department
of Defense around the world.
In 1989, the
governor of California appointed Vaille to the Board of
Education’s Educational Technology Committee
and as a member of the California Planning Commission for
Educational Technology. Also in California, Vaille served
as the president of Computer-Using Educators, Inc., from
1989 to 1992. In 1993, he joined the CUE staff as its Executive
Director, serving in that capacity until 1996.
In December 1998, Vaille completed his doctorate in Educational
Technology at Pepperdine University. His dissertation identified
the key criteria for identifying high quality educational
web sites. The results of this work will be published in a
forthcoming book entitled, Ten Keys to Great Web Sites for
Schools.
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