About
The Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference (TRETC) is the premier K-16 educational technology conference in Western Pennsylvania. Over 300 educators from K-12 schools, higher education and non-profits come to the event. In addition, each year over 25 vendors showcase their new technologies.
The 2011 conference featured 20+ presentations from educational technology leaders and keynote speakers Karen Cator, Alice Wilder, Traci Blazosky, and Neil Campbell. This year's conference featured presentations from vendors, Keystone Educators, Technology leaders, CoSN, Microsoft, and many more.
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Keynote Speakers
Karen Cator is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. She has devoted her career to creating the best possible learning environments for this generation of students. Prior to joining the department, Cator directed Apple’s leadership and advocacy efforts in education. In this role, she focused on the intersection of education policy and research, emerging technologies, and the reality faced by teachers, students and administrators.
Cator joined Apple in 1997 from the public education sector, most recently leading technology planning and implementation in Juneau, Alaska. She also served as Special Assistant for Telecommunications for the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. Cator holds a Masters in school administration from the University of Oregon and Bachelors in early childhood education from Springfield College. She is the past chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and has served on the several boards including the Software & Information Industry Association—Education.
Presentations 2011 – Video Capture
Title: Using and Deploying Google Apps for Education
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 9:30 AM EST
Duration: 00:47:17
Link: http://web.aiu3.net/
Description: Google Apps for Education is a collection of web-based programs and file storage that run in a web browser. The applications include communication tools (Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Calendar), productivity tools (Google Docs: text files, spreadsheets, and presentations). With Google Apps, sharing content is as simple as granting someone access, which facilitates collaboration, peer review of academic materials, and the collective generation of knowledge. Learn how to use Google Apps as an end user and how to deploy and maintain Google Apps as an IT administrator for your environment.
Title: Preparing your school for Student Owned Mobile Devices
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Time: 11:10 AM EST
Duration: 00:51:45
Link: http://web.aiu3.net/
Description: In the fall of 2010, Hempfield High School began allowing students to bring their own personal electronic devices to school and use these devices during the school day. Personal electronic devices is a broad category, including cell phones, laptops, and other Internet-enabled devices. During this presentation we will review the steps we took to prepare Hempfield High School for this implementation. We will cover network configurations and security precautions, policies that were written or modified, and staff and student education and communication efforts. After reviewing our implementation, we will have time at the end for a question-and-answer as well as best-practice discussion with the audience.
