Exploring the Issues Surrounding Technology in the Classroom- join our meeting in person on online Monday 3/30/15 at 7pm

Are you concerned about PARCC testing issues?

Want to know about the sensitive student information collected and handled by Pearson and other operators?

Have concerns about the MCPS notebook rollout?

We will discuss these pressing questions and more….

With computers distributed to our students (or soon to be), it is time for parents to come together to learn about this the legal, ethical and privacy issues posed by the technology, its pros and cons, and to develop a plan of action to help our teachers planning the proper rollout strategy.

Join us for this important meeting.

MCPS parents with background in education, law, ethics, privacy, and information technology will present and facilitate the discussion.

Date:  March 30, 2015, Monday         

Time: 7pm to 8:30 pm EST

Location: Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Rd,

Bethesda, MD 20814  - Parking available on site.

AGENDA

1. Technology in the Classroom.

          A.  Preparation— students, parents, teachers.

          B.  Testing—PARCC & other testing;

          C.  Privacy—data mining by 3rd parties; access to health records;

          D.  Security—protection of data collected;

          E.  Safety– wireless vs. cable, code of conduct, cyberbullying

2.  Create working groups and a plan of action with measurable goals.

Webinar: join us onlin if you cannot make the meeting in person:

http://www.join.me/unitedbreakin

Once you log in, click on the Enter Meeting button, after you put your name in the code field box.

Once you see our screen/ppt, then please click on the tel icon at the top to join the audio via telephone or VOIP.  If you select VOIP, you will have to download a second software.

With questions before the meeting, contact

ellen@ellenzavian.com orrapascal2003@gmail.com