March+2017+planning+meeting

Attendees: Norton Gusky (recorder), Rose Papa, Steve Whitehead, Kylie Losota, Justin Driscoll, Ed McCaveney, Ron Reyer

Key Issues:
 * Problems/Concerns from TRETC 2016
 * Audio in cafeteria
 * Student video in auditorium
 * Space to congregate - coffee bar
 * Quality of Food
 * Signage
 * Social media - need to be able to make experience more shareable
 * Date/ Location - November 6-7 at Montour High School (Support from acting superintendent / will seek backup plan with interest from North Hills and Mount Lebanaon)
 * Discussion about changing days from Monday / Tuesday to Sunday / Monday - less traffic on Sunday for people to travel; no issues with election on Tuesday;
 * Theme: Digitizing Personalized Learning
 * Use Friday Institute criteria
 * Pedagogy and Practice
 * Technology Standards (ISTE)
 * Research and Development
 * Human Capacity (includes PD)
 * Technology Architecture
 * Conference Elements
 * Pre-Conference workshops - use workshops as lead-in to sessions when possible / include leadership training in addition to hands-on activities / embed CoSN CTO Clinic
 * Full-day conference
 * 4 Concurrent sessions
 * Opening Ignite Talks with Administrator, Teacher, and Student
 * Ed McCaveney will contact Glenn Kleinman at Friday Institute to seek possible role in TRETC
 * I nclude poster sessions for full day (details to be worked out by planning team / Kris Hupp will chair)
 * Create Remake Learning Days Revisited space
 * I nclude a Maker Zone/Innovation Zone with hands-on activities that would include Fab Lab with 3D station and tech stations around problems such as IoT
 * Include at pre-conference Design Challenges to be displayed at full day conference
 * Use Planetarium for special presentations
 * Wrap up with people sharing out and captured with visual note-taking
 * Pre-Conference
 * Dinner for educational leaders for pre-conference with targeted workshops for educational leaders around Personalized Learning
 * Seek corporate sponsorship for pre-conference dinner tables
 * Engage educational leaders in Design Challenges around Personalized Learning
 * Suggestion to move event to more central location
 * Featured Speakers
 * Rachelle Poth - PAECT Teacher of the Year
 * Norton Gusky - PAECT Pioneer
 * Ron Bennett - PAECT award
 * Debby Reynolds - NASA Honoree
 * Other Ideas to Explore
 * EVENTZEE challenge (similar to GooseChase)
 * Include a music group, e.g. the Clarks as entertainment for full-day event
 * Free attendance for students/ participants
 * Link to Pittsburgh Resiliency Plan - leave conference with ways to solve local problems
 * Engage in city Innovation opportunities - tech hubs/ startup community


 * Marketing Plan


 * **Activity** || **Time-frame** || **Responsibility** ||
 * Develop marketing campaign (theme, logos) || 3/17-5/17 || Tech Council ||
 * Identify opening speaker(s) || 3/17 – 6/17 || Planning Committee ||
 * Identify presenters || 4/17- 7/17 || Planning Committee ||
 * Send out Hold Date email || 5/17 || Tech Council / AIU ||
 * Identify potential vendors || 3/17– 10/17 || Planning Committee/ Tech Council ||
 * Register presenters/vendors/ participants || 7/17– 11/17 || Tech Council ||
 * Evaluate presentation proposals || 6/17- 7/17 || AIU/ Planning Committee (sub-committee) ||
 * Arrange for equipment needs || 6/17 – 11/17 || Tech Council/AIU/ Sponsors ||
 * Update web site || 4/17 – 10/17 || Tech Council ||
 * Arrange for food || 9/17 – 11/17 || Tech Council ||
 * Provide food / necessary space / tech support || 11/17 || Host site ||
 * Distribute marketing materials || 08/17- 11/17 || Tech Council/ IUs/ Committee members ||
 * Market to targeted audiences || 07/17 - 10/17 || IUs/ Committee members/ Tech Council ||
 * Evaluate /Act 48 || 11/17- 12/17 || AIU/ Tech Council ||