Technology Command Center
Nicole Hyde
For all those interested in Elementary and Secondary School Technology -
- we just sent this Press Release out announcing our "Millennium-Ready
School Technology Command Center" that will be displayed at our upcoming
conference in Washington, DC. Drop me a note if you have any questions,
or if you would like more information on how to attend the conference.
Thanks and have a great Tuesday!
--Nicole
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August 24, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Nicole Hyde, nh...@eschoolnews.org
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Nation’s K-12 School Leaders To Preview
State-of-the-Art Technology Command Center
State-of-the-art management hardware and software for the
education enterprise will be unveiled at a strategic conference,
Oct. 17-20, in Washington, D.C.
A “Millennium-Ready School Technology Command Center”—the result
of months of planning by practicing school technologists,
scientists and technicians from the Internet2 project, the
editors of eSchool News, and some of the most powerful technology
companies in the world—will be on display at the School Technology
Management 2000 (STM2K) conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in
Washington, D.C., Oct. 17-20.
STM2K is a national conference and exposition for the men and
women responsible for technology in the nation’s elementary and
secondary schools.
Reminiscent of “classroom of the future” exhibitions unveiled at
conferences of the past, the Millennium-Ready School Technology
Command Center will take that old concept to new heights,
revealing the leading edge of what is possible right now at
the enterprise level in education.
As a working model using futuristic technology—but only systems
available here and now—the center will give school leaders a
first-hand encounter with the latest cutting-edge hardware and
software. Solutions will encompass network administration,
global educational communications, automated school management
systems, security and remote-access programs, and more. The center
will offer STM2K attendees a hands-on opportunity to learn about
state-of-the-art tools and techniques that give a school
district’s top technology managers maximum control of their
technology infrastructure and systems.
“Major breakthroughs in high-end computing, internet video
broadcasting, data warehousing, connectivity, system security,
and software interoperability are beginning to pay off in a big
way for schools,” said Gregg W. Downey, editor and publisher of
eSchool News. “Not all school districts can afford the full range
of solutions that will be on display at our October conference,
but this preview presentation is meant to give school leaders a
close look at what is possible.”
Each attendee can gain a greater appreciation of which command
center components are most appropriate for his or her own school
system, Downey said. As more school systems make use of such
state-of-the-art solutions, he predicted, competition and
economies of scale will drive down the cost of this technology,
making it more readily available to schools and districts from
coast to coast.
The project got under way at the end of the last school year, when
eSchool News first broached the idea of developing a live model of
a school technology command center. The newspaper organized a
meeting of vendors, technologists, researchers, and educators in
Atlantic City during the National Educational Computing Conference
(NECC). As a result of that conclave, a steering committee was
formed and preparations began in earnest.
Participants were invited to submit their visions of what the
command center should look like. Those ideas were reviewed by a
panel of technical experts lead by researchers at the Internet2
Project, a university-based national initiative to develop a
super-fast successor to the current internet. As a consensus
emerged about the inventory of the command center, JDL
Technologies, one of the nation’s leading technology integrators,
stepped forward to provide the know-how to actually assemble the
center. The results will be unveiled at the Blue-Ribbon Technology
Exposition during STM2K, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 18.
Not the least extraordinary aspect of the Millennium-Ready School
Technology Command Center is the level of cooperation it
represents among numerous world-class corporations, many of whom
are fierce competitors, said Downey. “In real life,” he said,
“school technology leaders have to work with multiple vendors. And
that multiplicity of brands will be reflected in this
presentation. Selections were made by technologists, not
corporations. Yet the willingness of such mighty companies to put
aside competitive issues in the service of this project is a
direct indication of their commitment to education and the eSchool
ideal,” said Downey.
Here, in alphabetical order, are the members of the command center
Steering Committee: Dan Broadbent, Helius; David Brower, Novell;
Man Bui, IBM; Kathryn Edwards, Sun Microsystems; Tom Lapping, JDL
Technologies; Michael Lorion, Apple Computer; Al MacIlroy, JDL
Technologies; Todd Moffet, Zenith; Jesse Rodrigues, consultant,
former technology director, Tucson Public Schools; Trevor Shaw,
technology director, St. Benedict Prep School; Gary Staunch,
Compaq Computers; and Jennifer White, Dell Computer Corporation.
Downey chaired the committee.
The conference is presented by eSchool News, the nation’s leading
school technology newspaper, and co-sponsored by Dell Computer
Corporation, with additional support from the FamilyEducation
Network and JDL Technologies. Educational supporters include the
CEO Forum on Education and Technology, National Association of
Partners in Education (NAPE), National Association of Secondary
School Principals (NASSP); National Association of State Directors
of Special Education (NASDSA); National Middle School Association
(NMSA); and TECH CORPS.
For a conference brochure and additional information on School
Technology Management 2000, please contact:
- conference hotline: (800) 394-0115 x120
- fax: (301) 913-0119
- eMail: st...@eschoolnews.org
- http://www.eSchoolNews.org/events/stm2k
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