Tuesday, March 20

Welcome

• James Ponce
  Superintendent, McAllen ISD

Fights of Discovery: Transformation in Third-Age Education

• Bill Rankin
  Director of Educational Innovation, Abilene Christian University

What's Love Got to Do With IT? Got to Do With IT?

• Marco Torres
  A California Teacher of the Year

Education in the Digital Age Panel Discussion

• James Ponce
  Superintendent, McAllen ISD
• Phil Schubert
  President, Abilene Christian University
• John Couch
  Vice President, Education, Apple Inc.
• Marco Torres
  A California Teacher of the Year
• Bill Rankin
  Director of Educational Innovation, Abilene Christian University

Leadership & Policy Track

• Ballroom

Digital Textbooks & Learning Materials Track

• Room 103 C

TLC³ Showcase

• Room 103 D

Current and Future Education Policy in Texas (and  Beyond)

• Tom Burnett
  Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Apple, Inc.
• John Couch
  Vice President, Education, Apple Inc.
• James Ponce
  Superintendent, McAllen ISD
• Robbie K. Melton
  Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, eLearning Tennessee Board of Regents

This panel explores the current and proposed state and national policies related to educational technology and offers attendees an opportunity to ask questions involving these policies.

Apps Discovery, Curation, & Sharing

• Alline Sada
  Technology Coordinator & K-8 Integration Specialist, A Colegio Euroamericano de Monterrey

Discovering, organizing, and telling other about new apps you find is part of the magic of using mobile devices. During this panel discussion, you will learn about some of the best websites, online communities, and more than make educational app discovery easier. Several popular websites which curate apps will be shared as well as tips and ideas for finding and sharing new apps with others.

TLC³ Infrastructure

• Pat Karr
  Coordinator Network Services & Support, McAllen ISD

And presentations by

• Airwatch
• Cisco

An experience in introducing mobile devices into an educational enterprise environment.

MISD TLC³ Leadership Team: Idea to Implementation

• Members of the McAllen ISD TLC³ Implementation Team

Just how did McAllen ISD's TLC³ come to be?  Members of the Superintendent's Cabinet, key IT and other staff members, and Board members give insight about how it evolved, efforts to gather perspective from varied points of view, review of curriculum and technology vision, review of professional development needs and implementation. Discussion will include the impact to the greater school community - the City of McAllen, the McAllen Chamber of Commerce, and the McAllen Economic Development Corporation.

TBReLearning Mobile App Educational and Workforce Resource Center: "Apps for All: Subjects, Grade Level, Usage

• Robbie K. Melton
  Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, eLearning Tennessee Board of Regents

The Tennessee Board of Regents has created a mobile app education and workforce resource center (a bank of 40,000+ apps) to assist educators in aligning apps to according to their teaching discipline/subject area, curriculum, student needs and outcomes, as well as making it easier for identifying appropriate educational and workforce apps.

TLC³ Enhancing Differentiated Practices

• Karina Chapa
  Director Bilingual/ESL Education, McAllen ISD
• Sherry Mayes
  Director, Special Education, McAllen ISD
• Laura Perez
  Rowe High School Teacher
• Blanca Piñon
  Cathey Middle School Special Education teacher

Learn how iOS devices are the ideal learning tool for bilingual and special education students.

Getting Buy-in

• Billie J. McConnell
  Director K-12 Professional Development, Abilene Christian University Connected Consulting

Implementing a mobile learning program involves everyone. Come find out what you can do to get “buy-in” for your mobile learning program from faculty, staff and community.

Creating Digital Textbooks: Apple iBooks Author Demonstration

• Katherine Hughes
  Education Development Executive, Apple Inc.

iBooks Author is an amazing new app that allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks - and just about any other kind of book - for iPad. Come learn how easy it can be.

TLC³ Authentic Student Assessments

• Carmen G. Garcia
  Director Instructional Technology, McAllen ISD

Learn how to assess student collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking skills.