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Learning Technologies: Room #252

10:00a-10:20a *Cisco “Pervasive Media-Rich Connected Learning Experiences”

Pervasive Media-Rich Connected Learning Experiences from tablet to boardroom that drive transformation and business outcomes: This presentation will examine trends and challenges affecting higher education, government and business to collaborate effectively using high-def video from smartphones, tablets, desktops, video conferencing systems to full-size telepresence and everything in between independent of operating systems with seamless integration to deliver change, transformation and better outcomes.

Dr. Greg Mathison has invested more than 30 years of his career in human services and healthcareundefinedas a psychologist, administrator, and policy maker for County and State governments undefined and as an educator for several universities in MN, MO, and FL. He currently serves as the Cisco Systems’ Education Solutions Manager, helping schools and universities maximize leading edge technologies to deliver connected teaching and learning solutions that help enhance education outcomes. He also leads the Education Solutions Work Group and chairs Cisco’s K12 Regional Schools Executive Exchanges, comprised of 50 district superintendents and their executive team.

10:25a-10:45a KINBER "KMEX for Educators: How KINBER’s Member Exchange & Connectivity to PennREN Can Enable Robust Distance Learning for PA Schools”

Discover how PennREN connectivity and other services such as the KINBER Member Exchange (KMEX) are available for schools via KINBER, the statewide research and education networking organization in PA, to enable enhanced distance learning connections and educational opportunities for students and faculty.

Jennifer Oxenford is the Community Services Manager at KINBER where she supports the development and roll-out of new programs and services across KINBER member communities in Pennsylvania. Jennifer is a member of the Internet2 K20 Advisory Board and the US UCAN Advisory Council. She was previously Co-Chair of the Internet2 Teaching & Learning Special Interest Group and served on the Internet2 Commons Management Team. Jennifer was a co-founder of the Megaconference Jr. project, the world's largest global interactive K12 videoconference event and led that project along with an international management team for 10 years. She also served on the Megaconference Sr. management team and was a past participant in the International Education Steering Group, a distributed team of national research and education network liaisons around the world. Jennifer has helped facilitate numerous successful international collaboration projects in education and has been the recipient of several awards including the Internet2 IDEA Award, Richard Rose Award, and the Models of Excellence Award. 

11:00a-11:20a *Clary Icon “All of your Collaboration Tools are Right Here. You Choose. OneScreen Delivers”

OneScreen, from Clary Icon, is an all-in-one communication and collaboration solution. Video, audio, and web conferencing, whiteboarding, presenting, training and annotating, are all provided from a single screen. OneScreen brings simplicity, productivity and mobility to any conference or meeting room in an affordable HD quality solution. Come learn more!

Alan Sylvia is the Director of Collaboration Solutions for Hitachi Solutions America and leads the Clary Icon/Hitachi partnership for North America.

The presentation will demonstrate how educators can prevent cheating, ensure the academic integrity of distance learning programs, and advance policies designed to reduce incidents of dishonesty online using a number of strategies. The presenter will also share industry research and best practices.

Erik Cederholm joined the ProctorU team in February 2012 as a proctor, and was promoted to Partnership Representative in January 2013. His job duties include exploring new opportunities in the Northeast region of the United States. Since 2013, Erik has been speaking at education conferences and informing academics on technologies used to ensure academic integrity in distance learning.

1:15p-2:00p Polycom "Video Technology & Teaching are Changing Higher Education"

Computing, BYOD, and video on-demand are more readily accessible, educators are innovatively transforming teaching and learning by flipping classrooms, creating MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) or utilizing open educational resources (OER). With tools such as video conferencing, video streaming, recording and social medical for collaborating and capturing we are easily able to create our own content. In this session, we will share best practices for recording, streaming and capturing lectures, and video content management that is transforming the classroom and extending existing instructional activities.

Matt Dudek with a background in video conferencing technology, recording, streaming and video content management is the Polycom Account Manager for Education (K12 and Higher Education) in Pennsylvania and Maryland. For the last 12+ years, he has worked with schools, universities and colleges to provide hands-on demonstrations to educators and help deploy unified communication solutions that enhance education and training in the classroom.

2:15p-2:35p Viddler “Can Video Be Truly Interactive?”

John Parsons ([email protected]) is the VP of Business Development and Communication at Viddler, a developer of interactive video solutions to training and education problems. John was formerly an internationally known writer and consultant in the publishing technology, media, and communications industries, and was the Editorial Director of The Seybold Report.

2:40p-3:00p *Mersive “Unlocking Display Infrastructure with Software”

There were 14 trillion pixels deployed into our public and common spaces last year.  Unfortunately, users are unable to access these displays without a physical video cable, and when they do, displays are dedicated to the single content source.  This display paradigm hasn’t been challenged until recently. However newly-developed software has unlocked displays – providing users access via Wi-Fi and creating a networked infrastructure.  The approach is based on the view that displays should be shared and managed with software to become powerful collaboration and visualization assets.

In 2006, Christopher Jaynes co-founded Mersive and now serves as the company’s Chief Technology Officer. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Computer Science at the University of Utah and a doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Prior to his work at Mersive, Jaynes helped found the University of Kentucky Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments where he studied problems related to virtual reality and novel display systems. At Mersive, he has pioneered two display software products, one for cross-platform wireless visual collaboration and edge-blending software to automatically align multiple projectors into a seamless image of extraordinary quality and resolution.

3:15p-3:35p * FSR “Collaboration & Active Learning”

Collaboration and active learning are clearly the keys to successful student engagement. Over the past few years, there has been impressive evidence released indicating that investing in active learning pedagogy and supporting technologies can affect student performance. FSR's solutions offer the building blocks for technology rich classrooms, from the ground up!

Gina Sansivero is Director of Educational Sales at FSR, Inc (www.fsrinc.com) in Woodland Park, NJ. FSR is a US manufacturer which offers connectivity, infrastructure, AV, and collaborative technology products worldwide. Gina is a member of InfoComm International. Reach Gina at [email protected] or on twitter @GinaSans.

Information Technologies: Room #209

10:00a-10:20a Integrated Security Systems “Planning Before Panic Erupts!”

Have you developed a plan?  Does everyone know how to proceed? ISS provides integrated solutions, training and action plans that when combined offer a total security solution.

Jim Minninger, a retired police sergeant in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where he was an operator on SWAT, lead tactical firearms instructor and less lethal munitions operator. He is certified in basic and advanced SWAT operations, hostage rescue, basic and advanced weapons of mass destruction tactical operations and hostage negotiations.

Concepts for assisting organizations to get a better handle on their Internet Data\Web Browsing trends, and secure those data streams in compliance with Internet Acceptable Use Polices. Options for managing various data backup and long term data archiving.

Steve Katsman has been called a "unique problem solver" for his ability to provide creative, dependable IT consulting solutions. In his twenty five years of consulting experience, encompassing work with most of the major industry vendors and products, this experience is used to help MTG clients design, implement and secure networks, develop project management solutions, provide proactive support and maintenance programs. Over the years Steve has earned numerous industry-certifications, collaborated of vendors to help develop new products and trainings.

As cybercrime rates continue to explode so too does the popularity of phishing attacks.  In 2013 one study showed almost a 90% year of year increase in the number of phishing attacks.   Between basic phishing attacks and more advanced spear phishing attacks everyone from the local auto mechanic to the fortune 500 are targets.   In this session you will learn about many of these types of attacks and what to look to be on the lookout for.   You will learn the difference between a basic attack and a spear phishing attack.  Mark Villinski, from Kaspersky Lab, will share with you a wealth of information about what Kaspersky is seeing for trends in this area. 

11:25a-11:45a *DSS Corporation “Leveraging the Cloud & New IT Models to Address Changing Campus Infrastructure”

Campus IT exists to support, empower, and advance the institution's educational mission and business processes. Yet, emerging cloud concepts and evolving institutional requirements are bringing greater complexity to IT departments.  Learn how one university managed this complexity by executing a powerful hybrid cloud strategy.  In this session, Robin Allen will take you through a practical step-by-step process to help you select the best approach for your institution.

Robin Allen is an accomplished information technology executive with over 20 years of leadership and technical experience to facilitate the effective delivery of Information Technology services.  Robin is currently the Director of Higher Education Solutions at DSS.  In this new role, she provides technology leadership for activities that support the higher education customer base at DSS.  She partners with the Executive and Director-level professionals across the organization to define and implement IT programs that aligns with and supports the Higher Education business strategy.  She also serves as the Interim Chief Information Officer at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa. Prior to DSS, Robin was the Director of Enterprise Operations at Villanova University.  She was responsible for Villanova’s enterprise wide data center technology systems.  She provided leadership and strategic guidance for key business initiatives both internal to IT and to external groups at Villanova.  She was a member of Senior Leadership Team in the University Information Technologies department.  Robin has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems and a minor in Psychology from Iona College in New York.  Robin received her Master’s in Business Administration from Villanova’s Executive MBA program.

1:15p-1:35p Aruba Networks “Providing Robust, Reliable, Secure Network Access for the Campus”

As campuses see exponential growth in wireless and mobile devices on campus, the challenges associated with enabling reliable, secure network access for all users multiply as well. This session will draw upon the real-world experiences of colleges and universities to examine access and policy management solution options for improving the security of wireless networks and easing the management burden on IT departments. We will present strategies for managing network policies, securely onboarding and managing devices, admitting guest users and conducting network authentication. We will review the importance of having detailed visibility into which users and devices are registering onto the network so IT departments can manage, track and give appropriate access to the avalanche of devices on campus. We will also discuss the importance of being able to prioritize traffic, restrict or block access for a user or device, flexibly determine levels of access for users. Attendees will leave the session with a better understanding of how to provide robust, reliable and secure network access for all of their users – students, faculty, staff and guests.

Harold Stonebraker has been with Aruba Networks since 2008 and is now the Systems Engineering Manager for the Mid-Atlantic region.

As you adopt new and exciting technology initiatives to deliver a rich digital learning experience, building a Wi-Fi network that is not only reliable, but can also meet the growing demands of one-to-one learning, BYOD, online testing, and bandwidth-hungry educational video and collaboration tools is critical. Join the session to learn how and why schools are deploying Gigabit Wi-Fi, and addressing BYOD with secure, differentiated network access.

Harold Stonebraker has been with Aruba Networks since 2008 and is now the Systems Engineering Manager for the Mid-Atlantic region.

2:15p-2:35p *OPTiMO Information Technology “As seen on Shark Tank, EmergenSee –Today’s Security System for a Safe School Zone”

EmergenSee, the high-tech safety instrument that gives everyone – from government officials, police and security professionals to private citizens,  teachers and administrators, college students and even young children – access to help and rescue at the touch of a smartphone application.

Gene Motisko, Practice/Project Manager at OPTiMO for more than 3 years, will be presenting this essential security tool.

2:40p-3:00p *X-IO Technologies “Are Your Infrastructure Problems Because of Misfit Storage?”

Providing virtual desktops in educational environments differs greatly from the corporate world. Boot storms and logins happen every hour generating a different demand on the technology infrastructure. Choosing the right storage, as the foundation, is critical to provide the best end-user experience; and ensuring budgetary discipline. Come see how X-IO Technologies provides this foundation for universities and school districts throughout the country.

Mickey Hackett, Principal Systems Engineer, has spent 20+ years in data centers and architecting infrastructure. I spent the majority of my career designing virtual environments, large and small. X-IO Technologies has a wide variety of customers in many verticals with a large portion in education. During the time with X-IO, I have helped many customers solve performance problems by correctly configuring their storage.

3:15p-3:35p Safeware “Safeware’s K12 Portal Will Save Your School Time & Money”

Safeware has a solution to take you out of the self-insurance business by implementing an easy to use insurance portal online. This enables the student's parents to purchase coverage easily and effectively without much involvement from the school. 

Anita Kimber is Vice President of Insurance for Safeware.  Anita has been with Safeware since 2000 and is responsible for quoting all new fleet business and provides client support for fleet customers. Anita received her Property & Casualty license in 1995 while working for Nationwide Insurance. She has over 18 years of insurance experience.

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