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President's Message By Warren Williams, President As we approach a year in which budget cuts take center stage, it will force IT professionals to make hard decisions about the quantity and quality of services they will be able to offer. In many districts, lay-off notices have already been distributed and deeper cuts are anticipated. Technology staffs that were already stretched too thin are expected to conduct business as usual and despite protestations from CTOs, superintendents and school boards will demand adherence to best practices and to the maintenance of systems in accordance with policy, regulations and a host of new laws. In this tense and confining atmosphere, the natural inclination is to cut the “superfluous” and retreat to core systems. Determining priorities takes on a new meaning and some will use the situation to reject those difficult-to-support enterprises. Unfortunately at the top of many lists will be educational systems, those pesky applications demanded by teachers to create state-of-the-art learning environments. » Read More: Text Only (HTML) Full Article With Graphics (PDF)

CTO Mentor Project Begins its Second Year By Andrea Bennett, Executive Director The 2008 CTO Mentor Project is beginning its second year on March 14, 2008 in Sacramento with a keynote speech from Jack O’Connell, California’s Superintendent for Public Instruction. The project is once again managed by CETPA with sponsorship and support from FCMAT, the California Department of Education and CCSESA. Candidates turned in their applications by early December 2007 and the class was selected soon after. We once again have a wide variety of technology professionals from around the state participating in the project. » Read More: Text Only (HTML) Full Article With Graphics (PDF)

Emerging Technologies By Bonnie Marks, Executive Director What are the emerging technologies that will shape K-12 education in the upcoming years? Collaborative Web technologies, mashups and mobile broadband will take a role, as will social operating systems, grassroots video and collective intelligence, according to the 2008 Horizon Report recently released by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative. » Read More: Text Only (HTML) Full Article With Graphics (PDF)