2025 ASSET CONFERENCE

"Welcome to the world of The Cyber Chronicles! During this interactive session, you will embark on a thrilling journey through a K-12 school environment, encountering various scenarios related to cyber threats. As the protagonist, you will make choices that determine the outcome of your adventure. Get ready to navigate the digital realm, outsmart cyber villains, and win prizes along the way! 

How will you stack up against the likes of a sinister email message ready to expose the district’s sensitive information or a suspicious USB drive containing malware to infect not only your computer but the district’s network? Are you brave enough to face the simple password that opens the door to an unwanted security breach? How prepared are you?

Join us for what will be a fun and informative exercise in which you will leave with a better understanding of current and emerging cyberthreats, as well as some materials to better protect yourself from them.

Your adventure, specifically designed for District Administrators and Directors of Technology, starts now with this first decision…will you or will you not attend?"

If you have a Video Studio or are thinking about establishing a Video Studio in your school, this presentation will address the curricular and intercurricular possibilities of using that resource. Example activities will be shown as well as the practical aspects of operating a studio. For those considering the creation of a Video Studio, a discussion of initial decisions that must take place to insure success in your venture.

"In this presentation , the authors will describe how 232 K-8 teachers (and still counting) applied the action research method to develop their own unique stories of the integration of technology in the STEAM areas as part of the Nassau BOCES Smart Start grant.

To launch their personal voyages of discovery, each teacher used an adaptation of the action research method to identify and address an area of instruction, based upon his/her own assessment of student needs. Elements of the action research model include: (a) identifying a problem of practice or a statement of inquiry, (b) data to support the inquiry, (c) description of intervention using to support learning, (d) criteria for success and outcomes data, and (e) reflections and proposed changes to plans. A sample framework and action research implementation template will be shared with workshop participants.

Teachers were supported by an innovative professional development model emphasizing just-in-time, multi-tiered, blended professional development that facilitates collaboration and diffusion of information. The project develops teacher agency and builds self-efficacy by allowing teachers to select instructional goals, identify professional learning needs, and assess/reflect upon their own professional growth. This model also includes opportunities for turn-key training and input at the school/district levels to build capacity .

Session participants will be introduced to a catalog of lesson plans and student artifacts available for use within their own classrooms. Administrators and instructional technology coaches will learn how to apply the action research method to support effective professional development in the application of the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards in their own schools and districts.

Session attendees will leave with a model that can be used to create stories of their own technology journeys as well as strategies to bring similar initiatives to scale in their schools and school districts.
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