District Technology Leaders Webcast_052024
District Technology Leaders Webcast_052024
Agenda Items:
1. Welcome to Matt Jury, our new Director and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in OET.
2. Follow-up on Topic #4 (i.e., Cybersecurity) of the KY K-12 CIO/EdTech Summit held in March at the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education’s (KySTE) conference. Bob Hackworth. See the attached Word document on the “One Big Idea” feedback to 5 questions below on the topic of Cybersecurity that we received from close to 80% of the KY K-12 CIOs/EdTech Leaders sitting in 21 tables at the Louisville International Convention Center.
Q1 – How do you get important cybersecurity communications to your Superintendent?
Q2 – What’s the best way to convince your district leadership to provide Technology (and cybersecurity) a permanent chair at the big table?
Q3 – Does cybersecurity need its own team in a district? Would a virtual or shared team be appropriate?
Q4 – Do you want/need a cybersecurity playbook and, if so, what does that mean to you? What are key features?
Q5 – CISA provides a free service that will constantly scan external (internet-facing) services and devices via their IP address and send customized weekly reports to you. Is this something you would use, and will you sign up for this service by the end of May 2024?
3. Status of KY K-12 EdTech contracts, RFPs and implementations: Next Generation KY K-12 Internet (NGKI), KY K-12 Connected User Experience System (CUES), Kentucky Educator Credentialling System (KECS), School Report Card Suite (SRC), Internet Content Mgt, SEEK, Professional Learning Mgt System). Chuck Austin, Mike Leadingham, Dede Conner and Marty Park.
4. Updating and modernizing OET’s portion of the KDE website. David Couch.
5. The end of the federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Marty Park and David Couch.
6. Federal e-rate audit results. Mike Leadingham.
7. KY K-12 online testing update. Paul Shoemaker.
8. Status of healthy data diet of KY K-12 social security numbers (SSNs). David Couch and Dede Conner.
9. Federal ESSER (aka CV-19 funds) possible 18-month extension. Mike Leadingham and Amy Young.
10. EdTech professional learning opportunities this summer. Marty Park
11. Other topics district or OET staff want to discuss.
