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Voting in the ISTE Board Elections begins March 11 and will wrap up on April 11.
Openings for two-year terms beginning in June include:
• One affiliate representative
• Three at-large representatives
• One computer science representative
• One corporate representative
• One international representative
• One PK– 12 schools representative
• One state technology director representative
Visit iste.org/elections on March 11 for a list of candidates and ballot
information. Show your support for educational technology and make ISTE
a better organization by voting for new board members.
Get Involved in Ed Tech Advocacy!
Join ed tech advocates in Washington, D.C., April 12–13 for a dynamic summit covering U.S. policy trends and their potential impact on schools, districts, and states.
The summit will feature key policy makers and meetings on Capitol Hill.
It’s hosted by ISTE, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), the State
Educational Technology Directors Association, and the Software & Information
Industry Association. To register online, go to iste.org/store/sumdmit.
Prior to the summit on April 12, ISTE will hold an ABC’s of Advocacy workshop. Participants will develop a plan for effective ed tech advocacy, build a
network of colleagues to call on for advice and support, and gain tools and
resources to shape the future at state and federal levels.
Speaking of advocacy, if you want to keep up with policy activity in the U.S. capital,
join the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Advisory Group.
This group holds a monthly teleconference where Hilary Goldmann, ISTE’s senior
government affairs officer, shares updates on ed tech policy and grassroots activity.
To participate in the calls, contact Goldmann at hgoldmann@iste.org.
ISTE welcomes the Instructional Technology Integration Partnership Ohio
(i Tip Ohio) as its newest affiliate. i TIP Ohio ( www.itipohio.org) is a group
of five ed tech agencies that recently banded together but separately have
been serving Ohio educators for more than 40 years.
i Tip Ohio offers a full menu of professional development, networking,
resources, and regional events for its members.
ISTE has nearly 80 affiliate organizations in six countries. Affiliates are
autonomous, nonprofit, professional membership organizations that share
ISTE’s mission and function at a grassroots level to effect change in the field
of educational technology. ISTE’s Affiliate Network represents more than
100,000 educators and professionals ( iste.org/affiliates).
