Senior Director of Technology, Prestonwood Christian Academy
Barbara Brown, currently serves as the Senior Director of Technology at Prestonwood Christian Academy. Barbara has 32 years of experience in Education with 31 of those years being in the Lewisville Independent School District where she served as CTO. She is a technology leader with... Read More →
Dianne Borreson was the Chief Technology Officer at Hays CISD for 22 years. Prior to that, she served in various other educational and instructional technology roles, for a total of 37 years in education. She graduated from Texas State with a B.A in elementary education and a... Read More →
Senior Director of Technology, Prestonwood Christian Academy
Barbara Brown, currently serves as the Senior Director of Technology at Prestonwood Christian Academy. Barbara has 32 years of experience in Education with 31 of those years being in the Lewisville Independent School District where she served as CTO. She is a technology leader with... Read More →
Dianne Borreson was the Chief Technology Officer at Hays CISD for 22 years. Prior to that, she served in various other educational and instructional technology roles, for a total of 37 years in education. She graduated from Texas State with a B.A in elementary education and a... Read More →
School districts are more reliant on cloud apps like Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 to help keep classrooms connected in any learning environment. The increased use of cloud apps by students, teachers, and staff have opened districts up to the many cyber threats often seen in the news. Districts are a top target for ransomware attacks. While simultaneously experiencing student safety threats internally and ensuring they comply with government regulations. Regulations such as CIPA and Texas’ new Senate Bill 2116. Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and the many cloud apps students and teachers now connect to their school accounts have made this more difficult for IT teams to stay ahead of. Learn how ManagedMethods makes Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 security easy for your district. Prevent ransomware, control internal student safety and privacy threats, and stay compliant with CIPA and state regulations with K-12 cloud security made easy.
Cybersecurity Champion for Education, ManagedMethods
ManagedMethods is the leading Google and Microsoft cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 school districts. We monitor district email, file sharing, chat, and video apps 24/7/365.
The LISD Technology Department will share details into how they manage approximately 60K iPads. This includes sharing information about opt-in processes, self-insurance program, managing inventory processes, custom reports for campuses and teachers, filtering practices, repairs, and how the district is measuring and analyzing technology usage to inform adoption.
Director of Technical Information Services, Lewisville ISD
David Koonce is a CETL certified technology leader that has served in Texas public schools for almost 20 years. He is currently the Director of Technical Information Services for Lewisville ISD, which successfully earned the Trusted Learning Environment Seal in 2016 (and renewed that... Read More →
Bryon Kolbeck is the Chief Technology Officer for Lewisville ISD. Lewisville ISD is located approximately 25 miles Northwest of Dallas and with his leadership the Technology Department oversees over 50K iPads, approximately 35K laptops, and maintains one of the largest public-sector... Read More →
With your students using more software and apps on their school devices than ever before, safeguarding student data privacy has never been more challenging—or more important. So, to protect everyone, you need to involve everyone. During this session, discover how you can strengthen your data privacy efforts and offer additional peace of mind to your parent community using third-party badging and security reviews from IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Student Data Privacy Consortium. Additionally, attendees will see how they can use a data privacy monitoring tool like CatchOn to quickly categorize, sort, download, and export lists of approved and unapproved apps to share with district personnel, stakeholders, and parents, ensuring everyone has access to the critical information they need to help keep student data safe.
Leo Brehm is an accomplished Senior Executive, Consultant, Board Member, and Thought Leader with more than 22 years of success in the education and e-learning industries. At present, he serves as the a Product Manager for CatchOn Inc., where he is actively involved in the design and... Read More →
Districts are required to expand remote learning to support ongoing technology trends and student success. But implementing 1:1 programs can cause new safety and security challenges. Real-time visibility and analysis of student activity, across all devices and web browsers, are critical in ensuring student safety, security, and instructional effectiveness. Please join us to learn how Lewisville ISD addresses these challenges with analytics and reporting best practices.
Sr. Manager, Strategic Partnerships & Accounts, N. America, ContentKeeper/Impero
Jason Green - For the past 16 years Jason has worked closely with education leaders to provide consultation on behalf of student safety and student access to web content that is needed to be successful in life. Jason's approach is listening to the needs of school district IT leadership... Read More →
We have new, unprecedented funding options, like ESSER, TIMA, TEACT and ECF. However, these funds are not permanent. What can we do to sustain funding for technology when these funds are no longer available? Hear what Midlothian ISD, San Antonio ISD, and Hutto ISD are doing to prepare.
Innovative technology leader specializing is K-12 education. An energetic team builder who specializes in using technology to improve teaching and learning.
IT teams are burdened with spending time on managing broken mobile devices, researching the same technologies year after year, and ensuring kids have a device when they need one. There is a better way to automate and simplify processes for your mobile device program with solutions from LocknCharge. Join us to learn more!
Territory Success Manager-TX, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, LocknCharge
Student access to a working Chromebook, laptop and iPad devices is essential.LocknCharge charging solutions and smart lockers offer worry-free devicemanagement to save you time.
Trends:Safeguard access in a remote and blended learning world The potential for continued blended or remote learning and a sharp rise in digital security threats make cybersecurity essential for all districts. Understand the hazards and learn how solutions such as multi-factor authentication can keep your data secure.
Kyle Berger has over 21 years in K-12 technology leadership spread across districts of various sizes and demographics. Awarded with the 2020 EdTEch Award for Leadership and the Technology Director of the Year by TCEA in 2009, he has also been featured in several educational technology... Read More →
Jeff Janover began his career as a structural engineer in the nuclear power industry. He worked as a professional engineer, consultant, and programmer, performing computer-aided finite element analysis on a wide range of projects, and delivered seminars on advanced dynamics to many... Read More →
This session will be a hands-on table top exercise around cybersecurity. The session will focus on incident response and recovery planning, techniques for first actions taken and reporting.
Bryon Kolbeck is the Chief Technology Officer for Lewisville ISD. Lewisville ISD is located approximately 25 miles Northwest of Dallas and with his leadership the Technology Department oversees over 50K iPads, approximately 35K laptops, and maintains one of the largest public-sector... Read More →
Head of Digital Business | CISSP, ISSAP & ISSMP, NETSYNC
Mark Lynd currently serves as the Head of Digital Business and as a member of the executive leadership team for Netsync, a global technology value-added reseller With more than 23 years of technology and cybersecurity experience as an entrepreneur and executive, he was an Ernst... Read More →
Executive Director of Technology, Lubbock-Cooper ISD
Educator since 1992. Administrator since 2008. Executive Director of Technology since 2012. I believe that success happens when I contribute to a greater cause. How I do that is by solving complex and challenging problems. Ultimately what I bring is a trusting relationship where others... Read More →
Dr. Kari Murphy with over 30 years experience in educational technology, currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Deer Park Independent School District in Texas. In 2019, she was awarded the TCEA Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of Technology in Education. In 2016... Read More →
Director of Technology, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD
Dr. Karla Burkholder began her career as a business education teacher, and quickly discovered a passion for teaching and learning with technology. With over 30 years as a Texas educator, she has served as a teacher, instructional technologist, instructional technology coordinator... Read More →
Senior Director of Technology, Prestonwood Christian Academy
Barbara Brown, currently serves as the Senior Director of Technology at Prestonwood Christian Academy. Barbara has 32 years of experience in Education with 31 of those years being in the Lewisville Independent School District where she served as CTO. She is a technology leader with... Read More →
