December 2003
Mid-Hudson region educators are in for a true technology
Staff will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate the latest technologies used in today’s educational and administrative environments. Informational exhibits will showcase management and instructional technology and teachers and students will demonstrate the technological tools used in today’s classrooms. In past years, the Tech Expo focused primarily on methods to integrate software and hardware technology into the K-12 curriculum. The partnership with the MHRIC will add the use of technology as a business and data management function, making the event a more comprehensive showcase of technology options for schools.
“We are participating in the Tech Expo/Service Fair with Instructional Services to raise awareness of services the MHRIC offers and to demonstrate the powerful systems that are available to schools through cost-saving cooperative services,” said Stacey Ross, computer services manager at the MHRIC.
The Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center has over 30 years of experience in providing school districts and non-profit businesses with data processing and information management services. The MHRIC is most known for the student data management services it provides to schools, including report card and student schedule generation, test scoring, preparation of census information, and the transmittal of data to the New York State Education Department. However, the MHRIC also offers a variety of other valuable information services, such as high-tech food services management equipment and software and multi-leveled data analysis services, which warehouse and disaggregate student performance data. This information can then be used to target specific academic areas and improve student performance.
New instructional services being showcased at this year’s event include the Ulster Schools Technology Infrastructure, which through a new tool called a Multi Point Conferencing Unit, allows mixed-platform, real-time connectivity from various sites. With this “bridge,” educators who have different platforms and formats of videoconferencing abilities can now more easily interface with one another. Through this port, Ulster school districts also now have access to over 5,000 educational videos through the Internet. These videos can be streamed on-demand or stored to use at a later instructional time. Another service being featured at the Expo is new technology that allows high school courses to be offered through the on-line environment.
“As schools partner with one another through BOCES cooperative services, they share the costs and receive aid on their expenses, which makes participating in Ulster BOCES and MHRIC services a cost-effective solution for instructional and information management needs,” added Jane Bullowa, assistant superintendent for Instructional Services, in describing the goals of hosting a Tech Expo/Service Fair jointly with the MHRIC.
Teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, food service managers, and technology committee members are all encouraged to come and see colleagues as they demonstrate technology. Community members are also invited to stop by between 4-7 PM to see student and teacher demonstrations of technology uses in the classroom. For more information about the Tech Expo/Service Fair, contact Ross at 255-1450 extension 1287 or Andrew Taylor, Model Schools coordinator at 255-1402 extension 1298.
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immersion experience at this year’s Annual Tech Expo/Service Fair at Ulster BOCES. Ulster BOCES Instructional Services has teamed up with the staff at the Mid-Hudson Regional Information Center (MHRIC) to offer a one-stop technology exposition to education professionals from the four-county area of Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, and Dutchess. The event is scheduled for December 10 from 9 AM to 7 PM at the Ulster BOCES Conference Center on Route 32 North in New Paltz. In the event of inclement weather, the snow date is December 11.
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