MGT Selected to Present at the Florida Educational Technology Conference
MGT of America, Inc. provided specific best practices found in school systems throughout the country as they relate to accountability, administration and management, tracking of professional development for teachers, grant award success, and planning through the use of current and emerging technologies and implementation strategies.
MGT is recognized by the United States Department of Education in its best practice database due to the efforts placed on finding and validating best practices that can be replicated in small rural districts as well as large, urban districts. MGT has conducted hundreds of reviews throughout the country and has collected over 1,200 best practices as well as saved $27.5 million for two of our recent clients in technology-related cost savings. Additionally, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has published one of our articles related to technology planning best practices to help state department of education technology departments in their efforts to capture the necessary data needed in this area. A select number of these best practices were addressed in the presentation in a clear and concise manner.
Our presentation focused on several of the best practices being implemented in school districts throughout the country. The presentation incorporated both instructional and administrative technology management and participating FETC school districts can take the information presented and potentially implement similar strategies in their own district to achieve greater efficiencies or cost savings. This was not an infomercial or sales pitch but rather our way of helping the participants of FETC. In fact, our PowerPoint presentation illustrated true life examples of client work and how they overcame obstacles such as those associated with funding, tracking of technology equipment and use, accountability of classroom integration, virtual servers to save on equipment, electricity, and user support. For instance, Hampton City Schools (VA) implemented virtual servers to save on equipment, server room space, generators, and electricity. These best practices allow for districts to use proven methods to help overcome budget shortfalls that have led to equipment purchasing delays, user support loss, as well as funding drops to implement new and innovative systems or practices.
Over 7,000 were in attendance at the January 2010 conference. It is one of the largest conferences in the country for educational technology.
