2025 NJECC NJ Educational Technology Conference: Full Schedule

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NJECC’s 39th Annual Technology Conference ~ March 11, 2025 - March 12, 2025

10:00am EDT

Are you AI Ready?

Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

Room 3008

Evaluating AI applications and ensuring organizational readiness for your classroom, school, or district. With the unprecedented surge in AI solutions for education, it’s vital to consider factors to ensure that this new technology aligns with educational goals and benefits both students and educators and also incorporates the required guardrails for safety, ethics, and long-term sustainability.

We will guide participants through Data Privacy and Security, Model Performance and Accuracy, Bias and Fairness, Interpretability and Explainability, Scalability and Sustainability as well as Interoperability and Training for implementing AI in a district. We will provide guidance on how schools and districts can be thoughtful and prepared for AI adoption and use. This will be a workshop format and provide materials for districts to use with teams back in their schools and districts.

Speakers

Joel Lathrop

Education Strategy Director, PowerSchool

For over 30 years Joel has held roles with Microsoft US Education, AWS US Education, NuSoft US EDU Solutions where he advised, consulted and supported school districts, colleges and State Departments of Education throughout the US. Joel's roles have included: US Education Systems... Read More →

Amy Knighten

Senior Solution Engineer, PowerSchool

Amy Knighten, Senior Solutions Engineer, has 25 years supporting K-12 education. Beginning her career as a Special Education Teacher, she transitioned into roles supporting both school-based and district level instructional initiatives. Over the past 12 years she has supported customers... Read More →

Tuesday March 11, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
Room 3008

Vendor Session, Artificial Intelligence

Grade Levels All
Audience Tech Coaches, Technology Supervisors or Directors, IT Staff, General (for All Audiences), Administration (Superintendents/Principals), Administators
Type of Session Workshop
Session Session 1

11:00am EDT

The Intersection of AI and Data in Schools

Tuesday March 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

Room 3008

Removing data silos is crucial for enabling AI to interact with all of an organization's data in one centralized location. By integrating data from various sources into a unified platform, organizations can unlock the full potential of AI by providing it with comprehensive and holistic datasets.

Speakers

Robert Allen

Account Representative, PowerSchool

Amy Knighten

Senior Solution Engineer, PowerSchool

Tuesday March 11, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Room 3008

Vendor Session, Artificial Intelligence

Grade Levels All
Audience Tech Coaches, Technology Supervisors or Directors
Type of Session Presentation
Session Session 2