Technical/Development Committee

The Technical/Development Committee explores issues that affect the technical and development efforts of our member companies. In the last three years, this group has explored issues such as open source/open technologies, 1:1 computing, universal design, curriculum standards, interoperability, and technology to support research and digital rights management from a technical perspective.

The current focus is developing a Primer on Common Foundations for Educational Technologies. They developed a panel for Ed Tech Industry Summit in April 2007: Developing Content for Compatibility: From a Prisoner's Dilemma to Common Digital Formats to address helping educators access multiple applications from a unified interface and integrate instructional resources seamlessly with teachers’ curricula while successful and aligned with state and local standards.

Education Division Technical/Development Committee Members

• Robin Ashmore, Atomic Learning
• Bobbie Baird, Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business
• Karen Barton, CTB/McGraw-Hill
• Todd Brekhus, PLATO Learning Inc.
• Eric Burd, SchoolNet, Inc.
• Karen Cator, Apple Education
• Christopher Chung, Harcourt Education Group
• Ron Fitzgerald, MathResources, Inc
• Bridget Foster, SchoolNet, Inc.
• Daniel Ginsberg, SchoolNet, Inc.
• Bryan Green, Pearson
• Shawn Gross, Digital Millennial Consulting
• Michael Hale, Ingram Digital Group
• Donald Helfgott, Inspiration Software, Inc.
• Robert Iskander, VIP Tone, Inc.
• Michael Jay, Educational Systemics
• Brett Jenkins, Pearson
• D. Midian Kurland, Scholastic Education
• David Longdon, Educational Systemics, Inc.
• Steve Nordmark, Thinkronize, Inc.
• Jim Norwood, Atomic Learning
• Alice Ray, Ripple Effects, Inc.
• Randall Reina, McGraw-Hill Learning Group
• Liz Riley-Young, SAS Institute, Inc.
• Mark Schneiderman, SIIA
• Douglas Stein, MemeSpark LLC
• Patrick Supanc, Pearson
• Timo Vasankari, Sanako Corporation
• Daniel Watts, eChalk, Inc.
• Bruce Wilcox, SMARTHINKING
• Jon Williams, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions - Medical Licensing Division
• Sarah Zaner, SRI International - Center for Technology in Learning

The working group meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 12noon Eastern.

For more information on joining the Technical/Development Working Group, email Emily Perkins.