Robert Carlitz
Name: Robert Carlitz
Title: Executive Director, Information Renaissance
Affiliation:
County: Allegheny
District: Pittsburgh Public Schools
School: N/A
Address:
P.O. Box 7188
Pittsburgh 15213
Phone: 412-624-9027
FAX: 412-624-9163
E-mail: rdc@info-ren.pitt.edu
- ACTIVITIES:
- Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh
Manchester community networking project
- BARRIERS:
- administrative problems
political rivalries
- GOALS:
- broad community collaborations
- INFORMATION NEEDED:
- Educational value of the Internet
- How other school districts are using the
network
- How students, teachers and administrators can
gain access to the network
- Strategies for effective leadership
- Professional development
- Technical architecture
- Funding sources
- COLLABORATIONS:
- Part of a consortium
- Provider of networking services
- Would like to be part of a consortium
- EXPERTISE:
- Technical support
- Staff development
- SUPPORT:
- through the collaborations established
- SUSTAINABILITY:
- Set-aside in operating budget
- Grants and donations
- SCOPE:
- classrooms
- NETWORKING SUPPORTS REFORM:
- Yes
- How technology assists reform:
- Enhances community involvement
- Allows improvement in teaching strategies
- Brings additional resources into the classroom
- Increases the relevance of student learning
- Reduces isolation of the school and classroom
- COMMENTS:
- This will test the online questionnaire.
- EXPECT TO ATTEND:
- Yes