I n s t i t u t e o f C o m p u t e r Te c h n o l o g y

July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007

ANNUAL REPORT 2006 2007

ICTs Silver Anniversary (1982-2007): Refocusing and Moving Forward
Speaking about ICTs Silver Anniversary, Dr. Carlos Camargo, ICTs new Executive Director & Superintendent, stated that ICT has spent its first 25 years increasing usage and access to technology. Moving forward, ICT needs to focus on the utilization and application of technology, while closing the achievement gap.

Issue Contents:
ICTs Silver Anniversary (1982-2007): Refocusing and Moving Forward 1 ICT Celebrates 25 Years by Reemphasizing Workforce Development 1, 3 ICTs Work with Intel Meets and Exceeds Expectations 2 ICTs AP Computer Science Java Curriculum and Summer Workshop 2 ICTs Efforts to Both Promote and Examine Tech Education in California 3 Dr. Carlos Camargo Named Ex. Dir. 4 ICT To Replicate Successful APCSSTEM Education Project 4 ICT Partners to Support Women Leaders Internationally 5 ICT Named GLOBE Partner 5

ICT's mission is to help transform education through technology. By refocusing its efforts, ICT is positioning itself to continue designing and implementing studentcentered, technology-enriched curriculum for educational, corporate, and global communities, while providing teachers with state-of-theart professional development.

ICT Celebrates 25 Years by Reemphasizing Workforce Development

Since its inception in 1982, ICT has focused on transforming education through technology. The agency was formed to meet local, regional, and statewide technology-based education and workforce needs. In a year when SUN Microsystems was founded and Microsoft released MS-DOS 1.1 that supported doublesided floppy disk drives, ICT began setting up computer labs in Silicon Valley schools, providing technologybased teacher training, engaging in high tech workforce training, and developing some of educations earliest online classes.
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ICTs Staff and Senior Staff, and Board of Directors 6-7 ICT Foundation Financial Snapshot ICT Contact Information ICT: Goals and Mission 8 8 8 8

As part of a special school district, we are focused on an intractable problem, with an opportunity to do better things, Camargo adds. We can accelerate the success of those struggling within the system by trying to be more strategic in researching, developing, and implementing interventions and strategies that close the achievement gap.

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ICTs Work with Intel Meets and Exceeds Expectations

Since 2000, ICT has worked closely with Intel in the development and implementation of its international philanthropic educational initiatives, particularly the Intel Teach and Intel Learn Programs. These are substantial projects with clear and measurable goals. ICT has coordinated and implemented these programs (virtually and on the ground) in forty countries throughout the world.

ICTs APCS Java Curriculum ration with government and community organizations to help youth acquire 21st Century learning skills, improve children's technology literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration skills, and to become productive and successful citizens. ICT has assisted Intel in training nearly 4 million teachers in over 40 countries worldwide since ICT began working with Intel. ICT has also strengthened professional development with Intel Teach program offerings, and has reached more than 135,000 learners through the Intel Learn Program, Intels after-school program in government-funded community technology centers. In its collaborative role with Intel, ICT has developed the curriculum for programs and courses; managed program implementation; supported translation and localization efforts; developed and co-facilitated teacher training and train-the-trainer sessions; and served as Intels National Training Agency responsible for program coordination in the U.S.

ICTs AP Computer Science Java Curriculum and Summer Workshop

In late June 2007, over a dozen high school APCS teachers from around the US attended ICTs week-long professional development training workshop on its completely-revised Advanced Placement Computer Science (APCS) Java curriculum. Many of the participants enjoyed having an in depth experience with ICTs 2.0 version of its APCS curriculum which includes a completely revised Web-lessons format, a new vocabulary component, sample exam questions, and incorporation of the latest Java 5.0 content. They experienced hands-on training from John Landa, a seasoned classroom teacher and workshop leader on how to effectively present the ICT Java curriculum to students. John Landa graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Mr. Landa has been a high school computer science and mathematics teacher for four years in a low-income community in East Los Angeles. In addition to teaching, Mr. Landa serves as the Los Angeles Unified School District computer science department chair. For more information on ICTs Java curriculum, visit www.ict.org/java.html

Intel Teach is a worldwide initiative designed to improve teaching and learning through the effective use of technology integration. Through Intel Teach courses, teachers learn from other teachers how, when and where to incorporate technology tools and resources into lesson plans. The Intel Teach Leadership Forum allows administrators to learn from their peers to support teachers in their efforts to integrate technology. Intel Learn is an after-school community education program in emerging market countries designed in collabo-

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ICTs Efforts to Promote and Examine Californias Technology Education

Technology Education in California

Ad Hoc E-Learning Committee Publishes Statewide Report on E-Learning
Since 2005, Ann Wrixon, ICTs former executive director, had been working closely with a statewide group of educators and lobbyists in an effort to advance K-12 online learning in California. In addition to being a founding member of the Ad Hoc E-Learning Committee and meeting with legislative education leaders regarding online learning in California, Ms. Wrixon, acting on behalf of ICT, and a sub-group of the committee, including University of California College Prep (UCCP), Rainbow Advanced Institute Digital High School, eScholar Academy, and California Virtual School Academies, commissioned a comprehensive report on the issue which was published in September of 2006. The report, A Report of Online Learning in California: A Look at Current Policies and Practices, focuses on K-12 online education and learning in California. It carefully examines teaching and learning, evaluating academic success, professional development, technology, California attendance guidelines for online education, and topics for future discussion. The release of the report on September 26, 2006 in Sacramento was used as a time to bring state policymakers, superintendents, educators, and others together in an environment prepared to discuss elearning in the state. A number of blue ribbon panels were convened to cover such issues as: Californias Virtual Schools, Online Learning Policies and Practices in California, and Best Practices of Online Learning. The Ad Hoc E-Learning Committee was organized by the California Department of Education's Intersegmental Office in the Secondary, Postsecondary and Adult Leadership Division with the intent to facilitate the exchange of information about the state of on-line education in California between government education segments and e-learning practitioners. The entire report is available online at http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/ icb.topic40337.files/ State_of_Online_Learning_in_Califor nia.pdf.

ICTs primary objectives back then were to: provide a framework for computer education, serve as an innovator, and foster cooperation between local industry and education. Some of ICTs earliest workforce development and certification classes included: Problem Solving on a Microcomputer, Advanced BASIC Programming, Assembly/Machine Language, Computer Law, Word Processing, and Electronics I and Electronic Assembly/Maintenance Techniques. ICT began as a partnership between education and industry, and ICT finds itself returning to its roots, observed Harley Christensen, ICTs Associate Director and Director of Strategic Communications & Development. Workforce development is as important today as it was when ICT first came into existence and its an area where ICT will be focusing much of its energies in the future. In California, the goal of K-12 public education is to prepare students for productive civic participation, including sustaining employment, bettering their communities, and meeting their personal and family needs. Career and college pathways to education link schools to real world opportunities, designed to carry pupils through a planned series of educational experiences culminating in rewarding careers, lifelong learning, and independent adulthood.

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Dr. Carlos Camargo Named Executive Director

Dr. Carlos F. Camargo was named executive director of the Institute of Computer Technology in November 2006. According to Peter Hertan, Chairman of ICTs Board of Directors, Dr. Camargo was selected as ICTs Executive Director based on his background in education, technology, management, and administration, as well as his vision for ICTs future. Dr. Camargo is a native speaker of both English and Spanish, having grown up as a bilingual member of an international immigrant family. In addition to his Ph.D., Dr. Camargo holds undergraduate degrees (BA) in English and Political Science from Florida International University in Miami and masters degrees (MA) in American Literature and Interdisciplinary American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Camargo is a frequent conference speaker on such topics as: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), English Language Learners (ELL), Multimedia Instructional Technologies, Micro-enterprise entity formation, and social entrepreneurship training and program development.

An active member of the Institute of Electronics & Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Dr. Camargo has been deeply involved in managing multiple technology initiatives, managing corporate programs to support outsourced IT services, and managing and training sales, customer care and technical personnel in partner programs related to managed procurement services, broadband positioning and IT Hardware/Software procurement. Addressing the Achievement Gap:

collaborate with ICT during the initial implementation and development phases. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) study which led to the interventions began as a three-year, National Science Foundation-funded research project. It revealed that 1) computer science teachers needed additional preparation to effectively teach computer science and 2) African American, Latino, and female students were severely underrepresented in computer science classes. This NSF-funded study commenced with case studies of three Los Angeles high schools to examine the experiences and challenges of computer science teachers situated within the context of the school culture. In response to data showing that teachers were lacking content and pedagogical training, as well as an awareness of the many facets of underrepresentation, a pilot intervention program for 25 high school teachers offered professional development to address the teaching challenges which emerged from these findings. Ultimately, Margolis and Goodes research and interventions led to rapid and remarkable results: within a two year period, the number of APCS classes being offered in LAUSD doubled, the number of Latinos and females enrolled in APCS tripled, and the number of African Americans nearly doubled. To review a complete article on the study and interventions by Dr. Goode, see Journal of Educational Computing Research, Vol. 36, No. 1/2007, or see http://csta.acm.org/ Research/sub/ If_You_Build_Teachers.pdf.

ICT to Replicate Successful APCS-STEM Education Project

The Institute of Computer Technology reached an agreement with Dr. Jane Margolis of UCLA and Dr. Joanna Goode of the University of Oregon to replicate a highly-successful, research-based, high school computer science intervention that broadens participation in computing and enhances educational opportunities for traditionally underserved students and girls. ICT plans to begin implementing this program in Northern California by the 2008-2009 school year. ICT has already initiated dialog with school officials who have expressed an interest in the program. ICTs role will include identifying and securing appropriate partners, managing and growing the program, and implementing the program. Drs. Margolis and Goode will

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ICT Partners to Support Women Leaders Internationally

ICT entered into an agreement with Santa Clara Universitys (SCU) Global Womens Leadership Network (GWLN) in April 2007 to create educational and leadership curricula to be used worldwide. The partnership was initiated to create mission-driven, technologyenhanced educational courseware that is focused on developing womens leadership and business capacities here in the U.S. and globally. The educational courseware will serve women from multiple sectors, including business, government, organizations, and academia. The educational products will teach global leadership and business skills with an ethos of global citizenship and shared accountability for the future of our world. The scope of the proposed work is local, national, and international. GWLN sponsors such programs as Women Leaders for the World, a seven-day residential program that sparks innovation, fosters global citizenship, and expands the capacity and network of international women leaders. GWLN is led by founding director, Linda Alepin, an entrepreneur and former high tech executive whose work is now taking her well beyond the confines of Silicon Valley. Ale-

pins work brings groups of international women together to learn the advanced skills needed to change ideas into reality. Next, Alepin would like to see empowering educational tools dispatched to women throughout the world. Alepin and GWLN hope to change the world one woman at a time and ICT aims to help. GWLN is housed at the Global Womens Leadership Center at Santa Clara Universitys Center for Innovation in Entrepreneurship, part of its Leavey School of Business. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University offers a rigorous undergraduate curriculum in the arts and sciences, business, and engineering. It has nationally recognized graduate and professional schools in business, law, engineering, pastoral ministries, and counseling psychology and education.

GLOBE (http://www.globe.gov/) is an established NASA-funded, hands-on environmental science and education program in which K-12 students take authentic environmental data samples (such as rainfall, temperature, etc.) and enter them into an online database. This dataset allows scientists and students to conduct investigations to better understand the Earths environment. The GLOBE program unites students, educators, and scientists from around the world in studying the global environment. Initial plans call for ICT to introduce GLOBE to Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) schools and school districts, starting with Sunnyvale Elementary School District middle schools. ICTs initial focus will be with students in grades 5-8. Students involved in the GLOBE program make a core set of environmental observations at or near their school, report their data via the Internet to a GLOBE data processing facility, learn to use global images created from worldwide GLOBE school data, and study environmental topics in their classrooms. Scientists use GLOBEs authentic data in actual scientific research and provide feedback to students to enrich their science education. GLOBE, with its hands-on approach and authentic science outcomes, will enable students to become part of an international scientific community.

ICT Named GLOBE Partner for Bay Area

The Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) has been notified that it is about to be named the exclusive GLOBE U.S. Partner for the San Francisco Bay Area. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is a technologyenhanced earth sciences program with a highly-developed, standardsbased formal curriculum for use in the classroom. The curriculum can also be adapted for use in informal learning settings.

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ICT Staff
Below is a complete list of ICT staff members in 2006-2007. Executive Director/Superintendent Carlos Camargo, Ph.D. Strategic Development and Communication Harley Christensen, Associate Director, Director of Strategic Communications and Development Educator Programs Tim Dirks, Grants and Curriculum Coordinator ICT Operations Jeanne Ulrich, Associate Director; Director, Operations & Human Resources Midge Palfin, Director of Finance and Budget Sponsored Programs Mark German, Director of Worldwide Content Tracy McCarren, Program Services Manager Brian Allen, Systems Project Coordinator Libbie Feroben, Sponsored Programs Support Sponsored Programs, Professional Development John Kalny, National Program Coordinator Karen Kyle, National Training Support Manager Sponsored Programs, Customer Support Joshua Jacobson, Group Leader, Customer Support Ben Lane, Customer Support Charlene Natividad, Customer Support Sponsored Programs, Content Development Carrie Baker, Content Developer

Kristin Bye-Barton, Content Developer Laurye Clampett, Web Projects Manager Tim Dirks, Content Developer Julia Fischer, Content Developer Mary Foulk, Content Developer Peggy Grant, Content Developer Stefanie Hausman, Content Developer Natalie Koury, Content Developer Paula Mattler, Program Coordinator Theresa Maves, Content Developer Kristen Merrill, Project and Editorial Coordinator Mary Millhollon, Content Developer Judi Yost, Worldwide Curriculum Coordinator Sponsored Programs, Marketing Alison Elmer, Project Support Coordinator Tanya Schornack, Education and Marketing Consultant

English Literature and Language from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Camargo came to ICT from the Ohana Foundation, an international educational non-profit research and development organization, where he led research efforts in Educational Technologies and Teaching English as a Foreign and Second Language, developed curriculum, authored a number of books, and was principal investigator on a variety of educational projects.

Biographies

Senior Staff

Harley Christensen Associate Director; Director of Strategic Communications and Development. Harley Christensen joined the Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) in February 2006 and directs ICTs strategic planning, fund development, and communications. He directs both the fundraising and strategic development process at ICT. He has more than 20 years experience as both a media specialist and development executive. Christensen came to ICT following eight years as Executive Director of Seniors Media Lab (SML), a nonprofit multimedia company focused on developing media to advance the health and well being of adults in mid life and beyond. Harley has a Master of Fine Arts degree from UCLAs School of Theater, Film and Television, Producers Program and earned his Bachelors degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Dr. Carlos Camargo Executive Director & Superintendent. Dr. Carlos Fernando Camargo was named Executive Director of the Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) in November 2006. An academic researcher, author, and curriculum developer with a specialty in the effective use of multimedia in the classroom, Dr. Camargo holds a Ph.D. in

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Tim Dirks Grants and Curriculum Coordinator. Tim Dirks has worked for ICT since 1998 developing both classroom and distance learning curriculum. He oversees the development and implementation of ICT's JAVA and J# .NET curricula for Advanced Placement Computer Science, as well as a variety of teacher training initiatives in technology education. Mr. Dirks has a Masters of Education from Stanford University as well as a a Masters of Divinity from Yale University. Additionally he has a technology in education certificate from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is a California K-12 credentialed teacher with more than a decade of teaching experience.

Shemwell came to ICT from the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) where he was the Director of Region 5s California Technology Assistant Project (CTAP). In that role, Shemwell facilitated and managed the delivery of technology support and resources to 85 school districts comprised of more than 19,000 teachers and administrators.

Jeanne Ulrich Associate Director; Director, Operations & Human Resources. Jeanne Ulrich joined the Institute of Computer Technology in April 2001, after spending 25 years at four hightechnology firms where her experience in Human Resources spanned specialties in U.S. and executive compensation, international relocations, transition management, student mentorships, and database management, along with managing HR departments supporting both field and headquarters organizations. At ICT, Ms. Ulrich is responsible for overseeing internal operations, which generally include functions related to staffing, compensation and benefits administration, payroll, accounting, insurance, facilities, safety and security, staff development, and employee relations.

Tracy McCarren Program Services Manager, Sponsored Programs. Tracy McCarren oversees the ICT deliverables for the U.S. Intel Teach to the Future program, including oversight of ICT staff working on customer support, extranet development, marketing and recruitment, and quality control. Before joining ICT in 2006, Ms. McCarren spent nine years at Cardinal Health in a variety of positions including account management, project management and implementation of large scale healthcare systems.

ICTs Board of Directors

Peter Hertan, President Don Worn, Vice President Bill Wilson Anita Hermann Chuck Thompson, Ph.D. Charles Untulis Lorrie Wernick Three of ICTs Board Members are selected by the school boards that formed the Joint Powers Agency as representatives of their school boards. The remaining four are selected by the school boards as representatives of high-tech Silicon Valley industries.

Robert Shemwell Sponsored Programs, Director. In June 2007, Robert Shemwell was selected as Director of ICTs Sponsored Programs. In the post, Shemwell will direct all corporate educational programming for ICT including ICTs work in support of Intels global philanthropic efforts which include Intel Teach and Intel Learn educational programs.

Ms. McCarren also has a teaching and training background at both the university level and in informal learning environments. She received both her B.A. in Journalism and her M.A. in Organizational and Group Communication from Texas A&M University.

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Unaudited Financial Statement

Financial Snapshot: Fiscal Year End Statement

Unaudited Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Net Assets for the Year Ended June 30, 2007* Operating Revenues Fees and contracts Sale of equipment and supplies Sale of publications Interagency services between LEAs Other local revenue Total Revenues Operating Expenses Certificated salaries Classified salaries Benefits Books and supplies Services and other operating Total Expenses Operating Net Loss Non-Operating Revenues Interest revenue Decrease in Net Assets Net Assets, Beginning of Year Net Assets, End of Year $132,254 ($805,939) $120,738 $2,070,928 $288,676 $49,699 $1,577,986 $4,108,027 ($938,193) $32,898 $450 $75,503 $21,028 $3,039,955 $3,169,834

Institute of Computer Technology 589 W. Fremont Avenue Sunnyvale, California 94087-2556 USA Phone: 408-736-4291 Fax: 408-735-6059 Email: info@ict.org Web Site: www.ict.org The Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) is a public agency and a special school district located on the campus of Fremont Unified High School in Sunnyvale, CA. ICT was formed through a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) among three Silicon Valley School Districts (Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, Sunnyvale Elementary School District, and Fremont Union High School District) and is a constituent institution of the Santa Clara County Office of Education and an agency of the State of California. ICT was created, in 1982, by the California Legislature, pursuant to the California Education Code, to meet local, regional, and statewide technology-based education and workforce needs. ICTs mission is to help transform education through technology. Additional Resources for ICT

$2,773,194 $1,967,255

ICT Foundation
ICT Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity formed in 1999 to help provide additional resources to ICT by soliciting funds from individuals and foundations who prefer to donate funds to educational organizations recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS.

*The Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Net Assets for the Year Ended June 30, 2007 shows a decrease in net assets of $805,939.

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