Publications
Publications
ISTELive 23: How Can Professional Development Narrow the Digital Divide?
As the U.S. Department of Education builds a new National Education Technology Plan, educators discuss how teachers can mend the digital divide.
IBM Artificial Intelligence Education Accelerator Impact Report
The IBM Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education Accelerator (EA) program for L.A. Unified was designed to upskill educators in the development and integration of Computer Science (CS) and AI across the district.
L.A. Unified's #DigCit Efforts Shared in ACSA Article
A pilot program across Los Angeles Unified illustrates how to support system-level digital citizenship education for leaders.
UNESCO Rethinking Pedagogy Report
In an international UNESCO report, L.A. Unified efforts are highlighted as a global example in local instructional technology implementation aligned to national, state, and local policies and grounded in the ISTE Standards.
ITI Staff Share How to Cultivate Empowered Leaders
Read how the Instructional Technology Initiative (ITI) team leverages the ISTE Education Leader Standards to design, develop, and deliver personalized professional learning content. Reprinted with permission from ISTE.
L.A. Unified's Approach to PD Featured in ISTE's Empowered Learner
Read how personalized professional learning experiences influenced an L.A. Unified principal to reimagine her instructional technology leadership approach. Reprinted with permission from ISTE.
ISTE CEO, Richard Culatta, Highlights ITI in ASCD Magazine
What is the difference between schools who are using technology effectively and those who are not? More often than not, says Culatta, it comes down to creating a vision for learning before jumping into buying devices or software. Culatta describes how using a shared set of digital-learning strategies helped the Los Angeles Unified School District rework a failed technology strategy and right path to meeting its central goal of enabling more effective and more innovative learning for students. Reprinted with permission from ASCD.
L.A. Unified Featured in ISTE's Empowered Learner
Read about how L.A. Unified did a total turnaround and became a model for instructional technology success. This article appears in the International Society for Technology in Education’s (ISTE) members-only print magazine, Empowered Learner. Reprinted with permission from ISTE.
How LA Unified Cultivates Districtwide Digital Citizenship
Read about a district's commitment to empowering and collaborative online engagement.
Developing Digital Citizens
Read about a digital citizenship curriculum can help students and educators better understand the teaching and learning opportunities afforded through social media.
ITI in the News
Teaching Digital Citizenship
How to Improve Digital Equity? Focus on Strengthening 'Human Capacity' to Use Tech
Esports, Equity, and Innovation Explored at the Tech & Learning Leadership Summit in California
Our K-12 Students Cannot Wait Any Longer For Computer Science Education
30 K-12 Influencers Worth a Follow in 2020
Innovators in the Pandemic: Reflections & Actions from Coast to Coast
How LAUSD is transitioning to remote professional learning
What Does Remote Professional Development Look Like for Online Teachers?
3 ways professional development is addressing the 'sharp learning curve' of teaching online
Innovator of the Year: Sophia Mendoza, Los Angeles Unified School District
The Digital Divide Gets Personal for LAUSD Instructional Technology Initiative Director
ISTE Selects Educators from Around the World for 2019 Awards
LAUSD Making a Comeback with Instructional Technology