Learning Technology Center

Good morning, SummIT attendees, and welcome to Urbana 👋

Once you arrive in town, be sure to check off each of these tasks before starting your climb:

🚙 Park at the B-4 parking deck (free) or metered on-street parking
✅ Check in outside CIF’s Room 0035 (starts at 9:30 AM)
👤 Grab your badge and wear it to every session

🔗 PARKING | https://www.ltcillinois.org/summit/attend/

3,2,1, and….lift off at CS + AI PD Week! Welcome to everyone joining our crew in Springfield this morning 🚀

Once you arrive at Capital Area Career Center, be sure to complete this pre-flight checklist:

✅ Check-in begins at 8 AM. Enter through the Main Entrance to reach the check-in desk
🧑‍🚀 Pick up your badge, shirt, and everything else you’ll need for your extraterrestrial mission
📸 Use to share what you’re eager to learn (+ pics with your crew mates)

A special thank you to all of this year’s learning partners: Computer Science Teachers Association, CSTA Illinois, National Science Foundation (NSF), Discovery Partners Institute, CS4IL, and ECEP Illinois

SummIT is waiting for you – and it’s (almost) time to climb! 🕑 🥾

Registration closes TOMORROW for this summer’s peak learning experience for K-12 technology leaders.

Register ASAP or you’ll miss out on:

🏔️ 25+ sessions focused on cybersecurity and effective collaboration
🏔️ Insights on keeping pace with AI's impact on your tech ecosystem
🏔️ Inspiration from peers who know what it's like to stand in your shoes

🫣 Can’t make it? Send an IT team member to keep your district in the loop.

🔗 REGISTRATION CLOSES JUNE 4 | https://www.ltcillinois.org/summit/attend/

DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY 🌐 Video captions are not just convenient. They’re essential for users who are deaf or hard of hearing.

✅ Quick Fix: Add captions that transcribe a video’s audio content before uploading it to your school or classroom website.

🔗 MORE digital accessibility insights | https://www.ltcillinois.org/digital-accessibility-primer/

This summer’s LTC Gives Golf Outing is more than a game ⛳

🎙️🏌️‍♀️ Every drive and putt supports grants for projects like Hamilton County CUSD 10’s podcast and video studio.

Thanks to our community’s contributions, this student-led studio is helping 100+ rural high schoolers gain authentic media production experience as a host, producer, and editor.

It starts with an innovative idea – and your support. Register for this summer’s golf outing to chip in ⤵️

🔗 https://www.ltcillinois.org/golf/

Rolling hills, timeless views, and 18 holes of award-winning links play – all while funding grants that support tech-powered learning in local classrooms ⛳

That’s what’s teed up for this summer’s LTC Gives Golf Outing! Grab your golf buddies and get ready to chip in toward a good cause that’s good fun.

📅 LTC Gives Golf Outing | August 3 | PrairieView Golf Club (Byron, IL)

🔗 https://www.ltcillinois.org/golf/

Quick! Who’s on your cyber incident response team? How will you triage a phishing attack? Do you have reliable backups available if worse comes to worst? 😓

🔒 Don’t wait until a threat lands to ask the right questions. Evaluate your district’s cyber readiness now with our free CIRR Self-Assessment.

In under an hour, this self-guided, repeatable evaluation can:

✅ Highlight gaps in your institutional response capabilities
✅ Offer insights mapped to CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
✅ Provide actionable results you can share with district leadership and legal

🔗 https://www.ltcillinois.org/resources/cirr/

🏕️ Who’s that edtech visionary hiking into base camp…?”

Pull up a seat for our second keynote – author and advocate Ken Shelton! 🔑 🤩

Ken’s unique blend of inspiration and innovative thinking (plus over 20 years in the classroom) guide his vision for equitable edtech adoption – especially as emergent technology like AI grow in prominence.

🔴 LAST CHANCE to save $75 before summer break! Super Early Bird discounts end May 29.

🔗 https://www.ltcillinois.org/ietc/attend/

Your tech team has goals for this summer 🌞 ⚙️

Start climbing toward them with these SummIT sessions:

✅ Ransomware-Ready in 90 Days: A K-12 Playbook (Ayo Tayo-Balogun, Woodland CCSD 50)
✅ Building the Team Behind the Tech: Developing Problem Solvers, Not Button Pushers (Jason Propp, New Lenox SD 122)
✅ 20 Years In: Perspectives from a Rural Tech Director (Thomas Walker, Massac UD 1)

👥 REGISTER NOW before the school year wraps up

📅 June 16-17, 2026 | Urbana, IL

🔗 https://www.ltcillinois.org/summit/schedule/