A National Science Foundation (NSF) funded grant sponsored a meeting at TERC (Directed by Robert Tinker) in Cambridge, MA that established the concept of a Consortium on Educational Telecomputing
IBM awarded a grant to Educom for a “K-12 Networking Project”
CoSN filed papers of incorporation as a 501(c)3 non-profit.
CoSNdisc (CoSN’s on-line discussion forum) began.
NSF grant to CoSN and FARNET (“Building Consensus/Building Models: A Networking Strategy for Change.”)
Approximately 100 educational decision-makers and practitioners from across the country and from all levels of the educational system, met near Washington, DC...
In 1995, Congress reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary School Act.
CoSN approached ISTE and suggested that the two organizations collaborate in securing legislative consulting services...
CoSN held its first conference in February.
The second conference, with the theme of School Networking on the Emerging Information Superhighway...
CoSN chair Jim Bosco testified before the U.S. Copyright Commission regarding the Copyright Millennium Act on behalf of the interests of K-12 schools.
CoSN’s third conference focused on the theme of Realizing the Promise.
CoSN launched its Taking Total Cost of Ownership to the Classroom leadership initiative to show educators how business practices around budgeting for...
The fourth conference had the theme of Learning for All in the Digital Age.
CoSN opposed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) on the basis that filtering should be a local school district decision.
The 2000 conference was focused on Digital Divide or Electronic Equalizer?
With the 2001 conference, Web of Change, CoSN initiated a pre-conference advocacy day to provide educators with training and with the opportunity to speak directly with their Congressional representatives regarding the importance of continued support for ed tech funding.
CoSN launched the International Symposium as a component of the annual CoSN Conference to promote a global exchange on key issues the use of technology in K-12 schools.
CoSN launched the School District Chief Technology Officers (CTO) Council to develop professional development resources for school district technology leaders
CoSN led its first U.S. international delegation to Europe, focused on cross-national issues around the effective use of technology in elementary and secondary education.
The 2002 conference focused on Leadership for the Digital School: Challenges, Implications & Opportunities.
CoSN launched its 3D: Vision to Know & Do leadership initiative on Data-Driven Decision Making.
In partnership with Mass Networks Education Partnership, CoSN launched the Cyber Security for the Digital District leadership initiative to help educators better understand the issue of cyber security of educational networks.
CoSN began publication of the annual Compendium, comprised of monographs exploring timely issues of importance to K-12 technology decision makers.
The CoSN conference focused on the theme of Achievement, Assessment & Accountability.
CoSN created the Emerging Technologies Committee, charged with the task of providing information about emerging technologies to the education community in the form of white papers, press events, and webcasts.
ETAN, a joint effort of CoSN and ISTE, was launched in the fall. Its purpose is to provide Congress with information in support of ed tech.
CoSN leads a senior U.S. delegation to Australia, further extending the organization’s leadership on global educational technology collaboration.
The conference focused on Personalization and Empowerment: No Child Left Behind and Technology.
CoSN launched the Accessible Technologies for All Students leadership initiative.
The conference focus was Beyond Wires and Boxes: Using Technology for Transformation.
CoSN launched the Open Technologies and Value of Investment leadership initiatives.
The conference focused on Measuring the Value of Education Technology.
CoSN held its first annual conference outside of Washington, DC, in San Francisco, CA.
CoSN launched the IT Crisis Preparedness, Green Computing, and Empowering 21st Century Superintendent leadership initiatives.
CoSN received a John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant for Exploring Policy and Leadership Barriers to Effective Use of Web 2.0 in Schools.
The conference focused on Visionary Leadership: Scaffolding 21st Century Learning with Technology.
CoSN and the Pearson Foundation launched a new PSA, Learning to Change/ Changing to Learn, to spotlight transformative role of technology in K-12 education.
CoSN partnered with the New Media Consortium to launch first K-12 version of the annual reports on emerging technologies.
CoSN received a renewal grant from the MacArthur Foundation for work on Web 2.0 Policies/Leadership.
CoSN held its annual conference, Leadership, Policy & Innovation in a Collaborative World in Austin, TX.
CoSN launched Mastering the Moment, a toolkit to help education technology leaders be a leader in times of economic distress.
CoSN initiated use of a number of Web 2.0 tools to better serve members (Twitter, CoSN Community, etc.).
CoSN issues refreshed the Framework for Essential Skills of the K-12 CTO (v. 2.0).
CoSN hosted a joint international symposium with European Schoolnet and Australia’s education.au in Rome, and also organized a senior delegation to Scotland and the Netherlands.
CoSN received funding from NSF to build a CTO certification based on the Framework of Essential Skills.
CoSN, in partnership with others won a contract for Connected Online Communities of Practice (CoP) effort as part of implementation of US National Education Technology Plan. CoSN launched www.access4ed.net as an online CoP for school system leaders.
CoSN hosted the 15th Annual Conference in Washington, DC, which focused on Innovation, Ingenuity and Insight, and the 9th International Symposium.
CoSN led a senior delegation to London and Paris, including visits to OECD and UNESCO.
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