Overview

July 25

Imagine equipping your school or district with powerful workstation devices tailored to provide a professional-grade classroom experience, eliminating performance issues common with mainstream desktops and laptops. What achievements could your students unlock with these tools? How could this enhance their learning experience?

Join the Center for Digital Education, HP Inc., and AMD for a live webinar on Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET to discover how high-performance workstations can transform your educational environment and the steps to implement them effectively.

Why Attend?

• Explore how choosing workstation devices over traditional desktops and laptops can elevate learning experiences.
• Discover the cost benefits of implementing computing solutions that provide superior performance at a lower cost.
• Learn practical strategies to deploy and optimize workstations for maximum educational success.

Speakers

Christopher Harte

Sr. Business Development Manager, AMD

Chris brings over 20 years of development and sales experience in the workstation market. He previously worked at HP as a workstation product manager, and sales manager in the US before moving to AMD in 2010. Holding multiple roles in the sales organization, he has experience bringing new products to market, and developing programs with ISV’s and partners. Chris is a long-time member of the HP Global Account team at AMD and worked together with the HP worldwide team to launch a number of new and innovative mobile and desktop workstation platforms in 2023. Chris lives in Houston, Texas.

Tom Ryan — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digtal Education

Tom Ryan has recently retired from Santa Fe Public Schools, in New Mexico, as Chief Information and Strategy Officer. He has co-founded, K12 Strategic Technology Advisory Group, to assist district leaders deliver educational success with technology, which is led by experienced school technology leaders. He has expertise in strategic planning and leadership, designing digital learning environments, technology infrastructure reviews. Dr. Ryan has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. He has served as CIO in large and very large public-school districts and has 40+ years of experience and expertise in teaching, leadership, technology integration and blended/online learning program development. He is past chair in CoSN and works with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) performing large school district reviews and helps coordinate annual CIO conferences. Dr. Ryan is a Senior Fellow for the Center of Digital Education and presents at several international and national conferences throughout the year.

Webinar

From Laptops to Workstations: Upgrading Classroom Computing Power