FCITL Minutes

March 17, 1999

8:00 a.m.
Omni Salon 1

David Kellum, President of FCITL, called the meeting to order. He began by having attendees
introduce themselves and tell about one problem they were experiencing in their districts. If you
have information that will help anyone, please get in contact with them. Forgive me if not all the
problems were listed and please send me corrections for the minutes.

Jackie Mueller, DOE – Things that happen when they try to convert different RFPs to different
formats for distribution to districts.
Eileen Praceck, Brevard – They have too many projects and too little time.
Ginger Wright, Brevard – Getting support to teachers.
Dennis Hage, DOE – Putting software contracts together.
Mary Bird, UCF – Keeping up with Donna [Baumbach]
Lee Dixon, Okeechobee - Not having tech coordinatror.
Charles Proctor, DOE - No problems
Gordon Baxley, Holmes – Time
Norma Dunn, Holmes - No problems
Sandy Ulm, DOE – Reports from district that they don’t need.
Brenda O’Toole, Bay – Don’t know
Karen __??__, Duval – Having to do too much with too little.
Trudy Jermanovich - Broward – Being a zone coach in staff development
Larry Padget, Palm Beach - Time management.
Gary Evans, Palm Beach – Time to provide training.
Linda Patterson, Walton – Time, technology and training.
John Weant, Charlotte – Too much money.
Chris Bress, Charlotte – Bandwidth
Louise Hurd, Flagler – E-rate
Dick Conklin, Flagler - Windows NT
Lana Tillman, Broward – Time, funding, and resources
Mike Ferguson – Tallahassee Community College – Developing CDs that work on a vast array
of browsers and systems.
Helen Blanch, Dade – E-rate and Y2K
Sylvia Diaz, Dade – Getting the superintendent and staff to continue to invest in technology
James Love, Gadsden – Not enough staff
Peggy Outlaw, Gadsden – Wearing too many hats.
Steve __??__, Tallahassee Community College – Same as Mike Ferguson
Saundra Hart, Highlands – Time and training
Marcia Hall, Polk – Getting teachers trained
Cristie DeVane, Polk – Need more support staff
Dolores Campbell, Polk – Need more time to coordinate and funding for technology and books.
Ladd Skelly, Classroom Connect – No problems.

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Michael Horan, Sarasota County – Putting support level in to keep up with today
Ron McCord, Sarasota – Coming and going of staff; high expectations and low resources to
make it happen.
Lynn Urban, Sarasota - Getting people to take advantage of satellite learning
Janie Hollis, Columbia, Time, money and E-rate.
Diane Holman, Okaloosa – Time, money and others.
Beth Lawless, Santa Rosa – Time to train.
Eric Englert, Santa Rosa – Staffing
Don Manderson, Escambia – Staff development
Brenda Tool, Bay – Taking care of multiples
Suzanne Martin, DOE – Wanting to be all things to all people and can’t.
Bob Graham, Florida School for The Deaf and The Blind – Human resource management for all
people
Larry O’Donnell, DeSoto – Not enough support staff.
Ken St. James, Monroe – His is not a 5 day a week job; it’s 7x24.
Chris Yahn, Monroe – Time, training, support and too many hats.
Mary Krause, St. Lucie– All the above.
Sherry Barger, Osceola – No problems.
Cheryl Stepp, Osceola – Wearing more and more hats.
Carolyn Wall, Clay – Coordinating and convincing the school board to provide support.
Larry Nanns, Hillsborough –Accountability and equipping 21 new schools in next four years.
Jorge Ortega, Leon - New legislation dealing with instructional technology.
Pete Lenkway, DOE - Making sure programs at the state level cover the diversity of the state.
B.R. Black, Instructional Technology Research – No problems. He is the newly designated
chairman of the Florida Association Retired Technologists (FART).
Ann Barron, USF – Problem working with pre-service teachers.
Steve Miller, Clay – No problems.
Ewald Wiberg, CCC – He is the newly designated T-shirt chairman for FART.
George Vensel, Manatee – Lack of school-based help
Joe Kirkman, Broward – Fractured training in the area of staff development in technology.
Mike Geddes, Citrus – Changing climate of teachers in classroom.
Bob Dallman, Collier- Change way they teach
Randi Zwicki, Collier – Getting teachers to make technology part of staff development.
Fran Schulz, Pasco – Ongoing support of tech people.
Jim Greene, Sumter – Trying to fit it all into the day.
Robert Henley, Southeastern Conference K-12, a private school system in Florida – Distance
between schools.
Sally Becht, UF – Modeling technology support environments for diverse community of
learners.
Paul Becht – UF P. K. Young Lab School – Staff development, bandwidth in one school district.
Debbie Lloyd, Washington County – Lack of commitment in some schools.
Tobatha Davis, Washington County – Convincing the district office that technology is a thing of
the present.
Vivian Morris, Washington County - Time
Sharon Henley, Miami-Dade County - The Urban League of Greater Miami – No problems
Cindy Luciaconi – Hillsborough

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Judy Ambler, Pinellas – Frustrations in training; having trainers who understand what integration
means, E-rate,
Gary Becker, Seminole – Y2K
Donna Baumbach, UCF - Not enough coffee yet J
Rita Oates, Oates Consulting – No problems.

After introductions, David assured us we would come back to some of these topics later
in the meeting.
Alice Ray-Overstreet gave the secretary’s report. It was moved and seconded to accept
the minutes as distributed.
Donna Baumbach gave the treasurer’s report:
Beginning Balance 10/1/98 $4664.38
INCOME: Dues $245.00
EXPENSES: Checks (2) - $200.24
Bank Charges - $15.51
Ending Balance $4693.63

Larry Nanns reported on the status of FETC and announced that he needs volunteers for
the Timers Sessions Thursday and Friday.

Pete Lenkway gave the DOE update. They are working on Y2K in DOE. Some
restructuring has also been done. Commissioner Gallagher named George Haney as Deputy
Commissioner for Technology. Changes are to be approved by legislature during this session.
Pete is the Administrator of the Office of Educational Technology, Eric Smith is in charge of
public broadcasting, Tito Balducci is head of the ITV program, and Jackie Mueller is the
Program Director for Instructional Technology.

A research study has been done by ETS answering the question of how students
performed on the National Association for Educational Progress relating to technology. If
teachers had training in technology and used it for simulation/higher order thinking skills as
opposed to drill and practice then students had higher test scores. Drill and practice has a
negative impact on test scores. Florida has a higher national average in training and instruction,
but we rank lower in 4th and 8th grade in the area of higher order thinking skills.
Pete reviewed results of the Fall 1998 DOE Microcomputing Survey which shows
164,000 obsolete computers are in use comprising 34% of the total. There are 175,000 modern
computers being used. Jackie created the analysis of data. Recent purchases are made up of
33,000 Power Macs and 35,000 Windows computers. The training and technical support
industry ratio is one support person for every 50 workstations. The Florida educational support
ratio is one for every 349 workstations. The student to computer ratio is 5:1. Internet access is
available in 76% of the media centers, 43% of the labs, 45% of the classrooms, and 41% are in
other places. The national statistics show 85% of the schools have Internet access, 44% of the
classrooms have Internet access.

CHECK THESE FIGURES: Between 1993 and 1998, $390 million in technology funds
were distributed to schools. In the last three years, $55 million was distributed in 1996, $65
million in 1997, and last year $80 million was distributed. There is a request for $80 million for

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technology in the 1999-2000 budget. There is a $90 million request in the Governor's budget
which includes $10 million for non-discounted E-rate expenses if the district technology plan
approved by the board. Current legislation includes a requirement for a needs analysis at each
school, a requirement to measure the impact of technology on student achievement, and the
purchase of new equipment to going to locations with the highest need. Current wording allows
the funds to be combined with class size reduction.

The House has $80 million in their budget with no language for using it in class size
reduction and summer school. Funds will go to schools based on FTE. There is currently no
language on mandatory technology plans or needs assessment. There is a requirement to replace
older equipment first. The Senate has $73.4 million budget in language. There is a $34 million
request for teacher training in the Senate budget. The focus is on subject content and teaching
methods which includes technology in Sunshine State Standards. Funds will be distributed to
district based on FTE. To be eligible, principals will have to establish and maintain a
Professional Development Plan for each teacher.

Program acquisition is a separate $600,000 request. There is a request for $2.4 million
for ITV. They are attempting to use Telstar 4 for K-12 instructional programming. They want to
acquire head end equipment at DOE for a teacher training institute online and other technology
based delivery systems with $6 million request for technology-based Sunshine State Standards
and FCAT training modules. There is a $3.8 million request for Florida High School and
$150,000 requested for developing a state technology plan.

There is $17.5 million available for TLCF (Technology Learning Challenge Grants) in
competitive grants. RFP 1 for $13 million has gone out already. All abstracts of winning grants
are on the web site. For the 67 grants awarded this year, teams will be visiting to see how funds
have been used. The maximum award will be $400,000 or $4/UFTE. The target is high poverty,
technology needs and reading. The grant period runs from June 1999-June 30, 2000. Proposals
are due April 27, 1999. Evaluation will be done May 10-12, 1999. The four pillars to be
included should be training (including technology support) connectivity, hardware and software.
Technology plans are not mandatory unless you are submitting a TLCF grant. Prior to awarding
grants, microcomputer resource survey will need to be turned in.

If you want to help read and evaluate RFP 1, contact Jackie Mueller or Charles Proctor.
They need 35-40 people. Every grant is read five times. Three grants per district are allowed
this year.

RFP 2 for $4.5 million is not out yet. Collaborating partner is a requirement and it is due
May 17th. The maximum award will be $400,000 for a grant that runs July 1, 1999 - June 30,
2000. It is due May 17th with the evaluation being done in late May, 1999. The focus is for
products that can be used statewide – a service you can develop with a training focus. Reading
will be priority on all the grants and you need to address assistive technology.

The software catalog is being developed from 800 nominations, with 183 bids. The new
catalog will be online, be correlated to Sunshine State Standards and address multiple

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intelligences. Bids are due in to DOE April 22, 1999. The new catalog will be going out in
August print vs. online.

DOE just received word that science, social studies and reading best practices CDs are
ready. They are demonstration lessons and all three will be distributed one to every school,
superintendent, and technology person, separately by end of the school year.

Bob Bruggner from River Deep Software sponsored the coffee break. Bob gave an
overview of their mathematics software which includes a management system and assessment.

Bill Schmid welcomed us to FETC on behalf of Mike Eason. The FIRN 1999-2000
budget request is for $6.166 million. They requested $425,000 more for infrastructure and
$400,000 for encryption. FIRN will not fund SNA connections as of July 1, 1999. Letters will
go to superintendents soon. There’s some concern that student staff and finance data needs to be
secured. Encryption will make data secure all the way to NERDC. The House budget is fully
funded. The Senate budget has it listed for $7.3 million, $400, 000 more than requested. FIRN
was given $750,000 for infrastructure last year. The Senate put in recurring dollars for that.

FIRN received notice from SLC that they are getting money within 30 days. They have
$800,000 in discounts coming. All the money will go into the infrastructure. They are migrating
the backbone to ATM. Most circuits are in running at OC3 levels. They hope for full
deployment by late spring. In the Fall the new backbone will be fully operational and
transparent to the user. A number of districts are ordering DS3 connections and some are
multiplexing over T1. Today we have a total of 6 gateways of 100 MB of bandwidth. So far,
FIRN has been able to keep up with district demand. Costs have gone down some and the
budget has stayed the same.

In June Bill will submitting the budget for next legislative cycle. He is asking districts
what kind of bandwidth is needed and will request it in the budget.

With E-rate and other dollars they are replacing all dial-up modems with digital circuits –
channelized T1 at a cost of approximately $1700-1800/month. It will be rolled out through the
end of the year. The dial-up capability of FIRN is falling apart and they have tested various
digital hardware platforms to make the change. They are committed to providing the best
hardware possible.

FIRN ran wireless between a high school and middle school as a pilot. It is working well
and the technology is worth looking into. The cost of data circuits is expensive. Wireless paid
for itself in almost a year. The 2.4 megabits per second is basically a T1. Wireless will run up to
11 megabits and drops with distance. Paul Becht is testing it at P. K. Young.

DOE signed a letter of agreement with DMS to manage the satellite transponder. It is a
vehicle to handle rural areas to drop the cost of local loop connections in those areas.

They are no longer taking applications for FIRNMAIL as of May 1, 1999. They are
pulling the plug on December 31, 1999. It’s costing a lot for the low number of users and there

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are still old machines out there with text needs. Popmail will continue and they hope to purchase
a new system in July to handle more users. It is the same system AT&T uses and should be a
transparent change.

The Internet filter is up and running and about t10 districts are using it now. A new
feature that will be added will allow you to add sites and the changes will be available within a
time frame of immediately to half an hour. It’s only on about three gateways but if you want it
now, FIRN can reroute your traffic to one of those gateways. They are using a commercial list
of filters now. As part of the Intranet with user name and password you can add sites, but not
delete any. The commercial filter is actually blocking sites that some districts want. A number
of ISPs that offer service also let objectionable material on their server. Those servers are
blocked. If your school web page is on one of those servers, it’s blocked. FIRN’s server is
always available. If you need a site, let they site know they’re on a server that’s being blocked.
What’s blocked on that level will not be changed. Jim Greene found that with a certain
descriptor 70-80% is not being filtered. FIRN can change filtering companies.

_________, Sarasota asked if FIRN is blocking some personal pages. Bill answered yes.
Complaints from schools are that filtering is too restrictive for some and not restrictive enough
for others. Bill replied that you can filter some machines and not others. FIRN is using
Kansman filtering software as their filtering agent. You can visit their site at
www.kansman.com.

The FIRN School Contact Program has school people who are trained to help teachers in
schools to use the Internet. Area FIRNTECs are providing the training.

FIRN’s discount rate is currently 68%. They are trying for the low 70’s this year.
Melinda Crowley has done a terrific job and the FCITL membership applauded her efforts. Bill
will carry our praise to her; she’s in Washington, D.C. today.

The new deputy commissioner for technology came from DMS. He will work with DMS
and remind them RFPs have to be posted for 28 days and districts cannot sign contracts before
hand.

CHECK THIS: EDvancenet is sponsored by MCI WorldCom, National School Boards

Foundation and Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). Policymakers can be persuaded on
need for technology and how to approach it. Their document was passed out to members. A
news release was distributed showing ADvancenet supported the idea of a national educational
technology buying coalition for online products or products used through IP connections. It will
be similar to the DOE catalog but as member of CoSN districts will automatically get some of
these products.

Ann Barron gave an update on the Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT).
They have several partnerships with school districts through grants. They create publications for
FIRN, provide a Technology Preview Center, and VITAL Support for Faculty.
FCIT has a grant with Pinellas through the 1998 RFP 2 to develop an FCAT training tool.
Starting with 4th grade reading, supervisors of language arts and DOE will develop a training tool

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on FCAT. They looked at Florida Writes to determine concerns and how to help. The grant
ends in August. The final product will run off the web and a CD will be distributed to all schools.
It will include teaching strategies, practice tests, references, and rubric scoring. They plan to
beta test in May and complete this summer.
The “Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust” will be updated and they are adding content to
this CD. It will also run off the web.

FCIT is working on another project in distance learning. All their books are updated and
are available. Send an email to Ann for any copies needed. “Surf Smart, Surf Safe” was
distributed several months ago. FIRN simulations are still available but not being updated.

Workshops are being done continuously all summer. There are several one-week
multimedia courses. A graduate level course in networking will also be a one-week course.
Some one- and two-day workshops will also be available. The new College of Education
building provides additional facilities for workshops. Academy for Leaders and Learners
through Microsoft was popular last summer and will be offered again.

VITAL (Virtual Instructional Team for Advanced ????? Learning) is a project in which they are
working with College of Education faculty to incorporate technology in their instruction.

Mike Ferguson – The Web World Wonders site is now up. Two cameras are operational.
Visit www.firn.edu/fcim/webworld to use the cameras at Pigeon Key and Sawgrass Lake Park in
Pinellas. They are bringing on a web master and graphics artist and are involved in a lot of
projects. The cameras can pan 350 degrees and tilt up and down and monitor birds. They have
seen alligators in the canal in Sawgrass Park.

The web board allows students to ask questions about what they see. Experts in the area
will answer their questions. They have also set up live chats for those locations. Teachers can
download a log of visits made by their students.

The camera is hung under the soffit of one of the buildings at Pigeon Key. Visitors can
choose a 12X zoom and see items closer. They can monitor tides with the tide gauge. Monroe
County is collaborating in this project. Lesson plans are being developed.

Q: Is there a section that explains the technology used to provide this site?
A: Perceptual Robotics, Chicago, IL provided the camera. Wherever your mouse is
becomes the center of the next period. Up to 200 simultaneous users can use the camera. It’s
not a motion picture; you click the mouse and it sends the picture to you. There have been over
25,000 hits on their page. Perceptual Robotics has a web page that lists the site. The camera
comes with server equipment and is only $15,000. Three more sites are coming online by the
end of summer. They are looking for active wildlife sites and ecosystems as far away from
civilization as possible. Wakulla Springs has hundreds of birds all the time as well as other types
of wildlife. Pass on any feedback to Mike.

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 They develop products by partnering with agencies to develop multimedia products. The
best practices series in science, social studies, and reading are examples. They are working with
a company in Tallahassee that’s doing programming. Improve Career Decision Making, an
interactive multimedia presentation is being funded by School-to-Work for guidance counselors.
They are finishing the product this week or next week. Matrix Mentor is being developed to help
districts get the most money for ESE students. They are also revising the social studies CD.
They will incorporate grade level expectations and elementary curriculum frameworks and
applied technology standards. Business and technology education are being converted to PDF
files and going out on CD.

Donna Baumbach – She gave this year’s dictionary based on life in the mountains. Her
favorite term last year was “pebcak,” the problem exists between chair and keyboard. This
year’s terms include “logon” – add a log to the fire. “Megahertz” -- what you get if you’re
handling too much work. A “bit” – a wager as in “I bit you can’t spit that watermelon seed off
the porch sideways.” “Modem” is what you do to the hay fields or “pass some modem ‘taters.”

The TLRC has redesigned their web site to make it easier to find things and keep it up to
date. They have a grant through Monroe County which has special needs because of their
location in the state. They began with 200 students and have dropped to about 160. They’re
using Web CT and have an assignment every week. They are developing curriculum pages
without knowing html. There are teachers whose former teachers are taking the course as well as
teachers in the same school meeting each other this way who did not know each other
previously.

NEON is published every two weeks and is edited by Mary Bird. In the last couple of
months they are getting more submissions from districts. Technet Now is for those who support
technology in schools. They are building a database of problems, solutions and patches to help
each other. It is a site for those who are supporting teachers with technology.

The Florida Catalog of Software database is being developed with Eileen Pracek. The K-
12 Weblink Database is made of teacher-selected sites correlated with Sunshine State Standards
and includes over 1000 links. Sunshine State Standards web resources link to standard, to
curriculum planning tool, software catalog and technology skills in Sunshine State Standards.
You can search by subject area and grade levels.

SUNLINK is progressing and media specialists are helping teachers use it to find
materials to use with Sunshine Sate Standards. SUNLINK Weed of the Month Club helps
media specialists find and weed outdated materials. About 30 students are taking a course on
SUNLINK. CerTEC is regional technology, Teaching Information Skills with the Internet.

Suzanne Martin began new job last summer. She’s the president of FACE. She’s willing
to serve districts in any way supporting distance learning in the state. She has been privileged to
serve on FCITL’s Executive Board. FACE is 1100 teachers strong with chapters set up
throughout the state. Funding is available to help start a chapter. Some bus drivers and parents
are also members. Anyone interested in instructional technology is eligible. FACE formed a

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partnership with Educational Resources for schools to be able to purchase software titles for as
little as $15 – 20 per title. There are about 100 new titles this year.

Executive board yesterday decided to ask FCITL to make a nomination for ISTE’s
Teacher of the Year. FACE will carry the nomination forward to ISTE. Last year, David
Kellum was the recipient of this prestigious award. Suzanne invited everyone to come by the
FACE booth right outside of the Exhibit Hall. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Golf shirts – butter with blue
& white logo; opal, watermelon, putty and white. They will be $20 for the 100% cotton shirt.
Suzanne presented a watermelon FACE logo shirt to David Kellum on behalf of FACE for his
mentorship and liaison relationship with FACE. Check out the website at www.face____

Eileen Pracek invited everyone to the visit the FDLRS Assistive Technology Lab in
Room 311E.

Lunch was served in Signature 2 to the right before the stairwell, complements of
Gateway.

Julie Young updated us on the growth of the Florida Online High School. They are
teaching 26 courses and offering 49 in Fall, 1999. They are reaffirming affiliation agreements
with districts after the legislative session. The Florida Online High School will be in IBM’s
booth and in the Florida Learning Alliance booth. Teachers will be available to answer any
questions you might have and print materials will be at the booths. A full complement of courses
to becoming accredited is well under way.

Q: What stumbling block have they overcome to get where they are now?
A: A year ago there was not a large level of awareness and now there has been some
proven success. What they still have to overcome is funding. There is no seat time so the
legislature hasn’t figured out how to fund them yet.

Q: Are they doing research to profile what type of student is successful?

A: Yes, it’s being done by the FSU Teaching and Learning Center. All aspects of the
school will be studied. Students who have taken the post tests have not passed it. These tests are
being redone. The breakdown shows 18% are home school students, 10% are private school
students. Surveys of where they do their shows 65% work from home; others work in school labs
or media centers.
Q: How do districts support that environment?
A: Districts have zero to no responsibility for those who are working from home. There
is a browser requirement and they try to be sure technical stuff is covered. Okaloosa has about
80 students made up of home school, charter school and regular school students who are all
participating and doing well. Diane Holman has not had to do much to support it.
Q: Where is this headed? Should districts be trying to do this themselves?
A: The school was designed to serve the state and infrastructure is in place for districts to
participate. It may be a redundant effort for districts to offer it themselves. Some districts have
provided teachers and there are many ways to get involved without having to do it all
themselves. Training that goes into developing teachers is immense.

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 Last year’s agreement was much like a gentlemen’s agreement. This year agreements
will be more extensive. Districts are using last year’s agreement as a place holder for board
approval until the new agreements are available. There needs to be a clear understanding of
what the affiliation agreement means. Not everyone signing the agreement knew what their role
would be. Last year’s affiliation agreement is online for those who want to view it. They plan to
create the agreements so they don’t have to redo them each year.

Q: Can we be apprised of the best route to take?

A: There is a handbook on the website on what the district and high school is responsible
for that was developed by Brevard County. There was a major issue this year is when students
themselves didn’t choose to participate. The facilitator in a lab needs to want to be there. FHS
wants to train the facilitator.

Judy Ambler reported on FCITL’s involvement in the legislative process. Judy has been
involved with the legislative process through involvement with FAISA and their conference.
She and Joe Kirkman (Broward) met with legislators last week and promoted our interests in
instructional technology. She provided practical examples of how important support is. She
talked with Senator Sullivan and Senator Melvin. She explained issues regarding training. Judy
distributed copies of HB 477 to the membership. Page 2 addresses technology plans. Page 4-5
address funding. Judy called legislators’ attention to the good work the centers do for districts.
Page 5 addresses distribution of funds. The top of page 6 addresses technology thresholds. Judy
moved through the rest of the bill and concluded saying Melvin complains that people will
criticize what’s being proposed, but never come back with suggested changes. Judy suggests
that any of us can do that, but we need to give practical suggestions and not kill the messenger.
Be sure to include a thank you. SB 202 is the companion bill.

Jorge Ortega asked that Judy send an email to the membership a copy of the letter she
wrote.

Bob Bedford thinks Melvin will pass a bill. He will be with us Thursday and Thursday
night; the commissioner will be with us Thursday night. They are set on driving this down to the
school level. There is a mistrust of school boards and district levels.

Bob talked about the School Based Technology Needs Assessment and Planning Model
being developed by FETC to link school improvement plans to technology plans. It’ll let faculty
members know where and how they are using technology. Money needs to be set aside to train
teachers in changing the way they teach using technology. FETC Inc. has encouraged the use of
the assessment as a voluntary instrument. Commissioner Gallagher wants to make it mandatory.
Bob Morris and Peter Durber will also make a presentation Thursday about an eight year plan for
improving technology in the schools.

District sharing:
Copyright and Internet issues – Gary Becker, Seminole County
**Anything on the web is copyright protected unless the copyright holder gives
permission for use.

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 **It is illegal to publish anything on the web that are exemptions that teachers use for the
classroom. It’s different than using it in the classroom.
**Distance learning attempts to put copyrighted material on the Internet and broadcast it.
Digital Millenium Act passed last year. Committee will decide if there are special privileges for
educators.
Q: Paul delPrete – If he has a web page delivery for his course, can he use it for only my
students if it’s password protected?
A: If security measures are in place there is an intent to make it for his students only.
However, the Internet is not secure. They can put it on a synchronous network, but the Internet
is an asynchronous network.
Q: Diane Holman – What’s the rule for linking?
A: The actual act of linking is not illegal. However, misrepresentation could cause a
problem. Protecting an individual’s personality and image is important.
Q: Michael Horan – How does it relate to student products?
A: Students have no greater right than anyone else. Traditionally students’ work stayed
in the classroom. With the Internet that is not necessarily true any longer.

Don Manderson, Escambia, discussed standards for accountability. They adopted a

district wide application to create lesson plans that address each benchmark, a roll book and
assessment application. Staff development was a challenge because of the wide variety of
competencies teachers have in using the computer. Teachers also perceived the use of the tool as
an imposition on their time.

Peter Lenkway introduced George Haney, the deputy commissioner for technology.

Larry Nanns announced that Room 314 is the location for First Timers session.

Judy Ambler, Pinellas County, discussed the ISTE Technology Standards for Students.
Pages 17-18 shows the people who developed the standards and they are not “techies.” Judy also
discussed the ISTE Recommended Foundations in Technology for All Teachers. Both are on the
web at www.iste.org.

Randi Zwicki, Collier County – They’ve already adopted the student standards. They
have some concerns about the teacher foundations. Judy got teacher competencies from
Shaboygen, MI.
Gary Becker, Seminole County – Staff development was a repeated issue this morning.
Major funding grants are targeting training. We need to be proactive.
Jorge Ortega, Leon County – The Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 session deals with teacher
standards. Lejeanne Thomas is doing a session also.
Ros Riser, Osceola County – They are writing a document for teachers now. She thinks a
state document would carry more weight. Diane Holman, Okaloosa - Are most districts using
Sunshine State Standards for technology?
Ros – They have written student standards because using Sunshine State Standards
doesn’t give enough for technology.

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 Gary Evans, Palm Beach County – They’re working on some, too. They need ownership
and accountability. Sarasota – if a district has begun creation, keep it. Or they can use state
model.
Jim Love, Gadsden – initiative needs to come sooner than later.
Larry Nanns, Hillsborough– need some set to go by. We may set standards teachers can’t
meet.
Pete Lenkway, DOE – Looking for a mandate to come down is probably not what we
want. If he can facilitate a product being developed that districts can use, that would be helpful.
Legislators want to see action not excuses. We need to identify skills teachers need.
Fran Schulz, Pasco - It would be helpful for us to target teacher standards since that’s
where we are encountering roadblocks in that area.
Gary Evans, Palm Beach – They are targeting student standards to preclude the
apprehension for teachers. Joe – FCITL contribution would be statewide collaborative effort.
Legislative wording has teacher competencies targeted.

David Kellum introduced Kris Nash from Educational Resources who sponsored our
afternoon coffee break. She introduced Joanna Serrano, inside sales rep (800-624-2926 ext.
269). Kris invited everyone to the get together they are sponsoring Wednesday night and gave
an overview of Partnership Plus. Sylvia Diaz from Dade won the drawing.

Jorge Ortega, Leon – Thursday at 3:30 in the Civic Center in Room 314 and Thursday
8:30-10:30 at Peabody are ISTE sessions . Thursday the work session is in the ballroom.

Alice Ray-Overstreet, secretary, discussed the three constitutional proposals agreed on by

the board at the Tuesday night meeting. These board items will require a votes by email.

1. Change Article IV Executive Board to read “The Florida Council of Instructional

Technology Leaders shall be governed by an Executive Board of twelve voting members.
Associate members may become members of the Executive Board will be entitled to vote
solely at the Executive Board meetings. No more than two members of the Executive Board
will come from associate membership.”
2. Change the wording in Article III Membership of “college and university faculty members”
to “post secondary” to describe that category of associate member.
3. Change Article III Membership to eliminate former FCITL members who, in their current
position, can do business and realize financial gain working with the districts.

George Vensel, Manatee, pointed out that changes would include people who are
working with FETC.
Judy Ambler, Pinellas, reviewed the board’s discussion from Tuesday night and
discussed the difference between people who provide service as opposed to those who sell
product.
Larry Nanns, Hillsborough, also discussed how we wrestled with these issues last night.
Rita Oates, consultant – Does this group meet in the sunshine?
David Kellum - No.
Mike Geddes, Citrus, said we need to separate the personalities involved. David will
retire as will others in the future.

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 Helen Blanche, Dade, said there is a difference between those who have served at
executive board level and those who have been rank and file. Think we would loose some of the
historical sense.
B. R. Black, retired – If he thought it would help the organization different; if his
presence at a FCITL meeting inhibited anything in any way, he’d be more than happy to leave
the room. As we make the decision, he admonished members to be sure that as you point the
finger you note how many fingers point back to you.
Brenda O’Toole, Bay – A grandfather clause may be possible.
Ros Riser, Osceola, also supported the grandfather clause.
Joe Kirkman, Broward, suggested a grandmother clause.

Brenda O’Toole moved that if you are currently, at the time of the vote, an FCITL
member, you can retain your membership in the future regardless their future employment status.
Ros Riser seconded.

Beth Lawless, Santa Rosa, sees a difference in vendors who sell products and those who
sell services.
The membership voted to put the question to a vote via email.

David installed new officers:

President - Judy Ambler, Pinellas County
President Elect – Diane Holman, Okaloosa County
Treasurer – Donna Baumbach, UCF
Secretary – Alice Ray-Overstreet, Polk County Schools
Board Member 1999-2000 – Joe Kirkman, Broward County (filling the remainder of
Ladd Skelly’s term)
Board Member 1999-2000 – Mike Geddes, Citrus County (filling the remainder of Diane
Holman’s term as a board member)
Board Member 1999-2001 - Larry Nanns, Hillsborough
Board Member 1999-2001 – Beth Lawless, Santa Rosa County
Board Member 1999-2001 – Gary Evans, Palm Beach County
Board Member 1999-2001 – George Vensel, Manatee County

Continuing board members were also recognized:

Board Member 1998-2000 – Ann Barron, USF Florida Center for Instructional
Technology
Board Member 1998-2000 – Fran Schulz, Pasco County

Judy accepted the gavel and praised David for the strides he’s made in the organization.
She presented him with a gavel representing his contribution to the organization.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Alice Ray-Overstreet

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