Southern Regional Education Board

Educational Technology Cooperative

Seventh Annual Meeting Agenda

Wednesday , Thursday & Friday, January 16 -- 18, 2002
TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel
St. Petersburg, Florida

Wednesday, January 16, 3:30 P.M.

·  Welcome and Introductions
Long Key / Bill Thomas
Director, Educational Technology Cooperative, SREB
Mark Musick
President, SREB
·  Federal Technology Funding and Policies: Current Status / John Bailey
Director of Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education
·  Reception and Dinner 7:00 P.M. / Bird Key

Thursday, January 17, 7:30 A.M.

·  Breakfast /
Bird Key
·  Impact of Technology on Statewide Funding and Costing: Discussion Panel

Long Key

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Michael Abbiatti
Associate Commissioner for Information Learning Technology, Louisiana Board of Regents
Dennis Jones

President, NCHEMS

John Opper
Executive Director, Florida Community College Distance Learning Consortium
Russ Poulin
Associate Director, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, WICHE
·  Cooperative Statewide Educational Networks Survey /
JB Mathews

Senior Technology Policy Advisor, SREB

·  Statewide Online Libraries: Criteria and Indicators of Effectiveness /
Richard Madaus
Executive Director, Florida College Center for Library Automation

Breakout Session I

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·  Student Assessment and Online Testing
Indian Key /
Sheree Speakman
President/CEO, Fox River Learning Inc.
·  Florida’s FACTS (Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking for Students): Policy and Management Issues
Long Key /
Connie Graunke

Executive Director

Linda Thanasides

Director, Florida Center for Advising and Academic Support

·  Lunch /
Sabal Room

Breakout Session II

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·  Getting State Virtual School Services for Your Students and Doing it Wisely
Indian Key /
Julie Young
Executive Director, Florida Virtual School
Linda Pittenger
Principal, Kentucky Virtual High School
Liz Glowa
Coordinator, Web-based Learning Project, Maryland Department of Education
Bill Thomas

SREB

·  SREB Electronic Campus and Distance Learning Policy Lab: Issues and Actions for the Campus and Lab – What you may need the Cooperative to do

Long Key

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Bruce Chaloux
Director, SREB Electronic Campus
Jim Mingle
Director, SREB Distance Learning Policy Lab

General Session

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·  School and Institutional Change: Technology Professional Development
Long Key /
Kathleen Fulton
Independent Consultant/Former Director of the Web-based Commission
·  Dinner 7:30 P.M. /

Sea Breeze Terrace

Friday, January 18, 7:30 A.M.

·  Breakfast /

Bird Key

·  EBusiness in a Legislatively Funded Environment
Long Key /

Gerald Heeger

President, University of Maryland, University College
·  American TeleEdCommunications Alliance (ATAlliance): Current Contract and State Purchasing Procedures /

JB Mathews

SREB

·  Models for Administrative Computing /

Al Lind

Assistant Commissioner for Technology, Mississippi Institute for Higher Learning
·  Other Items from the Cooperative
·  EvaluTech
·  Technology Standards for School Administrators (TSSA)
·  Universal ID
·  Task Groups /

Bill Thomas

SREB

·  Next Steps /
·  Portable Lunch, 12:00 Noon /

Grand Palm Colonnade