UPDATE ON DIGITAL

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

State Board of Education

October 9, 2010

Florida Digital Instructional Materials

Work Group

Authorizing Legislation

House Bill 5101 (Chapter 2012-133, Laws of Florida)

Members

Scope of Work

Plan and monitor the implementation of the transition to

digital instructional materials

Required report with 4 components

Timeline

Report deadline March 1, 2013

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Work Group Members

Name Representing Affiliation County

Shirley Baker Middle School Principal Everitt Middle School Bay

Joe Binswanger

School District Instructional

Content Sarasota County School District Sarasota

Steven Birnholz Business Florida Council of 100 Hillsborough

Connie Collins High School Principal

Crooms Academy of

Information Technology Seminole

Tom Dana Postsecondary Education University of Florida Alachua

Sharyn Gabriel Middle School Principal Ocoee Middle School Orange

Kim Kendall Parent Parent St. Johns

Katrina Rolle Parent Parent Leon

Gary Weidenhamer

School District Instructional

Technology

Palm Beach County School

District Palm Beach

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Scope of Work

Plan and monitor the implementation of the transition to digital instructional materials

Submit a report which includes an implementation plan for meeting the deadline of transition to digital instructional materials. The plan must specify

Options for the provision of access devices for students,

Options for providing content by subject area,

Provisions for training and professional development for preservice and inservice teachers, and

A detailed review of options for funding, including the reprioritization of existing resources and recommendations for new funding.

The work group‟s report will be submitted to the following:

Governor,

President of the Senate,

Speaker of the House of Representatives, and

State Board of Education

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Timeline

September 25, 2012 - Inaugural Meeting of Digital

Instructional Materials Work Group

October through December 2012

Biweekly webinars or conference calls

January 2013

Draft Report

February 2013

Final Report for Approval

March 1, 2013

Final Report due

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First Meeting Expectations

Draft goals for each requirement of the

Workplan

Begin to address considerations for meeting

these goals

Committee wants to make clear this

work is a preliminary DRAFT.

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Options for the Provision of Access

Devices for Students

Goal: Every student has equal access to a

device or content that meets their curricular

needs.

Additional Considerations:

An ultimate goal of a 1:1 ratio of devices to students.

The achievement of this goal does not necessarily

require the state to purchase devices for each student.

Policies and specifications for minimum requirements for

devices and digital content

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Goal: Every student has equal access to a device

or content that meets their curricular needs.

Sufficient infrastructure in schools to support

digital access

Emphasis on the device as a venue for

instruction

District flexibility to determine device

allocation

Possible differentiation of devices by grade level

K-2

3-12

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Goal: Every student has equal access to a device

or content that meets their curricular needs.

Students have the device appropriate for the

work expected of them

Examine the appropriateness of Bring Your

Own Device (BYOD) options

Cost savings for student provided devices versus

complications of multiple devices running different

operating systems

Examine development of an appropriate digital

curriculum then target the device which best

delivers the curriculum

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Options for Providing Content by

Subject Area

Goal: Content is provided with an emphasis on

core subjects and courses, and subjected to a

thorough and timely vetting process. Content

providers should meet industry standards for

interoperability for access across devices and

operating systems. Existing resources, including

FLVS content and vetted free digital materials,

should be accessible to districts and schools

through a single portal.

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Providing Content Considerations

Utilize a statewide committee of educators to

compile and evaluate free digital content and open

educational resources (OERs)

Simplify content licensing to eliminate current

complications associated with connecting each

license to the appropriate student, course, and

school.

Evaluate the current vetting process for improvement

Emphasize the importance of lesson design in

curriculum development

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Provisions for training and

professional development

Goal: Require career-spanning relevant and differentiated

professional development for educators from the teacher

education program to new teacher and ongoing throughout

career. Establish a thorough compilation of current and

effective district-utilized professional development which

focuses on the use of technology as an instructional tool for

sharing across the state. Explore the creation of an

Instructional Coach/ Master Teacher endorsement for

educators who can provide technologically-enhanced and

technology-based professional development with possible

additional funding for the endorsement.

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Professional Development

Considerations

Make required education preservice course

available for modular delivery by districts

Provide educators a one year head start for

technology

Teacher has access to device and content before

implementation in the classroom to increase proficiency

Define and focus the training and professional

development we want teachers to receive

What is the skill set we want all teachers to possess?

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Options for Funding

Goal: Initiate, expand, and incentivize

public/private and public/public partnerships,

provide incentive funding for districts to form

partnerships, expand district spending flexibility,

explore a statewide technology initiative to bring

down costs, and utilize vendor partnerships.

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Funding Considerations

Provide tax credits for businesses contributing to

digitally-related infrastructure

Explore cost-leveraging options to bring down costs

Increase instructional materials expenditure

flexibility

Evaluate potential funding sources

Explore providing additional technology

infrastructure funding for rural areas

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Proposed Legislative Change

Change adoption process to a vetting process with

no required state contract allowing for more timely

and up-to-date content review

Repeal the requirements of purchase of a “major

tool” and adopted materials; providing districts

flexibility for types of purchases

Repeal the requirements to report on planned

purchases and purchase from a depository;

providing districts flexibility for sources of content

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Public Schools

Technology Modernization

Initiative

David.Stokes@fldoe.org

CIO, Department of Education

2.87 : 1 Statewide Student-to-Computer Average Ratio in all grades.

912,746 modern computer devices needed for digital learning and online

assessment testing for 1,832,234 students in grades

3 - 11.

School Infrastructure (number of schools without wireless infrastructure)

1,616 No Wireless Infrastructure

School Connectivity (numbers of campuses without bandwidth)

263 No Broadband Access

Current Status of Technology in

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What is at Stake?

Educational instructional delivery in the 21st century requires that all students have access to and provide evidence of learning the content of more rigorous standards paired with computer-based student assessments that improve student future opportunities.

To meet this expectation, a statewide initiative is needed to provide the resources necessary to provide for equitable access through digital tools for digital instruction and to be prepared for computer-based student assessments.

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What is Needed?

To meet this Education Technology Modernization Initiative,

three components are needed:

Increased Internet Bandwidth Access

High-Density Wireless Capacity Enhancement

Modern Technology Computer Devices to increase the

statewide student-to-computer ratio to 3:2

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Bandwidth:

The broadband recommendations are based on the

national State Educational Technology Directors

Association (SETDA) recommendations published in

„The Broadband Imperative: Recommendations to

Address K-12 Education Infrastructure Needs‟

At least 100 Mbps per 1,000 students/staff by 2014-2015

At least 1 Gbps per 1,000 students/staff by 2017-2018

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Infrastructure:

A recurring cost of $151,075,008 would be required to bring

all schools up to 1 GB Internet Broadband coverage

This estimate includes 70% statewide E-Rate discount

A one-time cost to bring all schools up to 100% high-capacity

wireless infrastructure would be an estimated $238,992,550,

which includes all onsite installation costs, wireless devices, and

cabling.

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Computing Devices:

To fund 912,746 computer devices at a guaranteed

leasing price of $170 per device per student per

year, we recommend that the state provide 1/3 of the

funding cost in recurring appropriations.

The State cost at 1/3 price is $51,722,330 for

304,249 computer devices which will bring the

student-to-computer ratio to the desired 3:2 State

average.

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Questions