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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
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
Florida‟s Schools 18
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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