"Reconsidering IT and the Education Business Model"
for I/T Professionals from K-12, Community Colleges and Universities

FAEDS 2007 Annual Conference 
Caribe Royale All Suites Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
September 23-25, 2007

Conference Schedule At a Glance

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Caribbean Foyer

2:00 - 6:00 PM

Registration & Information

Governors Board Room

2:00 – 6:00 PM

FAEDS Board Meeting

Boca III

4:00 – 7:00 PM

FCITL Board Meeting

Monday, September 24, 2007

Caribbean Foyer

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration & Information

Caribbean Foyer

7:30-8:30 AM

Continental Breakfast Sponsored by e-Techservices

Caribbean Ballroom I & II

8:30-9:30 AM

Opening General Session 

Keynote Address: “The Metaverse and the Future of Learning”

Claudia L'Amoreaux, Community Developer at Linden Lab

Claudia L'Amoreaux, aka Claudia Linden, will take us on a journey through early visions and versions of immersive, networked worlds like Worlds Chat and AWEDU (Active Worlds Education Universe). She'll present some of the personal techno-epiphanies that led to her role at Linden Lab, supporting education initiatives in Second Life. She'll share success stories and best practices from exemplary K12 and higher education projects in Second Life and a few fables of failure to help you avoid a similar fate. She'll offer advice on how to guide your universities, community colleges, schools and school systems in entering Second Life, how to build support, address doubts and place your focus on the areas that matter most.

The Second Life Educators are an innovative, rapidly growing international community of more than 3700 "3D Internet" pioneers representing hundreds of schools. Claudia will offer suggestions for how to join, participate and collaborate with this supportive community and the rich ecosystem of inworld groups, and web-based blogs, wikis, and mashups that's expanding daily. She'll explore how we can all become more effective advocates for the use of educational technologies that can meet the changing needs of today's learners.

Boca I & II

9:45-10:35 AM

Track Session A– Utilizing Florida Division of Emergency Management (FLDEM) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Funds (HMGPF), Allan Pither of the University of Florida

The HMGP funds were provided by FEMA as part of the response to Hurricane Francis in 2004.   The Grant proposals were submitted to the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Committee and then to the FLDEM - Long Term Recovery Office in Orlando. The Grant covers harding 9 sets of doors and 127 windows, to Miami-Dade County Specifications, with project cost of  $247,000.00

Boca III & IV

9:45-10:35 AM

Track Session B– Who Really Owns that Box: Live Windows Incident Response and Malware Analysis, John Sawyer of the University of Florida

Incident response for Windows systems will be covered with an introduction into malware analysis. Demonstrations of tools built- in to Windows and freeware available online will be used to show that anyone, no matter how large or small their budget, can do proper incident response and malware analysis. Current malware issues (like botnets) affecting organizations will be discussed along with a demonstration of a DIY malware kit available to any script kiddie who wants to "hack."  Bio: John H. Sawyer (CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, GCFW) is an IT Senior Security Engineer for the University of Florida. He also writes for Network Computing Magazine, Information Week and blogs for DarkReading.com. He can be reached at jsawyer@ufl.edu.

Boca V & VI

9:45-10:35 AM

Track Session C–Monitoring your costs at NWRDC, Steve Menard

This presentation will describe how our customers can peel back the detail behind one of our invoices.  The data and tools available to all of our customers will be covered .   File layouts, access techniques and sample reports will be provided.   The NWRDC is transitioning to a new release of the Komand accounting system.   While that upgrade will provide much more utilization detail than before, it will require some changes to existing processing.   Those changes will be covered in detail.   Advice on cost reduction techniques will also be discussed.

It is hoped that this presentation will allow our customers to avoid billing surprises by staying on top of their costs.

Boca I & II

10:45-11:35 PM

Track Session A– Blueprint for the Future, Randi Zwicker of Collier County School District

How do you go about adding the latest technology tools to every classroom in the district? Methodically, class by class, building by building, with a plan that is continually improved as the changes roll out. This is the formula that Collier County Public Schools used to complete its education makeover. The district has transformed each of its 2800 classrooms with video projectors, document cameras, sound systems, and interactive whiteboards. With these innovations, Collier hopes to capture the moment, engage the student, and provide an interactive learning environment.

Boca III & IV

10:45-11:35 PM

Track Session B- “Leon County’s Approach for System Hosting” Bill Piotrowski, Victor Ferreros, Bill Nimmons, and Mikal Haney

Shared services via a consortium, and even better, via an established school district/state agency regional data center which can leverage state and educational rates, could be a compelling option for hosting your mainframe services in terms of services, operational and back-up support, and costs.   This presentation is about functions, features, and criteria; the pros and cons relating to key items;  the actual costs and features considered across various agency and vendor options; our decision process... and Leon District's experiences to date (complete with actual service levels, costs, and data... with a few stories thrown in).

Boca V & VI

10:45-11:35 PM

Track Session C– Who Really Owns that Box: Live Windows Incident Response and Malware Analysis, John Sawyer, cont’d

Boca VII

10:45-11:35 PM

Track Session D– openCentre, Much more than just a K-12 student management system…, Casey Adams of OS4ED and Bill Teasley of NWRDC

Open Solutions for Education will present in partnership with NWRDC to give participants an overview of their new hosted offering, openCentre. openCentre is a groundbreaking open source SIS that gives educators complete control of their application and significantly lowers total cost of ownership.

       Together, OS4ED and NWRDC will offer openCentre in hosted mode with full help desk support offering unlimited calls and emails for our clients.  This exciting new offering can take the task of managing your SIS and put it in the hands of NWRDC, where you are assured complete uptime, secure hosting, disaster recovery and the most affordable hosting available to Florida education clients.  FL state reporting module available this fall!

Caribbean Ballroom

I & II

11:45 AM-1:45 PM

Luncheon Keynote: “Critical Issues in Technology Integration for the Nation's Schools” Dr. Allen Schmeider of JDL Horizons

Dr. Schmieder joined JDL in 1998 after serving 32 years in a number of important leadership positions in the United States Department of Education in Washington, DC. Dr. Schmieder received the President's Award from AECT for "outstanding national leadership and service in technology and education” and was selected as one of the nation's "Top 25 Technology Advocates" by District Administration Magazine. Dr. Schmieder is author of over 200 publications, most of which discuss educational reform.
Dr. Schmieder served under seven presidents, and recently developed the high tech, K-12 GLOBE Program, which was adopted by 6,000 schools in 60 nations around the world.

Boca I & II

2:00-2:50 PM

Track Session A- Explore World Class Education, 21st Century Learning, digital tools, Florida Digital Educator Program, and FCIT resources that will take our students from the Knowledge Age into the Conceptual Age, Gordon Worley of the Florida Center for Instructional Technology

21st Century Skills, digital tools, and digital content that students explore through project-based learning will provide a method for our students to experience education as learners who are being prepared to enter the Conceptual Age. Resources from FCIT/USF such as iTunes U for Language Arts, Florida aligned digital content for science and math, and the Florida Digital Educator Program will be explored.

Boca III & IV

2:00-2:50 PM

Track Session B- Florida LambdaRail: Next Generation Network for Research, Education and Economic Development, J. Phillip Halstead, Ph.D., CEO, Florida LambdaRail, LLC

This session will introduce Florida LambdaRail (FLR), LLC, Florida’s new 1,540-mile state-spanning high-speed optical network for research, education and economic development.   In concert with the conference theme of “reconsidering IT and the education business model” this session will explore how FLR can be a new force for innovation and competitive advantage. 

Caribbean VI & VII

2:00-2:50 PM

Track Session C- FIRN 2 Update, Melinda Crowley of the Department of Education

The FIRN2 presentation will include a FIRN2 update of network utilization, bandwidth, connections, and Strategic Plan; E-Rate Data Collection analysis, growth factor 06-07, current status, Year 11 Workshops and training, New USAC Forms, and Year 11 To Do List.

Boca VII

2:00-2:50 PM

Track Session D- Overview of Mainframe Security at NWRDC, Joe Peresich

This presentation will be be an overview of the IBM z9 mainframe security environment at NWRDC.  Topics that we will cover include

·         ACF2 protection of customer and system resources,

·         Securing Internet connections to the data center,

·         Protecting file exchanges between NWRDC and other hosts,

·         SSL, PGP and other security components.

This will be a PowerPoint presentation with handouts and examples provided.

Boca I & II

3:00-3:50 PM

Track Session A- Major Area of Interest Reconciliation File:  Methods, Timelines, and Data Elements, Dr. Connie Graunke and Ms. Andrea Latham, FACTS

This session will focus on District requirements for reporting Major Area of Interest credits for this year’s entering 9^th graders and methods being implemented by the Department of Education to assist Districts in their reporting efforts.  The presentation will outline the various reporting methods and timelines, including detailed discussion of the data elements that will make up the Department’s Reconciliation File.

Boca III & IV

3:00-3:50 PM

Track Session B- The Coming Knowledge Crisis – The Retirement of the Baby Boom Generation, Ramon Padilla of the Board of Governors

Beginning as early as 2008, the workforce will begin to feel the impact of the retirement of the baby boom generation.  This impact will be particularly hard felt in government and education where there has not been a great deal of “churn” in the workforce.  For those organizations who maintain legacy systems with legacy staff – be forewarned – you will not only lose your staff during this time but also your subject matter experts.  Organizations need to be planning for this departure of skilled workers in a systematic and thoughtful way.

Caribbean VI & VII

3:00-3:50 PM

Track Session C- The Latest and Greatest from Tallahassee- K-12 Education Update, Kate Kemker of the Department of Education

Boca VII

3:00-3:50 PM

Track Session D- From SNA to IP, Joe Peresich

This presentation will be an overview of how traditional SNA applications are being migrated to TCP/IP and the Internet.  Particular focus will be on IBM's Enterprise Extender and migration of such applications as JES2 RJE/NJE away from SNA to IP.  We'll also discuss 3270 terminal/printer, file transfer, and other SNA-related applications that can be migrated to Internet connections. 

Caribbean Foyer

4:00-4:30 PM

Afternoon Break Sponsored By SchoolNet, Inc.

Boca VII

4:00- 5:00 PM

FIRN Advisory Council Meeting

Boca I & II

4:30-5:20 PM

Track Session A- Largest US Installation of Activ Boards, Mike Horan of Sarasota County School District

Sarasota County is installing close to 3000 Activ Boards and training teachers for their use.  The session will provide an overview of the single largest interactive board in the US and valued at $13M.  

Boca III & IV

4:30-5:20 PM

Track Session B- Technology Learning Communities- They Work!, Don Manderson, Norma Jennings and Tom Ingram of Escambia County Schools

Escambia School District has established 80 technology learning communities, composed of 6 - 8 voluntary teachers per community, distributed over 50 schools. The learning communities are assigned to and are orchestrated by 6 district technology teachers who facilitate technology integration activities in each community. This integration is accomplished at a pace commensurate with the ability of community members to absorb technical skills and information and to inject technical methods into their instructional approach. Each community member devises an “action plan” based on their individual technology professional development needs (as measured by the DOE Inventory of Teacher Technology Skills) and the academic needs of their students (as measured by their students’ FCAT developmental scale scores). Each community member is provided with hardware, software, and professional development based on their action plan needs.

Boca V & VI

4:30-5:20 PM

Track Session C- Student Electronic Portfolio's, Tina Barrios of Manatee County School District

Manatee County has been developing a web development management system (SchoolPage) for the past 5 years.  This tool enables students and teachers to create and post websites both on the intranet and/or internet.  The system has a built in approval/feedback mechanism to allow teachers to approve all work posted by students as well as providing instructional feedback to the students on their work.  This past year as part of our district strategic plan we piloted using this system for student electronic portfolios to measure student attainment of the strategic objectives.  Come hear about this exciting initiative and see examples of what students and teachers are doing in Manatee County.

Boca VIII

4:30-5:20 PM

Track Session D– FAMIS Data Sub-committee

Caribbean Ballroom

I & II

9:00-11:00 PM

Welcome Party Sponsored by IBM-

The Return of the FAEDS 500 with Refreshments, Snacks, Games and Prizes.

Caribbean Ballroom

III, IV, & V

2:00- 9:00 PM

Vendor Booth Set Up

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Caribbean Ballroom

III, IV, & V

Before 7:30 AM

Vendor Booth Set Up Complete

Caribbean

Foyer

7:30 AM – 6:00 PM

Registration & Information

Martinique Ballroom

8:00 AM