February 3, 2021 at 11:30 AM - Information Services Committee Meeting
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| Attendance Taken on 2/3/2021 at 11:31 AM | |
| Corey Dahl | Present |
| Ted DeTurk | Present |
| Dr. Bill Heimann | Present |
| Dr. Brenda McNiff | Present |
| Deb Paulman | Present |
| Gregg Robke | Present |
| Dr. Melissa Wheelock | Present |
| Constance Wickham | Present |
| Present: 8, Absent: 0 | |
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Procedural Item
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2. Roll call
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussion:
Call to order at 11:30 AM
Staff: Kraig Lofquist, Deb Hericks, Scott Isaacson, Priscilla Quintana |
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3. Agenda Item
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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3.1. Software Innovation Network
Speaker(s):
Scott Isaacson
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Technology Director gave an update on the progress and timeline of the Software Innovation Network Grant.
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3.1.1. Assessment and Diagnostic Tools
Speaker(s):
Technology Director
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
A meeting is scheduled for 11:00 AM on Friday, February 5th with a cross-section of Data Cadre, TLT-Instructional Materials, MTSS, Assessment experts to discuss the opportunity for leadership in this area. I will present a high-level scenario of how the Software Innovation Network could evaluate solutions, subsidize licensing of a data warehouse solution and support its rollout with training, building of visualizations and best practices. |
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3.1.2. Single Sign-On Expansion
Speaker(s):
Technology Director
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
The main work in this area is with the eduroam project. As Nebraska’s pilot proposal was accepted by Internet2, our Nebraska team has identified technical, governance and communication teams who are preparing project plans. ESUs 2, 6 and 10 have begun test implementations of the RADIUS authentication services and of the eduroam wireless network. We are proposing to use $150,000 of the Software Innovation Network funds to fund the eduroam membership for 2 additional years 2022 and 2023, along with an allowance for hosting and development costs associated with operating the eduroam service statewide.
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3.1.3. Canvas
Speaker(s):
Technology Director
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Sign up for new districts joining in 2021 is open. Tech Director will be meeting with the Canvas leadership team to discuss long-term governance/organization of the Canvas community.
Canvas Consortium application closes March 8 at 4:00pm. For more information on how your district can be a part of the consortium and have its own Canvas LMS visit: https://www.education.ne.gov/educational-technology/canvas-statewide-consortium/ . The sign-up form can also be found at the bottom of this webpage. |
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3.1.4. Data Privacy and Security
Speaker(s):
Technology Director
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Trevor Paschall is coming on board with ESUCC as a new project support specialist beginning February 8th. Part of Trevor’s time will support the work in this area of collecting data from districts and ESUs about the software they use and the contract language in place related to data privacy and security.
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3.2. GEER Device Purchasing
Speaker(s):
Technology Director
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
The Governor’s office is considering it’s allocations for the GEER round 2 funding. We do not have more specific news at this time.
Of the $12,000,000 allocated for public and non-public school device purchases, about $10,000,000 has been allocated to-date. Requests from group 2 schools far exceed the remaining $2,000,000, and the team is considering options, along with the Governor’s office. $820,000 was allocated to purchase devices for exempt (home) school settings. During the request window, 2587 requests were received for 4553 devices, which would cost a total of $1,649,000. The team has considered prioritizing the requests by age/grade-level of the students, as well as reducing the cost of allowable devices to allow purchase of additional numbers.
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3.3. GEER Broadband
Speaker(s):
Technology Director
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
We anticipate additional guidance from the Governor’s office to make this decision. $3,280,000 was allocated for home broadband support. None of these funds has been committed at this time. The team anticipates about ? of the funds going to subsidize hot spots districts used to improve home broadband access, and ? to targeted subsidy to promote existing vendors expanding their service in underserved areas. Digital equity data collected through the ADVISER data submissions is being analyzed and mapped by NDE GIS staff and with assistance from Education Superhighway.
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3.4. TLT Special Projects 2021 - High Quality Instructional Materials, Digital Age Pedagogy and Instructional Shifts
Speaker(s):
TLT Representative
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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3.5. MSA 2021-2022
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Information Item
Discussion:
Committee discussed budget requests for TLT and NOC.
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3.5.1. TLT Budget Requests 2021-2022
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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3.5.2. NOC Budget
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3.6. Staff Reports
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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3.6.1. Scott Isaacson
Speaker(s):
Scott Isaacson
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Technology Director shared that Mike Danahy will be retiring and we have hired another person to help on SRS. Anthony Maggio will take Mike's place and Ryan Mueller will be a new person on the SRS Team.
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3.6.2. Andrew Easton
Speaker(s):
Andrew Easton
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Discussion:
Coordinator of Digital Learning learning gave an updated of his work. He shared data from previous things he has organized. Monday Motivation is new and will happen every other week. He continues to create his podcasts. He most recent one included Julie Moore from NETA.
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3.6.3. Rhonda Eis
Speaker(s):
Rhonda Eis
Agenda Item Type:
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Discussion:
Report attached for review.
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4. Next Meeting Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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5. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
Discussion:
Meeting adjourned at 11:45 AM.
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