February, 2018 TDEC Report

Jupiter iO pricing model options: Martha Ban Without online forms, registration and payments: $6/student per year With online forms, registration & payments (School & Parent pay model): $6/student per year paid by school Parents charged $18/ student $500 one-time set-up fee per conference and $360 annually per conference

Jupiter iO pricing model options: Martha Ban With online forms, registration & payments (Parent pay model): $0/student per year paid by school Parents charged $24/ student $500 one-time set-up fee per conference and $360 annually per conference

Jupiter io Test Banks: Martha Ban Robert Fetters (ARKLA Conf.) is working on getting vendor test banks added by the following vendors: Encounter Bible Kendall Hunt ByDesign Science Houghton Mifflin McGraw Hill

RenWeb: Martha Ban Account managers now assigned by region, but not all are responsive Quickly losing market share to Jupiter iO Not allowing us to present at Power Conference, but is comping us a vendor booth and three registration fees

Data Rollup: Martha Ban The NAD is planning to move Data Rollup server hosting from Rackspace to being self-hosted this Spring Larry Blackmer requested that server migration not take place until after July 15, 2018 and be completed by August 10, 2018

AdventistEducation.org: Martha Ban technology.AdventistEducation.org is in the process of being finalized http://www.MultigradeClassroom.com will be ready to launch at the Convention

ALC Update: Adam Fenner Simple K-12 New, 3-year contract has been negotiated An additional 250 courses will be made available on ALC via the new contract for a total of 1,000 courses on ALC from Simple K-12 Working on a small school course Working on an Encounter Bible training course

ALC Update: Adam Fenner Working on a REACH training course Reviewing and updating teacher certification courses Working on a Spirit of Prophecy course with the White Estate Working on a classroom management course

BigTinCan: aaron Long Guildhouse content integration access recently granted Pilot focuse likely to be centralized around two topics: 1 to 1 iPad Programs REACH

Victory VR: Martha Ban The VR units are distributed to six unions presently, and being circulated to schools within each union The NAD will donate their hardware (laptop and Oculus headset) to the first six schools that commit to purchasing a 3 year Victory VR license

Certification Manual: Larry Blackmer Revisited 3.2.8 and recommended the following changes: b. Has completed the above requirement using academic credit and/or related CEU’s, such as ALC or micro-credentials (See micro credentials.)

Convention Planning: Larry Blackmer Technology setup: TDEC members will be expected to arrive on Sunday to assist with breakout room setups first thing Monday morning. TDEC members will serve as technology coordinators, breakout room setup support, tech support for presenters, PPT and announcement creators the convention hall, digital signage coordinator and device charging center coordinators

Convention Planning: Larry Blackmer A centralized location (small office) for TDEC members to work from is requested to meet, coordinate efforts and store minimal hardware items The breakout committee will discuss sound issues and address what hardware options exist at the convention center and what hardware will be needed Wireless internet will be available everywhere expect for in the exhibit hall

Convention Planning: Larry Blackmer ALC will be capturing 8 threads throughout the convention The “Whova” app will be used for the convention, and should be live by mid-April (tentatively) Recommended that Jamie Jean Domm from the NAD coordinate social media efforts along with the support of Aaron Koleda, and that a hashtag be chosen for the event in the near future Recommended Eric Sheninger’s keynote presentation be titled something along the lines of, “Uncommon Learning: Creating Schools that Work for Kids”.

Convention Planning: Larry Blackmer Decided to have TDEC banners promoting resources on behalf of TDEC as opposed to a booth which would be difficult to staff Discussed the need to have a Data Rollup support booth/help desk which would ideally be located between the Renweb and Jupiter iO booths

Social Media Policy: Larry Blackmer Recommended that Jamie Domm at the NAD evaluate the three sample social media policies examined and develop two separate social media policies, one for families (parents and students) and one for employees Included is a recommendation that the ALC develop a course to educate employees on the topic Once created, the policies should be reviewed and approved by NAD legal advisors

Technology Plan: Larry Blackmer Recommended that the Elementary School Technology Plan be approved for use as it has been piloted in multiple schools and submitted for Versatile Care Grant support

Online Resources: Martha ban Splash Math was reviewed and recommended that it be added to the available online resources (A free pilot is available for all NAD schools for the remainder of the 17’-18’ school year Martha Ban will be negotiating pricing with WritingCity Recommended that the Union Elementary Associates review The Mailbox

Online Resources: Martha ban Recommended that Colin Hill and Aaron Long create a short write-up on several preferred MDM’s (Zuludesk and Jamf to start) TDEC members will be reviewing and updating content on: tdec.nadeducaiton.org

Upcoming Recommended TDEC Meetings October 14-17, 2018: Columbia, MD February 3-7, 2019: Las Vegas, NV October 13-16, 2019: Minneapolis, MN January 14-17, 2020: Miami, FL (FETC Convention)

TDEC Member info Aaron Long Cell: (928) 458-0910 Email: acalong@gmail.com