Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
Host site: Metro Community College, Bldg 30, Suite 252, 2 blks
N of 32nd & Sorensen Pkwy, Omaha, NE
Remote: Lincoln Executive Building, Room 103, 521 S. 14th, Lincoln
Remote: Wayne State College, Conn Library Room 031, 1111 Main St, Wayne
Remote: ESU 10, 76 Plaza Blvd., Kearney
Remote: ESU 13, 4215 Avenue I, Scottsbluff
VOTING MEMBERS/ALTERNATES PRESENT:
Dr. Terry Haack,
Co-Chair, Bennington Public
Schools (Omaha Site)
Mr. Ed Hoffman, Co-Chair, Nebraska State College
System (Omaha Site)
Mr. Clark Chandler, Nebraska
Wesleyan University (Lincoln Site)
Mr. Matt Chrisman, Mitchell Public
Schools (Scottsbluff Site)
Mr. Stephen Hamersky, Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School (Omaha Site)
Ms. Lanyce
Keel, Alt. for Ms.
Mary Niemiec, University of Nebraska (Omaha Site)
Mr. John Stritt, Alt. for Mr. Gary
Needham, ESU 9 (Kearney Site)
Mr. Randy Schmailzl,
Metropolitan Community College (Omaha Site)
Dr. Bob Uhing, Educational Service
Unit 1 (Wayne Site)
LIAISONS/ALTERNATE MEMBERS PRESENT
Dr. Wayne Bell, Alt. for Dr. Bob
Uhing (Kearney Site)
Mr. Gary Targoff, Nebraska
Educational Telecommunications (Lincoln Site)
Dr. Kathleen Fimple, Alt. for Dr.
Marshall Hill, Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education (Lincoln
Site)
MEMBERS/LIAISONS ABSENT: Mr. Mike Carpenter, Doane College; Mr. John Dunning, Wayne
State College; Ms. Yvette Holly, UN-Medical Center; Mr. Jeff Johnson,
Centennial Public Schools; Dr. Mike Lucas, York Public Schools; Mr. Lyle Neal,
Southeast Community College; Ms. Brenda Decker, Office of the CIO; and Mr.
Brent Gaswick, Nebraska Department of Education.
CALL TO ORDER, ELECTRONIC POSTING,
LOCATION OF OPEN MEETING LAW DOCUMENTS, ROLL CALL, INTRODUCTIONS
The Co-chair,
Dr. Haack, called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. There were seven members present at the time
of roll call. A quorum was not present
at the time of roll call. After roll
call was taken there were two late arrivals at which time a quorum existed to
conduct official business. The meeting notice and agenda were posted to the Nebraska Public Meeting
Calendar on October 11, 2013.
Bob Uhing
joined the meeting from the Wayne site.
Ed Hoffman
joined the meeting from the Omaha site.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR
THE OCTOBER 16, 2013 MEETING*
Mr. Chandler moved to approve the October 16, 2013
agenda as presented. Mr. Hamersky
seconded. Roll call vote: Haack-Yes, Hoffman-Yes,
Chandler-Yes, Chrisman-Yes, Hamersky-Yes, Keel-Yes, Stritt-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes, and Uhing-Yes. Results:
Yes-9, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 21, 2013 MEETING*
Mr. Schmaizl
moved to approve the August 21, 2013 minutes as presented. Mr.
Chandler seconded. Roll call vote: Uhing-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes, Stritt-Yes, Keel-Yes, Hamersky-Yes,
Chrisman-Yes, Chandler-Yes, Hoffman-Yes, and Haack-Yes. Results: Yes-9, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion carried.
NITC
STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY PLAN - 2014-2016
Network Nebraska, Digital Education, E-Gov
Action
Items*
At the
December meeting, the NITC will be updating and approving the action items for
the Statewide Technology Plan. Mr.
Rolfes reviewed the recommended changes discussed at the last Education Council
meeting:
NITC STATEWIDE
TECHNOLOGY PLAN - Network Nebraska
Initiative Action Items - Recommendations for 2014-2016
Objective: To develop a broadband, scalable
telecommunications infrastructure that optimizes the quality of service to
every public entity in the State of Nebraska.
1. Identify Tier II communities that offer opportunities for aggregation for
services onto the network.
The Council recommended discontinuation of action item:
N1a: The CAP will work
with communities that express an interest in aggregating their public sector
data transport.
The Council recommended
continuation of N1B with the following wording change:
N1b Action: Education entities will
act as primary tenants to encourage the aggregation
of
data transport by community anchor institutions
public libraries through leased circuits.
2.
The Chief Information Officer will continue the LB
1208 implementation by annually bidding infrastructure and connectivity for new
regions of participants and developing the most cost-effective and efficient
support structure possible for the statewide network.
The Council
recommended that the following action item be designated as “Completed:
N2a Action: The Network Nebraska
network design/support team will develop a service level agreement with local
and regional education entities in order to develop a cooperative support
system for the statewide education network that will insure data transport and
synchronous video reliability.
The Council
recommended that the following action item be continued with minor revisions:
N2b Action: The Chief Information Officer will annually update encourage the use of
the State master
purchase contracts for edge devices and monitor the local
site
purchases of such equipment in order to
promote
and encourage network equipment standardization.
3.
Offer Internet I services to eligible network
participants.
The Council recommended that the following
action item be continued as stated:
N3 Action: The Collaborative
Aggregation Partnership (CAP) will accept new orders for Internet service and
continue to aggregate purchasing demand to secure a more economical price for
statewide Internet service.
4.
Prepare for the future of Network Nebraska as a
statewide, multipurpose, high capacity, scalable telecommunications network
that shall meet the demand of state agencies, local governments, and
educational entities as defined in section 79-1201.01.
The Council
recommended that the following action item be designated as “Completed”:
N4e Action: Develop and deploy
an enterprise MCU bridging service for Network Nebraska participants.
The Council recommended continuation of the
following actions. Some with the
following minor revisions as indicated below:
N4a Action: Develop
appropriate participation criteria (e.g.
type
of
entity, bandwidth expectations,
differential fees) and a
differential catalog
of
services and
fees for Network Nebraska to serve
all network participants
(i.e. public/nonpublic K-12, public/nonpublic higher education, public libraries,
others).
N4b Action: Charter a work group to research
advanced
network Develop
a catalog
of services
for
Network Nebraska participants.
N4c Action: Bi-annually reissue the Network
Nebraska Marketing Survey and subsequent Report to help steer the strategic
direction of Network Nebraska—Education.
N4d Action: Annually update the
Network Nebraska Marketing Plan.
N4f Action: Facilitate the
implementation and training of IPv6 routing on a timely basis across all
Network Nebraska entities.
The Council recommended inclusion of the following
new action for Action Item 4:
N4g Action: Address the need
for multiple Internet egress points and redundant transport pathways within the
Network Nebraska backbone.
Mr. Rolfes
informed the council that the RFP will be ready to release in 60 days and may
bid for alternate circuits for the northern backbone (Action Item N4g).
Mr. Uhing moved to approve the
Network Nebraska action items with the recommended additions and changes. Mr. Hamersky seconded. Roll call vote: Haack-Yes, Hoffman-Yes,
Chandler-Yes, Chrisman-Yes, Hamersky-Yes, Keel-Yes, Stritt-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes, and Uhing-Yes. Results:
Yes-9, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
NITC STATEWIDE
TECHNOLOGY PLAN
Digital Education Initiative Action
Items
- Recommendations for
2014-2016:
Objective: To promote the effective and efficient
integration of technology into the instructional, learning, and administrative
processes and to utilize technology to deliver enhanced digital educational
opportunities to students at all levels throughout Nebraska on an equitable and
affordable basis.
1.
Promote the availability, distribution, and use of
digital media throughout the Nebraska educational community.
The Council
recommended discontinuation of the following action item:
D2 Action. Set a deadline, and establish standard(s)
related to the deployment, administration
and maintenance of content management
systems by K-12 schools.
The Council recommended continuation of the
following action items. Some with minor
revisions as indicated below:
D1 Action: Promote the usage of the National Repository for Online Courses (NROC) content by
Nebraska educators.
D3 Action: Develop
and
Fully deploy a
statewide digital content
repository interface that allows the assignment
of
digital property rights and the uploading,
cataloguing, metatagging, searching,
and downloading of digital learning objects by Nebraska educators.
D4a Action: Develop
and deploy a statewide learning management
system for every K-12 teacher
and learner, grades 6-12, and to also train teachers in effective instructional
design to integrate
synchronous and
asynchronous technologies.
D4b Action: Develop
and deploy a statewide learning management
system for every K-12
teacher and
learner, grades 6-12, and to also
Train teachers in effective instructional design to integrate synchronous and
asynchronous technologies.
D5 Action: Develop
and deploy Coordinate
and facilitate a statewide directory services structure
federation
effort that will enable students and teachers a single
sign-on to associated learning management
services
and content management resources.
The
Council recommended that the following new action items be added to the Digital
Education strategic initiative:
D6 Action: Coordinate and facilitate a statewide data dashboard system that allows teachers and
administrators the ability to merge local achievement data
with statewide
testing data to
depict each student’s academic progress.
D7 Action: Research the
potential feasibility of a software-based,
individualized
education plan for
every Nebraska K-12 student
that
shows their
progress on
every state
academic standard.
D8 Action: Provide
guidelines for cooperation between K-12
and higher education institutions regarding K-12 students who are
taking dual-credit courses
using
interactive
videoconferencing technology.
D9 Action: Provide
professional
development in a "flipped learning" concept where
the
teaching is done
on-line
to
provide professional developers a greater opportunity for coaching and mentoring activities during the in-person contact
time.
Mr. Uhing moved to approve the
Network Nebraska action items with the recommended additions and changes. Mr. Schmailzl
seconded. Roll call vote: Uhing-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes,
Stritt-Yes, Keel-Yes, Hamersky-Yes, Chrisman-Yes, Chandler-Yes, Hoffman-Yes,
and Haack-Yes. Results:
Yes-9, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
NITC STATEWIDE
TECHNOLOGY PLAN
E-Government Initiative Action Items Recommendations
for 2014-2016
Objective: To further the use of e-government to improve
services and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of agencies.
3.
Maintain the Education Portal on the State of
Nebraska website.
The
Council recommended continuation of the following action item with the following
minor revisions:
E1 Action: Maintain
Annually
review and
update the content of the Education
Portal on the
State of
Nebraska website.
Mr. Hamersky moved to approve the
e-Government action item as presented.
Ms. Keel seconded. Roll call vote:
Haack-Yes, Hoffman-Yes, Chandler-Yes, Chrisman-Yes,
Hamersky-Yes, Keel-Yes, Stritt-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes,
and Uhing-Yes. Results: Yes-9, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion carried.
Mr.
Hoffman presided over the rest of the meeting.
The task
groups had not met since the last meeting.
There were no task group reports.
FCC E-RATE 2.0 NOTICE OF PROPOSED
RULE MAKING (OFFICE
OF THE CIO COMMENTS)
Due to the
government shut down, comments in response to the NPRM comments were not easily
submitted. Prior to the shutdown, there were approximately 600 sets of comments
submitted by schools, school districts, consortia, and vendors. When the government shutdown is over, there
will be a 24-hour period to submit closing comments. There will likely be new changes to how
E-rate funding will be allocated. This
could affect Network Nebraska and rural communities. There has been no consensus communicated by
the FCC and it is uncertain what future funding levels will be at this point.
SUBSECTOR UPDATES
State Colleges.
Mr. Hoffman reported that the state colleges are continuing with the
shared services inventory project. Web
services and a content management project are also being reviewed.
Community Colleges.
Mr. Schmailzl reported that there is potential
legislation that may affect dual enrollment at the community college. He will inform the Council when he has more
information.
Mr. Rolfes
informed the Council that the Network Nebraska received the NASCIO Cross
Boundaries Collaboration and Partnerships Award. NASCIO is the National Association of State
CIO’s. Mr. Rolfes will send the link to
the video. There has been quite a bit of interest in
Network Nebraska from other states.
AGENDA ITEMS AND CONSIDER LOCATION
FOR THE 12/18/2013 MEETING
Members were
asked to send agenda items to Mr. Rolfes.
Videoconference sites will be determined for the December meeting.
Mr. Schmailzl moved to adjourn.
Mr. Chandler seconded. All were
in favor. Motion carried by unanimous
voice vote at 3:35pm.
Minutes were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales and
reviewed by Tom Rolfes of the Office of the CIO/NITC.