Phil Harris, Executive Director*   

            Pat Miller, President *  

            Ward Cates, Immediate Past President*          

            Mary Herring, President-Elect*

            Lois Wilkins, Secretary-Treasurer*

            Trey Martindale, Design & Development          

            Addie Kinsinger, ECT Representative  

            Kay Persichitte, Board Representative at Large B

            Judy Duffield, Teacher Education Representative

            Ted Frick, Change Division Representative

            Barbara Lockee, Theory & Research Representative*

            Bill Sugar, Multimedia Production Representative         

            Rick West, GSA Representative

            Jenny Johnson, International Division Representative

            Rob Branch, Appointed Affiliate Organization Representative

           

             (*Executive Committee)

 

            Mary Beth Jordan, School Media and Technology

            Nathan Lowell, Distance Learning Representative

            Scott Schaffer, Training & Performance Representative

            Don Little, Management Representative

            David Wiley, Board Representative at Large A

 

J. Michael Spector, AECT president-elect designee

 

Pat Miller called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. Eastern.

 

 

 

Pat Miller welcomed Mike Spector, who announced that Barbara Lockee will be the convention chair for the 2009 convention. Mary Herring thanked Trey Martindale for running.

 

 

 

The FutureMinds webinar is scheduled for March 31, at 4 p.m. eastern time. This webinar is a member exclusive. Phil asked the division representatives to let the divisions know about the change of date. The webinar is offered to members at no cost but there is a registration requirement.

 

The intellectual property rights and copyright webinar is scheduled for April 15 at 7:30 p.m. eastern time.

 

No date has been scheduled for the third proposed webinar, distance learning.

 

Webinars are ideal opportunities for divisions to take part in professional development.

 

 

Several board members raised concerns about a letter over Phil Harris’ signature touting Geico insurance to the AECT membership. Phil explained that the Trust for Insuring Educators was created in the late 1970s when many professional organizations separated from NEA and didn’t have an insurance umbrella for their members. As of July 1, 2007, 95 AECT members were taking part in insurance programs offered by the Trust. The letters go to the entire membership. In response to board members’ concerns, Phil will check the wording of the letters more carefully in the future.

 

 

The super early bird fee for the Orlando convention is good through April 14. The description of the Summer Research Symposium will be on the web page within a few days. Registration of $290 will include eight meals. Activities will take place entirely in the Garden Hilton in downtown Bloomington. Once again, participation will be limited to 60 people, with the vast majority of those 60 being invited presenters.

 

 

The review will be sent out to the board soon. The organization’s cash position has improved over last year’s. Income is up and expenses are holding as projected. This budget year looks particularly good. Membership has increased, and attendance at the Anaheim convention was good.

 

The Second Global Summit that was cancelled at Anaheim will be held in Orlando. Most of the 100 attendees are expected to register for the AECT convention that immediately follows the summit.

 

 

 

Pat noted that the mid-year reports are due in a few weeks. The form will go out soon. These reports can inform some of what we do in the summer leadership conference, so it’s important that we get them in a timely fashion. In response to the suggestion that access on the website to past reports would be useful, Pat asked the division leaders to find them and make them available for archiving.

 

 

Pat reminded division leaders to get started on awards now so that people are honored appropriately.

 

Mary Herring asked the division representatives to remind their boards to get information about awards out to their members. Pat asked the divisions to let the board know if they’re making any changes in their awards.

 

 

This committee is being reconstituted now. Board members were asked to suggest new members for the committee to Pat.

 

 

Mary Herring reported that there was a social right before spring break during which new people were recruited into the AECT SecondLife group so we can stay connected with them. A series of educational programs will be held this spring.

 

Current presentations include Sharon Smaldino, “Creating Learning Environments and Lessons Learned/Research,” Thursday, April 24, at 3 p.m. Pacific time; and Lisa Dawley,

“EDTECH Island: Social Network Knowledge Construction,” Thursday, May 8, at 11 a.m. Pacific time.
 
VI. Orlando convention planning

Mary Herring reported convention highlights:

 

Workshops will be open for registration in two weeks. They will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday morning, and perhaps Saturday.

 

Two study tours will are planned: the Institute for Simulation and Training on Tuesday and Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy on Wednesday. A special thanks to Atusi Hirumi for arranging these tours. Seating will be limited so once registration is opened, sign up fast. Transportation cost will be $20.

 

Conference Planners are very excited about the quality and variety of proposals. Acceptance/rejection announcements will start to be sent out next week.

 

Keynote speakers include Dr. George Strawn, CIO National Science Foundation;

Dr. James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor, Arizona State University, and Dr. Allison Rossett, San Diego State University

 

Special sessions include Dr. G. Thomas Houlihan, Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, sponsored by Futureminds Intiative

 

Socials include the Division and Affiliate Round-Up, a showcase of AECT divisions and affliates as well as a chance to sign up to go out to dinner afterwards with their members on Wednesday; the ECT Foundation Leadership Recognition Reception on Thursday before the International Dinner, and the University Receptions Friday evening.

Tuesday night is the leadership dinner which will include a formal activity involving division leaders, ECT foundation and AECT board members working together.

 

The AECT board will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday morning. Other programs include the PacifiCorp/Design and Development showcase, the Teacher Education/School Media and Technology breakfast, division luncheons, board and membership meetings.

 

Pat reminded board members that they will meet during the summer conference on Tuesday, June 17, for the entire day. The leadership activities will be Tuesday, and the Research Symposium will open Thursday morning with breakfast at 8 a.m.

 

The convention hotel is within walking distance of downtown Disney, free and open to the public.

 

Phil reported that ICEM has its first annual event for all affilites to discuss funding of educational media in today’s society. Otto Benavides, who served as AECT’s representative, will report to the board at its June or November face to face meeting. ICEM’s goal is to raise awareness about the high demand for digital content and the funding needed to produce it. AECT serves as United States representative to ICEM.

 

 

Barbara Lockee reported that 14 of the papers submitted were selected, and four featured speakers are confirmed. Springer will provide guidelines for the publishing format.

 

 

Pat Miller reported that the leadership day at the summer meetings is shaping up. Chris Miller, chair of the Leadership Development Committee, has identified the major goals for the sessions: to provide opportunities for division leaders to network, strengthen the divisions, recruit new leaders and discuss ways for divisions to collaborate. The program will include interactive sessions and a panel discussion of past, present and future leaders. Financial incentives for attendance are under discussion.

 

 

Addie Kinsinger reported that the ECT board will meet April 3 and that is when decisions will be made, including one concerning Chris Miller’s request for funding for the summer leadership conference. ECT also will plan its meeting schedule for the summer conference.

 

 

Addie Kinsinger reported that the ECT foundation auction will be Tuesday night following a dinner attended by the AECT and ECT leadership at the summer conference.

 

 

Addie Kinsinger announced the AECT Legacy Scholarship, created in honor of the late Lucy Ainsley whose bequest will be used to fund it.

 

One scholarship of $1,000, funded by the ECT Foundation, will be awarded to a practicing K-12 school teacher or school library/media specialist to fund the pursuit of a master’s degree or professional certificate in the field.

 

The scholarship may be used to further the recipient’s education in summer session(s) or academic year of graduate level study at any accredited college or university in the United States. The award’s purpose is to improve the teaching/learning process in the library and classroom and to supplement the recipient’s training by extending the use of educational communications and technology.

 

This year’s deadline for the scholarship is May 15.

 

Pat asked the division representatives to call attention to this award. She will put a notice about it in her next newsletter. Information will also be posted on the website.

 

Future contributions also will be used to fund the Legacy Scholarship.

 

 

 

The board discussed the job description and process of advertising and selecting a successor to Sharon Smaldino. Sharon’s term as editor ends in January, 2010. Publicizing possibilities for the position include Tech Trends, ETR&D, the website and the newsletter.

 

Sharon will be leaving the position in another year; Pat put Sharon’s narrative into a job description. Pat asked board to send suggestions to her. Must decide how we’re going to advertise/post this.

 

The editor-in-chief must be a current member of AECT. The posting language will come from the job description, based on Sharon’s original document. The goal is to identify Sharon’s successor by the convention so the new person would have all of 2009 to work with Sharon in a transition period. The new editor will be responsible for the first issue of 2010.

 

The board also discussed the formation of a selection committee.

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:33.

 

 

Next meeting: Wednesday, April 23, at 3 p.m. Eastern