SIGTE Business Meeting Minutes
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Tuesday, June 18,
2002, 3–4:15
p.m.
San Antonio, TX
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Dale Niederhauser, outgoing
president of
SIGTE. He introduced incoming president, Ann Cunningham.
Introductions
Approximately 45 members were present from across the country
including Alaska,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana,
Nevada,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Washington.
Jan Van
Dam, President-elect of ISTE, and Sarah Nichols, ISTE SIG Liaison,
were also
present.
Presentation of Research Paper Award
Peg Ertmer was presented with this year’s SIGTE Research Award
for her
paper, “Online Professional Development: Building
Administrators”
Capacity for Technology Leadership.”
Dale Niederhauser also explained new procedures implemented this
year related
to the award process. This year all research papers submitted to NECC
that dealt
with technology in teacher education were reviewed by the SIGTE
Research Awards
Committee chaired by Melissa Pierson.
Recognition of Outgoing President
A plaque was presented to Dale Niederhauser for his work on behalf of
the SIG.
The plaque read: In recognition of your inspiration, dedication,
service, and
leadership; SIGTE President 2000-2002.
Minutes Approved
Following a motion by Marianne Handler and second by Harriet Taylor,
the minutes
of the 2001 meeting of SIGTE were approved.
Report on Journal of Computing in Teacher
Education
Ann Thompson, co-editor of JCTE, commented on the new format of the
journal
with an emphasis on a professional look to communicate the rigor of
selection
for publication. JCTE has an increased number of submissions, with an
acceptance
rate of about 35%. Some of the increase is probably due to submissions
of PT3-related
articles. A new “Special Features” column has been
included; a recent
column provided a list of websites of interest to teacher educators.
Submissions
for this column are reviewed by the editors. Guest editors Keith
Wetzel and
Neal Strudler are working on a special issue that will publish papers
on the
topic of technology in field experiences; this issue is due out in
November.
There will be other special issues in the future.
Request for Financial Support for JCTE Editorial
Assistant
Ann Thompson explained that in the past Iowa State University has paid
for the
graduate assistant who serves as Associate Editor of the journal.
However, these
funds will no longer be available. The SIG is planning to request that
ISTE
provide these funds (about $5000 per year). Ann asked for member
support of
this request and all present were in agreement.
Update on SIGTE Brochure
Ann Cunningham announced that the new SIGTE Brochure will be available
in PDF
on the SIG website and a system will be put in place so members can
request
copies be mailed to them for distribution.
Report on ISTE SIG Council Meeting
Arlene Borthwick, SIGTE Communications Officer, reported on the ISTE
SIG Council
Meeting that was held on Saturday, June 15 in San Antonio. In
attendance representing
SIGTE were Dale Niederhauser, Ann Cunningham, Arlene Borthwick, and
Ann Thompson.
SIG leaders and members were invited to attend the ISTE Annual
Membership Meeting
at the closing conference session on Wednesday, June 19, and to
participate
in Birds of a Feather Sessions for development of ISTE Redefinition
Teams (all
former ISTE committees are being disbanded). SIG leaders were informed
that
beginning in the fall (date to be announced), all ISTE memberships
will include
one SIG membership. ISTE membership fees will increase from $58 to
$65. (Previously
SIG memberships were an additional $20 each.) The expectation is that
new SIGs
will be formed and membership in established SIGs will grow. Possible
future
SIG activities at NECC were discussed, and Dale Niederhauser talked
about SIGTE's
success with our preconference forum. The new ISTE CEO to be located
in Washington
D.C. is Don Knezek, and the make-up of the ISTE Board was discussed.
The SIG
Council will nominate two of its members for election to one seat on
the ISTE
Board. Also the Council discussed and it was agreed that each SIG
would be given
the opportunity to have one of its members on the NECC Conference
Committee.
SIG officers shared highlights of their annual reports. An invitation
was made
for SIG members to participate as reviewers and authors of ISTE
publications
(and Arlene said she would copy this announcement to the SIGTE
listserv). The
meeting ended with a discussion of how SIG funds should be handled and
whether
such funds could carry over from year to year, especially donations to
SIGs
for specific purposes (e.g., funds donated by external sources for
travel expenses
to NECC for SIG award winners).
Report on SIGTE Pre-Conference Forum
Ann Cunningham briefly reviewed presentations and discussion at the
SIGTE Pre-Conference
Forum on Sunday, June 16, and she announced the continuation of this
event at
NECC 2003. Members were encouraged to plan ahead to attend.
Solicitation of Support for SIGTE Projects,
2002#150;2003
Attendees were invited to sign up for SIGTE committees, including
serving as
proposal reviewers for the teacher education strand at NECC 2003.
Taking responsibility
for the teacher education strand continues to be a great opportunity
for the
SIG. Ann Thompson commented that having the teacher education sessions
in the
same room during NECC 2002 seemed to work well. The SIG will also be
in charge
of the Research strand.
One of the SIGTE-sponsored workshops at NECC 2002 focused on NCATE
program
reviews. Marianne Handler mentioned that in the past many reviewers of
folios
have come out of SIGTE. She thought it was likely that in coming
months Lajeane
Thomas and Amy Vessel may be looking for program reviewers. If
interested, SIGTE
members may want to be in touch with Lajeane.
Review Process for Research Paper Award
Review of research papers for the SIGTE award was discussed. In the
past papers
were submitted directly to the Research Awards Committee. Then SIGTE
placed
the winning paper in a reserved spot on the program; however
non-winning papers
would then be too late to submit for presentation at NECC. This year
all relevant
(to teacher education) papers submitted to NECC were considered for
the award.
This year the deadlines got pushed to wire and the Awards Committee
reviewed
submissions in a short timeframe to get the winning paper published in
the program.
This year's award will be publicly announced at the closing NECC
session (ISTE
Membership Meeting), but, unfortunately, the paper presentation as
listed in
the NECC 2002 Final Program doesn’t identify Ertmer's paper as
an Award-winning
paper. Neal Strudler suggested that the form for reviewing research
papers needs
to be more definitive to distinguish papers of best quality, and said
that the
form will be revised for next year. The group discussed the addition
of research
roundtables this year, which allowed more papers to be included in the
program.
Points made included:
- there were not that many attendees at roundtable sessions
- there was good conversation around the tables
- the room where roundtables have been this year is in a poor
(remote) location
- those who came to a session often had already read the paper on
the web
- although roundtables are not meant to be presentations, wireless
laptops
did allow authors to show visuals from their papers (from NECC
website) on
a laptop
- perhaps we should consider having roundtables for
“works-in-progress”
- “roundtable” at AERA suggests second tier; maybe want
to reconsider
the label for these sessions
- perhaps roundtable summaries could appear in JCTE or be included
on the
SIGTE
webpage
Neal encouraged that roundtable sessions not be dropped after we
have tried
them only one year; he will pass along information that we want better
locations
for roundtable sessions next year.
Upcoming Officer Elections
The SIGTE past president serves as head of the nominations committee
and by
February 2003 we will need to have a slate, including a
president-elect. Information
will be posted on the website.
Bylaws Committee Formed
Dale Niederhauser also mentioned that we will need to revisit our
bylaws which
were last looked at in 1994. Changes in ISTE will require changes in
our bylaws.
Changes may include reference to the role of treasurer; the goal would
be to
have a draft for adoption at NECC 2003. Dale asked for volunteers to
help. The
committee formed included volunteers Harriet Taylor, Denise Schmidt,
and Lee
Zeitz.
New Business
Ann mentioned the goals of increased web presence for the SIG. (All
SIGs have
been charged by ISTE to do this.) Consistency in SIG websites will
require ISTE
funding. Sarah Nichols, ISTE SIG Liaison, is willing to post items we
submit.
There may be the possibility of paying someone (e.g., a graduate
student) a
stipend to do this.
Arlene will post information on the listserv regarding opportunities
for participation
in NECC 2003. Ann encouraged suggestions for the NECC 2003 SIGTE
pre-conference
forum, concurrent sessions, and workshops. Several topics were
suggested, including
quality teacher preparation (as outlined by Secretary of Education
Page), teaching
with handhelds, a presentation by NETS*T Distinguished Achievement
Award recipients,
proposal and publication support for new faculty, as well as
continuation of
the NCATE preparation workshop.
Ann warmly thanked members for their continued support and encouraged
members
to get involved with the work of the SIG at NECC and elsewhere.
Respectfully submitted,
Arlene C. Borthwick, SIGTE Communications Officer
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