What happened
- FAEDS receives AEDS Outstanding Geographic Chapter Award.
- Membership over 260.
- Orlando chosen as site of 1982 AEDS National Convention.
- Spring Conference held in St. Petersburg.
- Sarasota host of Fall Conference.
- Motion passed to conduct only one conference per year. It will be held in the Fall (beginning in 1981).
- FAEDS president or designee to sit on FECN (Florida Educational Computing Network, precursor to FIRN) Steering Committee.
- Honorary lifetime memberships awarded to Dr. Henry Fox, Dr. Robert Gates, Shirley Molen, and Everett Yarbrough.
- Sims Award to Laymon Grays.
- Aid to FAEDS Award to Jack Kelly.
Awards given in 1979
- Sims Award to Mr. Laymon Gray
- Raymond Parker Award to Mr. Jack Kelly
- William English Award to Mr. Michael Staggs
Photographed that year
The association's photo galleries listed these. The captions survive; the photographs themselves do not.
- Charlie Lee speaks at the conference (1979).
- Marilyn Badessa and Ray Parker (1979).
- Dave Brittain (1979).
- Ray Parker (1979).
- Bill English (1979)
From the file
- FAEDS 1979 Conference Agenda Conference agenda
- 1979-1 Document
- 1979-2 Document
- 1979-3 Document
- 1979 Educational Computing Contract Document