Technology Plan

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Technology Plan
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Digital Divide

• Technology divide - do we have equitable access
  to technology?
• Information divide - can we locate, evaluate, and
  use information?
• Educational divide - do our students have
  equitable educational experiences?
• Connectivity divide - do we have sufficient
  bandwidth and connections?
• Communication divide - do we have access to
  communication solutions?
• Curriculum divide - do our students have access
  to rich and varied learning opportunities?

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Community Involvement

• CI GOAL 1 Increase community participation in
  the planning, implementation and assessment of
  technology programs within the district.
• CI GOAL 2 Increase equitable access to
  technology for the community via the expanding
  resources in the district.
• CI GOAL 3 School/district leadership will
  support the full implementation of an information
  network to facilitate communication among and
  between the school community and all community
  stakeholders.

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Engaged Learning

• EL GOAL 1 All students will utilize a diverse
  array of developmentally appropriate
  instructional technologies to develop and improve
  communication skills.
• EL GOAL 2 All students will utilize a diverse
  array of developmentally appropriate
  instructional technologies to develop and improve
  abilities in the content areas (e.g. math,
  science, foreign language).

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Engaged Learning

• EL GOAL 3 All students will learn and practice
  ethical responsible use of technologies.
• EL GOAL 4 The library/media centers will be the
  hub of information access, providing AV, print,
  and electronic resources in order to support
  engaged learning.

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Engaged Learning

• EL GOAL 5 Students use developmentally
  appropriate technology tools (i.e. keyboarding)
  to enhance learning, increase productivity and
  promote creativity.
• EL GOAL 6 Technology will be used to facilitate
  the ongoing and comprehensive assessment of
  district curriculum and individual learner
  outcomes.

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Professional Development

• PD GOAL 1 Require all teachers to implement the
  necessary technology skills to ensure student
  mastery of grade level technology competency as
  stated in the NETS (National Educational
  Technology Standards).
• PD GOAL 2 Require administrative use of
  technology tools to facilitate management and
  support technology integration throughout the
  district.

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Professional Development

• PD GOAL 3 Provide a diverse array of
  professional development and collaborative
  activities to demonstrate the breadth and
  potential of educational technology alternatives
  to support enhanced teaching and learning.
• PD GOAL 4 Recognize innovative technology
  projects and accomplishments of district staff
  and administrators.

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Professional Development

• PD GOAL 5 Support the integration of technology
  by encouraging teachers to include it in their
  professional growth plan.
• PD GOAL 6 Provide professional development and
  collaborative activities for personnel in the
  District Technology Department to remain current
  in knowledge and skills.

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Deployment Sustainability

• DS GOAL 1 Provide sufficient personnel to
  implement and maintain the district technology
  plan.
• DS GOAL 2 Maintain a local area network (LAN)
  interconnecting all offices and classrooms to
  assist in improving communication, sharing data,
  eliminating redundancy, and ensuring security
  confidentiality of information within the
  school/district (this includes firewalls, vpn,
  servers, filters, virus protection, storage,
  backup, redundancy, reliability).

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Deployment Sustainability

• DS GOAL 3 provide equal access to district
  supported computer software to facilitate
  learning, communication and sharing of
  information.
• DS GOAL 4 Provide equal access to instructional
  technology equipment. (Provide networked
  technology in every classroom to ensure
  communication and records management. Establish a
  decreasing student to computer ratio as
  identified by HS, MS and EC-2, 3-5 levels and
  begin addressing obsolescence).

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Deployment Sustainability

• DS GOAL 5 Acquire and maintain a TIF compliant,
  web based, district-wide student information
  management system.

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Obsolescence

• Obsolete beyond upgrading, not cost effective
  to repair, can not run new software, limited
  access to internet
• 18 of Macs and at least 15 of PCs in the
  district are obsolete
• 37 of Macs are borderline
• 57 of Macs do not support USB (probably higher
  percentage of PCs)

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Ongoing Objectives
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Ongoing Objectives
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Ongoing Objectives
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Total Ongoing Budget

• 138,550

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Year 1 2002-2003
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Year 1 2002-2003
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Total Technology Budget for Year 1 2002-2003

• 332,300

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Year 2 2003-2004
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Total Technology Budget for Year 2 2003-2004

• 223,250

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Year 3 2004-2005
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Total Technology Budget for Year 3 2004-2005

• 196,400

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Year 4 2005-2006
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Total Technology Budget for Year 4 2005-2006

• 173,450

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Results from lack of support

• Teachers being pulled away from their teaching
  duties to help with support
• Lengthy downtime and equipment not available for
  use
• Reduced access for teachers and students
• Frustrated teachers are discouraged from using
  the equipment.
• High levels of stress among district technology
  staff and high turnover

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Environmental factors that increase need for
technicians

• Physical size of school district (over 10 sites)
• Computers are generally more than 2 years old or
  not of high quality
• Wide variety of brands, models, and type
• Computer maintenance is not centralized

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Year 1Recommended Staff Increases
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Year 2 Recommended Staff Increases
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Year 3Recommended Staff Increases
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Year 4 Recommended Staff Increases
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Washington
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King and Wiley
35
Leal
36
Prairie and Yankee Ridge
37
Thomas Paine
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Middle School
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High School
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Average downtime

• A survey done by Milken Exchange asked district
  technology directors how long it takes to fix a
  problem when something breaks, the average number
  of hours reported was 5.6 and the average number
  of days was 3.6.

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Platform Standardization

• Significant overall reductions in maintenance and
  support costs
• Increase in peer-to-peer support
• Higher degree of satisfaction
• More consistency
• Fewer network compatibility issues
• Less time needed for troubleshooting and repair
• Leverage existing support staff by utilizing 3
  years parts onsite labor warrantees, online
  ordering of parts, and reimbursement for
  warrantee work by district staff.