State Technology Initiative

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State Technology Initiative

• Instructional Technology Grants

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Overview

• 4 Million for ASD
• Split between infrastructure, equipment and
  professional development
• Focus is on instructional technology and student
  access to technology
• One-time fund
• High levels of scrutiny by USOE and legislature.
• 2 year timeline for implementation

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Who Can Apply?

• Individual teachers
• Small groups of teachers
• Grade-level teams
• Departmental teams
• Whole-school applications will not be accepted

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What Are We Looking For?

• Highly committed teachers
• Student engagement
• Creativity
• Thinking differently
• Student Achievement

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What We Are Not Looking For

• Kids doing electronic worksheets instead of paper
  worksheets
• Teacher as lecturer, students as passive learners

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What Can You Apply For?

• 3 types of grants
• Teacher instructional equipment
• eMints classroom
• Content specific applications, technologies,
  software.

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Teacher Instructional Equipment

• Improve/enhance classroom instruction
• Teaching focus
• Projectors, speakers, classroom amplification,
  software, interactive white board, etc.

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eMints Classroom

• 12 student laptop model
• Interactive use of technology by students
• Prescribed list of equipment Smart boards,
  printers, laptops, projectors, audio
  amplification, digital cameras, web cams, software

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Content Specific Applications

• Technology and/or software specific to a content
  area or task.
• Could include technology to support math,
  science, social studies, literacy, etc. Software
  such as Waterford, PLATO, Read 180, etc.

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Evaluation

• This is a highly scrutinized program by both USOE
  and the legislature.
• We expect each teacher to work with Educational
  Services in collecting certain data, which could
  include attendance and tardy information, student
  and teacher surveys, student achievement data,
  etc.
• Teachers will not have to do all of this on their
  own. ASD will support teachers in the collection
  of this data.

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Professional Development

• All teachers who are awarded grants are expected
  to participate in ASD sponsored professional
  development.

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Teacher Instructional Equipment

• Teachers who access this type of grant should
  expect to attend 4-6 professional development
  sessions focused on the use of the equipment and
  effective classroom strategies.

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eMints

• Teachers who go with the eMints model should
  expect intensive PD focused on student learning
  and engagement.
• Two-year commitment 100 hours the first year,
  75 hours the second
• Teachers will be paid at the teacher hourly rate
  for time spent in PD activities.

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Content Specific Applications

• Teachers will work with the district Technology
  Department in facilitating training on the use of
  the selected equipment/software.

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Dos and Donts
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Writing the Grant

• Timelines
• eMints Grants due Oct. 15
• Other Grants due Oct. 29

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Equipment List

• Any Category 1 and 2 grant application must
  choose equipment off of the published equipment
  list.

• Category 3 grants will select and purchase
  equipment and software in cooperation with the
  Technology and Purchasing Departments.

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Website Info

• http//www.alpine.k12.ut.us/phpApps/genericPage.ph
  p?pdid921