Planning for instructional technology: One districts process

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Planning for instructional technologyOne
districts process
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Who serves on the committee? Technology Planning
and Implementation Committee
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What topics do they address? Timeframe?
Technology Planning and Implementation
Committee October 2001 - February 2002

• The committee will address the following areas
• Technology integration - classroom
• Teacher and Department requests
• Criteria for implementation
• Staff Development
• Staffing
• Computer labs
• Library Automation System
• Implementation Timeline Budget

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After the plan is written
Reviewed by

• Staff
• Administrators
• Building and District
• Board Committees
• Curriculum Instruction
• Technology
• Human Resources
• Board of Education

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SDWTechnology Strands for Effective
Implementation
Integration in Teaching and Learning
Staff Development Training

• Infrastructure
• Technologies
• Information System
• Communication System
• Admin System

• Support
• Technical
• Instructional

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Integration in Teaching and Learning

• Integrating standards benchmarks across the
  curriculum. Include Information Technology
  Literacy Standards Benchmarks
• Providing technology closest to the source of
  teaching and learning.
• Provide technology for all students.
• Differentiate instruction.

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Integration in Teaching and Learning

• Information Resources.
• Keyboarding - Alpha Smarts 4th Grade.
• Add Learning Options
• Distance Learning
• Integrated Learning System
• Online curriculum.
• Specialized technology.
• Analyze student data.

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Curriculum-Based Technology Request
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Elementary Schools
Computer Lab vs Mobile Wireless Laptop
Lab
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Putting on the roof

• Computer Labs
• Elementary
• Middle School
• High School
• Elementary File Servers
• Network Cabling
• Library Automation System
• Staffing
• Staff Development

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Staff Development Training

• Technology standards for teachers.
• Technology standards for administrators.
• Self-assessment and planning.
• Instructional Technology.Resource Teachers
• Develop district plan.

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Support - Technical Instructional

• Instructional Support
• District - Instructional Technology Resource
  Teacher. Elementary - Middle - High School
• Outsource - Practitioner, consultant, vendor.

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Support - Technical Instructional

• Technical Support
• District technology Support Specialist
• Network and Service Support
• CIMS and AS/400 Support
• Outsource - Offsite support, on-site specialist,
  consultant

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Infrastructure - Technologies

• Define standards for technology acquisition
  annually.
• Pilot new technologies.
• Develop annual technology acquisition plan.
• Provide process to acquire specialized
  technologies.

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Infrastructure - Information System

• Library automation system.
• Internet system.
• Online information - BadgerNet, World Book
  Encyclopedia.
• E-Books.

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Infrastructure - Communication System

• Telephone system.
• Voice mail.
• E-Mail.
• District and School websites.
• Wireless - Cell phones, PDAs (Palm).
• Networking - Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area
  Network (WAN), Wireless Networking, Bandwidth
• Cable television - Channel 13.

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Technology Strands for Effective Implementation
Infrastructure - Administrative System

• CIMS(Comprehensive admin software package on
  AS/400) Human Resources, Financial, Student
  Information, Scheduling, Grading, Attendance,
  Special Education, Transportation, Census..
• Web-based parent information system (grades,
  attendance, homework, discipline, activities,
  credits) - ParentConnect..
• Online attendance and gradebook - InteGrade Pro.
• Data driven decision making.
• Admin/Clerical hardware and software.

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What is your vision? How will technology
transform teaching and learning? Activity
Writing your elevator speech.