Oshkosh Area School District

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Oshkosh Area School District

• Information Technology Literacy Plan

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Agenda

• What is the purpose of the plan?
• What was the planning process used?
• How is the plan structured?
• What is needed to make the plan a reality?
• Q A

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What is the purpose of the plan?

• DPI Requirement
• NCLB Requirement
• 21st Century Skills

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OASD Eighth Graders
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Competency Based Pay
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enGauge 21st Century Skills
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OASD Goals

• Goal 1 Students demonstrate proficiency in 21st
  century learning skills.
• Goal 2 Stakeholders share a common vision for
  21st century learning skills, participate in the
  development of exemplary learning opportunities,
  and serve as leaders in using and promoting
  information and technology skills to improve
  student learning.
• Goal 3 District stakeholders widely support 21st
  century learning skills by providing resources
  and services in alignment with educational needs.

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What was the planning process used?
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Part One Needs Assessment

• TechPoint
• enGauge Assessment Process
• Library Media Survey

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enGauge Assessment Process
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enGauge Continuum
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Part Two Stakeholder Involvement in Creating the
Plan

• Analysis of Data Planning Committee
• Research Based Action Planning Large Group
• Creating first draft Planning Committee
• Creating final draft District Leaders
• Shared draft on web site
• Approval by School Board

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How the plan is structured?
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Major initiatives in the Educator Proficiency
Action Plan

• Clearly Communicate Standards
• Provide Models
• Provide Collaborative Professional Development

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Major initiatives in the Effective Teaching and
Learning Action Plan

• Provide model lessons that integrate information
  and technology benchmarks
• Provide sample products to help teachers see and
  better understand what the end product should
  look like
• Develop rubrics and assessment pieces to build in
  accountability

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Major initiatives in the Access to Information
and Technology Resources Action Plan

• Provide standards-based electronic gradebooks,
  benchmark-based lesson plans electronic warehouse
• Increase virtual learning opportunities
• Expand the district web site into an interactive
  portal (push/pull technology)
• Provide network services for stakeholders to
  freely communicate
• Provide safe schools using modern
  telecommunication services

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Major initiatives for Support Systems
Leadership

• Visit Model Sites
• Executive team will review whether existing
  resources for such technology initiatives as
  current hardware/software/staffing is adequate
• Leadership will model the use of technology
• PR Efforts to the Community

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What is needed to make the plan a reality?

• Ongoing Sustainable Training
• Reliable Resources
• A Stable Network with Access to Virtual Learning
  Opportunities
• Increased Accountability
• Adequate Staffing

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Questions?
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Research Cited in This Presentation

• CoSN (2001). A School Administrators Guide To
  Planning for the Total Cost of New Technology.
• Wisconsin DPI (2005, June 2, 2005). Definitions.
  Retrieved February 6, 2007, from
  http//dpi.wi.gov/imt/doc/definitions.doc
• Donovan, J. (2007). Wisconsin becomes 21st
  Century Skills Leadership State. Wisconsin DPI
  Press Release
• US Department of Labor (2006). Secretary's
  Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills What
  Work Requires of Schools.
• NCREL, METERI. (2003). enGauge 21st Century
  Skills Literacy in a Digital Age NCRTEC.
• Reil, M. Information Literacy as a Process
  University of Maine.

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