Planning into Practice

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Planning into Practice

• Michigan Technology Planning Workshops
• The Work of Technology Planning

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Linkages
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Whats a vision?

• Vision establishes the purpose of the plan, and
  more importantly, the purpose behind bringing
  technology into your institution.
• Guides the planning process
• Firmly and concisely establishes your common
  values
• Clarifies the task and establishes a common
  vocabulary
• Sample visions? pg 39

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• You need to clarify your basic point -- or your
  vision -- among your committee.
• This is one of the primary reasons for involving
  stakeholders in your planning process
• The vision has to be graphic and unique and based
  upon knowledge of the types of rich learning
  experiences weve just discussed

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A Day in the Life -- Visioning Activity

• Think of a student you know personally.
• Imagine a typical day -- from early morning until
  the end of the day -- for this student today.
  Chart the students activities, and especially
  the ways that s/he interacts with learning
  technologies.
• Then, imagine that same students day five years
  from now after the ideal implementation of the
  tech plan you are creating. What does this day
  look like?
• When generalized, this is your vision.
• The actual vignette of the students day may be a
  useful illustration for your plan document

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• Core Values worksheet (pg 37)
• Combination?
• Sharing and testing your vision
• When it comes to actual word-smithing, use a
  projector
• This is also a good place for using stakeholders
  to gather opinions around the district

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Professional Development Planning

• How will teachers master technology skills to
  support teaching and learning?
• Professional development planning is as complex
  as strategic technology planning
• Goals
• Current status
• Timeframe
• Assessment

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Considering Models

• There is no one-size that fits all
• Different needs require different models/methods
• We understand this when considering student
  learning, so why not for teacher learning?
• Lack of variance in professional development
  models is the 1 complaint we hear from teachers

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Mixing and Matching

• Consider the ACOT framework on pg 56
• In 5 groups, consider the strategies on pg 127
  (one group per strategy theme)
• Develop and discuss a specific professional
  development activity/model that fits within your
  groups theme
• Report out on the model and identify which ACOT
  stage this model best suitsand why.

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Review and Reflection
(pg 124)
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The Review Loop

• Planning is an on-going process...but what do you
  do after the plan is written?
• Reflect, Review, Revise!
• Formative evaluation is part of the planning
  process
• Its hopefully more than just the last chapter
  of your plan

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Evaluation

• Must be tied to indicators of success written for
  your plans goals
• Not just a checklist of completed activities
• Qualitatively, are you achieving your goals?
• What adjustments to can be made to your plan --
  particularly the action plan -- to realize
  greater success?

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A Basic Process

• Evaluation Questions
• Must be tied to original planning goals
• Performance Rubrics
• Allow for authentic, qualitative, and holistic
  evaluation
• Data Collection
• Tied to indicators in the rubrics
• Scoring and Reporting

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Current Status

• Using data to drive planning and decision-making
• Multiple approaches (http//www.sun-associates.com
  /eval/sample.html or pg 198)
• Surveys
• Focus group interviews
• Observations
• Analysis leads to recommendations which can drive
  actions

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Using Data

• Traditionally, we collect current status data as
  a kick off to tech planning work and as the
  initial baseline for evaluation projects
• The data is presented as a full report to the
  planning committee

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What Happens Next?

• Data, contrasted against your vision leads to
  goals
• Goals are articulated into action plans
• Action plans give rise to timeframes and budgets

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• Infrastructure plan describes how technology will
  support your goals
• Infrastructure is driven by need
• First define need, and then describe how
  infrastructure will support
• Thus, infrastructure goals per se are not
  necessary
• Evaluation links back to your goals
• Are we doing what we said wed do?

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