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Elmwood Elementary’sTechnology Plan
By: Donna Eaton
STANDARD I: LEADERSHIP AND VISION
EDUCATIONAL LEADERS INSPIRE A SHARED VISION FOR COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY
AND FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE CONDUCIVE TO THE REALIZATION OF THAT VISION.
Performance Indicator I.C: Foster and nurture a culture of responsible risk-taking and advocate policies promoting continuous innovation with technology.
Step 1: Form a Technology Committee
Timeline: By the first week of school
Benefits: Committee will be able to brainstorm ideas, collaborate on projects and work towards the common goal of improving technology integration.
Person Responsible: ME
Assessment: Feedback from Teachers and Administrators
Assess staff technology knowledge.
Timeline: End of September
Benefits: Determine needs of staff development.
Person Responsible: ME
Assessment: www.lotilounge.com
Performance indicator II.A. Educational leaders identify, use, evaluate, and promote appropriate technologies to enhance and support instruction and standards-based curriculum leading to high levels of student achievement.
Standard II: Learning and TeachingEducational leaders ensure that
curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.
Collaborate with teachers to ensure technology integration.
Timeline: Meet with teachers at grade level
meetings quarterly.
Benefits: ActiveInspire will be integrated into instruction if teachers are given more support.
Person Responsible: LMS & Teachers
Assessment: Feedback from teachers
Year One-
Teachers will integrate ActiveInspire weekly
Timeline: 2010-2011 School Year
Benefits: With support more teachers will integrate ActiveInspire.
Person Responsible: Technology Committee
Assessment: Administration Feedback
Year Two- Teachers will integrate ActiveInspire
daily
Timeline: 2011-2012 School Year
Benefits: ActiveInspire will be integraated into instruction.
Person Responsible: Technology Committee
Assessment: Do administrators see an increase of implementation?
Standard III: Productivity and Professional Practice
• Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.
• Performance Indicator III.B. Educational leaders employ technology for communication and collaboration among colleagues, staff, parents, students, and the larger community.
Train teachers to use wikis as a more efficient way to collaborate ideas.
• Timeline: October 2010-June 2011
• Benefits: Wiki Demonstration VideoTeachers will share lesson ideas and flipcharts
on Wikis.
• Person Responsible: ME
• Assessment: Staff evaluations of wikis at the end of year one and then again at the end of year two of the school year.
Create after school technology club.
• Timeline: Starting in October
• Benefits: Access to internet Flipcams
• PowerPoint Microsoft Word• Wikis Pixie• MovieMaker PhotoShop
People Responsible: Nicole Pleiss & myself
Assessment: Enrollment
Parent Survey
Timeline: October
Benefits: Determine Computer Needs
Person Responsible: Technology Committee
Assessment: www.surveymonkey.com
Tutorials on School Wiki
• Timeline: October 2010
• Benefits: 24/7 Access to tutorials – Access to staff development flipcharts– Links to websites
• Person Responsible: Technology Committee
• Assessment: Staff Feedback
Standard V: Assessment and Evaluation
Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation
Performance Indicator V. C:Assess staff knowledge, skills, and
performance in using technology and use results to facilitate quality professional development and to inform personal decisions.
Standard V. Assessment & Evaluation
Faculty Meeting Staff Development
Timeline: 15 Minutes Each Meeting
Benefits: New technology briefing
Person Responsible: ME
Assessment: staff feedback
Professional Development Workshops
• Timeline: Quarterly
• Benefits: Technology focus each professional development day.
• Person Responsible: ME
• Assessment: www.surveymonkey.com
References:
Baltimore County Public Schools. (2008). A Framework for Technology Implementation. Baltimore, MD. Retrieved from http://www.bcps.org/offices/oit/TechPlans/files/aframeworkfortechnologyimplementation.pdf
Brooks-Young, S. (2009). Making technology work for you: A guide to the NETS-A for school
administrators with self-assessment activities. (2nd ed.). Eugene, Oregon: International Society for Technology in Education.
Maryland State Department of Education (2010) 2009 Maryland Report Card . Retrieved
from: http://www.mdreportcard.org/StatDisplay.aspx?PV=37:E:03:1405:3:N:6:5:1:1:1:1:1:3 Maryland State Department of Education. (2007). The Maryland Educational Technology
Plan for the New Millennium: anytime, Anywhere Technology to Improve Teaching & Learning. Baltimore, Md. Retrieved from http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/9242FEDD-09F7-4BB0-8F1F-AE6FAE562EA8/13485/TechPlanFinalfromPrinter73007.pdf
Schrum, L. & Levin, B. (2009). Leading 21st century schools: Harnessing technology for
engagement and achievement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.