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Definitions
(Effective Schools Correlates) |
Home/School Relations to promote student
learning |
Clear and focused targets of learning |
Time on important and authentic tasks |
Frequent monitoring of student learning |
Opportunity to learn challenging material |
Instructional leadership that promotes high
levels of student learning |
Data driven and involved planning focused on
student achievement. |
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Perspectives: What questions,
worries, concerns or hopes do you have for this process and plan?
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Flexibility: will this be
flexible enough for growth and expansion of our TV station at Wright?
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How do we engage the
community in accessing technology in our schools? |
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How can we have this plan
improve academic scores?
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Funding on a continual basis
3
Getting all teachers to
realize that they are responsible for providing instruction using
technology (
it isn’t optional). |
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Concerned that
there will be more emphasis on technology and less on library media
processing
2
Technology often is viewed as
separate and not an integrated tool for learning.
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Disconnection from ongoing
content/teaching in the classroom... more of a “special event” and march
down to the “lab”.
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Technology will be used for
instruction
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Explore and encourage innovative
ways to use technology.
6
Student achievement is
everything in this district. How do we make sure that student achievement
is ever in the forefront when looking at technology?
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To have learning centers in
each classroom with internet access capability
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Worry: music will be
overlooked and not considered important in the tech plan
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Time is needed for
integration of tech in music
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Money available for hardware
& software |
1 Hope that this process will
be reflected upon and improved as needed as we move on through the plan
2
How will we assess if
technology is improving academic achievement
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Time to assess and room to
store information. (electronic portfolios)
4
Assessing on line confounds
technology skills with the other skills we are attempting to assess
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Equitable and systematic distribution of
funds to implement the technology plan to all the buildings
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Insuring that every school
has what it needs to have all students meet the requirement of the
technology and academic standards.
3 Where will the funds for all
this come from?
4 The BMHS library is the most used
lab in the school yet the least useful equipment.
5 Equity among the school
levels so that no kids are deficient in skills as the reach the middle
school and then the high school.
6 How important (and when) is
it to keep up with the latest technology |
1 The continued need for
updating the technology and the skills of the users...
It changes faster than school structures do.
2 This plan MUST be easily
implemented and understood by SDB employees
3 Hope there is good training
for administrators to understand and implement technology for learning.
4 Worry that it won’t be
embraced and modeled by administrators
5 Staff understanding the
purpose of technology
6 All staff use technology in
the classroom and in the administrative part of the job.
7 Training media specialists to
take a more active role in technology integration.
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1 Money available for
improvements in each school
2 Keeping the computer system
up, operating smoothly, continuously available
3 Hardware adequate to support
traffic
4 Enough support personnel,
enough money
5 Understanding how a site tech
plan integrates with the district tech plan.
6 Scheduling of media
specialists which allow lab time/computer usage during their release time
for tech integration.
7 Implement tracking software to
help technicians perform duties more efficiently & create inventory
database |
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Vision:
What would we see in a school if everyone
were learning through technology
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1 There is a high level of
communication (via email) to colleagues, administrators, students and
parents, including: children’s schedules, homework….
2 The high school is a
community center for information access 24/7
3 It’s evening and the lab is
filled with community members
4 Citizens of Beloit, (students,
teachers, administrators, other) are on a Continuous Learning Calendar
because they have access to technological resources and can stay in touch
5 All teachers/administrators
are maintaining their ties to the ongoing education process by having
lifetime access to the SDB website and email
6 Parents are involved in
child's academic career
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1 All staff understand and use
a variety of technological tools as part of daily practice
2 All students use a variety of
technology as a part of learning activities
3 Students in music use the
knowledge they have gained from class to compose their own piece on the
computer where they can hear it and print their own musical score (meeting
standards and assessments in music)
4 Media and technology access
is evident in all classrooms
5 Students are engaged in
learning with/without the use of technology
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1 Students understand the
ethical use of technological resources
2 Students use higher level
thinking through use of technology (problem solving, community
service/involvement)
3 This plan is a tech AND
media plan and calls on the expertise of trained librarians as well as
tech specialists
4 Students are actively engaged
in learning, using computers as a means of gathering information,
processing information, sharing/presenting and communicating with others.
5 Students are using thinking
skills to weed fact from opinion when accessing information on the web.
6 The high school library is
the hub of technological activity with easy access from all classrooms in
the district
7 Some classrooms are
completely paperless
8 Students engaged in
tech-based activities that truly promote higher order thinking on a daily
basis.
9 Students view the internet as
a class through use of a project on websites
10 The Wright Place TV station
is broadcast daily in house and weekly in the community.
11 All teachers are able to
maneuver with confidence on the Internet.
12 All teachers are facilitating
use of technology in the classroom
13 All students know how and are
using technology in the classroom.
14 Teachers use technology in
the delivery of instruction
15 The LMS is involved in
classroom instruction through the integration of information literacy
standards
16 All teachers know how to
access program and email
17 The LMS and the technology
specialists work together with classroom teachers to incorporate
information literacy as the tools which will allow this to happen |
1 Students are teachers as well
as learners and teachers are learners as well as facilitators
2 Quicker return of assessment
results so planning and lessons can be modified and be made more valid
3 Building curriculum is data
driven, staff analyzes scores in Excel and modify teaching strategies |
1 Students have access to data
and files storage systems at all times including after school
2 Students have access to all
technology resources on something they carry around with them.
3 All classrooms have computers
as a start.
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1 Teachers use technology as an
alternative way to teach a unit, skills, concepts rather than textbooks
and discussion.
2 There is ample time for
teachers to plan together and learn technology integration ideas through
each other.
3 Staff are clearly comfortable
and efficient in using technology with students
4 Technology is viewed as a
means to an end
5 Teachers are able to explain
conceptually the role that technology plays in improving achievement and
thinking skills. |
1 School district technology
program is known as a model for all districts in the state
2 Each building has fiber
access, this will encourage the use of technology with quick access
3 State of the are equipment is
in every classroom
4 All staff announcements are
sent via email |
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Evidence:
What would be the evidence that these are
helping students learn?
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1 Records indicate that
opportunities are provided for adults to access district technology
2 Records indicate that
citizens and students are using the district’s system for access.
3 Email records indicate that
this communication tool is used within and between school and in the
community. |
1 Use of
technology, such as Hackett Happenings (broadcast on cable access and
closed circuit TV) is supported and thriving |
1 Students implement technology
to access higher order thinking skills which would round out the academia
2 Updated software is in each
curriculum discipline with appropriate staff development and training.
3 Projectors are easily
available for instructors to use to project lessons for all to see using
computers.
4 Proficiency in use of
technology and the rational for its use is measured |
1 Students and teachers provide
research on active learning
2 enGauge survey is used to
monitor integration of technology.
3 Demonstration of information
literacy skills meeting the standards.
4 Student and teacher
electronic portfolios.
5 Data that reflects student
learning improvement
6 Test scores improve
7 Data on students solving real world
problems |
1 All teachers and all students
have personal computers in hand, wireless, all levels, all the time and
know how to use them to access all information, anywhere in the district,
any time even from home.
2 A scope and sequence plan is
in place for all levels
3 There are equitable materials
and opportunities
4 An integrated site plan in
each building that includes technology and how it is equitably funded.
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1 Business community is o the
planning team
2 Media time is a learning
period for teachers as well as students “not staff prep time”
3 Integrated district level
technology staff development on a monthly basis |
1 Survey that indicates
satisfaction of hardware and service
2 Actual development and use of
website to communicate on a regular basis
3 Paperless communication
4 Actual hardware is in place. |
