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Technology Plans

Upgrades &

Needs Assessment

Information& Resources

Technology Potpourri

Same names

Technology Planning Guide for Minnesota School

Districts, Charter Schools, Nonpublic Library, and

Public Libraries

What are the requirements for plans as found in:

http://education.state.mn.us/mdeprod/groups/Library/documents/Report/003528.pdf

?

E – Rate Communication DiscountsNCLB Title II Part D

Microsoft Cy Pres ProgramLibrary Services & Technology Act

State Funded Regional Library Telecommunications Aid

What are the possible sources of available discounts or funding after a district completes a 4 year Technology Plan and submits it to the Minnesota Department of Education?

• Planning & Needs Assessment• Vision, Goals, Objectives, & Strategies •Policies & Procedure•Technology Infrastructure, Management, & Support•Role of the Media Center•Staff Development & Training•Budget for Technology•Implementation Plan•Evaluation Plan

What are the nine required criteria in a Technology Plan?

http://www.nsba.org/site/page_micro.asp?TrackID=&CID=82&DID=214

What is the URL for the website of the

National School Board Association to assist

with Technology Planning Guidance &

other resources for administrators ?

What are:1) Some people’s view of

the internet2) How some view the

role of technology in school3) A great reason to

chart the course of your district’s technology plan by using the required 9 criteria

Two to 10 years

What is the estimated range of replacement schedules for various

districts across the state as reported by

MDE personnel?

http://classroomtco.cosn.org/gartner_intro.html

What is the URL for information related to the Total Cost of Ownership and Case Studies to assist districts with costs and Needs Assessments?

www.schooltechleadership.org/ptla/

What is the CASTLE URL link that provides

a Principals Technology Leadership

Assessment?

Identified as a “last resort”

What are donated or outdated technology equipment as opposed to new resources by a review of Technology Plans and interviews from Technology Specialists

Ask them

How do you determine the technology needs of

staff and students?

To ensure that all Minnesota children in grades K-12 and children from historically under served populations have access to the computer technology

What is the partial Mission Statement of

the Minnesota Computers for Schools organizations as found

at:http://www.mncfs.org

?

“Your low down on education’s most

important high tech meetings”

What is www.eschoolnews.org

?

Mary.Mehsikomer@state.mn.

us

Who is the person I email at the Minnesota

Department of Education with

questions regarding Technology Plans?

Educational Leaders

What is the driving force behind sound

technology implementation and

vision within a district?

How a leader determines technology

needs

What is Look, Listen, & Learn?

Information to make us think and consider our technology goals

What is Did Your Know as found on Scott McCloud’s

website Dangerously Irrelevantdidyouknow.wmv

?

Digital Immigrants versus Digital Natives

What are students versus educators as

describes in the article by Marc Prensky

www.marcprensky.com/writing/default.asp

?

Digital or Technological Divide

What is the gap between the have and have not's in Technology accessibility, education, and materials ?

Sometime I wonder “What Works?”

What is

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/

?

A remarkable memory

What is how old were you and where were you when you first used a computer?

Abbreviation of a form of communication or

an organization servicing school media

and information technology

professionals

What is MEMOwww.memoweb.org

?

Ancient Philosopher or South Central

Regional Area Communications

System

What is SOCRATES?http://

www.projectsocrates.org

The area around me I cherish or how I know

about others

What is My Space?

An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by

weaving

What is the web of a spider or the World

Wide Web?

A passageway or the founder of Microsoft

What /Who is (Bill) Gates?