Designing a Site-Based Technology plan for your school

From ACSD - VSTE

Sharon McGloneITRT

Norfolk Public SchoolsAugust 8, 2008

We will discuss:

• Why do we need technology in our schools

• What is a Technology Advisory Committee

• How to use Data to make decisions

• How to Build Initiatives

• Using a Technology Integration Matrix

• How ACSD & VSTE can be valuable resources

Technology Advisory Committee

•All grade levels

•All academic departments

•Develop a planning timeline

•Spell out clear accomplishments

Role of Technology Advisory Committee

Technology planning aligns with school and division goals Promote initiatives,

communicate expectations, and evaluate plan effectiveness

Make recommendations to the principals to the principal

Assess professional development needs Serve as peer

coaches

Using Data to make decisions

Hard Data Soft Data

Essential Conditions for Technology Integration

• Shared Vision• Skilled Personnel• Professional

Development Access• Technical Assistance

• Student Centered Teaching

• Equipment Access• Internal Digital Equity• Community Support• Support Policies

Rate your school’s level of progress

Most urgent, needs attention, need to fix

2nd most urgent and need to fix

Good job, celebrate/analyze how well we’ve done with this

Building Initiatives

• What initiative do I care about?

• What initiatives do we have the tools for?

• What teachers will be the most open for receiving support?

• What initiative can I collect evidence of improvement?

Action PlanWhat Initiative will we Support?

What Tools will We Use?

Who Will We Work With? How Will We Measure Success?

How do we keep

the

PRINCIPAL

informed?

Adapted from Dan Cherry, ASCD Technology Integration Action Plan

Valuable ResourcesAssociation for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Virginia Society for Technology in Education

International Society for Technology in Education

Workshop CreditsTechnology Integration MatrixThe Technology Integration Matrix

Produced by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology,College of Education, University of South Florida © 2007. Funded by a grant from the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Instruction and Innovation http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/index.html

Rogers model for the adoption and diffusion of innovationsInnovation Adoption Curvehttp://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_rogers_innovation_adoption_curve.htmlTechnology Advisory Committeehttp://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Technology/OET/edtech_guidelines.pdfEssential Conditions for Technology IntegrationAdapted from ISE- International Society for Technology in Education. Presented by Chris O’Neal at

VSTE Mini Conference, July 25, 2008http://www.iste.org/AM/PrinterTemplate.cfm?Section=Conditions2&Template=/CM/

HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19653&FuseFlag=1Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/Virginia Society for Technology in Educationhttp://vste.org/se3bin/cliente.cgi?siteid=1000302