Technology Action Plan

Candice McKee

EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership: Technology

Technology ACTION Plan

GOAL: To effectively integrate technology in curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional development to prepare students for the 21^st century.

Action:	Personnel/ Stakeholders:	Role/Responsibilities:	Evaluation:
1. Administration will implement technology resources in all staff professional development during the year.	Principal	The short throw projector using SMART board capabilities will be used to model technology by administration that teachers are asked to use with students in the classroom.	Monitors staff to ensure campus and district technology plans from the District Improvement Plan and the Campus Improvement Plan is implemented on campus.
2. Provide staff development for the utilization of instructional technology (short throw projectors using SMART board capabilites).	Instructional Technologist	Provides technology professional development for district employees for all new hardware and software installed.	Records of district employees at technology training through the use of sign-in sheets and teacher professional development records on the STaR chart.
3. Provide professional development on the the Technology TEKS for all grade levels.	Principal, Instructional Technologist, District Curriculum Department	Coordinates campus technology professional development for all grade levels.  Present professional development that is meaningful that classroom teachers can implement to prepare students for the 21st century.	The campus principal will conduct walkthroughs looking for technology TEKS in the classroom. Administration will also monitor lesson plans and PDAS observations to note technology used in the classroom.
4. Assign time for teachers to plan collaboratively and find new ways to effectively teach and implement technology in the curriculum at all grade levels.	Principal, Campus Teachers	Embed technology TEKS in the classroom learning, create opportunities for the students to use technology in everyday activities.	Surveys of students in regards to use and effectiveness of technology in the classroom.
5. Utilize the computer lab to provide weekly lessons to all grade levels that will teach the state technology TEKS.	Computer Lab Aide	Support the classroom teacher through the use of technology to extend the technology TEKS learned inside the classroom.  Students should be able to apply lessons taught to activities outside the homeroom classroom.	Surveys of students in regards to use and effectiveness of technology outside the classroom.  Yearly progress monitoring and inventory of school hardware and software.
6. Ask staff to meet to analyze data from Aware system, STaR Chart results, AEIS report, and the AYP report to make a technology plan for the following year.	Principal, Campus Improvement Team	Gather and analyze data to conduct yearly meetings with the Campus Improvement Team to base plans on the district technology goals and strategies to complete the campus technology needs assessment.	Survey staff with regards to quality, effectiveness, and usefulness of campus technology; monitor the Campus Improvement Plan and District Improvement Plan from previous year to ensure campus is meeting technology plan goals.

Web Conference - EDLD 5352: Instructional Leadership – Technology

Web Conference

               I participated in the web conference on Jan. 28, 2012 held by Dr. Abernathy.  We were able to discuss different attributes of the class including the most recent week’s activity of using Web 2.0 tools.   I was able to share that I have a Blog site for my masters use, a classroom website using Google sites, and Facebook for social interactions.   All of these things are considered Web 2.0 tools.  I had no idea that these things were Web 2.0.  When I first heard Dr. Abernathy speaking of 2.0 tools, I had no clue what she was talking about or what they were even used for.  Once I found out a little more about them I found that I was already very comfortable with many of the tools, I just didn’t know they had their own category in the technology world or that they were named that.  This class to me was very intimidating just with having “technology” in the name so I was nervous about the course because there seems there is so much to learn in the technology world.  However, the more that I conversed with others through the web conference I found that I was not the only one who did not know what Web 2.0 tools were or that the STaR Chart was actually used for real data collection.  I am glad that I was able to attend the web conference to learn that there are others like me who enjoy learning about technology!

Texas STaR Chart Presentation

Texas STaR Chart PPT

More PowerPoint presentations from Candice

Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020

Teaching and Learning (p. 17-22)

Students today do not fit the “one size fits all” attitude.  Adults were raised with this teaching that students had to conform to learning the same material in the same way.  In the education world today we realize this cannot be the case.  Students come from every different back ground possible and very different families which means that kids learn in all different ways.  The Teaching and Learning section of the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 explains just this.  The section outlines the avenues and different ways teachers must meet the individual needs of all students.  Both the roles of teacher and student must change to meet the needs of 21^st century learners.   This bridge can be closed through the use of technology.   Updating teaching practices with the use of technology can allow learners to have an individual plan for learning and communicate with other children around the world. Learning can be enhanced to prepare our children for the 21^st century.  Numerous recommendations have been made to the Texas Education Agency, State Board for Educator Certification, Regional Education Service Centers, Local Education Agencies, Texas Higher Education, and to parents to help move towards integrating technology into learning.  A few of the recommendations include continued support of the implementation of technology use in the classroom.  Another recommendation is to develop the use of technology to more than just the teacher using it.  Students should also be using computers to learn, communicate, and share with others at the local level and even abroad to expand their horizon.