| Shepherd HS Technology Integration Plan |
| PART #1: Identify key personnel responsible for integrating technology and instructional and organizational leadership. |
Superintendent – Provides instructional leadership for the district and makes recommendations for needed improvements to the school board.
District Technology Coordinator – Assesses and supervises the technology needs of the district.
District Technology Assistant Coordinator – Assists district technology coordinator with the technology needs of the district.
Instructional Technology Coordinator – Provides assistance to teachers to effectively implement technology into curriculum and instruction. Research new strategies and tools to keep technology updated and current.
Principal – Models the opportunities that technology brings to education, includes technology as an integral part of professional development activities, and is responsible for leadership roles. Administrators are expected to embrace technology in daily tasks and use quality data systems to drive decision-making.
Campus Technology Assistant Coordinator – Addresses daily technology issues on campus and reports concerns to the district technology coordinator.
Teacher Leaders – Assist less developed staff members in the acquisition of technology knowledge and skills.
| Shepherd HS Technology Integration Plan |
| PART #2: Increase the integration of technology into curriculum and instruction, improve student achievement through the implementation of the Technology TEKS, and increase educator preparation and development through the use of professional trainings. |
Professional Development Activity #1: Assess data from AEIS, AYP, and STaR Chart.
Needs Assessed from Week 3 Report: Teachers do not completely understand the purpose of the STaR Chart or the Technology TEKS.
Purpose: Educate staff members on the purpose and connections of these three reports to the Texas Long Range Technology Plan. Inform and update staff members on the status of the campus, including strengths and weaknesses. Assess the use of technology in the classroom. Address the Technology TEKS in order to inform teachers of their role in providing technology rich based instruction.
Person(s) Responsible: Principal, District Technology Coordinator
Professional Development Activity #2: Smartboard trainings.
Needs Assessed from Week 3 Report: Teachers have smartboards that are going unused or under-used from lack of training.
Purpose: Provide content-based training for all core teachers on this interactive classroom tool. Training will include strategies for teachers to incorporate successful integration into curriculum and instruction. Student use and participation will also be addressed.
Person(s) Responsible: Instructional Technology Coordinator, Teacher Leaders
Professional Development Activity #3: Update trainings on Atomic Learning and Study Island.
Needs Assessed from Week 3 Report: Initial training provided but so far little or no integration into curriculum has been made.
Purpose: Provide follow up sessions on tools such as Atomic Learning and Study Island. Teachers have been given a brief presentation on these tools, so this training will provide a more in-depth training on the use and integration into classroom instruction.
Person(s) Responsible: Instructional Technology Coordinator, Teacher Leaders
Professional Development Activity #4: Integration of Web 2.0 Tools.
Needs Assessed from Week 3 Report: Few teachers understand the instructional benefit behind these tools.
Purpose: Teachers learn safe methods for integrating Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, social networks, smartphones) into curriculum and instruction to enhance learning. Teachers will be required to establish a classroom blog for enhanced communication with students and parents.
Person(s) Responsible: District Technology Coordinator, Instructional Technology Coordinator
Professional Development Activity #5: Increase staff members’ technology use.
Needs Assessed from Week 3 Report: Teachers are not utilizing professional opportunities to advance technology skills.
Purpose: To increase knowledge and skills of technology as a tool for professional development. Teachers will be taught how to develop and maintain web pages containing classroom information for parents and students. Teachers will be required to obtain staff development from online classes to encourage 24/7 learning. Teachers will also utilize Project Share as a method for professional networking and collaboration.
Person(s) Responsible: Principal, Instructional Technology Coordinator
Professional Development Activity #6: Educate staff members on the importance of cyber ethics and presence of on-line predators and bullies.
Needs Assessed from Week 3 Report: Teachers are misinformed or unaware of appropriate cyber ethics and have little or no experience dealing with on-line predators or bullies.
Purpose: Teachers must be educated in the area of cyber ethics before allowing students access to on-line resources. Educators must exhibit ethical use of technology in the classroom and ensure that students are following district acceptable use policies. Topics such as software sharing and appropriate social network behavior will be addressed. Teachers must also constantly be aware of the dangers that go with using the Internet, such as cyberbullying and on-line predators.
Person(s) Responsible: Superintendent, Principal, District Technology Coordinator
| Shepherd HS Technology Integration Plan |
| PART #3: Provide assessments and/or monitoring reports to measure professional development strategies and goals of the technology integration plan. |
Evaluation Tool #1: Technology team – Create a site-based technology team that can monitor, support, and evaluate the integration of technology into curriculum and instruction. This team will also research new tools and methods for improvements to technology in the area of teaching and learning and educator preparation and development.
Evaluation Tool #2: AEIS, AYP, and STaR Chart Analysis – Compare current reports to the previous year to see improvements and/or deficiencies that need to be re-addressed.
Evaluation Tool #3: PDAS Appraisals – Principals will evaluate technology use during formal appraisals to determine the success of professional development efforts.
Evaluation Tool #4: Student surveys – Survey students to determine if the use of technology has improved and to learn what tools still need to be considered for educational use.
Evaluation Tool #5: On-going Assessments – Principals perform informal walk-throughs to evaluate the use of technology. Web pages and classroom blogs are periodically monitored to ensure the presence of proper maintenance.
Evaluation Tool #6: District Use Policy – Evaluate and update district acceptable use policies to include web publishing policies and clearly identify activities that will not be allowed. The district technology coordinator will monitor on-line activities to ensure the new policy 3/16/11 Web Conference Reflection
The on-line web conference was a truly unique experience. I think this is a good tool in theory, however the conference I attended left me with more questions than answers. There were too many people in attendance and therefore questions were asked and left unanswered since many conversations were going on at the same time. Topics that were discussed included: clarification on week 4 assignment, ILD training, internship hours, professional portfolio logs, LCE test, and the final course EDLD 5398. Although the conference coordinator could not answer many of the questions, she did offer to look into these issues and get back to us. I have found the students in this program to be a great resource, many of them being eager to help and offer their knowledge and suggestions. For this reason, I valued the opportunity to be able to collaborate with them during the web conference.
