Technology Plan
Presented by
Diana Mitchell
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Abstract
"Technology is transforming society, and
schools do not have a choice as to whether
they will incorporate technology but rather
how well they use it to enhance learning"
(North Central Regional Educational
Laboratory & Illinois State Board of
Education, 1995). How will school districts
accommodate the growing demand of
integrating technology with education for the
21st century learner?
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Needs Assessment
•
20 member committee
 Dr. Carrol A. Thomas, Superintendent of Schools
Mr. David Harris Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education
Dr. Shirley Bonton, Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education
Terry Ingram Assistant Superintendent for Operations
Jane Kingslely, Cheif Financial Officer
Bettie Nixon, Director of Information Services/Technology
Bonnie Vessel, Instructional Technology Supervisor
Doris Cyrus, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Kelli Morgan, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Margaret Harrell, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Janice Kattawar, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Shelley Welch, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Greg Schumacher, Senior Network and Programming Administrator
Rodney Morgan, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Lamar Stanfield, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Sally Smith, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Maridell Still, Campus Technology Lead Teacher
Ron McCartney, Campus Technology Coordinator
Mary Bowser, Campus Technology Teacher
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Function of the Committee
•Meetings are held monthly
•Agenda is set up by the superintendent
•Technology course offerings
•Teaching and learning needs
•Software needs
•Budgetary planning
•Hardware needs
•Planned obsolescence
•Technology in-service planning
•Network upgrade needs
•And any other matters relating to technology in a
collaborative, data driven decision making process
•District feels that this will ensure that no educator or child
in BISD will be left behind.
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Data Driven Decision Making is governed
by:
• The Four levels of progress collected from the Texas Star
Chart
• Guide lines set forth in the Texas Long Range Plan for
Technology
• No Child Left Behind Act
• National Educational Technology
• Campus Leads and Liaisons meet monthly with district
administrators to ensure that The Technology TEKS and
professional development standards are being met.
• Benchmarks are placed in every PreK-5 student cumulative
folder and teachers check for master of the TEKS before
student promotion to the next grade level each year.
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Goals and Objectives
Goal1: Incorporate technology as an integral part
of education.
Objective 1: Students will demonstrate the knowledge needed
to direct their continued pursuit of knowledge in digital
world of information.
• The district will over a period of three years will:
• Budget funding for teaching and learning for the 2008• Continue to provide student access to electronic
information in classrooms, labs, libraries and other
appropriate areas
• Ensure accessibility by all students to technology-based
instruction
• Provide instructional leaders that will facilitate campus
use and integration of technology into the curriculum
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• Have Instructional leaders incorporate the use and integration
of technology into the campus plan along with providing
funding for campus use and tech integration at the campus level
• Provide staff with technology rich curriculum in the core
content areas
• Provide staff development in the use of technology-rich
curriculum
• Re-evaluate and modify technology-rich curriculum as needed
• Establish distance learning labs in all schools to allow high
school students to receive college credit and peer interaction
with other students in different geographical areas.
• Have campus administrators monitor and assess classroom
application of technology-rich curriculum.
• Update and provide access for online curriculum in a timely
manner
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Students will over a three year period:
• Use technology in inquiry standards based lessons
that require higher level thinking skills
• Acquire information literacy skills as designated in
the individualized Campus STaR charts
• Master competencies in Technology Applications
TEKS and BISD K-t Technology Benchmarks that
are appropriate for their grade levels.
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Goal 2: The district will provide staff development for all in the
use of appropriate emerging technologies and their integration
as a natural part of education.
• Over a period of three years the district will:
 Align district technology staff development with the newly
developed state teacher STaR Chart.
 Develop a district wide staff development calendar with
courses listed by competency levels as determined by selfassessment
 Allocate sufficient funding and time for staff development
 Allocate sufficient funding and time for technology leads to
attend annual state TCEA conference
 Provide ongoing sustained professional development for
teachers, principals, administrators and school library
media personnel to further the effective use of technology
in the classroom or library media center.
 Develop and implement workshops based on SBEC teacher
standards and STaR Chart proficiency levels that will be
delivered in various formats.
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 Provide a technology-proficient, certified teacher to serve as
full-time instructional technologists on each campus as a
natural part of staffing.
 Continue with K-12 technology integration training by trainthe-trainer model, summer institutes, mini-sessions,
independent study
 Monitor the effective integration of technology into the
curriculum
 Allocate sufficient funding and time for staff development
 Continue with the implementation of the educator
proficiency levels, which would include a required number of
workshop hours to move towards the highest level of
proficiency
 On-line staff development registration and records portfolio
 Incentives to complete proficiencies, teachers may become
eligible for software/hardware
 Continue to use technologies, software and on-line services
for data analysis of student performance and accountability
(web based Item Analysis program)
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Goal 3: The district will include technology-based information
systems when making district or campus instructional and
management decisions.
• Objective3: In the next three years the district will
 provide and support appropriate software and the ethical use of
resources.
 Provide standard productivity software packages for each
computer purchased, which would include Microsoft Windows,
Microsoft Office, Inspiration or Kidspiration.
 Replace windows operating systems to appropriate versions in
order to support most current technologies as needed.
 Add new computers to replace any obsolete models
 Provide and support standardized hardware and software for
IEPS, gradebooks, and evaluation of test data, including Special
Education needs.
 Provide technology leadership academies for administrators and
technology leads that develop appropriate skills to apply district
technology goals to campus plans and instruction, promote and
support technology-rich curriculum; implement appropriate staff
development planning and budgeting through district technology
training days and campus technology training.
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Develop district-wide standards and
policies for hardware and software
Increase Internet bandwidth to support
emerging technologies
Increase community access to technology
resources through Family Technology
Nights and extended hours for computer
labs
Establish a yearly Technology Fair and
incorporate technology training in the
annual Educational Summit
Promote district website to district patrons
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 Provide increased opportunities for adult literacy
advancement and GED attainment through GED
On-line and district IPTV networking.
 Explore collaborative efforts with the City of
Beaumont, Lamar University, Region V ESC
officials to develop shared technology resources
 Train all administrators, teachers and para
professionals in the district on the new TEAMS
software designed to handle student, human
resources and payroll applications.
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Goal 4: The district will establish the human and technical
infrastructure to encourage communication and to improve
access to data and educational resources
Objective: The district will secure adequate funding for
maintaining state of the art technology resources, including
IPTV, broadcast servers, wireless access and expanded
utilization of distance learning
In the next three years the district will:
 Continue leasing computers with a four year refresh as well as
software licensing agreements in alignment with the state
student/computer ratio requirements.
 Equipment for the network, infrastructure, and printers will be
replaced as necessary.
 Planning will be made for obsolescence of all non-leased equipment
 Continue to make E-Rate applications for technology funding
 Utilize grant writing teams to obtain external funds for technology
purchases
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Will have each campus allocate a percentage of their local
budget to technology needs, including professional
development
Maintain and support a local and wide area network for
voice, video, and data, increasing speed and bandwidth to
meet increased needs
Maintain network access for all students, teachers and
administrative personnel
Coordinate hardware and software purchases with
curricula and or administrative needs and certify that the
purchases met current infrastructure capability and
established standards.
Evaluate emerging technologies
Implement a wireless infrastructure at all appropriate
facilities
Implement the use of an IP telephone system for sue by all
district personnel
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 Evaluate and consider implementation of an IP television
network for communication and staff development
 Consolidate data file servers into a central location using
SAN technologies
 Hire Microintegration configure the voice mail
 Implement the use of an IP telephone system for use by all
district personnel by upgrading the Call Mangers
 Provide a full time certified instructional technology
specialist for each campus
 Provide five specialized full-time technicians (with
implementation of a leased hardware infrastructure)
 Provide two full-time technology trainers
 Provide two full-time support-desk personnel
 Investigate and initiate wireless connectivity to “difficultto-wire” locations
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 Evaluate and implement appropriate policies (acceptable
use), security software, and hardware
 The district will evaluate electrical and surge protection
adequacies in all facilities, set standards and make
adjustments as required.
 Cameras will be installed at all locations in the district
 Investigate RFID technologies for purposes of asset control
and personal and student tracking