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Technology Evaluation for Mountain Elementary School

School Demographics: The school is older and has not been remodeled. Taft is considered a Title
1 school, which is pretty much a low-income school. 25% are ELL students and 83% are on free/reduced lunches, which is an equivalent to all students receiving free lunch. Most of the students come from single parent households. The location of the school is in a really strange place, it is right up against two busy streets, which I feel creates a safety issues.

Administrative Filter
Policy

Results
Integrated

Summary
There is appropriate technology use that is mostly implemented by the principals protocol There is great planning but the lack of resources tends to limit the implementation of technology use. It appears that the elementary school has little funding for technology. The school district is slowly moving towards a technology-based curriculum but is behind The staff uses a little technology in his or her practice but it is a very paper oriented.

Planning

Islands

Budget

Emergent

Information

Emergent

Curricular Filter
Electronic Information

Results
Integrated

Summary
Mostly, you see the staff using email and the smart board for teaching. The 5th and 6th graders have a lab class and get a good introductory to creating videos Some of the assessments are online but for the most part, it is a pencil and paper school For the older students, the teacher is trying to implement lab time for learning as a part of the students curriculum.

Assessment

Islands

Curriculum Integration

Islands

Teacher Use

Islands

Student Use

Emergent

Teacher use is based off of daily communication through email. The smart board is main resource for teaching in the classroom. Unfortunately, the students do not received consistent and regular use with technology. The lack of funding and resources does not leave the school very technology savvy.

Supportive Filter
Stakeholder Involvement

Results
Islands

Summary
Mountain Elementary School is a part of the cities school funding. There is not a particular group of stakeholders. The principal is very innovative with procedures and has the best interest of the students education. There is not much training unless teachers take it upon themselves. However, the librarian is the main support for technology and allocates a lot time to helping other staff members. Being a low-income school, the staff has a lot more to deal with than technology. It is ongoing effort to make sure the students come to school and have food to eat.

Administrative Support

Islands

Training

Islands

Technical &Infrastructure Support

Emergent

Connectivity Filter
LAN

Results
Islands

Summary
There is local area networking available but the lack of equipment to use the network is the main concern. There are wireless options throughout the school but it very traditional on how the network is being used. The main opportunity for students to engage in the internet is in the lab room. There is only one lab for technology use. The leads to frequent use of technology in the curriculum. Email is probably the most widely used resource for communication for teachers.

WAN

Islands/Integrated

Internet Access

Emergent/Integrated

Communication Systems

Islands

Innovation Filter
New Technologies

Results
Integrated

Summary
Most of the teachers want to progress with implementing new technologies and engage students higher level thinking. However, the school district does not have the funding for developing a technology-induced curriculum. The school lacks with updated resources. The school still uses overhead projectors and VCRs. There is a real shortage in new technology applications.

Comprehensive Technologies

Emergent

Final Summary: Mountain Elementary School has several obstacles that prohibit a learning environment surrounded by technology. The school is older and has not been remodeled so the availability of updated resources is lacking immensely. With the low socio-economic status of the students, this adds another layer with using technology as a tool for education. A lot of the students have no computer or laptop resource at home. Another bump in the road is funding and how the state allocates the money. Technology is slowly being implemented into the district but elementary schools will be placed last until the high schools can a get a good grip on learning with technology. Mountain Elementary School meshing between Emergent to Island and back again. The few Integrated measures are solely measured from the principals innovative thinking and leadership. The ending results show that Mountain Elementary School and the school district have a long ways to go before integrating a learning environment with technology.

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