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systems like this one are evaluating themselves and what they find most important in
addressing.
4) District/School Technology Plan Template: Your Blueprint for Success
<http://www.scilearn.com/sites/default/files/imported/alldocs/cp/school-districttechnology-plan.pdf>
This online template is a useful resource to use for creating a technology plan from
scratch. It outlines the most important components of a successful technology plan,
and allows one to simply type in notes or even the plan itself into the subtitles. It even
has a page at the end that is devoted to evaluating ones technology plan in general,
and one may score the plan in each area as meets criteria, limited period of
approval, needs improvement, or does not meet criteria. This will be a useful tool in
evaluating specific areas of our technology plans.
5) Critical Issue: Developing a School or District Technology Plan
<http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm>
This Critical Issue was written by Alan November, senior partner at Educational
Renaissance Planners in Evanston, Illinois, and Carolyn Staudt, an educational
consultant, in conjunction with Mary Ann Costello, a free-lance writer, and Lynne Huske,
Pathways coordinator at North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Although the
article is a little dated, it gives a relevant step-by-step of where school districts should
start in developing technology plans and goals for a successful technology plan. It also
gives a breakdown of individual responsibilities as well as many resources for further
information.
6) Getting wired for learning
Sliger, B. (1998). Getting wired for learning. Techniques: Making Education & Career
Connections, 73(6), 20.
This article, accessed on Galileo, is about how a school district can plan and implement
a technology plan. It discusses the steps to take and the essentials in creating a
successful plan. The article goes in steps. Each step describes what should be done
and how to do it. The plan should be congruent with the school improvement plan also.
The timeline for the plan should be 3-5 years. This article can be used to assess a
technology plan already in use. The detailed steps allow the reader to understand what
all needs to be included in plans.
**The plan
establishes
clear goals and
a realistic
strategy for
using
technology to
improve
education or
library
services.
The plan
establishes
clear goals but
it is not
completely
clear how the
goals will be
reached.
The plan
establishes
goals that
seem
unrealistic and
it is not clear
how the goals
will be
reached.
The plan
mentions
development
development
professional
strategy to
strategy seems development,
ensure that
weak or
but does not
staff knows
incomplete.
include a
how to use the
strategy for
new
training the
technologies to
staff.
improve
education or
library
services.
An
assessment
of
telecommuni
cation
services,
hardware,
software, and
other
services
needed
**The plan
includes an
assessment of
the hardware,
software, and
other services
that will be
needed to
improve
education or
library
services.
Accessibility
of technology
resources
(Americans
with
Disabilities
Act)
The plan
includes a
strategy that
correlates with
the Americans
with Disabilities
Act in order to
make
technology
accessible to
all students.
Accessibility is
mentioned, but
a strategy for
accessibility is
not clear.
Budget
**The plan
provides for a
sufficient
budget to
acquire and
maintain the
hardware,
software,
professional
development,
and other
services that
will be needed
to implement
the strategy for
improved
education or
library
services.
The plan
provides for a
budget for all
needed
services, but it
does not seem
sufficient.
The plans
budget does
not cover all
necessary
services, nor
does it seem
sufficient.
Ongoing
Evaluation
**The plan
includes an
evaluation
process that
enables the
school or
library to
monitor
progress
toward the
specified goals
and make midcourse
corrections in
response to
new
developments
and
opportunities
as they arise.
The plan
includes an
evaluation
process, but
does not allow
for corrections
in response to
new
developments
as they arise.
The plan
mentions
ongoing
evaluation, but
does not
include a
process or
strategy for
evaluating or
making
corrections.
Purpose/
Mission
The plan
reflects a clear
purpose or
mission for the
integration of
new
technology and
student
achievement is
consistently
the basis for all
decisions
within the plan.
The plan
mentions its
purpose or
mission and
states student
achievement as
a priority, but
that vision is
not clearly
reflected
throughout the
plan.
**<http://www.scilearn.com/sites/default/files/imported/alldocs/cp/school-districttechnology-plan.pdf>
**The plan
establishes
clear goals and
a realistic
strategy for
using
technology to
improve
education or
library
services.
The plan
establishes
clear goals but
it is not
completely
clear how the
goals will be
reached.
The plan
establishes
goals that
seem
unrealistic and
it is not clear
how the goals
will be
reached.
The plan
mentions
development
development
professional
strategy to
strategy seems development,
ensure that
weak or
but does not
staff knows
incomplete.
include a
how to use the
strategy for
new
training the
technologies to
staff.
improve
education or
library
services.
An
assessment
of
telecommuni
cation
services,
hardware,
software, and
other
services
needed
**The plan
includes an
assessment of
the hardware,
software, and
other services
that will be
needed to
improve
education or
library
services.
Accessibility
of Technology
Resources
(Americans
with
Disabilities
Act)
The plan
includes a
strategy that
correlates with
the Americans
with Disabilities
Act in order to
make
technology
accessible to
all students.
Accessibility is
mentioned, but
a strategy for
accessibility is
not clear.
Budget
**The plan
provides for a
sufficient
budget to
acquire and
maintain the
hardware,
software,
professional
development,
and other
services that
will be needed
to implement
the strategy for
improved
education or
library
services.
The plan
provides for a
budget for all
needed
services, but it
does not seem
sufficient.
Ongoing
Evaluation
**The plan
includes an
evaluation
process that
enables the
school or
library to
monitor
progress
toward the
specified goals
and make midcourse
corrections in
response to
new
developments
and
opportunities
as they arise.
The plan
includes an
evaluation
process, but
does not allow
for corrections
in response to
new
developments
as they
arise.
Purpose
The plan
reflects a clear
purpose for the
integration of
new
technology and
student
achievement is
consistently
the basis for all
decisions
within the plan.
The plan
mentions its
purpose and
states student
achievement as
a priority, but
that vision is
not clearly
reflected
throughout the
plan.
The plan
mentions
ongoing
evaluation, but
does not
include a
process or
strategy for
evaluating or
making
corrections.
**<http://www.scilearn.com/sites/default/files/imported/alldocs/cp/school-districttechnology-plan.pdf>
each evaluation section for each goal only included one sentence (if that). The plan
definitely needs more attention given to the evaluation portion and the budget.