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- INTEGRATING CAMPUS PLANNING:
- THE TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT
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- This was prepared to assist Site-Based Decision Making teams in planning
- for the acquisition and use of technology for the delivery and management
- of instruction.
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- WHY PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY USE IN SCHOOLS?
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- Technology's potential to affect K-12 instruction and educational
- management has been demonstrated repeatedly. Whether that effect is
- significant and lasting is largely determined by the forethought given to
- its implementation in the school setting.
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- Recognizing this, several Texas state initiatives directly address the use
- of technology in education:
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- The Long-Range Plan for Technology of the Texas State Board of
- Education,
- 1988-2000, published in 1988 articulated a vision in which technology
- facilitates the State Board's long-range goals for education in Texas.
- The plan focuses on classroom instruction, instructional management,
- distance learning, and communications and outlines the specific
- responsibilities of the state, regional education service centers, and
- local districts. A copy of this plan or summaries of particularly
- relevant parts may be obtained from Educational Technology Services.
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- Following the adoption of the Long-Range Plan for Technology, the 69th,
- 71st, and 72nd Texas Legislatures directly addressed the use of
- technologyin Texas public schools, including issues relating to: equal access for
- students to information resources and enrichment opportunities provided
- through current and emerging technologies; equal access for educators
- andadministrators to high quality teaching tools and efficient management
- systems; improved student productivity; provision of technology training
- within required staff development training; and an assertion that public
- schools must utilize, in a comprehensive manner, appropriate technology
- in all aspects of instruction, administration, and communication. For
- details regarding these legislative initiatives, contact Educational
- Technology Services.
-
- A key provision of the legislation provides for the distribution of the
- Technology Allotment Fund to districts provided that each district
- improvement plan shows that at least 75% of the funds will be used to
- provide classroom instructional services and programs. In order to
- receive these funds for the 1992-1993 school year (which amounted to
- about
- $27 per ADA), each district in Region 20 developed and submitted to TEA
- afive-year Educational Technology Plan. Members of the team that
- developed this plan should be able to assist campuses in developing the technology
- components of their campus improvement plans.
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- WHAT SHOULD TECHNOLOGY PLANNING LOOK LIKE?
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- Ideally, technology will be viewed as a powerful ally in the schoolUs
- effort to accomplish Campus Improvement Plan objectives and goals.
- Technology planning should flow naturally from the established district
- educational goals and objectives and should align with and support the
- goals and strategies of the Campus Improvement Plan. Any planning model
- currently used with success in other areas may be applied to planning for
- technology use in the classroom. Some things to consider: team members
- must agree upon terminology; team members must develop a vision for
- technology use in the school based upon a number of experiences and
- exposures to current and emerging educational technologies and practices
- in applying those technologies; the plan should consider technology use
- across the school environment, i.e., all grade levels, all subject areas,
- all populations, the library, and administration; technology planning
- should include provisions for staff development.
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- HOW SHOULD TECHNOLOGY PLANNING PROCEED?
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- As with any planning effort, the process is important. The technology
- portions of the Campus Improvement Plan should reflect the team's best
- thinking about how technology can be used to assist in the implementation
- of instructional strategies and activities as well as to ensure that
- administrative tasks can be accomplished more efficiently. Technology
- planning should not be done in isolation; it is most effective when it
- supports instructional and management goals. In this process, it might be
- helpful to:
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- Analyze the Environment
- * identify the key players and resouces
- * identify district/community/state/national trends
- * identify areas where technology use would be appropriate
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- Create a Common Vision
- * examine the district/campus educational objectives/goals and the
- Campus Improvement Plan
- * know the potential of technology to impact instruction and
- learning (ESC-20's Educational Technology Services can help)
- * determine where technology has the potential to assist in
- achieving district and campus improvment goals
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- Develop Goals
- * describe general goals for the use of technology in instruction
- and management
- * set goals for technology acquisition
- * set goals for staff development
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- Write and Present the Plan
- * if possible, integrate technology planning with the Campus
- Improvement Plan; otherwise, develop the technology plan using the
- same format used for other elements of the Campus Improvement Plan
- * describe strategies and establish timelines and staff
- responsibilities relating to: meeting goals for using technology
- in
- instruction and management, technology acquisition, and staff
- development
- * specify budget utilization
- * develop formative evaluation strategies related to the timelines
- and activities specified
- * plan for summative evaluation to determine how well
- technology-related goals were met
- * submit for several reviews
- * present to the school board and community
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- If you would like additional information about planning for technology use
- in schools, contact:
-
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- Diann Andy <dandy> (210) 270-9202
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- Educational Technology Services
- Education Service Center, Region 20
- 1314 Hines Ave.
- San Antonio, TX 78208
-