Matthew Hall ITEC 7410 Mrs.

Borup Spring 2014

Wilcox County Elementary School Technology Action/Evaluation Plan 2014-2015

Goal: Teachers will become familiar with and incorporate the use of ISTE Standards-T into their unit plans and content objectives.
Success Indicator: 90% of teachers will know and use the technology standards to drive their instruction and curriculum planning. Evaluation Method: Review of teachers weekly lesson plans. Observations during Walk-Throughs and/or Formative Assessments
Budget/Funding Source Person(s) Responsible

Strategies

Timeline

Professional Development session to introduce/review the ISTE Standards-T.

Grade level meeting to develop exemplar lessons that integrate ISTE Standards-T

Review and Evaluate proper implementation and usage of ISTE Standards to ensure understanding

Offer meetings during the summer 2014 break before teachers begin developing plans for the upcoming year. If teachers do not attend the summer session they will be offered during preplanning in August. Meet as a grade level once each month during normal planning time of the 14/15 school year to develop lessons and review current uses or ideas. Teachers will receive two 10 minute walkthroughs and one 45 minute formative assessment each semester.

No cost. Summer meetings would be recommended, but not required. *Possible $200 stipend per person as incentive to attend the Summer session. No cost. Grade level meetings are held during normal school hours and are already required weekly.

School admin and Leadership team members.

District Technology Coordinator when available and School Admin

No cost.

School admin

Goal: Teachers will use technology in the classroom to promote higher order thinking and increase communication and collaboration.
Success Indicator: 90% of teachers will utilize a Evaluation Method: minimum of 1 type of instructional technology Review of teachers weekly lesson plans tools (i.e. blogs, WebQuests, screencasts, or Monthly walkthrough checklist wikis) to increase student learning and communication.

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Strategies Timeline Budget/Funding Source Person(s) Responsible

A group of teachers will be selected to make up a technology committee. This committee will provide teachers with a list of technology ideas that are appropriate for the elementary level. Technology team will lead a question and answer Professional Development session to review and demonstrate some of the suggested technology tools.

Committee will first meet during PrePlanning. List will be created and shared with teachers by the end of September.

No cost is needed since committee will consist of current employees.

School Admin, Technology Committee

List of suggested tools will be ready by the end of September. To allow teachers time to review the list and explore on their own a little, the PD session will be held by the end of October. Technology team will Online database will create an online be built upon and database/resource bank added to continually to host a library of throughout the year, online tutorial videos, but will be started by podcasts, or the end of October. screencasts of suggested technology tools. The library can consist of self-created items or references to online items. Teachers share how December and May technology was used Faculty meeting. in their classroom.

No cost is needed since committee will consist of current employees.

School Admin, Technology Team

No cost is needed since committee will consist of current employees.

School Admin, Technology Team

No Cost.

School Admin, Teachers

Goal: All students in Grades 3-5 will use digital tools to collaborate with peers and experts within and outside the school environment, to gather and evaluate information, and to synthesize information to create new knowledge.
Success Indicator: 90% of students in grades 35 will utilize at least one digital tool to collaborate with peers and experts, to gather and evaluate information, or to create new knowledge, as measured per unit taught.
Strategies Timeline

Evaluation Method: Review of teachers unit plans students products

Budget/Funding Source Person(s) Responsible

Teachers will

By the end of the first

No cost. Students can

teachers,

introduce new online resources (i.e. wikis, blogs, or WebQuests) for students to utilize in gathering information while collaborating with peers and experts within and outside the classroom. Students will use productivity tools and online publishing tools to synthesize information and to create new knowledge.

semester (December), students will have used at least one digital tool to collaborate with peers and experts and to gather and evaluate information.

utilize current resources, such as Google Chromebooks. All computers are internet accessible.

Matthew Hall ITEC 7410 Mrs. Borup Spring 2014 administrators

Host a Technology Show Case for parents, local businesses, and community members.

By the end of the second semester (May), student will have created new knowledge in at least one subject area using one of the productivity tools or online publishing tools. May 2015

No cost. Students can utilize current resources, such as Google Chromebooks. All computers are internet accessible.

teachers, administrators

No Cost.

School Admin, Teachers, Students, Community

Goal: Teachers will become more knowledgeable of troubleshooting basic technology issues within their classroom.
Success Indicator: 80% of teachers will use resources provided to solve basic technology problems that arise within their classroom and will not have to submit Technology Help Desk tickets.
Strategies Timeline

Evaluation Method: Technology Coordinator observations

Budget/Funding Source

Person(s) Responsible

The district technology coordinator will work with the school technology team to plan Professional Development opportunities 4 times per school year to walk teachers and school staff through some basic functions of present technology in classrooms.

PD opportunities will be help 4 times each school year. It will be up to the Technology Team to decide on exact dates that would be most beneficial to other staff. 2 during First Semester and 2 during Second Semester.

No cost is needed because these sessions will be held on normal school hours such as in-service or pre/post planning.

District Technology Coordinator, School Admin, Technology team

The school technology team will use teacher feedback to create some screencasts and video tutorials on common technology problems that could happen in a classroom and how the teacher could solve the problem. These would cover things like cleaning SmartBoard filters, updating their PowerSchool software, printing their Progress Reports, etc)

Technology team will begin creating these self help videos after the technology Question and Answer PD session in October. Video database will be maintained and updated as needed throughout the school year.

No cost needed. All work on these videos will be done during school hours and planning periods. Technology team members involved in this will be rewarded with comp-time to be used toward their absences.

Matthew Hall ITEC 7410 Mrs. Borup Spring 2014 School Admin, Technology team