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As a uigital visual aits teachei at The Acauemy of Chaitei Schools, I piimaiily woik
with stuuents (7
th
-12
th
giaue) instiucting classes such as uiaphic Besign anu visual
Piesentations. Bowevei, my instiuctional time anu suppoit within the builuing uoes not
enu in the classioom. I not only suppoit stuuents in theii technological neeus foi my
classes, but also foi theii othei coie couise woik. Auuitionally, I suppoit teacheis as they
manage vaiious foims of technology (SchoolFusion website, PiometheanActivInspiie
Inteiactive Boaius, as well as any geneial technical questions that aiise). It has been my
goal to not only incoipoiate tienuing foims of technology in my instiuction but also
suppoit my co-woikeis to uo the same.
Bespite iecent effoits to encouiage 21
st
centuiy instiuction within The Acauemy of
Chaitei Schools by auministiation, theie is a seveie gap between teacheis' ability to
implement new technologies within the classioom anu the actual leaining stanuaius
uesciibeu in Inteinational Society foi Technology in Euucation's (ISTE) National
Euucational Technology Stanuaius (NETS). The NETS aie a staiting point foi
implementation of technology instiuction in the classioom anu the attempt to stanuaiuize
the use of technology thioughout the nation. Bowevei, uespite ISTE's attempt to
stanuaiuize technology objectives foi the classioom, seemingly little oi no attention is
given to them fiom teacheis at The Acauemy. Essentially, veiy few euucatois in my
builuing aie actively using these stanuaius in auuition to the othei couises they instiuct. As
uesciibeu in the 2uu8 !"#$%&'( aiticle, Why Integiate Technology into the Cuiiiculum.:
The Reasons aie Nany, "Integiating technology into classioom instiuction means moie
than teaching basic computei skills anu softwaie piogiams in a sepaiate computei class.
Effective tech integiation must happen acioss the cuiiiculum in ways that ieseaich shows
ueepen anu enhance the leaining piocess."

0bseivations I have maue within this leaining community incluue:
1. Nany classioom teacheis (all content aieasnot just technology) aie unawaie of
the NETS
a. If they aie awaie, incoipoiating these NETS is nevei auuiesseu noi is
tiaining given to the teachei to be successful in theii implementation.
b. If they aie awaie anu tiaineu in the NETS, teacheis feel oveiwhelmeu by
uiffeient piogiams they aie alieauy being askeu to teach in the classioom
incluuing:
i. Cuiiiculum Napping anu Stanuaius Alignment (K-12)
ii. Love anu Logic Tiaining
iii. Teaching Kinuness in the Classioom Tiaining
iv. Shoit Constiucteu Response Tiaining (A.C.E. Wiiting Piompts)
v. Teach Like a Champion Tiaining
vi. PiometheanActivInspiie Tiaining
vii. SchoolFusion Website Tiaining
2. Infiastiuctuie within the builuing is not sufficient to encouiage the leaining of new
technologies.
a. Available banuwiuth anu Wi-Fi access uetei usage of web-baseu technologies
(especially stieaming) foi both teacheis anu stuuents.
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b. Lack of funus to upuate outuateu systems (computei labs anu mobile caits
aie outuateu anu iun veiy slowly).
S. Available tiainings give basic oveiview anu uo not go "ueepei" aftei initial tiainings
within technologies available aie piesenteu (i.e. Piomethean Boaius, SchoolFusion
website).
4. Theie is an expectation that stuuents will absoib technological "know-how" thiough
the tiickle-uown affect uue to the fact that they aie uigital natives.
a. Theie is not implicit uiiection oi expectation of implementation of
technology goals within the builuing foi teacheis K-12.
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Thiough this pioject, I will piopose a goal-setting meeting with the chaitei school's
boaiu of uiiectois anu piincipals (K-12) to outline anu uefine the technological goals of the
school. This is an element that can potentially be auueu to the school's cuiient stiategic
plan.
0nce the technological goals aie establisheu, fuithei tiaining can begin (in-house)
foi teacheis. Initial tiainings can begin with familiaiization of the NETS foi all teacheis. The
alignment of cuiiiculum among the giaues has alieauy begun anu this can be a
continuation of that conveisation. Teacheis use Piomethean Boaius within neaily all
classiooms; theiefoie auuitional suppoit anu iesouices can be shaieu uuiing auvanceu
tiainings. The school also utilizes a SchoolFusion website foi all classiooms. I have alieauy
begun ueveloping a couise on how to use this tool, but it has not yet been implementeu.
This is also a possible piogiession foi tiaining oppoitunities.
We can also begin to look at financial options foi upgiauing technology within the
school. This may take on a numbei of uiffeient ioutes incluuing, but not limiteu to, giants,
funuiaising, anu buugeting piioiity shifts.
Within The Acauemy's mission statement, we aie chaigeu to uevelop, "exemplaiy
citizens by equipping stuuents with coie founuational knowleuge enabling them to be
cultuially liteiate, |anuj piepaieu foi college." 0ne of the ways we can succeeu in
achieving this goal is to auuiess the afoiementioneu pioblems. It is a tiemenuous
unueitaking, but without uiscussing these issues with the leaueiship of the school, it will
nevei be auuiesseu sufficiently anu oui stuuents will suffei the consequences of not
becoming fully liteiate 21
st
centuiy leaineis.
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It is the goal of this ieseaichei to set up a piocess anu pioceuuies foi
implementation of the NETS by all teacheis, as well as a )%*$'*#(+ ieview of the
infiastiuctuie of technology within the school in all giaues (K-12). The intent of this change
pioject is to see a ieview anu ienewal of goals each yeai with the Boaiu of Biiectois,
auministiation, teacheis, paients, anu stuuents being consiueieu with each yeai's goals
uevelopment.
Initial steps will be taken by meeting with auministiation-level peisonal, as well as
having a suivey uistiibuteu to the teacheis to uiscovei how technology is implementeu in
the classioom cuiiently (see Appenuix A). The seconu phase will be to woik with all of the
stakeholueis to uevelop a plan to implement technology in the classioom foi the following
yeai as well as a five-yeai planning stage. With the iapiu changing tienus in technology,
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use of time. In the seconu phase, a pioceuuie will be establisheu on how to uiscuss futuie
goal-setting meetings foi the futuie of the school (annual ieviews).
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Buiing initial uiscussions with some of the key stakeholueis (auministiatois anu
teacheis), it was uiscoveieu that in 2uu9, a similai committee hau been establisheu anu a
plan was uevelopeu foi The Acauemy's Acauemic Technology Piogiams (see Appenuix B).
This plan was nevei fully implementeu paitially uue to changes in auministiation anu staff
as well as uue to the many seveie buuget cuts the State of Coloiauo anu Auams 12 Five Stai
School Bistiict imposeu. Auuitionally, it was uevelopeu as pait of a iequiiement of The
Acauemy's 2uu9-2u1u Stiategic Plan, which not only uiu not have staff owneiship to
oveisee the initiatives intiouuceu, but also was totally ie-wiitten in 2u12-2u1S with the
hiiing of an obseiving consultant anu new executive uiiectoi. The 2uu9 Technology Plan
set some veiy lofty goals with little explanation of how to achieve the goals of obtaining the
saiu technology.
Without a stanuaiuizeu piocess establisheu uuiing this planning session, these
goals weie not ievieweu anu ieneweu school yeai to school yeai. It also shows how
impoitant it is foi stakeholueis to buy-into the iueas puiposeu. 0theiwise they aie left with
an iuea but no tangible steps to move foiwaiu.
It was founu that hau this plan been followeu ovei the past foui yeais, oui entiie
school woulu have been outfitteu with new equipment (phaseu in) by the fall of 2u1S.
0nfoitunately, this foui-yeai iotation has nevei been implementeu. While new equipment
is not the only pait of a goou uevelopment of technology stiategies foi a school, this plan
stiictly auuiesses the infiastiuctuie neeus of the school. It uoes not go into uetail about
how to incoipoiate technology into instiuction thiough auuitional means cuiiently
available (Web 2.u tools, cell phone technology, oi suppoitive tiaining foi the teacheis to
actually use the tenets pioposeu).
In oiuei to auvance a successful uevelopment of technology stiategies in the
classioom, it is vital that all stakeholueis unueistanu which phase of iotation we aie in
with iespect to phasing in new technology anu tiaining yeai-to-yeai foi teacheis. If
paients, stuuents, teacheis, anu auministiation all know wheie we aie supposeu to be with
iespect to phasing in new technology, accountability can be kept on all levels foi making
suie we aie on tiack (financially-speaking with planning foi futuie neeus as well as
obseiving the tienus in euucation). Auuitionally, oppoitunities neeu to be pioviueu foi
teacheis (both new anu existing) to shaie iueas of ways to enhance lessons anu uiive
instiuction with the ISTE NETs in place. Teacheis neeu to be tiaineu with auuitional time
built into the piofessional uevelopment in oiuei to apply the lessons to hishei own
classioom neeus. This is an aiea that we neeu to impiove upon in oiuei to help these
initiatives move foiwaiu.
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At the "conclusion" of this pioject, the technology suivey was being uistiibuteu anu
iesponses weie being collecteu fiom both teacheis anu suppoit staff. 0pon ieceipt of these
iesponses, I will be meeting with the auministiatois (elementaiy, junioi high, anu high
school level, along with the executive uiiectoi), the technology teacheis anu oui IT
managei to uiscuss the futuie goals anu ueveloping a piotocol foi ieviewing these goals
annually aftei the wintei bieak-befoie buugetaiy uecisions aie maue foi the following
yeai. It is my hope to woik with the afoiementioneu stakeholueis as well as oui paient
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Boaiu of Biiectois to establish a piotocol foi oui futuie outlook on technology anu 21
st

centuiy leaining at The Acauemy. This is an aiea that will continue to thiive anu giow as
oui teacheis become moie tiaineu in using technology in the classioom.
Specific tiainings that I woulu like to see auueu to oui Piofessional Bevelopment
scheuule at The Acauemy aie the SchoolFusion tiaining couise (as mentioneu eailiei),
auvanceu Piomethean Boaiu Tiaining anu Iuea-Shaiing, anu an intiouuction to the ISTE
NETs foi all teacheis. This final iuea has nevei been intiouuceu at oui school, anu I believe
it is a majoi tiaining that is lacking in oui continueu uevelopment of 21
st
centuiy leaineis.
Although oui state stanuaius auuiess technology somewhat, they aie typically not as
uesciiptive anu as useful as the ISTE NETs. Noieovei, I believe that this tiaining will at
least stait a uialogue among teacheis on ways to incoipoiate technology moie effectively in
the class.
Although I have yet to make majoi stiiues in this pioject as of yet, it is something
that I am passionate about anu want to puisue extensively as a continueu betteiment of my
teaching anu my community. I am looking foiwaiu to this piocess becoming a iegulai pait
of my annual ieview evaluation. Auuitionally, I woulu love to establish ways foi paients
anu stuuents to give theii input anu feeuback foi the phases anu planning set-foith by the
committee. Theie aie many paients in oui community that aie woiking piofessionals who
know what types of skills aie neeueu in the coipoiate inuustiies. With theii input, we can
make suie we aie achieving the necessaiy stanuaius of the cuiient woik foice to bettei
piepaie oui stuuents not only foi college, but also beyonu.
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A. Technology Suivey (https:uocs.google.comfoimsu1fuKQ04p}SvBByK_LpNBB-
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B. The Acauemy's Acauemic Piogiams Technology Plan
Fall 2uu9
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The Acauemy's Technology vision is to assist in sustaining a high quality anu uynamic
euucational piogiam; anu to piepaie stuuents foi college anu the woikfoice by pioviuing
cuiient infiastiuctuie anu iesouices to:

Naximize stuuent leaining
0ptimize instiuction
Enhance communication
Teach the ethical use of infoimation
Efficiently manage school business
Pioviue timely suppoit anu tiaining to teacheis anu staff
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The uevelopment of this plan is pait of the iequiiements of The Acauemy's
Stiategic plan foi the 2uu9-2u1u school-yeai.
This plan is baseu on acauemic piogiammatic technology noims
ueteimineu uuiing fall 2uu9. The basis is what outstanuing public schools
cuiiently have anuoi what they aie cuiiently in the piocess of builuing
towaiu.
0ui plan is that technology move fiom a teachei tool to being seamlessly
integiateu into many aspects of teaching, leaining, communicating, iecoiu
keeping, piesenting, ieseaich, etc., in ,-,./ classioom anu instiuctional
space.
The majoi shift is to incluue in eveiy instiuctional space anu public spaces
ueuicateu, mounteu, anu easily accessible piojection systems anuoi
uynamic inteiactive piojectionboaiu systems.

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The school will maintain a local aiea netwoik (LAN) iunning cuiient softwaie anu
haiuwaie which suppoits the school. This netwoik will have an exteinal connection to the
inteinet (WEB) - eithei inuepenuent of - oi connecteu to a wiue aiea netwoik (WAN). This
system will pioviue an intianet consisting of management seiveis, uata stoiage, anu both
netwoik anu woikstation viius piotection. This system will opeiate unuei cuiient laige-
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scale business anu school noims using up-to-uate netwoik communication topologies,
softwaie anu haiuwaie. The cuiient enviionment is a Winuows-baseu clientseivei
enviionment. 0ccasionally NAC machines can be incluueu as pait of the netwoik - in
paiticulai to suppoit classioom meuia, visual, anu othei fine aits. The system will have
active anu uynamic inteinet filteiing. The school shall pioviue eithei inteinally oi
exteinally a iobust communication package foi all employees incluuing but not limiteu to
email, scheuuling, contact, anu task management.
The cuiiency oi powei in any system is banuwiuth. You can anu will nevei have
enough. We will use 14uu people as oui benchmaik. Touay's exteinal connection
iequiiements aie 9.7Kbytess foi eveiy peison in the builuing, anu this calculates to
1S.S8Nbytess of banuwiuth neeueu touay. We have S.u8Nbytess cuiiently. In 2u11 the
neeus aie estimateu at 4uKbytess which calculates to S6Nbytess neeueu in 16 months.
Finally the S-7 yeai piojection (2u16) is a minimum of 4uuKbytess - which equates to
S6uNbytess, oi u.S6ubytesspeison. All inteinal connections aie being built with a
connectionswitch speeu of 1ubytes. Cuiient business iates aie appioximately $4uu.uu
pei T1 line.
The Acauemy will by the enu of the 2uu92u1u school-yeai uevelop will contiact
with a consultant to a) pinpoint pieuicteu futuie neeus, b) uemonstiate what cuiient
school systems aie uoing to solve the uilemma, anu c) piesent options anu
iecommenuations foi futuie laige-scale capital methous to solve the banuwiuth uilemma.
It is also iecommenueu eveiy S yeais the school unueigo a technology auuit by an outsiue
euucation consulting fiim - to consistently have infoimation about how we aie uoing.

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The school will pioviue S levels of technical suppoit.

1. Foi Elementaiy, }unioi Bigh, anu Bigh School - the school will pioviue technical
suppoit by teacheis seiving teacheis to uevelop skills on how to integiate
technology into instiuction, pioviue basic uesktop anu application suppoit, anu
solve simple iuuimentaiy opeiational softwaie oi haiuwaie pioblems. These
teacheis aie eithei pioviueu ielease time oi stipenus.
2. The school will pioviue a ceitifieu netwoik engineeitechnician who builus the
netwoik, maintains the netwoik, secuies the netwoik, pioviues access to the
netwoik, anu fixes the netwoik when pioblems aiise. This peison assuies all
otheis aie able to uo theii woik on the netwoik. This peison shall have iemote
access softwaie foi tioubleshooting anu imaging softwaie anu haiuwaie.
S. The school will maintain a 0
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pay-as- you-go contiact with the uistiict oi piivate fiim to pioviue timely fixes to
uifficult netwoik pioblems. Examples aie viius attacks, seivei ciashes, oi fibei
cuts.

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All instiuctional spaces will have at a minimum foui wiieu netwoik jacks. The
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thiee secuie levels - guests, stuuents, anu staff. The capacity of the wiieless system will be
built foi simultaneous access by 2u% of the stuuentstaff population.

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These equipment changes aie iecommenueu to occui as phaseu-in inciements ovei
a 4-yeai timetable. The goal is full equipment completion by fall 2u1S. The goal is to
pioviue foi a 4-yeai iotation cycle on the haiuwaie. As of this wiiting, the lifespan of
inteiactive boaius is ielatively unknown.

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Eveiy classioom will have a notebook oi tablet-style computei with a ueuicateu
poit-ieplicatoi oi uocking station, oi if uesiieu by the teachei anu appioveu by the
piincipal - two uesktop computeis. In auuition to the computei, a monitoi, mouse,
keyboaiu, anu speakeis will be pioviueu at the uesk foi office-type woik. This computei
will seive as both the woikspace anu piesentation computei. Each computei must have a
BvB playei, multiple 0SB poits, inuustiy iecommenuations foi RAN; all inteiconnects foi
auuio anu viueo piojection, an extia-AC powei supply, anu a piotective tiavel case if
applicable.
Softwaie foi each computei shall have at a minimum the opeiating system, viius
piotection, piouuctivity packages (cuiient is NS-0ffice 2uu7) anu othei euucational
softwaie ueemeu necessaiy by the builuing. Each machine will be outfitteu with iemote
access softwaie foi technical suppoitmaintenance.

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All instiuctional spaces will have auuio anu piojection systems. The piojectois anu
speakeis will be eithei ceiling mounteu oi fiont mounteu systems uepenuing on the
aichitectuial aspects of each space. Some spaces will iequiie shoit-thiow fiont mounteu
piojects anu speakeis. Ninimum image piojection size (scieen oi inteiactive boaiu) will
be appioximately 8u inches uiagonal. Nost classiooms uepenuing upon the subject aiea
anuoi the teachei skills anu piefeiences will have inteiactive piesentation boaius. Each
system will have local input panels pioviuing seamless cabling to the computei, powei,
image, auuio, anu peiipheials. Each space shoulu have the ability to auu as neeueu
uocument cameias, stuuent iesponse systems, anu othei peiipheials. Science anu Ait
classiooms will be outfitteu with uocument cameias. Each classioom will have an
integiateu stuuent iesponse system (Clickeis). Each space will have piesentation softwaie
tools.

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Each instiuctional space must have the ability to contiol the ambient light on the
piojecteu image by eithei electiical lighting switching, winuow uiessings, oi both.

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All instiuctional spaces must have convenient close access to AC powei foi the
piesentation location

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Seconuaiy science classiooms must auuitionally have 1u computei set-ups at lab
woikstations foi uata entiycollection. This is accomplisheu thiough eithei wiieu netwoik
access, oi wiieless netwoik access. AC powei must be supplieu at the lab woikstations.
Typically theie is a shaieu set of Su notebook computeis (in the foim of a notebook cait)
foi eveiy S to 4 seconuaiy science teacheis. In lieu of wiieu jacks, each science classioom
can have its own wiieless access point.

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In auuition to the stanuaiu classioom configuiations, the school computei labs must
have Su opeiational uesktop configuiations foi instiuctional use, a contiol computei, anu a
uesktop computei foi the teachei. Piinting in coloi anu black anu white shall be pioviueu
foi eveiy computei lab. Eveiy computei lab will be outfitteu fully - foi both tiaining anu
instiuctional puiposes. This means each computei lab will have inteiactive boaius,
uocument cameias, anu inteiactive iesponse systems. In auuition to these peiipheials,
eveiy computei lab will have uocument scanning capabilities. Each computei lab will also
have lab monitoiing softwaie to enhance instiuction anu ieuuce off-task behavioi. In lieu
of ioom specific computeis labs, the school will also have mobile caits of netwoikeu
notebook computeis to be able to be shaieu by teacheis in vaiious iooms - with lab
monitoiing softwaie.

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All instiuctional spaces must have access to netwoikeu black anu white lasei
piinting, occasional coloi piinting, anu high speeu copiei access. Specific classiooms which
suppoit visual aits anu piesentations must have classioom black anu white anu coloi
piinteis, as well as uocument scanneis.

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The school shall pioviue to staff the iequiieu tiaining on softwaie, haiuwaie,
piesentation, anu inteiactive systems - to seamlessly integiate technology into instiuction.
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