3+yr+Tech+Plan

=Brady Schools 3 yr Tech Plan= (Spring 2009 Tech Committee) __1:1__ Professional Development-begin immediately and make a priority at teacher in-services

Fall 2009 Elementary grades have a Mobile Lab for their use only, (approximately 16 Apple iBooks or pc laptops with mobile cart) Elementary students begin computer class that is integrated with classroom information Ceiling Projectors for all full time teachers and part time teachers (Blede, Kuklis, Coleman, Knudsen?) share the mobile projector (projectors needed for: Pohlman, Hoaglund, Mann, Britten) School wide use of email on a daily if not multi daily basis School announcements and newsletter completely online (Newsletter may still need to be mailed via postal service to families/community residents who do not have Internet service) Student email accounts Technology Integration Professional Development
 * Purchase an Apple server (added to Tech Plan 9-3-09)

Spring 2010 Laptops for Staff- (12 if PC and 20 if Apple) Technology Integration Professional Development Teachers begin manage their own website for classroom use and posting lesson plans. Teachers will use Wordpress and it will be linked to the school website Teachers visit schools with 1 to 1 computers (Arnold 4 yrs, O'Neil 2 yrs, Wilcox 6 yrs)

Fall 2010 1 to 1 Student survey/test for benchmark comparison 9-12th grades - Technology Integration Professional Development

=What we can do now (Spring 2009)= Send teachers to the NETA Conference April 23-24 registration is $125.00 Teachers visit schools with 1 to 1 computers (Arnold 4 yrs, O'Neil 2 yrs, Wilcox 6 yrs) Tons of professional development in Technology Integration (2 hour min. at in-services for learning, then afternoons for project partners to implement projects) -Free web sources take one and integrate into classroom curriculum -Lesson plans, spelling lists, & etc online - teacher websites- wordpress -Share useful teacher resource web sites and Web 2.0 classroom sites. [] Wiki site where everyone (faculty) can add to (such as bstech.wikispaces.com) Visit other teacher's websites and classrooms to see how they are integrating technology Projectors in every classroom Free educational websites sources; itunes U, Hippo Campus, MIT, Rice connections, Teacher Tube, NROC, ISTE Standards

//Steps To Get Ready//
 * 1) strive for teacher approval
 * 2) concentrate on professional development
 * 3) implement tech walk evaluations This administration just walking around to see if techology is being used.
 * 4) implement mobile labs
 * 5) one on one teacher interviewing
 * 6) pilot project to test drive "the settings"
 * 7) surveys
 * 8) visiting other schools

//Policy Committee//
 * 1) Techology students bringing in their own computers
 * 2) Media forms
 * 3) FERPA
 * 4) Computer tech form for misuse

//Develop a Master Plan// that addresses a number of important areas: //Select the Implemenation Team Launch Workshop Master Plan Deployment//
 * 1) communication
 * 2) funding
 * 3) infrasturcture
 * 4) curriculum and pedagogy
 * 5) professional development
 * 6) distribution of technology
 * 7) assessment process

=Professional Development in areas of technology integration into the classroom is KEY!=