Transcript Technology

Technology
Critical Factors for Supporting
Effective Technology Integration in
the Catholic School
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What do we look for?
• Stable and robust infrastructure to safely and securely
manage user demands, necessary functions and storage
needs;
• Availability, accessibility and reliability of hardware;
• Adequate productivity and educational software or other
solutions to meet both administrative and academic
needs;
• Clear roles and responsibilities to ensure coverage of
technical and instructional needs;
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What do we look for?
• An active Technology Committee with membership from
a variety of shareholders;
• Existence of a three to five-year comprehensive
technology plan;
• A school website that provides a positive web presence to
market the school, enhance communication, and take
advantage of opportunities which support the integration
of technology into the curriculum;
• A clear vision for technology integration.
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Infrastructure, Hardware &
Software
What are the common areas that are overlooked that can make the
difference for a Catholic school?
• Building or physical plant considerations such as inadequate
electrical infrastructure to support expanded technology use;
• Ensuring working backup and disaster recovery procedures;
• Effective anti-virus and filtering programs;
• Maintaining up to date inventories of hardware and software
to assist with acquisition, upgrade and replacement planning;
• Standardization of hardware and software to assist with
regular maintenance and upgrade procedures;
• Not enough bandwith;
• Inadequate wireless coverage.
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Staffing Models:
Key Personnel
• Who can see and manage the “big picture?”
– Educational uses of technology;
– Administrative uses of technology;
– Overall understanding of technical considerations.
• Who will work directly with teachers or arrange for
solutions to this need?
• Who will communicate effectively with all
constituencies?
• Who will actively participate in identifying and assisting
with the completion of grant applications?
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Staffing Models:
Provision for Technical Support
• This role can be managed by on-site or off-site
expertise;
• As technology increases in complexity,
ensuring that a skilled individual can resolve
problems quickly as well as provide insight
into future needs is imperative;
• 1:1 programs require a lot of on-site support;
• Mixing this role with teaching is quite often
counter-productive.
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The Technology Committee
• Membership: all shareholders!
Administrators, teachers, board, parents,
community members with expertise in
technology:
– Big Committee Work: vision, research, sounding
board, etc.
– Small Committee Work: Curriculum specifics,
product demonstrations, etc.
– Internal/External Committee Model
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The Technology Committee:
Not Just for Tech Planning
• Meeting frequency is higher during a tech
planning year;
• Annual tasks require regular meetings on at
least a quarterly basis of the “Small
Committee;”
• Tech Plan monitoring requires “Big
Committee” meetings at least three times per
year (beginning, middle, end).
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The Technology Committee:
Annual Tasks
• Ongoing review and monitoring of progress of
the school’s technology plan;
• Administration of annual technology
assessments of students and teachers;
• Review of technology policies such as
Acceptable Use Policies, laptop agreements,
Permission to Publish forms, website policies,
etc;
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The Technology Committee:
Annual Tasks
• Regular review and investigation of
technology tools and resources to assist with
both administrative and instructional or
educational endeavors;
• Coordination of cybersafety education for
parents and students;
• Ongoing communication regarding the
technology efforts of the school.
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Technology Planning
• No one single recipe;
• Technology plans are unique to their schools
and their unique needs;
• Technology plans are not shopping lists of
hardware and software;
• A comprehensive technology plan covers both
educational and administrative needs and must
take into consideration all efforts for
institutional advancement.
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Components of a Tech Plan
• Mission and Vision for the Technology Plan
• Curriculum (standards for students, teachers,
administrators)
• Professional Development
• Infrastructure, Hardware, Technology Support
and Software
• Funding and Budget
• Monitoring and Evaluation
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The Catholic School Website
• Purpose of a school website is to inform,
communicate and collect data;
• The website also serves as a portal to tools and
resources to support the academic mission of
the school;
• It is a key marketing and imaging tool, and it is
often the “first impression”;
• Keep track of web presence on review sites
and through Google alerts.
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Effective Technology
Integration Programs Are:
• NOT a matter of chance;
• NOT separate from the
academic program;
• NOT left to the good will
and nature of teachers to
simply “stay current in
their field”
• Regularly assessed to
gauge progress and
identify areas needing
attention
• Included in goal-setting
and teacher
observation/evaluation;
• Characterized by ongoing
staff development
opportunities.
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A Staff Development Menu
• Technology staff development rarely works in “one size
fits all” models.
• Adult learners are particular and have distinct needs
• Variety is the key to success
• “A Professional Development Menu,” Learning &
Leading with Technology, Vol. 35, no. 8 © 2008, ISTE ®
(International Society for Technology in Education),
www.iste.org. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Technology Standards
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15
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States with technology standards that are
distinct stand alone documents
States that integrate tech standards within
academic-content standards
Out of the 16 weave standards into the four
core subjects
States that have both types of standards
(stand-alone & integrated)
District of Columbia, Iowa, and Mississippi
have none at all.
Technology&Learning, April 2008, Volume 23, Number 9, page 18.
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ISTE
• International Society for Technology in
Education
• NETS= National Educational Technology
Standards
• NETS-S for students and NETS-T for teachers,
recently refreshed with emphasis on
relationship to 21st century skills
• Essential Conditions for Success
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21st Century Skills
• What is this
NEW
LITERACY
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21st Century Classrooms
• Provide technologies to assist both with instruction and
assessment.
• Allows the teacher to provide not only highly effective
instruction but to also provide highly individualized
instruction and assessment experiences;
• A well-defined model can provide a concept around
which to seek grant funding or donors on a classroom by
classroom basis.
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Sustainable Classroom
Equipment
• LCD projector;
• Document camera;
• Interactive whiteboard, panel or wireless tablet;
• Wireless response system;
• Classroom audio system;
• Extra: access to student workstations through mobile labs
or 1:1 programs.
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Who are we teaching to?
Digital Natives
“ Today’s students, of almost any age, are far ahead of their
teachers in computer literacy. They prefer to access
subject information on the Internet, where it is more
abundant, more accessible and more up-to-date.”
National Educational Technology Plan, 2005
This is the customization generation- how I want it, when I
want it, where I want it.
19.4% of all student devices today are mobile. 52.1% will
be mobile by 2011.
Digital Schools Survey of the Top 2500 US School Districts
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Game Changers
• In Denmark, graduating seniors will be
allowed to use the Internet to complete their
exit exams;
• In 2007 the Republic of Macedonia launched a
nation-wide 1:1 program in all of their schools;
• Bloom’s Taxonomy- Original & Revised;
• Ringtones.
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Web 2.0
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What are the tools?
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Blogs
Wikis
Photo Sharing
RSS
Podcasts
Videocasts
Video Showcasing
– YouTube, TeacherTube
• Social Bookmarking
• Web Info Organizers
– Google Notebook
• Online Apps- Google
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Word-processing
Spreadsheets
Presentations
Mapping
3D Modeling
• Advanced Searching
– Wonder Wheel & Timeline
• Surveys & Polls
• Social Networking
– Whyville.com
– Facebook, Twitter
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Why Technology?
A Vision
of K-12
Students
Today
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Paradigm Shift
CONTENT CONSUMERS
CONTENT PRODUCERS
Copying from the Encyclopedia
Contributing to Wikipedia
Completing a matching worksheet
Posting a video illustration (Jing) and
voiceover to describe the life cycle of
a plant, the process of mitosis, etc.
Taking notes during lecture
Use wall wisher to post questions
before or during a lecture;
backchannel chatrooms (today’s meet)
Following a style manual
Using easyBib
Making a collage
Publishing an online book based on
original artwork. Storybird.com
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Program 1
Participants: You
have homework…
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