COMPUTER ERA

Aldine ISD Dr. Wanda Bamberg, SuperintendentTechnologyPlan 2009-2012

Johnetta Alfred ET 8039 Dr. Sheryl AbshireEDLD 5362Informational Systems Management

Good Afternoon Everyone, I am Johnetta Alfred and I would like to present Aldine ISD Technology Plan.1District Profile

ESC - Region 4HOUSTON, TX 77032-3099Phone (281) 449-1011Fax (281) 449-4911County District Number - 101902Number of Campuses - 67Total Student Enrollment - 64000District Size - 50,000 and overPercent Econ. Disadvantaged - 78.00%

2Technology Expenditures

The district will also seek out and maintain appropriate technologies for the benefit of students, staff members andstakeholders. The district has established a technology support budget to provide for infrastructure, equipment, training, and support personnel to implement new technologies and assure current technologies are integrated successfully.3National Education Technology Plan 2010 By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.President Barack Obama, Address to Congress, February 24, 2009

Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology

The National Education Technology Plan, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology, calls for applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement.

It presents five goals with recommendations for states, districts, the federal government, and other stakeholders. Each goal addresses one of the five essential components of learning powered by technology: Learning, Assessment, Teaching, Infrastructure, and Productivity.

4"The increased use of technology hashelped ignite excitement in teachingand learning while building studentscritical-thinking and problem-solving skills" (Jones).

5Long Range Plan for Technology (LRPT)The Texas Teacher STaR Charts is an assessment tool developed around the four key areas of the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology.

The Texas STaR Chart is a tool designed for use in technology planning, budgeting for resources, and evaluation of progress in local technology projects. Future applications for state funded technology grants will request a completed campus or district Texas STaR Chart profile to be filed with the application as an indicator of current status and progress and as a formative and/or summative evaluation tool. The online assessment may be used as a basis for dialogue with staff, administrators, technology directors, school board members and community leaders to plan for future growth.

The Texas STaR Chart is a tool designed for use in technology planning, budgeting for resources, andevaluation of progress in local technology projects. Future applications for state funded technologygrants will request a completed campus or district Texas STaR Chart profile to be filed with the applicationas an indicator of current status and progress and as a formative and/or summative evaluation tool. Theonline assessment may be used as a basis for dialogue with staff, administrators, technology directors,school board members and community leaders to plan for future growth.6E-RATEThe plan must establish clear goals and a realistic strategy for using telecommunications and information technology to improve education or library services.

The plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff know how to use these new technologies to improve education or library services.

The plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services that will be needed to improve education or library services.

The plan must provide for a sufficient budget to acquire and support the non-discounted elements of the plan: the hardware, software, professional development, and other services that will be needed to implement the strategy.

The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school or library to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities as they arise.

FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTUREAldine Independent School District developed and maintains a secure infrastructure. Funding is provided by local funds, state technology allotment, and federal funds in the form of the FCCs Schools and Libraries Division e-rate program, as well as occasional grant opportunities.

7BUDGETBudget Item Cost Funding Sources

Staff Development = $3,981,796.70 $59,396.70 Salaries (tech specs) - $3,832,900.00Telecommunications & Internet Access = $950,000.00(Tech Svs Local - $158,000.00 and E-rate - $792,000.00)Materials & Supplies = $8,920,887.13 Tech Svs Local - $2,574,209.13 and E-rate - $6,346,678.00Equipment = $4,204,080.00Tech Svs Local - $969,600.00, State Tech Allotment - $1,620,000.00 and New School Bond - $1,614,480.00Maintenance = $6,743,346.28 Tech Svs Local - $2,967,225.04 and E-rate - $1,279,797.00 and Salaries (Tech Svs) - $2,496,324.24Miscellaneous Expenses = $22,700.00 Tech Svs Local - $22,700.00Total = $24,822,810.11

Aldine ISD will budget for: growth and expansion of infrastructure so new technologies can be integrated into the network. replacement of wireless connectivity with wired connectivity for all temporary buildings, over a five year period. scheduled refresh of campus LANs, beginning with the oldest or most stressed networks continued maintenance, replacement, and centralization of technology services at the districts data center. equalization of technology services and equipment district-wide.8ALDINE ISD GOALSGOAL 1: Demonstrate sustained growth in studentachievement

GOAL 2:Provide a safe and secure technicalenvironment for students and staff

GOAL 3: Use technology to improvecommunications

Instructional technology must be TEKS-based. This means meeting not simply the objectives of the instructional technology TEKS but also determining best and leading practices for using technology to master subject specific TEKS. Aldine ISD also has its own rigorous curriculum benchmarks for determining achievement in specific subject areas. By using technology as a tool that supports the work of individuals and groups in solving problems, students will select the technology appropriate for the task, synthesize knowledge, create a solution, and evaluate the results.9Aldine ISD OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVE 1.1:Use technology to improve, sustain and support student achievement at or beyond grade level.OBJECTIVE 1.2:Provide technology professional development to improve job performance and student achievement. OBJECTIVE 1.3:Provide and evaluate technology resources to achieve maximum performance.OBJECTIVE 1.4:Integrate technology into all curriculum areas to achieve information literacy at an appropriate level for all students.

The planning committee has a primary goal of aligning the integration of technology with district developed goals andobjectives. The districts three primary objectives are:1. Aldine Independent School District will demonstrate sustained growth in student achievement.2. Aldine ISD will implement effective student management strategies to improve student behavior.3. Aldine ISD will improve parent/community relations by creating a welcoming environment in allcampuses/facilities/departments.These objectives and the subordinated, aligned goals and action plans, directed the development of this technology plan.Technology will be used to facilitate meeting the objectives and goals as well as successfully complete the designated action plans10Aldine ISD OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVE 2.1:Provide a secure network to meet local, state and federal standards and requirements.OBJECTIVE 2.2:Develop a disaster recovery plan to provide business and instructional continuity.OBJECTIVE 2.3:Develop a redundant network plan.OBJECTIVE 2.4:Develop a help desk for faster response to administrators', teachers' and students' needs.

11Aldine ISD OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVE 3.1:Increase parent participation through communication and a welcoming environment.OBJECTIVE 3.2:Provide technologies and training for parents. Strategies and technologies previously funded.OBJECTIVE 3.3:Survey stakeholders annually to determine levels of satisfaction and opportunities for improvement. Strategies previously funded. Surveys are constructed and evaluated in-house.

12"Teachers who are already somewhat technology savvy canmanipulate and enhance Web-based resources to better meetstudents needs. The materials can be printed out for classroom use or used electronically. They can be edited andchanged to fit with different lessons or students(J. Duffieldand L. Wahl)."

13Technology NeedsAldine will continue to:

work with campuses and departments to evaluate and standardize district technologies for students and staff. The Technology Services Department will be Aldines in-house consultants for all technology related purchases and initiatives.move toward standard software loads for each grade level and subject area. Efforts will be made to obtain district-wide site licenses where appropriate and affordable.continue to maintain the On-line Technology Catalog of standardized hardware and software products.provide a method for automated software distribution.track technology inventories.provide appropriate browser-based information portals for staff and students.provide appropriate Internet information portals for parents and community members.investigate Web 2.0 applications and integrate as appropriate and acceptable to the Aldine community.

14Students are likely to be increasinglydissatisfied with conventional approaches toteaching and learning and to the limitedresources available to them in all but thebest-equipped schools (Levin & Arafeh,2002).

15The Technology Plan addresses strengths and weaknesses identified using district and campus improvement plans as well as teacher STaR Charts.Technology is addressed directly or indirectly throughout the District Improvement Plan and the 2009-2012 technology plan continues to be aligned with the DIP.

16"Young people in the developed parts of theglobe are very aware of the new tools attheir disposal and many of them spendhours online using these tools. Becausethese new technologies and new capabilities engage and motivate students,we can use them to educate" (Soloman, G.,& Schrum, L.).

Todays students and many younger teachers are technology natives. They have never known a world that did not include personal computers, online social networking, instantly available current information, shared information, music, and video, or constant communication availability across the globe. Using these and future technologies appropriately and effectively will make a difference for the students of Aldine by addressing their needs for successful living and working in the 21st Century.

17ReferenceReferences

Duffield, J., & Wahl, L., (2005) Using Flexible Technology to Meet the Needs of Diverse Learners: What Teachers Can Do, 1-12.Jones, Eric. (2007). Strategies to Put Instruction Ahead of Technology. Principal Leadership, 35-39.Levin, D., & Arafeh, S. (2002). The digital disconnect. The widening gap between internet-savvy students and their schools. Pew Internet and American Life Project. Retrieved on April 9, 2012, from http://pewinternet.org/~/media/Files/Reports/2002/PIP_Schools_Internet_Report.pdf.pdfSoloman, G., & Schrum, L. (2007). Web 2.0: New tools, New schools. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 7-44.

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