Technology Strategic Plan ESAC - Hopkins Schools...Educational Technology Strategic Plan “Today’s educational system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students

Educational Technology Strategic Plan

“Today’s educational system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how

students live and how they learn”—Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Strategy: Staff Use Full Range of Technology ResourcesWe will provide the training and support for teachers to become competent and confident in using the full range of technology resources to deliver effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Articulate our vision for effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment, supported by a range of technology resources.

Reframe the role of media specialists to provide increased leadership and support to teachers in the area of technology integration through collaborative curriculum writing, co-teaching, and just-in-time training.

Determine the resources, including staffing, needed to support teachers’ competence and confidence in technology integration.

Expand opportunities for related professional development including focused technology camps, online classes, summer opportunities, independent study, curriculum writing, and co-teaching.

Establish teacher standards in technology aligned with our vision for effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment supported by technology.

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Strategy: Personalized Learning ExperiencesWe will implement technology strategies that offer data-driven personalized learning experiences for all students.

Expand training for teachers in accessing and using data to determine individual instructional interventions.

Explore and pilot web-based programs for delivering personalized instruction to students.

Provide teachers with proven mobile device apps, computer software, and web-based resources that support personalized learning pathways.

Provide the necessary training required for teachers to implement digital content such as podcasts, recorded interactive whiteboard presentations, and electronic textbooks/curriculum materials.

Strategy: Curriculum RepositoryWe will create a web-based repository for teachers to share media-rich instructional and curricular materials across the district.

Determine the best solution (commercial product, wiki, open-source software) for meeting the needs of our teachers to share curriculum materials, lesson plans, resources, and assessments.

Implement the web-based repository so that teachers can easily post and retrieve resources.

Train and support teachers to efficiently use the curriculum repository.

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Strategy: Technology Integral in Student LearningWe will ensure that students use technology as an integral part of their learning experiences.

Assure all students have access to up-to-date hardware and digital curriculum materials supported by a robust infrastructure.

Pilot the use of mobile devices for curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Establish and implement standards for students in the area of technology and information literacy.

Strategy: Instruction & Learning CommunicationWe will provide current classroom information, student data, and digital curricular materials to students and families via the Web.

Adopt a common web-based platform for communicating class information to parents and students.

Establish expectations for teacher web-presence and provide training and support to teachers.

Establish means and methods to support teachers in creating and delivering digital curriculum via the Web.

Support secondary teachers in the use of Infinite Campus to provide timely student progress information to parents.

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Other Strategies in PlanIn addition to the five educational technology strategies we will continue strategies and action steps focused on the following:

We will provide a reliable and dynamic infrastructure that includes network connections, wireless access, necessary hardware and software, and user support.

We will provide unified District-wide standards and recommendations for hardware and software purchasing that is equitable across schools.

Technology and Information Literacy Standards (TILS) Hopkins TILS Task Force organizes—Fall 2010

6 elementary library media specialists, 2 secondary

Two curriculum coordinators

Media Coordinator and Tech Standards Coordinator

Task Force reviews standards and benchmarks recommended for each level—Fall/Winter 2010

Minnesota Standards in Information and Technology Literacy (MEMO and MDE)

National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE NETS)

Standards for the 21st Century Learner (AASL)

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Technology and Information Literacy Standards (TILS) Task Force identifies “power standards” and drafts Hopkins benchmarks for each grade level, embedding them in existing grade-level projects wherever possible—Winter 2010

Drafts shared with grade-level teachers for feedback and modification—February 2011

Task Force prepares final drafts of standards—March 2011

Teams of teachers and Media Specialists meet for project development/enrichment—May–August 2011

Training for Media Specialists—Summer 2011

Standards implementation—Fall 2011

Framework for 21st Century Learning

Technology and Information Literacy Standards (TILS)

Inquiry, Research, and Problem Solving

The student will learn a continuous cycle of questioning, gathering, synthesizing, evaluating, and using information individually and collaboratively to create new knowledge and apply it to real situations

Expanding Literacies

Read, view, listen, and communicate in any format for a variety of purposes

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Technology Use and Concepts Explore multiple technologies, evaluate their suitability for the desired

educational or personal task, and apply the tools neededAlso includes keyboarding and word-‐processing

Ethical Participation in a Global Society The student will participate productively in the global learning

community and demonstrate safe, ethical, legal, and responsible behavior in the use of informationAlso includes Internet safety


Key 21st century skills—

Critical thinking

Creativity

Collaboration

Communication

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Technology and Information Literacy Standards (TILS) 2011-12 School Year

LMS meetings with K–6 teacher teams in each school to collaborate on implementation

Keyboarding Standards work in all schools K–6

Compilation of Internet Safety curriculum (LMSs and counselors, etc.)

Feedback survey of K–6 teachers in spring to provide basis for fine-tuning of K–6

Meetings with representative 7th and 8th grade teachers in spring to revisit/revise/update 7th and 8th TILS

Formation of project development teams for 7th and 8th grade TILS in spring

Exploration of 8th grade “exit” assessments

Library Media Specialist RoleDirects all activities related to the acquisition, maintenance, and use of print and electronic resources and equipment

selects and purchases current and relevant print and electronic materials and equipment to meet building curriculum needs

establishes procedures for the use of shared resources in the school such as computer labs, mobile laptop carts, and handheld devices

promotes equitable access to technology resources by all students within the school and outside of school

maintains the media center webpage including information about services, online subscriptions, book promotions, and style guides

trains and supervises the media center paraprofessional staff

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Library Media SpecialistThe School Library Media Specialist provides the leadership and expertise necessary to develop and maintain an information media program that reflects the mission, goals, and objectives of the school and district. The Library Media Specialist collaborates and consults with teachers to integrate technology and information literacy skills into subject matter instruction.

designs learning tasks and assessments incorporating student technology standards

selects and recommends up-to-date resources for instruction

provides training to staff on use of digital resources



Library Media SpecialistThe Library Media Specialist works with all students to locate and effectively use 21st century tools and informational resources to meet their academic and personal needs.

instructs students how to efficiently and appropriately use online resources for assigned projects and activities

guides students through the research process of locating, evaluating, note taking, organizing, and citing sources

informs students of ethical standards regarding copyright laws and online etiquette

provides guidance to students in the selection of print and electronic materials for recreational reading

promotes the lifelong love of reading through book talks, book clubs, author visits, online student book reviews, and other motivational programs

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Library Media SpecialistThe Library Media Specialist directs all activities related to the acquisition, maintenance, and use of print and electronic resources and equipment

selects and purchases current and relevant print and electronic materials and equipment to meet building curriculum needs

establishes procedures for the use of shared resources in the school such as computer labs, mobile laptop carts, and handheld devices

promotes equitable access to technology resources by all students within the school and outside of school



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Technology Strategic Plan ESAC - Hopkins Schools...Educational Technology Strategic Plan “Today’s educational system faces irrelevance unless we bridge the gap between how students