Eastside High Eastside High SchoolSchool
Technology Vision
Technology Plan
Not separate, integrate with SIP
Curriculum is the driving force
Continuous teacher training is a must
Technical support
WHY PLAN NOW? All schools should have a Technology Plan
District is contemplating technology refresh: Last QZAB for EHS was in 2001-2002
School’s technology personnel has changed
Resource allocation to designated priorities
One mill for schools was approved (in effect July 09)
What does it mean “align with curriculum? Your subject matter, your audience and the
activities involved in the learning process determine the equipment, software, peripherals, textbooks needed
Reading Read 180, computer assisted
Math Carnegie Math, computer assisted
Science Project-based learning, laptop availability
Computer applications Hardware intensive, desktops
Driving class automobiles, texts
Physical education fields, balls, uniforms, bats, shoes
Advanced Placement presentations, presentation station and Smartboard
Interactive class Smartboard, clickers
District technology plan
Our plan must be aligned with the District Technology Plan for:
Continuity for studentsTechnology Support
Access to district resourcesShared costs
Standardization of equipmentGrants
Professional developmentLowest prices
Inventory
443 PC computers
176 are Pentium 4, first generation (GX-240)
129 are Pentium 4, second generation (GX-260)
Laptops:
5 Mac laptop carts, 1 PC
Smartboards
Teacher laptops
Clickers
LCD projectors
VCRs
DVD players
Televisions
Overhead projectors
Software Adobe PageMaker, Adobe PhotoShop
Elite Vision
ExamView
Carnegie Algebra, Carnegie Geometry, IB Math, Check Pro
Read180
Google apps (Earth, Sketch, Picasa)
Graphmatica, JUMP, Macromedia, MicroType, MyITlab
Where do we go from here?
Textbook resources on the web
District directive: web applications when possible
Your homework
Please select at least a person from each department to attend and prepare the following information:
Textbook used for classes and availability of ONLINE content for textbook. If possible, investigate if there is a fee for website usage (annual fee, fee to use certain areas of the website or enrichment resources provided online)
In classes where there is no textbook or the textbook is out of date and no adoption is foreseeable in the immediate future, suggest ONLINE content suitable for the class – and costs, if possible.
Computers purchased by the district will have the Microsoft Office Suite. Suggest any other productivity software that may be needed for student projects.
Where no ONLINE content is available, suggest necessary software to implement the curriculum. This would apply to multimedia classes that use Adobe, Typing or other software not available online.
Your requests Will the school be a Mac school or a PC school?
Should we be writing grants for hardware, software?
Do we have to stay with the district or can we be an independent school?
Define roles of tech personnel
Why can’t we use personal laptops on the guest network?
Why does the wireless coverage have blind spots? When will they be fixed?
Why is the bandwidth so poor?
Could we get portable DVD (USB) players for computers?