FM Technology Benchmarks, 2008

The link below sends you to links that will help in updating the district technology plan.  Technology Benchmarks include the standards along with sample lessons for teachers.  You will also find Integrated Technology and the FM Technology Plan.

http://www.fmschools.org/departments.cfm?subpage=7360

Technology Plans for CNY

The link below has all Technology Plans for CNY.  ESM recently used our plan to update theirs.  Most others were updated when ours was in 2008.

http://www.cnyric.org/teacherpage.cfm?teacher=942

Sections Required by the State
Requirement 1 - Technology Program Assessment: An assessment of telecommunications, hardware, software, professional development, staffing and other services that are needed to improve education or library services.
Requirement 2 - Goals and Strategies: The establishment of clear goals and realistic strategies for using instructional technologies and technology services to improve education and/ or library services.
Requirement 3 - Professional Development: A professional development strategy that ensures staff members know how to use planned technologies to improve education and/ or library services.
Requirement 4 - Evaluation Process: An evaluation process enabling the district to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections as needed in response to new developments and opportunities that arise.

Step One

For the first meeting we will look at the links provided with the first post and divide up readings for all members of the Ad Hoc group.  Group members will comment on readings and then all will comment on those comments posing questions or thoughts about hardward purchases.

Steps for Updating a Technology Plan

As we take the next 4 months to collaborate on a district technology plan, I will annotate the steps so that all can comment or add information to help in this process.

District Technology Plans

Five year plans can be tricky.  Technology tools are constantly changing, and districts may not have the funds one year or the next. In addition, teachers are expected to prepare students for jobs that can be 20 years in the future.  So what are the best ways to begin planning for a school district.  The following links will be used for my school district. Some of these are mandates from the government.  Others are collaborations from professionals seeking well prepared professionals.

2010 Horizon Report
This is yearly report written by an international board to discuss emerging technologies and their implications for K-12 education.
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century, MIT
Report supporting the need for media literacy.
National Education Technology Plan, November 2010
US State Department of Education plan
21st Century Skills
ISTE
International Society for Technology Education is in the forefront for technology integration.