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Goal 4 - Strategy 1

** Strategy 1: __The district will develop a plan for the continued incorporation of best practices for the use of technology as a seamless instructional tool.__ **


 * **Activity Step ** || **Comments** ||
 * Develop and implement a comprehensive Revisit the K-8 12 technology curriculum in accordance with National Educational Technology Standards for Students (ISTE) including integration into all curricular areas, yearly benchmarks and assessments, information literacy practices and related professional development.

Move towards Build an infrastructure which allows for students to bring in their own learning devices (laptops, iPads) so that one-to-one computing can be achieved as recommended by ISTE.

Investigate a fully functioning internal AND external cable channel.

Investigate videoconferencing cross district.

Investigate designating an instructional technology specialist at Pine Road and Murray Avenue with the intention of providing classroom teachers with the support they need to create technology-rich curricular projects and connections. Incorporate Problem Solving technologies to facilitate inquiry driven instruction. Examples of technologies that could promote this type of learning within the curriculum are video conferencing to teach global understanding and collaboration, gaming, Robotics, Programming, Scratch, etc.

Integrate technology that fosters a student-centered classroom environment which allows for the differentiation of instruction, and provides both student and teachers with tools for 21st century teaching and learning.

Integrate Online Learning for enriching opportunities for our students.

Investigate Cloud Computing as a tool that would allow for ongoing collaborative instructional environments.

Keep a pulse on innovative technologies that have an impact on Education (Augmented Reality)

Provide professional staff with engaging training to increase teachers’ technology competencies to create the capacity to utilize technology competencies as a tool for instruction and learning. Expand the District-wide capacity for using data to guide instruction through the use of tools such as Performance Tracker/Assessment Builder, Student Response systems for immediate feedback, online voting, and collaborative environments such as google docs, wikis and blogs.

Maintain educational technology in support of classroom instruction and learning by continuing to establish a refresh cycle for hardware and software.

Activities: Continue to provide Multimedia Classrooms such as the Digital Media Lab Technology Integration into all curriculum areas Technology Integration Skill Assessment (LOTI) Training Opportunities: Tech Bytes, Flex, Summer, Inservice, Conferences Educational Software Hardware Refresh Cycle Continue to Create Interactive Collaborative Smart Classrooms Enable Students to Access Their Network Folders anytime/anywhere Expand Wireless Capability Embed Technology Tools and instructional units into all curriculum areas Digital Content Provide Alternative Learning Oportunities – Online Learning, VHS Efficiently Track Student Progress Provide E-Learning Opportunities – online testing Provide Technology to Support Different Learning Styles ||  ||   ||   ||