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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Blog Posting #3 – National Educational Technology Plan
Summary:
The National Education Technology Plan of 2010 provides a framework in helping America achieve economic growth and prosperity in the 21st Century and to be competitive in the world economy. The plan includes goals and recommendations to facilitate the Obama administration’s educational goals of increasing the percentage college graduates to 60% of the population and to close the achievement gap in order for ALL students to graduate from high school and be college bound. The use of technology is integral part of achieving these goals. Just as technology is being use in all aspects of American life, it must be used in education to achieve a prosperous future.
The five goals and recommendations are in the areas of learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure and productivity. The plan calls for engaging teaching and learning experiences to drive achievement. Data pertaining to assessments should be used to monitor student performance. Relevant and on-going professional development should be provided to improve teaching. Infrastructures must be in placed to make information accessible to all stakeholders. Productivity must be streamlined and efficient to provide excellent services even in these challenging economic times.
Reflection:
The plan is bold and ambitious yet achievable. America has the human and technological resources to make it possible. The question that remains is in the willingness and hearts of the American people. Third world countries have made tremendous strides in producing college graduates who are technologically advanced even with limited resources. How much more the U.S. when everything is in excess?
The National Education Technology Plan of 2010 provides a framework in helping America achieve economic growth and prosperity in the 21st Century and to be competitive in the world economy. The plan includes goals and recommendations to facilitate the Obama administration’s educational goals of increasing the percentage college graduates to 60% of the population and to close the achievement gap in order for ALL students to graduate from high school and be college bound. The use of technology is integral part of achieving these goals. Just as technology is being use in all aspects of American life, it must be used in education to achieve a prosperous future.
The five goals and recommendations are in the areas of learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure and productivity. The plan calls for engaging teaching and learning experiences to drive achievement. Data pertaining to assessments should be used to monitor student performance. Relevant and on-going professional development should be provided to improve teaching. Infrastructures must be in placed to make information accessible to all stakeholders. Productivity must be streamlined and efficient to provide excellent services even in these challenging economic times.
Reflection:
The plan is bold and ambitious yet achievable. America has the human and technological resources to make it possible. The question that remains is in the willingness and hearts of the American people. Third world countries have made tremendous strides in producing college graduates who are technologically advanced even with limited resources. How much more the U.S. when everything is in excess?
Blog Posting #2 – District Technology Plan
Technology is one of the tools to facilitate the overall goals of the district which are to:
G1: Increase student achievement.
G2: Increase management efficiency.
G3: Improve public support and confidence in schools.
G4: Create a positive district culture.
G5: Provide facilities-to-standard program.
In support of the Texas Long Range Technology Plan, the Houston Independent School District established a 5 year technology plan which includes:
TP-A: Strategic Management and Accountability
TP-B: Learning Support and Planning
TP-C: Unified Student Record
TP-D: Administrative Systems
TP-E: Technology Systems
Major technology initiatives include: timely access to information (district portal), comprehensive student data (Chancery and GradeSpeed), Curriculum and accountability information(AEIS, AYP, and disaggregated assessment data) ; infrastructure to connect stakeholders; helpdesk to answer technical questions and troubleshoot problems; monitor emerging technologies to aid in teaching and learning; data management process; establish standards for technology use; and equitable distribution of technology across campuses.
Professional development opportunities are available through trainings provided by the professional development department and through online trainings. The campuses also provide the opportunity by bringing experts into the campus to train teachers on technology or to send staff to outside training facilities. Sufficient time and resources are made available upon the initiative and discretion of the administrator.
There is a established data, asset management system and helpdesk to monitor use of data in driving instruction and achievement, to provide infrastructure and technology devices, to give technical support to all, and to ensure that the 5 year technology plan is implemented properly.
Houston ISD Technology Plan
http://cms7.houstonisd.org/vgn/images/portal/cit_23015118/23482056Executive%20Summary.pdf
G1: Increase student achievement.
G2: Increase management efficiency.
G3: Improve public support and confidence in schools.
G4: Create a positive district culture.
G5: Provide facilities-to-standard program.
In support of the Texas Long Range Technology Plan, the Houston Independent School District established a 5 year technology plan which includes:
TP-A: Strategic Management and Accountability
TP-B: Learning Support and Planning
TP-C: Unified Student Record
TP-D: Administrative Systems
TP-E: Technology Systems
Major technology initiatives include: timely access to information (district portal), comprehensive student data (Chancery and GradeSpeed), Curriculum and accountability information(AEIS, AYP, and disaggregated assessment data) ; infrastructure to connect stakeholders; helpdesk to answer technical questions and troubleshoot problems; monitor emerging technologies to aid in teaching and learning; data management process; establish standards for technology use; and equitable distribution of technology across campuses.
Professional development opportunities are available through trainings provided by the professional development department and through online trainings. The campuses also provide the opportunity by bringing experts into the campus to train teachers on technology or to send staff to outside training facilities. Sufficient time and resources are made available upon the initiative and discretion of the administrator.
There is a established data, asset management system and helpdesk to monitor use of data in driving instruction and achievement, to provide infrastructure and technology devices, to give technical support to all, and to ensure that the 5 year technology plan is implemented properly.
Houston ISD Technology Plan
http://cms7.houstonisd.org/vgn/images/portal/cit_23015118/23482056Executive%20Summary.pdf
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Blog Posting #1 – Technology Assessments
I have been participating in the Star Chart survey for the past three years and it's only now that I realized the value of such a technological assessment. Having read the information on teaching in the 21st Century, Texas LRTP, and studied my campus StarChart for the past three years, I now see the direction that my campus is heading as far as implementing the goals of technology in education and in preparing our students for a career in the 21st century. I also see the value of including technology skills as part of the students’ essential knowledge and skills and to assess student’s progress in that area.
Information gathered from the assessments will be used by leaders to make decisions for improvement in all areas as outlined in the LRTP. Teachers will know the strengths and weaknesses in the area of technology and how they will be able to integrate technology in teaching the core subjects and to engage them in lesson with meaningful implications in the real world.
The only concern I have about technology assessments is the validity of the answers given in the questionnaire. Some teachers may have rushed through them. Some terms may be unfamiliar. However, I do not see any concerns as far as technology assessment for the students. It is absolutely vital that their skills be assessed so teachers will make conscious efforts in making use of technology available in the classroom and to prepare them in this exciting future of technological advances.
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