Technology in our School Today

Agenda:

Something to think about Facts Texas STaR Chart Gilmore’s Results Goals Implementations Are you Ready For the Future? Questions

Are you teaching to the 21st Century learner?

Ask yourself these questions:

When was the last time you read your TEKS for your grade level technology expectations?

How often do you allow students to work on computers or any technological device?

When was the last staff development you attended to grow in this area?

Are you teaching the same as you were five years ago? (Not curriculum, but what does your classroom look like?)

Could technology assist you in differentiation? Do your students know more about technology than you do?

Did you know?

According to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, all students should be technology literate by the end of the eighth grade.

No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D requires all teachers to be technology literate and integrate technology across the curriculum.

There is a way for us to monitor progress in technology.

What is the Texas STaR Chart?

STaR – School Technology and Readiness An online resource tool for self-assessment of a

campus and district to effectively integrate technology across the curriculum

Aligns to the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020

Completed each year to gauge progress annually to meet requirements.

Charts are available for your campus, district, state and federal use.

Texas STaR Chart

This chart is a rubric that covers four key areas to monitor progress annually.

The four key areas are:

Teaching and Learning Educator Preparation and Development Leadership, Administration and Instructional

Support Infrastructure for Technology

Where are we now?Patterns of Classroom

Use

Frequency/ Design of

Instructional Setting

Content Area

Connections

Technology Applications (TA) TEKS Implemention

Student Mastery of Technology Applications

Online Learning

Total

2 2 2 2 2 2 12

Key Area I: Teaching and Learning

Key Area II: Educator Preparation and DevelopmentProfessional Development Experiences

Models of Professional Development

Capabilities of

Educators

Access to professional Development

Levels of Understanding and Patterns

of Use

Professional Development for Online Learning

Total

2 2 3 2 2 2 13

1=Early Tech 2=Developing Tech 3=Advanced Tech 4=Target Tech

Key Area III: Leadership, Administration and Instructional SupportLeadership and Vision

Planning Instructional Support

Communication and

Collaboration

Budget Leadership and Support

for Online Learning

Total

2 2 2 2 1 2 11

Key Area IV: Infrastructure for TechnologyStudents

per Computers

Internet Access

Connectivity Speed

Other Classroom Technology

Technical Support

Local Area Network

Wide Area Network

Distance Learning Capacity

Total

2 4 3 2 4 3 18

1= Early Tech 2=Developing Tech 3=Advanced Tech 4=Target Tech

Gilmore’s Totals

Teaching and Learning = 12 Educator Preparation and Development = 13 Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support= 11 Infrastructure for Technology = 18

Key Area Rating Range

6-8 Early Tech 9-14 Developing Tech15-20 Advanced Tech21-24 Target Tech

What are our goals and where do we need improvement?

Gilmore’s Summary Report 2008-09

Goals for improvement: Become familiar with grade level TEKS. Incorporate technology in all subject areas to develop higher-order

thinking skills and encourage collaboration. Try to attend at least two technology workshops. Set goals for your grade level and share at the next faculty meeting.

What can we do to implement technology into our instruction? Provide students opportunities to create a

PowerPoint for classroom projects. These can be done at home.

Use Smart board for Science and Math lessons. Let students create graphs from data collected. Allow students to type and edit writing

assignments. What other ways could you use technology?

To continue to approach school ing from a content del ivery model puts us at r isk of quickly becoming irre levant .

Will Richardson

The Future…

Are you ready?

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