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As educators in 2010 we are running to catch up to the world of technology. It is imperative we effectively incorporate best practices when it comes to technology education. In keeping up with this vast moving arena, there are many needs within the school setting that need to be examined. This wiki was created to organize the technological efforts at Mitchell Elementary.

Mitchell Technology Plan

Goals for the technology plan-Finding ways to engage, share, and get our students to want to come back tomorrow. · To ensure that all students at Mitchell are receiving optimal and appropriate technology integration in their education · To ensure that all staff members are becoming effective technology instructors and integrators into every subject · To ensure hardware is adequately used and shared among all 600 students

Stakeholders To accomplish these goals the school will need the support of students, parents, community members, and the district Board of Education.

-Students will need to agree to use technology appropriately by signing and believing in the Technology use agreement set by the Douglas County School District. Students active participation in fundraising will also be necessary

-Parents will need to support their students and teachers in enforcing and promoting safe and ethical use of technology within the school and at home. Financial support in the for of technology fees may also be necessary.

-Community members will need to support the school whenever possible via donations, fundraising, grants, and by providing opportunities for students to connect with the community through support of projects and community activities.

-Board of Education will need to support the needs of the school when deciding budget issues with the importance of advancing technology to crate classrooms ready to produce students that are prepared for the challenges of the 21st Century.

Levels of authority · Examine Tech Leaders in the school-people who are not interested in arguing out who gets what hardware and what the schedule is, but people who adequately integrate technology in the cap and will collaborate to do more · Tech committee-decision makers who take regular input from staff to made purchasing and policy decisions · Tasks · Leaders-always “on call” and regularly meeting with team levels to contribute ideas and collaborate on ways to incorporate technology · Committee-to constantly be surveying staff to make decisions-I think most decisions are made by the most vocal people and that isn’t a good way to have effective technology at our school Communication strategies · Mitchell Staff Wiki-(I am in process on this, if you want it to happen I will complete it!) see Arvada West Staff Wiki http://arvadawesttech.wikispaces.com/ Chain of command · Ryan · Tech leaders/Tech Committee · Team Leaders · Staff

Tasks to individuals · Commander in Chief-Ryan-to oversee that all staff are embracing ISTE standards and incorporating appropriate technology standards into the CAP · Tech leaders-to actively and innovatively share and collaborate great use of technology at all team levels-possibly set up a mini-CAP k-6 at Mitchell assuring students are familiar with particular technology tools so that they can be built up on and never dropped according to grade level changes · Tech committee-to seek the opinions and needs of staff and make policy decisions ie purchasing, scheduling, procedure needs… · Team leaders-to cohesively keep your team updated and on the same page so that all students at grade level are receiving updated technology skills k-6 o Once a month present technology to staff for collaboration and ideas · Staff-to always be updating classroom instruction to keep up with digital natives, ISTE standards and Mitchell technology drive Graphic-project plan

ID supplies and equipment · Lab-dismantle and destroy! Or create little mini-labs around the buildings (in our imaginary rooms I suppose) as teaching in a lab is really not effective learning in 2010!!

· Carts-enough to share among all grades

· Smartboards-one for every effective user, not just according to grade level Budget · Never ending in my perfect world! Future changes Resolving conflicts · Maybe a concerns section for each meeting-can be submitted online by any staff member to each team · Scheduling-block schedule, solidified or fluid? Anticipated problems · Over-usage · Procedure stuff · Scheduling

References

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