Oak Bluffs School Technology Plan 2010-2013
GOALS:
A. Teacher and Student Use of Technology
1.a. Outside the classroom:
Teachers will use technology everyday, including some of the following areas: lesson planning, administrative tasks, communications, and collaboration. Teachers will share information about technology uses with their colleagues.
1.b. Within the Classroom:
Teachers use technology appropriately with students each week, including some of the following areas: research, multimedia, simulations, data interpretation, communications, and collaboration.
2. Students in grades 3 to 8 will show proficiency in all the Massachusetts Recommended Pre-K-12 Technology Standards.
3. The district has an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) regarding Internet use. This policy is read and signed by parents and students and a copy is posted on our website.
B. Technology Professional Development
1. By the end of each school year at least 85% of the Oak Bluffs School staff will have participated in at least 10 hours of high-quality technology professional development covering technology skills and the integration of technology into instruction.
2. Technology professional development is sustained and ongoing and includes coaching, modeling best practices, district-based mentoring, and study groups. The professional development includes concepts of universal design and scientifically based research models.
3. Professional development planning includes assessment of district and teachers' needs. The assessment is based on the competencies listed in the Massachusetts Technology Self-Assessment Tool.
C. Instructional Support
The Oak Bluffs School:
Facilitates access to collegial support and best practice information from a wide variety of resources.
Expands the variety of teaching tools and strategies to support diverse learning styles.
Supports productive and efficient management of student assessment and portfolio data.
Increases support for emerging instructional strategies: interdisciplinary, collaborative, active learning options, and brain based layered curriculum.
Enables curriculum, instruction and assessment to be developed and aligned with each other.
Provides a system that helps students, parents and teachers work together to support educational outcomes. (MassONE)
Pilots new teaching strategies, technologies, and instructional resources.
Investigates emerging possibilities for electronic learning resources such as: e-books, wireless technology, personal digital assistants (PDAs), scientific probes, video conferencing, on-line learning and streaming video.
Uses Community Cable Access to improve communication and offer learning opportunities within our communities.
D. Student Accessibility
1. The district has an average ratio of fewer than four students per high-capacity, internet-connected computers. The district will work with stakeholders to review the capacity of the computers on an annual basis.
2. The district considers students' access to portable and/or handheld electronic devices where appropriate to their grade level.
3. The district has established a computer replacement cycle of six years or less.
E. Technical Support
1. The district makes a commitment to provide timely in-classroom technical support with clear information on how to access the support, so that technical problems will not cause major disruptions to curriculum delivery.
2. The district provides a 1.0 FTE network administrator. Technical support can also be provided by dedicated staff or contracted services.
F. Evaluation
1. The district evaluates, through on going surveys & self-assessment, the effectiveness of technology resources toward attainment of educational goals on a regular basis. Prior to purchasing the district assesses the products and services that are needed to improve teaching and learning.
2. The district's technology plan includes an evaluation process that enables the district to monitor its progress in achieving its technology goals and to make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
The Oak Bluffs School will produce technology literate students with focus on:
Technology operations and concepts
Responsible and ethical use
Effective and creative communications
Thinking, learning, and producing
Research, problem-solving, and decision making
Emerging technologies
G. Budget
1. The District has a budget for its local technology plan with line items for technology in its operational budget, as well as through its School Choice reimbursement funding.
2. The budget includes staffing, hardware, software, professional development, support, and contracted services.
3. The district leverages the use of federal, state, and private resources.
4. The technology budget provides sufficient funding to cover the local share of E-rate services requested and other resources that are needed to provide these services over a period of the plan. The Oak Bluffs School will continue to use E-rate money to provide upgrades in the areas of telecommunications and information technology services.
GOALS:
A. Teacher and Student Use of Technology
1.a. Outside the classroom:
Teachers will use technology everyday, including some of the following areas: lesson planning, administrative tasks, communications, and collaboration. Teachers will share information about technology uses with their colleagues.
1.b. Within the Classroom:
Teachers use technology appropriately with students each week, including some of the following areas: research, multimedia, simulations, data interpretation, communications, and collaboration.
2. Students in grades 3 to 8 will show proficiency in all the Massachusetts Recommended Pre-K-12 Technology Standards.
3. The district has an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) regarding Internet use. This policy is read and signed by parents and students and a copy is posted on our website.
B. Technology Professional Development
1. By the end of each school year at least 85% of the Oak Bluffs School staff will have participated in at least 10 hours of high-quality technology professional development covering technology skills and the integration of technology into instruction.
2. Technology professional development is sustained and ongoing and includes coaching, modeling best practices, district-based mentoring, and study groups. The professional development includes concepts of universal design and scientifically based research models.
3. Professional development planning includes assessment of district and teachers' needs. The assessment is based on the competencies listed in the Massachusetts Technology Self-Assessment Tool.
C. Instructional Support
The Oak Bluffs School:
Facilitates access to collegial support and best practice information from a wide variety of resources.
Expands the variety of teaching tools and strategies to support diverse learning styles.
Supports productive and efficient management of student assessment and portfolio data.
Increases support for emerging instructional strategies: interdisciplinary, collaborative, active learning options, and brain based layered curriculum.
Enables curriculum, instruction and assessment to be developed and aligned with each other.
Provides a system that helps students, parents and teachers work together to support educational outcomes. (MassONE)
Pilots new teaching strategies, technologies, and instructional resources.
Investigates emerging possibilities for electronic learning resources such as: e-books, wireless technology, personal digital assistants (PDAs), scientific probes, video conferencing, on-line learning and streaming video.
Uses Community Cable Access to improve communication and offer learning opportunities within our communities.
D. Student Accessibility
1. The district has an average ratio of fewer than four students per high-capacity, internet-connected computers. The district will work with stakeholders to review the capacity of the computers on an annual basis.
2. The district considers students' access to portable and/or handheld electronic devices where appropriate to their grade level.
3. The district has established a computer replacement cycle of six years or less.
E. Technical Support
1. The district makes a commitment to provide timely in-classroom technical support with clear information on how to access the support, so that technical problems will not cause major disruptions to curriculum delivery.
2. The district provides a 1.0 FTE network administrator. Technical support can also be provided by dedicated staff or contracted services.
F. Evaluation
1. The district evaluates, through on going surveys & self-assessment, the effectiveness of technology resources toward attainment of educational goals on a regular basis. Prior to purchasing the district assesses the products and services that are needed to improve teaching and learning.
2. The district's technology plan includes an evaluation process that enables the district to monitor its progress in achieving its technology goals and to make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
The Oak Bluffs School will produce technology literate students with focus on:
Technology operations and concepts
Responsible and ethical use
Effective and creative communications
Thinking, learning, and producing
Research, problem-solving, and decision making
Emerging technologies
G. Budget
1. The District has a budget for its local technology plan with line items for technology in its operational budget, as well as through its School Choice reimbursement funding.
2. The budget includes staffing, hardware, software, professional development, support, and contracted services.
3. The district leverages the use of federal, state, and private resources.
4. The technology budget provides sufficient funding to cover the local share of E-rate services requested and other resources that are needed to provide these services over a period of the plan. The Oak Bluffs School will continue to use E-rate money to provide upgrades in the areas of telecommunications and information technology services.
