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The technology plan outlines goals to integrate interactive technologies like SMART boards and tablets in classrooms by 2017. It also aims to provide all students opportunities to use technology and the internet to enhance learning by 2017. Finally, the plan seeks to assess, monitor, and report student progress through technology by 2015-2016.

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Technology Plan-Mp

The technology plan outlines goals to integrate interactive technologies like SMART boards and tablets in classrooms by 2017. It also aims to provide all students opportunities to use technology and the internet to enhance learning by 2017. Finally, the plan seeks to assess, monitor, and report student progress through technology by 2015-2016.

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Technology Plan

School Name: Green Valley Elementary


Vision Statement: All teachers and students will be efficient at utilizing technology
in the classroom to enhance core curriculum.

Mission Statement: Teachers will integrate technology in the classroom and


provide students will an interactive and knowledge enhancing learning experience.

Executive Summary:
Green Valley Elementary School Technology Plans 2014-2017
Goal #1: 2014-2017
Classroom integration of interactive technologies (i.e., interactive white
boards/tablets, audience response system, and video conferencing) will be
encouraged and supported.
Strategies:
Survey teachers to determine need for interactive technology tools.
Formulate a 3 year plan to provide funding, training, and implementation of
interactive technologies for instructional purposes.
Metrics:
Classroom integration of interactive technologies (i.e., interactive white
boards/tablets, audience response system, and video conferencing) will be
encouraged and supported.
Progress:
A complete inventory has been taken, resulting in a clear understanding of what
interactive technology equipment is required in each school's classrooms to meet
our goal. In 2013-2014 school year, SMART-Board training was provided
including SMART-Response training.

Goal #2: School Implementation 2014-2017


100% of Green Valleys students will be given opportunities to utilize

technology and the Internet to enhance learning activities in the classroom.


Strategies:
Interactive SMART-Boards activities, IPAD APPs, and other web-based
activities will be used as means of enhancing students instruction.
Waterford Early Learning Systems, an Internet based program in reading and
math will be utilized with identified students in grades K-2 for remediation.
Read 180 and System 44, Internet based reading intervention programs will be
utilized with identified students for reading remediation.
SMART Response systems will be utilized in grades 3-4 to enhance instruction.
The eInstruction System will be utilized in classrooms to assess student mastery
of the Indiana Academic Standards during instruction.
Destiny Library Software has been installed to allow teachers and students to
find library resources to support classroom instruction.
Metrics:
Survey classrooms each semester to determine percent of students using
technology in the classroom.
Record the number of students actively using Waterford, Read180, and
System44.
Record the number of lessons that SMART-Response systems are used.
Progress:
Professional development in Waterford was offered in 2013-2014.
SMART-Response System professional development was held in September
2013.
Read180 and System44 are fully being implemented 2013-2014.
Goal #3: 2014-2015
Assess, monitor, and report student progress through the use of technology.
Strategies:
Utilize software programs to record and track student progress in the areas of
reading and mathematics. (DIBELS, Class Dash, Google Docs, etc.)

Increase the visibility of classroom activities and student progress for students
and parents.
Metrics:
All grade levels will utilize the INOW system to record and report student grades
by the end of the 2014-2015 school year and become more familiar with record
keeping other than grades. All grade levels will report midterm progress through
the INOW progress reporting system beginning in the 2014-2015 school year.
Teachers will continue to record and report student progress on Math Common
Formative Assessments using Class Dash and/or Google Docs software by the
end of the 2014-2015 school year.
Teachers will utilize the DIBELS or other comparable website to establish
benchmarks and track progress in 2014-2015.
Progress:
Teachers are in their 3rd year of using INOW. Three report cards for 2012-2013
were INOW generated. Four report Cards were INOW generated for 2013-2014.
Teachers are using the Class Dash and/or Google Docs software to record and
report student progress on Math CFAs.

Evaluation: The plan will be revisited yearly, prior to March 1st, by Leadership
Team members and the Technology Committee. A determination will be made as
to whether or not Goals and Strategies have been met. Adjustments to the plan will
be made as needed based upon assessment information, the purchase of new
technologies, and staff needs.
Explain why you believe this plan will be effective and how you have applied
current technology information or trends in the plan.
The Plan that we currently have is very effective. All the teachers and staff utilize
the listed software and hardware daily and have become very proficient at using
them. If you look at the metrics of when the process of this plan will be implemented
and completed currently our staff have exceeded and accelerated the mastery of
integrating technology using the smart technology programs and listed assessment
tools. We have very specific staff members that get special training in most of the
assessment programs used at our school, thus allowing for quick and easy trouble
shooting and teacher training on collaboration days.

Needs Assessment

Green Valley Needs Assessment (Right click and open to view needs assessment)

EVALUATION & RECOMMENDATION FOR ADAPTIVE/ASSISTIVE


TECHNOLOGY
All students have access to iPads and computers in the classroom which have
programs to assist all diverse learning style and learners. Both devices provide
magnification and audio settings to adapt to the needs of our students. We are also
equipped with personal frequency modulation systems for students with hearing
impairments. I would like to suggest adding some learning and text-to- speech apps,
alternative keyboards, drawing and writing tools that connect to the computers and
iPads to make as an addition to what we already have. Specific apps are cited in the
needs assessment linked above.

Diversity, Culture, Language


To help our students and their families to encompass the diversity cultivated at our
school we implemented the Rosetta Stone language learning program in our World
language lab. We are also working on build a list of resources to place on our school
website for our ESL and ELL students and parents. In addition, we want to connect with
some of the local area multicultural centers for assistant with interpreting and resources
to families needing assistance outside of school.

Equitable Access
Our school has provided one computer to each staff member and each classroom has
3 additional desktops for student use. We have 2 labs; one is our Laptop Lab for our
World Language program and the other is for online testing and teacher use with their
students. In the next coming year, I would like for our students and teachers to have
more access to utilizing the labs by providing a 2 mobile labs with a class set of laptops
per cart. I think this would make it easier for teachers to get the students on the
computers and they can utilize the carts for a longer period of time than what they get
for the lab use.
NETWORKS

WIRELESS: Currently 100% of the schools have access to wireless Internet.


Teachers have been using the S drive and Google Docs to store & share lesson
plans & assessments, and grade level data.

Goal: Classroom integration of interactive technologies and use of Chromebooks as


an additional tool (i.e, interactive white boards/tablets, and Chromebook use.)

Strategies:

Train teachers on the Chromebook and introduce tools for diverse learners.

Implementation:

Use collaboration and professional development days to train or conduct


technology sessions with teachers and grade levels.
Meet monthly with Webmaster to check on updates and progress of
implemented software programs being used and devices.

Progress:

Wireless networks have been improved upon and tested.


All teachers will have attended an introductory meeting.
All PD and Collaboration webinars have been scheduled.
A needs assessment and technology survey has been completed.

Professional Development:
The goal is to train the staff how to use My Big Campus LMS this year. They will be given
the goal of creating bundles this year. Next year staff will be expected to post daily
tasks and use the assessment feature.

4 1 hour per quarter sessions where the trainers train the staff by department.
9, 1-hour E-learning workshops during Collaboration.
20 45 minute PD sessions in departments

Finances:
Technology Budget:
We currently have the following items: (The Items purchased by the NAFCS
Corporation allot licenses to each school for use of the software)

Smartboard (15 total : 1 per classroom at $5,099 each: $76,485)


Smart Response system ( 6 total: 3rd and 4th grade only: $3,377 each: $20,262)
Smart Slate ( 12 total:1 per classroom at $349: 4,188)
INOW (purchased by the district)
Dibels ( purchased by the district)
Google Docs- free
Waterford (purchased by the district)
Read 180 (purchased by the district)
System 44 (purchased by the district)
iPads- 4 per classroom at 300.00 each: 14, 400.00
Destiny Library software ( purchased by the district)

Investments:
Technology Devices:

Google Chrome books: $13,950 (50 devices at $279) ( click here for link)

Chromebook Charging Carts: 1,070.90 (2 carts at $535.45)

Training:

Webinar Series: Free with www.simpleK12.com


Classroom Technology and District issued software training: Free if webmaster or
Instructional Technology coach administrates the training.
o Staff Hourly wages for webinar series: No extra cost if training is done
once a month on a collaboration day.

New Positions:

1 Instructional Technology Coach - $82,000

Maintenance & Repairs:

Completed and maintained by the District Technology Department. No funding


is coming directly from the Schools individual budget

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