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The Challenges Ahead
The five-year tech plan was submitted to NCDPI on October 28, 2005. The plan has been on the web for input since the spring of 2005. The current form of the plan remains available on the web for continued comment. The plan addresses the goals of the school system’s strategic plan. Simply put, the tech plan can be considered a rough outline for the next five years of our school system’s educational technology story. At best, though, the tech plan is a critical underpinning for the academic and operational aims enumerated in our strategic plan.
The challenges of implementing a technology program capable of achieving the vision outlined above are as follows:
First, we must develop and constantly reassess the steps required to implement these goals, the details of which will continue to evolve over time.
Second, we must clearly define the role of our teachers/staff in this process and provide training and incentives for buying into the process. Administrators must re-engineer time, space and roles to allow teachers the opportunity for professional discourse and development. We must be prepared to persist in the face of what is at times, in the educational profession, a legacy of isolation and autonomy.
Third, we must communicate our plans to the community and those responsible for funding technology. Effective educational use of computers is critically dependent on a dependable technology refreshment cycle, continued enhancement in communications bandwidth, adequate technical support staff, instructional technology facilitators who are able to devote their time to curriculum-based, technology enabled activities, and increased opportunities for training of all staff.
Fourth, we must develop measures of success by which we can demonstrate and evaluate the positive impact that technology is having in our educational system.
For a provocative read on what a technology-inspired future of education looks like, check out Future Fiction by David Warlick.
Article posted # December 5, 2005 at 10:04 PM:
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Whether a Yellow Jacket, a Yosef, an Achiever, a Cardinal, a Patriot, a Pirate, a Charger, a Cougar or an Eggie -- Joe has witnessed the power of technology as a tool to support and enhance teaching and learning. He is forever curious about such possibilities. He is an experienced collaborator, designer, and presenter of staff development for the successful implementation and integration of technology in learning environments.
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