1. Board of Trustees
Superintendent
Director of
Instructional
Technology
Assistant Assistant
Superintendent for Superintendent for
Elementary Schools Secondary Schools
Director of
Curriculum and
Instruction
Campus Principal District Technology
Specialist
District Technology
Support Specialist
Campus Technology
Teachers
Specialist
Site-Based Decision
Making Team
Campus Technology
Support Specialist
Campus Stakeholders
Students
Week 4 Assignment, Part 1

2. Board of Trustees: The Board is the boss of the district and has final say in all matters
regarding the school district. The board controls funding and decision making involving
all educational technology.
Superintendent: The Superintendent is in charge of all day-to-day operations of the
district and reports directly to the Board of Trustees. The Superintendent is the
educational leader and in charge of implementing the District Improvement Plan.
Assistant Superintendent of Elementary Schools: The Assistant Superintendent of
Elementary Schools reports directly to the Superintendent. He/She makes
recommendations for technology implementation in the elementary schools. He/She can
also request funding based on needs for technology.
Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools: The same position as the Assistant
Superintendent of Elementary Schools, however he/she works directly with junior high
and high schools.
Director of Curriculum and Instruction: This person is in charge of implementation of
the district curriculum. He/She is also in charge of analyzing data and making
recommendations for change within the curriculum.
Director of Instructional Technology: This person makes recommendations to the
Assistant Superintendents based on technological needs throughout the district. This
person is also in charge of overseeing the entire Instructional Technology department.
The Director offers staff development that will integrate technology into teaching and
learning.
Campus Principal: Creates a vision for each campus that includes the use of instructional
technology. The principal controls the campus budget to ensure that proper funding is
directed toward instructional technology. The principal oversees the implementation of
curriculum and instruction. He/She also serves on the Campus Leadership Team which
creates the school’s Campus Improvement Plan. The principal is very important when it
comes to the implementation and/or the adoption of instructional technology.
District Technology Specialist: This person reports directly to the Director of
Instructional Technology. He/She facilitates professional development throughout the
district to support teachers with instructional technology. Oversee campus technology
specialist.
District Technology Support Specialist: This person oversees technology support
throughout the district. Maintaining the technology from beginning to ending is the
responsibility of this person.
Teachers: This person is responsible for all of the learning that occurs within a school.
Teachers are directly responsible for the amount of instructional technology taking place
in a classroom. If a teacher embraces technology, then the students in the class are going

3. to be successful at using technology and comfortable using it. Teachers can provide the
platform for learning, but it is up to the students to take the leap.
Campus Technology Specialist: These certified teachers are not seen as traveling
computer teachers, but facilitators that focus on staff development. This includes the
development and adaptation of lessons to allow full integration of technology into the
existing curriculum. Their job is to empower the entire staff by enabling them to fully
utilize the equipment and resources of a district.
Campus Technology Support Specialist: This person provides additional technical
support needed for more specialized problems that occur on a campus.
Site-Based Decision Making Team: This team of teachers, administrators, and
community members are responsible for setting the goals for the school each year. The
team must also decide how to implement instructional technology.
Students: Students are responsible for using instructional technology and letting teachers
know if their needs are not being met. Students are a strong force if they are open and
honest about their needs. Students will let teachers know what is working and what is
not.
Campus Stakeholders: These are people that are directly or indirectly involved with the
school. Parents, community members, and business leaders can help with funding and
partnerships in dealing with instructional technology.
Week 4 Assignment, Part 2
After reviewing the Mooneyham Elementary Campus Improvement Plan, Texas
Campus STaR Chart Summary for Mooneyham Elementary, and the Frisco ISD District
Improvement Plan, I realized our campus is in desperate need to incorporate educational
technology. Educational technology seems to be a priority on the District level, but it has
not been a priority on the campus level. The Frisco ISD District Improvement Plan list
several needs, two of which are: Continuing to provide staff development on a consistent
basis using “job embedded”, after school, and summer training opportunities, and
Continuing to evaluate the “campus standards” with long range plans to provide all
needed equipment, striving to provide a 21st Century learning environment. (ie – laptop
computes, wireless LAN access, wiki server, instructional tools, etc). I did not find any
standards or goal setting for the use of educational technology in the Campus
Improvement Plan; however I found the key areas of need on the Texas Campus STaR
Chart Summary to be: Teaching and Learning, and Educator Preparation and
Development.
Based on the areas of need on the STaR Chart and the District Improvement Plan
I have designed professional development that will provide teachers with the resources
necessary to increase levels of understanding of educational technology, increase
awareness of resources that are available to teachers and students to connect to content

4. areas, and allow teachers to appropriately model their on-line experiences for their
students. The educational technology introduced and used in the professional
development is easily implemented by the teachers, easily understood by the students,
and will engage students. The more time a student is engaged in learning, then the more
the student is learning. Studies show a direct correlation between level of engagement
and learning.
The professional development will focus on all four core classes, but will be
applicable to all subject areas. Elective teacher will be divided up and assigned to a core
area for instructional purposes. The topics covered in the professional development are:
Wordle, Wikis-Blogs, Animoto, and Glogs. I will also utilize Podcast. I will allow the
teachers time to create a “practice” Podcast. Every teacher will have an opportunity to
create something useful for their class using each one of the educational technology tools.
Professional Development Plan
Time Description of PD Plan Participants Location Comments
Schedule Activity Facilitator
8:00-8:3 Breakfast, Campus All campus Library The teachers
0 Welcome, Technology teachers will start off the
Introduction to Specialist session with
Podcasting breakfast.
During their
breakfast the
Campus
Technology
Specialist will
introduce to all
of the teachers
the power of
Podcasting.
The
demonstration
will allow a
brief overview
of Podcasting.
The teachers
will have a
chance to learn
more during the
afternoon if
they choose to
attend the
session on
podcasting.
After breakfast

5. the teachers will
receive their
schedule for the
day. Teachers
will be divided
up by core
teaching area
and assigned to
a breakout
session. The
teachers will
rotate through
each of the
breakout
sessions in
numerical order,
and then #4 will
rotate back to
#1. All teachers
will attend
every breakout
session by the
end of the day.
8:45-9:4 Breakout District All campus C101 Wordle-
5 Session #1 Technology teachers ww.wordle.net
Director Teachers will be
introduced to
Wordle.
Wordle’s are
word collages.
The teachers
will learn how
to create a word
collage. The
potential for a
word collage is
huge when
working with
English
Language
Learners.
Teachers must
create a wordle
that can be used
in their subject
area before

6. moving onto the
next session.
9:50-10: Breakout Campus All campus A214 Wikis / Blogs
50 Session #2 Technology teachers www.wikispace
Teacher s.com/site/fortea
chers
www.freetech4t
eachers.com
www.soyouwan
ttoteach.com
Free sites for
teachers that
anyone can
update and
respond to.
Teachers will
learn how to
set-up their own
educational
blogs. Teachers
must set-up
blog by the end
of the session.
10:55-11 Reflection on Campus All campus Library Teachers will
:05 the morning Principal teachers complete an on-
Breakout line survey over
Sessions the morning
sessions, once
the surveys are
completed the
teachers will go
to lunch
11:05-12 Lunch
:45
12:50-1: Breakout Campus All campus D113 Animoto –
50 Session #3 Technology teachers http://animoto.c
Teacher om
Animoto is an
easy “video”
maker. The
teachers will
learn how to
create
educational
videos using

7. Animoto for
each subject
area. The
teachers must
make at least a
2 minute video
before moving
onto the next
session.
1:55-2:5 Breakout Campus All campus B211 Glogster –
5 Session #4 Instructional teachers www.glogster.c
Specialist om/edu
Glogser is an
online tool for
making posters.
This tool is
useful when it
comes to
classroom
presentations.
The teachers
must create an
online poster for
leaving the
session.
3:00-3:3 Podcasting or Campus All campus Library Podcasting A
0 Technology Technology teachers podcast is a
Implementation Specialist series of digital
media files,
usually either
digital audio or
video that is
made available
for download
via web
syndication.
Teachers will
use this time to
complete all of
the projects and/
or learn more
about
podcasting
Week 4 Assignment, Part 3

8. Time Description of PD Plan Participants Location Comments
Schedule Activity Facilitator
3:35-4:0 Reflection on Campus All campus Library Teachers will
0 the afternoon Principal teachers complete an on-
Breakout line survey over
Sessions the afternoon
sessions; once
the surveys are
completed the
teachers will be
dismissed for
the day.
On- Wiki reflection Campus All campus On-line The principal
going Principal teachers will set-up a
and Campus Wiki and use it
Technology as a form of
Specialist communication
with the staff to
discuss the use
of educational
technology
throughout their
everyday
teaching. It will
also serve as a
question and
answer board
for
implementation
ideas and
problems.
Ongoing Evaluation
As the campus principal and campus technology specialist are monitoring the
Wiki set-up for the teachers of the school, the principal could note the teachers that are
consistently using educational technology. The principal could then build future staff
developments around the most frequently used technology to serve as a brainstorming
session on uses and struggles with the technology. The most frequent users could
facilitate the training, thus causing more buy-in from the rest of the staff. The Wiki could
also be used to introduce new ideas and new educational technology.
The current students in our schools are very comfortable with educational
technology, and thrive in an electronic environment. If we continue to teach the way our

9. teachers taught, then we are going to continue to lose our students interest thus causing
them not to learn. Learning is fun, and it is time that we start having some!!!!