This document provides guidance on developing an education technology plan. It explains that planning is important for legal compliance, creating positive change, and securing funding. All stakeholders should be involved in the planning process. The planning process involves determining how technology supports teaching and learning, assessing current technology use, and setting goals to improve technology integration over time. When developing the plan, all components should be coordinated and expertise from outside consultants can be leveraged. The plan should focus on using technology to improve student achievement and include benchmarks and timelines. A sample table of contents for a technology plan is provided covering key areas like curriculum, professional development, infrastructure, and funding.

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Education Technology
Planning
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2. Why Plan?
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• The law requires it in public
schools!
• A plan can create positive change
• A comprehensive plan is an
application waiting for funding
• Planning saves time and money
• Successful results can be
achieved faster with a
comprehensive plan
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3. Who Should Develop the Plan?
• Include all stakeholders
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Site Personnel
District Personnel
Information Technology Personnel
Site Admin
Superintendent/School Board
Community
Parents
Students

4. What Are the Steps in Planning?
• Determine how technology will be used to
support teaching and learning
• Determine the starting point - how
technology is currently used
• Outline the steps to move the school from
the present to the future
• Share, reflect and revise!

5. How Should the Plan be
Developed?
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• Coordinate all components of the plan
• Consider writing the curriculum section first
and then complete the professional development
• Review other existing plans
• Consider integrating technology in other
existing plans
• Consider utilizing the expertise of outside
consultants
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6. Curriculum Focus
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• Technology planning should be guided by
student achievement
• Technology can reduce time spent on
administrative tasks
• Invest time in doing research about what is
already available (including open source)
• Include benchmarks and timelines
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7. Table of Contents for Tech Plan
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Section 1: Overview, Mission, Plan Duration
Section 2: Stakeholders
Section 3: Curriculum
Section 4: Professional Development
Section 5: Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical
Support, and Software
• Section 6: Funding and Budget
• Sections 7-9: Monitoring/Evaluation/Adult
Literacy/Research (Brief Summary)
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8. Section One:
Overview and Mission
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• Narrative of School or Academic
Department
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– Vision and Mission Statement of School or
Academic Department
– Demographics and Challenges
• Technology Plan Duration
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– Recommend 1-2 years for purposes of this
assignment
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9. School Profile and Demographics
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School’s location
Demographics
Grade level configuration
Number of students and teachers
Any other information that the reader should
know about the community
• Special challenges that define curriculum
and technology needs

10. Section Two: Stakeholders
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Partnerships/ Stakeholders Chart
Type of Partner
Parents
Businesses
Postsecondary Institutions
Government agencies,
county offices of education,
CTAP
Community Groups
Students
Name of
Partner and
Contact
Information
Role in
Role in
Development Supporting
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Technology
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11. Section Three: Curriculum
Primary Focus of Tech Plan!
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• Current access by teachers and students
• Current use of technology to support teaching and
learning
• District curricular goals to support plan
• Teaching and learning goals (measurable objectives,
benchmarks)
• Acquiring technology skills AND information literacy
skills (measurable objectives, benchmarks)
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12. Section Three: Curriculum
• Ethical use
Primary Focus of Tech Plan
• Internet safety
• Description of access for all
students
• Student record keeping
• Two way home-school
communication
• Curriculum monitoring process
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13. Defining Goals: Examples
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• Students will become proficient in
California Common Core State
Standards for English Language
Arts and Mathematics.
• Students will become educated on
the safest practices for using the
internet and becoming safetyconscious digital citizens.
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14. Defining Objectives
Objectives contribute to the fulfillment of goals
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• Objectives must be:
– Measurable
– Defined
– Operational
– Simple in steps
– Specific
– Manageable
• Think of who you are
targeting: students, staff,
administration, parents.
– What will they do?
– How long will they
have to do it in?
– How will it be
measured?
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15. Section Four:
Professional Development
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• Summary of Teacher and Administrator Skills
and Needs
– Tech skills summary
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• Providing Professional Development
Opportunities
– Measurable objectives, benchmarks
– Staff development goals
• Professional Development Monitoring
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16. Staff Development
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• Essential!
• Best when integrated into curriculum-based
workshops
• Timing is important
• Consider on-demand one-on-one mentoring
• Include benchmarks and timelines for staff
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17. Section Five:
Infrastructure, Hardware,
Technical Support, and Software
• Existing Resources
– Hardware
– Electronic Learning Resources (Software)
• Needed Resources
– Hardware
– Electronic Learning Resources (Software)
• Annual benchmarks and timeline for obtaining
resources
• Monitoring process
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18. Infrastructure, Hardware,
Technical Support and Software
• Technology supports the curriculum
and the professional development
• Access and availability
• Research and seek advice concerning
purchases
• Consider security measures
• Consider long-term implications
• Cost of ownership

19. Section Six: Funding and Budget
• List established and potential funding sources.
• Estimate annual implementation costs for the term of
the plan.
• Describe district’s replacement policy for obsolete
equipment.
• Describe the process that will be used to monitor ed
tech funding, implementation costs and new funding
opportunities
• Adjust budgets as necessary.

20. Funding and Budget
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• Develop a realistic budget $300
per student in your school, grade
level, or department
• Identify current funding sources
• Identify one-time costs and
ongoing costs
• Remember, a comprehensive plan
is an application waiting for
funding
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21. Monitoring and Evaluation
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• Monitor the benchmarks
and timelines
• Evaluate as you go and
make mid-course
corrections
• Report back to stakeholders
on progress
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22. Tech Plan Assignment
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You will create a modified school site, grade level, or
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academic department technology plan
• Your plan will begin with an introduction that
includes your school profile and demographics
• Include the first 6 sections used in the CTAP model
for technology planning
• Include one objective and one benchmark for each of
the following sections:
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– Section 3: Curriculum
– Section 4: Professional Development
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Write a brief summary of what you might plan for
sections 7-9.

23. Assignment Sections
• Week 3 – Part I
– Section 1: Overview, Mission, Plan Duration
– Section 2: Stakeholders
– Section 3: Curriculum (At least 2-3 measurable curriculum
objectives and benchmarks)
• Week 4 – Part II
– Section 4: Professional Development
– Section 5: Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support, and
Software
– Section 6: Funding and Budget
– Brief Summary of Sections 7-9
• Weeks 5 and 6 – PowerPoint Presentation and Adobe Connect

24. Assignment Expectations
• Use the required template from CTAP
• Develop a budget that reflects $300 per student for your
plan
• Include the budget narrative that describes expenditures
• Use the checklist to determine if plan is complete
• Create a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your
school’s technology plan (do not copy/paste from plan!)
• Share your PowerPoint with a partner real-time in the
Adobe Connect Classroom in Blackboard and record
for colleagues