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- 1. Denton ISD Technology Plan Sara Lowry May 14, 2011 EDLD 5362 Lamar University
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- Denton ISD is made up of 30 campuses: 21 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 3 high schools Our current enrollment is at 20 thousand 8 hundred 60 students 38% of those students are considered economically disadvantaged
- Denton ISD currently spends about $179.76 on technology per student All campuses have direct connection to the Internet All classrooms have direct connection to the Internet There is currently 1 computer to every 3 students and 1 computer for every teacher.
- Denton ISD’s current technology plan covers 2 years, 2010 – 2012. It was last updated February 9, 2010. It contains all of the elements that are required for the district to qualify for e-Rate Program. The 4 priorities that the plan address are: Teaching and learning Educator preparation and development Leadership, Administration, and instructional support Infrastructure for technology
- The Denton ISD Technology plan includes 4 goals. These goals were determined using information from the following sources: Completions of Teacher and campus STaR chart surveys Review of No Child Left Behind requirements, E-Rate requirements, the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology recommendations and the State Board of Educator Certification Standards for Technology Campus TAKS data Review of Curriculum TEKS and Technology application TEKS Inventory of campus & district hardware and software And many other sources including formal and informal surveys with various stakeholders
- The expenditures for each of the goals is broken down on the table shown. Almost 75% of expenditures are allocated to building and maintaining the district infrastructure.
- Denton ISD’s technology plan calls for the budget to be distributed as shown in the table. The budget is the same for both years covered by the plan.
- Evaluation of the Denton ISD Technology plan will be ongoing and continuous. Budgets, strategies and objectives will be updated annually based on feedback from formal and informal evaluations. Annual updates to the campus STaR chart will document the progress of the district on a campus specific basis. DISD will be gathering input from parents and students with the NetDay Speak Up surveys. Our teacher PRIDE evaluations will reflect a utilization of technology integration and will be documented. Indicators for equipment acquisition will be reflected in continual assessment of campus inventories.
- Called " Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology ," the NETP, "calls for applying the advanced technologies used in our daily personal and professional lives to our entire education system to improve student learning, accelerate and scale up the adoption of effective practices, and use data and information for continuous improvement
- Here are some key points from each of the 5 areas discussed in the national plan that I feel are relevant to Denton ISD. In the area of Learning: We must leverage the learning sciences and modern technology to create engaging, relevant, and personalized learning experiences for all learners that mirror students’ daily lives and the reality of their future. According to Nagel “The emphasis in the category of learning is a shift toward student engagement and empowerment in their learning activities "in and out of school that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally networked society." In the area of Assessment: The plan maintains the need for standardized assessments to measure student achievement. But there is a strong emphasis on using technology to assess students in the course of their learning and using that data to improve student knowledge while there is still time. Student response systems and other multimedia tools are a good way of measuring progress.
- In the area of teaching: The emphasis in the plan is on "connected teaching," in which teachers "create their own online learning communities consisting of their students and their students’ peers; fellow educators in their schools, libraries, and after-school programs; professional experts in various disciplines around the world; members of community organizations that serve students in the hours they are not in school; and parents who desire greater participation in their children’s education.“ Some ways for teachers to connect include PLCs, educational networking, and online learning communities.
- In the area of Infrastructure: The underlying principle is that infrastructure includes people, processes, learning resources, policies, and sustainable models for continuous improvement in addition to broadband connectivity, servers, software, management systems, and administration tools. Students, teachers, and other stakeholders should have access when and where they need it. In the area of productivity: We must rethink basic assumptions such as “seat-time” and age-determined grouping. These methods are based in 19 th century thought and are not the most efficient way for today’s students to learn. What education can learn from the experience of business is that we need to make the fundamental structural changes that technology enables if we are to see dramatic improvements in productivity Such rethinking applies not just to learning, assessment, and teaching processes, but also to the infrastructure and operational and financial sides of running schools and school systems.