1. Technology Leadership, Planning and Implementation: Specific Strategies for Small School Districts Presented at SchoolDude University 2009 Vicki Smith Bigham President, Bigham Technology Solutions, Inc. Consultant to the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)

2. As you come into the session, please complete the Self Assessment of the K-12 Chief Technology Officer. Then take the 2 blue dots and the 2 yellow dots at your seat. On the skill area charts posted, place 1 blue dot on each of the 2 skill areas where you feel you are strongest and 1 yellow dot on each of the 2 skill areas where you feel you need the most growth .

5. Focus Group Finding: Most Critical Problems

6. Small District Technology Leadership Wiki www.cosn.org/wiki

10. Reaching Out to All Stakeholders Perspectives of Those Involved in Technology Planning Board Members Media Specialists District Administrators Teachers Principals/ Assistant Principals Business Manager Parents Students

12. What does Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) mean… …and what has it got to do with a school learning environment?

20. An Iterative Process of Continuous Improvement

21. Data-Driven Decision Making Districts That Employ A Data-Driven Decision Making Process (Digital Leadership Divide: CoSN/Grunwald Survey) Source: www.cosn.org/resources/grunwald

23. Barriers to More Effective Data-Driven Decision Making Barriers to Data-Driven Decision Making To what degree does your district consider the following to be barriers to a more effective data-driven decision making process? (N=353) (Percent Responding 8, 9, or 10 on a 10-point scale) Source: Grunwald Associates Lack of training and interoperability are the main barriers to more effective data-driven decisions. A lack of understanding of what to do with data is a barrier that is particular to large and medium districts.

31. Telling the Technology Story . . . Public relations is a critical component of your district’s successful technology implementation— and it involves communicating on an ongoing basis with the range of stakeholders inside and outside the district.

32. Community Support Makes a Difference Source: Digital Leadership Divide , Grunwald Associates

33. Vicki Smith Bigham Bigham Technology Solutions, Inc. 8045-B Antoine #101 Houston, TX 77088 [email_address]