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Brazosport Independent School District. Technology Plan. National Technology Plan – Executive Summary. Goals: Raise proportion of college graduates Close achievement gap Technology based assessments Collect student learning data to continually improve learning outcomes and productivity.
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Brazosport Independent School District Technology Plan
National Technology Plan – Executive Summary • Goals: • Raise proportion of college graduates • Close achievement gap • Technology based assessments • Collect student learning data to continually improve learning outcomes and productivity
Technology Applications Educator Standards • Online Collaboration • District Wide Technology Training • Virtual Seminars • TATN Standards • STaR Chart
Current Technology Issues • Outdated hardware • New software incompatible with outdated hardware • Proposed bond election defeated
BISD Three Year Technology Plan and Goals • Increase student learning and achievement by establishing technology as an integral part of education. • Provide high quality, on-going staff development opportunities • Promote and support technology implementation for student, faculty, administrative and community use • Support integration of technology
BISD Plan Lacks • Identifiable funding • Teacher buy in incentive • Parent buy in • Student buy in
How does this Benefit the Students? • “If we learn by doing, why are we sitting here?” • “Let me use the WWW Whatever, Whenever, Wherever” • “Engage Me!” YouTube, A Vision of K-12 Students Today
Sources U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology, Washington, D.C., 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2011 from http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010 Texas Education Agency (August 2010). 2010 Progress Report on the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. Retrieved May 13, 2011 from http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=5082&menu_id=2147483665 Brazosport Independent School District (2010) Brazosport ISD Technology Plan: 2010-2013. Retrieved May 13, 2011 from: https://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/eplan/eplan.cgi?l=reportoption_composite&editplanid
Sources (cont’d) bjnesbitt. A vision of K-12 Students Today. 2007, November 28. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&feature=related