I couldn't find reliable information about my school North Shore Elementary technology plan. Fortunately my district has a Technology Plan but dated 2008-2009. G.P.I.S.D. has two goals on the district technology plan. The first one describes the use of technology integration to explore, develop problem-solving skills, learn and encourage communication. It was revealing to find out that most of the budget is channel to the equipment (network, VoIP), software and support staff. Part of the budget is plan to be used on updating students computers and tools for the administrative task of the educators. There is a clear definition for the status of the hardware, software, services and the future outcome.
The second goal focus on the educator skill and abilities necessary to incorporate technology in the instruction. Going over the budget chart reveals different ideas. There are budget allocations for the telecommunications infrastructure, network equipment, training of the technical staff (TIS) and the administrative personnel. There was none for staff development to the educators and there is no detail description of the professional development. Everything described in the document seems to be general. There are individuals responsible for actions but not defined metrics to measure their success.
G.P.I.S.D. is using the government resources to establish a reliable network infrastructure, updating equipment and software. Staff development has been focus on technical and administrative individuals but not the actual educators. Hopefully, that would be cover on the next G.P.I.S.D. technology plan since the main goal is to prepare students to this technological era.
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