Group Technology Evaluation Plan_ Gray, Morris, Smith, Taylor

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T E C H N O L O G Y P L A N E V A L U A T I O N A N D R E C O M M E N D A T I O N SF O R S Y T H C O U N T Y S C H O O L S , G A | 1

Technology Plan Evaluation and Recommendations

Forsyth County Schools, Georgia

FRIT 7232 isionary !eadershi" in Instructional Technology

Christian Gray, #att #orris, $ustin Smith, %enni&er Taylor

Georgia Southern 'niversity

Se"tem(er 2), 2)*+

Annotated Bibliography


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ational Education Technology Plan - .&&ice o& Educational Technology/ 0n/d/1/ Retrieved

Se"tem(er *3, 2)*+/

Retrieved &rom htt"tech/ed/govnet"teaching4"re"are4and4connect

This site e5"lains the correlation o& technology and ho6 to (est use the resources to su""ort teaching

and enhance content delivery to the end user 0the student1/ This site has several di&&erent ty"es o&

technology integration 6ithin an educational environment/ .n the "age a(ove 0lin 6ithin the master

annotated lin "rovided1 there is a great chart that descri(es the distri(ution o& resources/

See, J. (1992) The Computing Teacher , ol/ *8, um(er 9 #innesota :e"artment o&

Education/

;e outlines the im"ortance o& &ocusing on short term goals, creative a""lications, and maing sure that

the vision o& the "rogram goes (eyond sim"ly enhancing the curriculum/ ;e also details the im"ortance

o& sta&& "ro&essional develo"ment and training, and ho6 necessary it is that the "lan is (oth cost e&&ective

and is 6ored into the integration o& the curriculum/

Perry, %/F/ 0*88


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Even though this is an older article (y technology standards, it has some great guidance and suggestions/

It@s interesting to loo at 6hat researchers &ound im"ortant &or technology "lans in the 8)s and use&ul to

com"are and contrast it to today@s times/ .ne thing that the article noted 6as that even though many

schools have technology "lans in "lace, they vary greatly (et6een schools/ The aim o& this article is to

create a uni&orm "lan and to e5"lain 6hy that is im"ortant to schools, districts, and states/

Auinones,S ? Birshstein, R/ 0*8891 An Educator’s Guide to Ea!uating the "se o# Techno!og$

in Schoo!s and C!assrooms. Pelavin Research Center '/S/ :e"artment o& Education/

Retrieved Se"tem(er *)th, 2)*+ &rom htt"666/au/a&/milaua6ca6cgateed4

techguidehand(oo2/"d&

This 6e(site is a very detailed account o& ho6 to evaluate a technology "lan/ This "lan includes (oth

ti"s and &orms that can (e used to evaluate each "iece o& a district@s "lan and gauge its e&&ectiveness/

Coley, R/%/, Cradler, %/, Engel, P/B/, Com"uters and Classrooms/ The Status o&

Technology in '/S/ Schools Policy In&ormation Center, Educational Testing Service/ Princeton, %/

*888/

Retrieved Se"tem(er *)th, 2)*+ &rom

htt"666/ets/org#ediaResearch"d&PICC.#PC!SS/"d&

This re"ort (rings together in&ormation on the issues o& access, use, e&&ectiveness, teacher training,

course6are, and cost/ $lthough this material is * years old much o& 6hat 6as stated is still relevant in

most school systems/ This research has a great chart on "age +8 that sho6s a good (reado6n o& the

cost to start u" and maintain technology in schools, s"eci&ically the national costs, cost "er average

school and even do6n to enrolled students/

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICCOMPCLSS.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICCOMPCLSS.pdf


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Georgia :e"artment o& Education/ 02)*


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666/thethiningstic/com planning-for-21st4 century4 technologies %an 7, 2))9htt"666/thethiningstic/comdo6nload*)

This article is &rom an educator 6ho no6 consults on im"lementing technology in schools/ In this

article he gives a cou"le e5am"les o& technology "lans that he has seen to (e success and that 6ould (e

little cost to start u" &or schools/ ;e maes a great "oint that all technology "lans need to (e &luid o"en

&or revising and &le5i(le de"ending on every changing technologies/ ;e details the im"ortance o&

"ro&essional develo"menttraining &or teachers, the (udget/ ;e also stresses the "oint that students

should (e the center&ocus o& the "lan, and that no "lan is easy to im"lement regardless o& ho6 it loos

on "a"er/

Ste"hanidis, C/ 02))81/ The uniersa! access hand%oo& / >oca Raton CRC Press/

This hand(oo covers the methods &or ensuring all users have access to technology/ This hand(oo

details ho6 to evaluate technology "lans and the staeholders in the "lan@s creation/ This hand(oo

details ho6 to "rovide access to those 6ith disa(ilities/

Education =orld The ision o& the ational Educational Technology Plan $n Intervie6 6ith

.ET :irector Susan Patric/ Retrieved &rom

htt"666/education6orld/comaDtechtechtech2*2/shtml

Susan Patric, :irector o& the :.E@s .&&ice o& Educational Technology is intervie6ed to share her

thoughts a(out the "o6er o& ETP 0ational Educational Technology Plan1/ She also res"onds to the

critics o& the ETP/ Susan Patric is no6 the "resident and CE. o& i$C.!, a non4"ro&it advocacy

http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/download/10/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/download/10/http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech212.shtmlhttp://www.thethinkingstick.com/planning-for-21st-century-technologies/http://www.thethinkingstick.com/download/10/http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech212.shtml


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agency that "roduces "olicy on (est "ractices, learning models, "ro&essional develo"ment, net6oring,

and "u(lishing uality national standards/

Group Rubric for Evaluating the Technology Plan

Indicator Eceeds !"-1# points$ %eets !&-"points$ 'oes not (eet !#-)

points$

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Goals The goals included areconcrete and clear/ Theyare designed to meet theneeds o& the school system

and accom"anied (y astrategy &or meeting thegoal/

#ost goals includedare concrete and clear/ #ost goals aredesigned to meet the

needs o& the schoolsystem andaccom"anied (y astrategy &or meetingthe goal/

Goals are neitherconcrete nor clear/ #ost are notaccom"anied (y

associated strategies/

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Pro&essional:evelo"ment

There are several research4 (ased "ro&essionaldevelo"ment "rogramsoutlined/ The "rograms aredesigned to hel" teachers

im"lement and target theirinstructional "ractices todrive student achievement/ Funding sources are also "rovided/

Pro&essionaldevelo"ment "rogramsare o&&ered (ut notclearly outlined/ #inimal in&ormation

involving &unding is "rovided/

o "ro&essionaldevelo"ment "rogramsare availa(le or no&unding sources arementioned/

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$n assessment o&telecommunicationservices, hard6are,so&t6are, and otherservices needed

Provides a detailed andcom"rehensive assessmento& telecommunicationservices, hard6are,so&t6are, and other services

needed/

Provides a vagueassessment o&telecommunicationservices, hard6are,so&t6are, and other

services need/

o assessment is "rovided/

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$ccessi(ility o&technologyresources0$mericans 6ith:isa(ilities $ct1

Strategies and goals are "rovided to detailaccessi(ility/ Systems areaccessi(le to all users,including those 6ithdisa(ilities/ $ll com"uterla(s and classrooms are&ully accessi(le to all users/

Systems considersome disa(ilities (utdo not caters to a 6iderange o& users/ Thereare a &e6 strategiesand goals in "lace/

There are no goals in "lace to addressaccessi(ility/ There isno system in "lace toaddress concerns/

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>udget >udget &igures are includedin detail &or each yearcovered (y the "lan/ Funding strategies andsources are "rovided/

Some (udgets &iguresare included (ut areestimates/ Fundingsources are mentioned (ut not detailed/

o &unding sources are "rovided and (udget&igures are not detailed/

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Plan &or the &uture TeTechnology "lan is concise0no longer than 3 years1 andcontains a contingency "lan&or constantly u"dating tone6er, chea"er, and moree&&icient "rograms insteado& locing the district intooutdated resources/

Technology "lan issome6hat concise 034+years1 and contains acontingency "lan &orconstantly u"dating tone6er, chea"er, andmore e&&icient "rograms instead o&locing the districtinto outdated

resources/

Technology "lan is notconcise 0over + years1or has not stated an enddate/ It does notcontain a "lan &oru"dating to ne6er,chea"er, and moree&&icient "rogramsinstead o& locing thedistrict into outdated

resources/

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.ngoing Evaluation $ detailed .ngoingEvaluation "rocess isincluded/ It includes, (ut isnot limited to, datacollection strategies, dataanalyJation strategies, ands"eci&ic methods used todetermine success/ There isalso a "rocess in "lace to

mae changes to the "lan i&there are any ne6develo"ments oro""ortunities/

$n .ngoingEvaluation "rocess isincluded (ut it is notvery detailed/ It mayhave some, (ut not allo& the &ollo6ing :atacollection strategies,data analyJationstrategies, methods

used to determinesuccess/

There is no .ngoingEvaluation "lanincluded/

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Total "ointsachieved


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Group ran+ings,

%usti&ication &or scoring on the ru(ric Each team mem(er scored the ru(ric inde"endently/ The average &or

each indicator 6as collected and su(mitted on the overall grou" ru(ric/

Indicator $ustin #att %enni&er Christy

Goals *)The goals 6ereclear andconcrete/ They6ereaccom"anied (ya detailedstrategy to meetthe goal/ They

also included the "ersonres"onsi(le &ormaing sure eachgoal 6as met/

8Goals are clear and are aligned6ith the needs o& the schoolsystem/

*)The goals areclear/

*)The goals areclearly statedat the (eginning o&the "lan/

Pro&essional:evelo"ment

7The "ro&essionaldevelo"ment "rogram 6asoutlined (ut notdetailed/ The

"lan saysKPendingavaila(ilityo& &unds,L2),3))&romgeneralo"erating&undM (ut doesnot ela(orate/

7Score 6ould have (een higher i&secured &unding had (eendetailed/ 0#ost o& their &undingis listed as coming &rom generalo"erating &unds1 Their "lan &or

"ro&essional develo"ment seems6ell thought out/

The "ro&essionaldevelo"ment "lan6as listed 6ithsome details (ut6ith unsecured

&unds it@s notguaranteed/

Pending&undingL2


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Continualo(servationsare conductedto determine thelevel o&technologyintegrationoccurring at eachschool/Theseo(servationsassist schooladministrators inmaing (etterdecisionsconcerning

"ro&essionaldevelo"ment toensure thatteachers arecreating 2*stcenturyclassrooms/

to get it later on/ neededservices,hard6are andso&t6are/

$ccessi(ility o&technology

resources0$mericans 6ith:isa(ilities $ct1

7The "lans says

that technology isaccessi(le toeveryoneincludingstudents 6ithdisa(ilitiesho6ever it doesnot go into detailon 6hat ischanged to maeit accessi(le/

I agree that the "lan does not go

into any real detail on ho6students 6ith disa(ilities can (ene&it &rom technology/

The "lan is too

vague on thisissue/ It saystechnology 6ill (eaccessi(le to allstudents (ut thedetails in regardsto training,materials, andadditionaltechnologyneeded aren@t

s"eci&ied/

7!isting o&

ho6 currenttechnologycan (e used6ith disa(ledstudents,ho6ever, doenot includeincreasedintegration toclose theachievement

ga"/

>udget 3Each area o&&unding is (roadand says "ending/ =hile this doesallo6 them more&le5i(ility, it doesnot seem

3$ll &unding comes &rom theKgeneral &und,M 6hich is neverela(orated on 6ith any detail/#ay(e this is included on adi&&erent document (ut must (escored lo6 6ithout more detail/

3$""ears that all&unding is coming&rom the general&und via the (oard, (ut iscurrently "ending/ =ithout secure

3$ll &undingstates "ending/ There is not detail o&6here this&unding 6ill


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concrete/ $lso,6hile (udgetestimates orma5imums arelisted, nothing isdetailed on 6hatthe money 6ill (e s"ent on/

&unds the "lancould stall or even (e ta(led i& they0the (oard1 sochooses/

come &rom/ SP!.ST,grants,general &und, (udgeted&rom ta5dollars, etc/

Plan &or the &uture *)Plan is conciseand is 3 yearslong/ There isalso a "lan in "lace to ensureclassroom

im"lementationo& the goals thetechnology "lanaddresses/

8Plan is the a""ro"riate length 03years1 and mentions the district@s "lan to move to6ards a ** ratio6hen they can secure more&unding/ 0Funding never reallye5"lained1

9Plan is there andis "roNected to (e3 years/ It doesmention movingto6ards digitalte5t(oos and

P>!, (ut isunclear on 6ho6ill hel" 6ith this, "ay &or this andho6 the transition6ill occur/

:esires arelisted o&moving a6ay&romtraditionalte5t(oos and

to6ard result (asedlearning suchas P>!/ ;o6ever,there is not anoutline o&ho6 this 6ill (eaccom"lished

.ngoingEvaluation

*)There is anevaluationmethod listed &oreach s"eci&icgoal/ The "lanalso lists the "ersonsres"onsi(le &oreach goal sothere is

accounta(ility/

7There is an evaluation methodlisted, (ut it is not nearly asdetailed as some o& the e5am"lesthat 6e researched/ 0e5 the onecom"leted (y the 'S :e"t o&Educationhtt"666/au/a&/milaua6ca6cgateed4techguidehand(oo2/"d& 1

+$lthough theevaluation "lan islisted, it@s unclearho6 the "lan 6ill6or and thes"eci&ics (einge5amined/

+There is 2 "aragra"hsa(outmeetings heldeach 6ee,ho6ever,there is not adetailed "lano& ho6evaluation is

conductedand 6hatindicators are (einge5amined atthesemeetings/

Reco((endations for i(prove(ent to the orsyth Technology plan.

Budget

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdfhttp://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ed-techguide/handbook2.pdf


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This "lan is "ending &unding o& L2

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