The Garland Independent School District Technology Plan from 2010-2013 outlined 8 goals to improve the use of technology in the district over those 3 years. The goals focused on automating processes, improving access to resources for students and staff, enhancing communication, and keeping hardware and software up to date. The plan had detailed objectives for each goal and allocated $65.8 million from local funds to achieve the vision of providing stakeholders with real-time access to information when needed.
The document discusses Corpus Christi Independent School District's (CCISD) technology plan and how it compares to the national technology plan. CCISD's plan contains 9 goals that are broken down into objectives and strategies. It aims to provide students and staff access to technology, training, and support to enhance learning. While CCISD has made progress with technology access, it is recommended that the district get more creative with funding, invest more in the technology department, and provide increased professional development opportunities related to technology.
ICT in education provides many advantages but also some disadvantages. It allows students access to educational resources anywhere and anytime through e-learning. However, it lacks face-to-face interaction with teachers and makes assessing student knowledge and feedback more difficult. While ICT expands access to information, it also risks exposing students to unverified online content. Some courses like practical ones may not be suitable for an online only format that lacks hands on learning.
As emerging technology changes how we learn and communicate, the document discusses the need to transform education through technology. It summarizes the E-Rate program that provides funding to schools and libraries for internet access, telecommunications, network infrastructure, and technical support. Schools must develop technology plans, apply for E-Rate discounts annually, and meet requirements for internet filters, online safety, and activity monitoring to receive funding for improving connectivity. The document provides an example technology plan from Irving ISD that outlines goals and strategies across teaching, professional development, administration, and infrastructure to help transition the district to 21st century learning.
1) Granbury ISD's technology plan aims to enhance the role of technology in curriculum design and delivery and provide higher levels of staff development.
2) The plan qualifies GISD for E-Rate discounts of 60% to help fund expensive telecommunications and internet access needed to implement the technology plan.
3) The technology plan includes goals for technology use, a professional development strategy, an assessment of technology needs, and a budget with ongoing evaluation.
A study of the teaching of ict skills in my schoolAbuSabah
This document summarizes a study on teaching ICT skills in a school. It defines ICT as technology used to manage information and communication, including hardware like computers and software like office applications. It outlines necessary steps for using ICT in schools like having an ICT policy and filtering system. It also discusses the national curriculum expectations for ICT and how the school approaches ICT instruction with half the class receiving lessons weekly. Assessments of ICT are primarily through observation and references are provided.
The document discusses the E-Rate program, which provides discounts to schools and libraries for internet access and telecommunications services. It also outlines Conroe Independent School District's technology plan, which aims to improve achievement through a restructured teaching and learning environment supported by technological resources and training. The plan allows Conroe ISD to apply for E-Rate discounts to fund wireless devices for students, online storage and software, and teacher professional development in technology integration, helping to transition classrooms to more student-centered, collaborative, and authentic learning environments.
DigComp - Konferens om skolans digitalisering, 8 sep, StockholmRiina Vuorikari
The document discusses digital competence and the DigComp framework. It summarizes:
1) DigComp identifies and describes the key components of digital competence, including knowledge, skills, and attitudes. It provides a common European understanding and guidelines to support digital policies.
2) Research shows that young children are acquiring digital skills in a patchy, haphazard way through observing others and trial and error. Their skills are influenced by their family's skills and attitudes.
3) Tools like the DigComp framework and materials can help schools and teachers support students' development of digital competence from a young age in a balanced way.
E-Rate provides discounts to assist schools and libraries in the United States obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access. There are four service plans funded by E-Rate including telecommunications services, internet access, internal connections, and basic maintenance of internal connections. Goose Creek CISD's technology plan aims to provide technology for literacy, integration and transformative learning to prepare students for the digital age through devices like laptops and interactive whiteboards, and they have an ongoing needs assessment to continue expanding access to educational technology.
The document discusses Corpus Christi Independent School District's (CCISD) technology plan and how it compares to the national technology plan. CCISD's plan contains 9 goals that are broken down into objectives and strategies. It aims to provide students and staff access to technology, training, and support to enhance learning. While CCISD has made progress with technology access, it is recommended that the district get more creative with funding, invest more in the technology department, and provide increased professional development opportunities related to technology.
ICT in education provides many advantages but also some disadvantages. It allows students access to educational resources anywhere and anytime through e-learning. However, it lacks face-to-face interaction with teachers and makes assessing student knowledge and feedback more difficult. While ICT expands access to information, it also risks exposing students to unverified online content. Some courses like practical ones may not be suitable for an online only format that lacks hands on learning.
As emerging technology changes how we learn and communicate, the document discusses the need to transform education through technology. It summarizes the E-Rate program that provides funding to schools and libraries for internet access, telecommunications, network infrastructure, and technical support. Schools must develop technology plans, apply for E-Rate discounts annually, and meet requirements for internet filters, online safety, and activity monitoring to receive funding for improving connectivity. The document provides an example technology plan from Irving ISD that outlines goals and strategies across teaching, professional development, administration, and infrastructure to help transition the district to 21st century learning.
1) Granbury ISD's technology plan aims to enhance the role of technology in curriculum design and delivery and provide higher levels of staff development.
2) The plan qualifies GISD for E-Rate discounts of 60% to help fund expensive telecommunications and internet access needed to implement the technology plan.
3) The technology plan includes goals for technology use, a professional development strategy, an assessment of technology needs, and a budget with ongoing evaluation.
A study of the teaching of ict skills in my schoolAbuSabah
This document summarizes a study on teaching ICT skills in a school. It defines ICT as technology used to manage information and communication, including hardware like computers and software like office applications. It outlines necessary steps for using ICT in schools like having an ICT policy and filtering system. It also discusses the national curriculum expectations for ICT and how the school approaches ICT instruction with half the class receiving lessons weekly. Assessments of ICT are primarily through observation and references are provided.
The document discusses the E-Rate program, which provides discounts to schools and libraries for internet access and telecommunications services. It also outlines Conroe Independent School District's technology plan, which aims to improve achievement through a restructured teaching and learning environment supported by technological resources and training. The plan allows Conroe ISD to apply for E-Rate discounts to fund wireless devices for students, online storage and software, and teacher professional development in technology integration, helping to transition classrooms to more student-centered, collaborative, and authentic learning environments.
DigComp - Konferens om skolans digitalisering, 8 sep, StockholmRiina Vuorikari
The document discusses digital competence and the DigComp framework. It summarizes:
1) DigComp identifies and describes the key components of digital competence, including knowledge, skills, and attitudes. It provides a common European understanding and guidelines to support digital policies.
2) Research shows that young children are acquiring digital skills in a patchy, haphazard way through observing others and trial and error. Their skills are influenced by their family's skills and attitudes.
3) Tools like the DigComp framework and materials can help schools and teachers support students' development of digital competence from a young age in a balanced way.
E-Rate provides discounts to assist schools and libraries in the United States obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access. There are four service plans funded by E-Rate including telecommunications services, internet access, internal connections, and basic maintenance of internal connections. Goose Creek CISD's technology plan aims to provide technology for literacy, integration and transformative learning to prepare students for the digital age through devices like laptops and interactive whiteboards, and they have an ongoing needs assessment to continue expanding access to educational technology.
Schools and libraries program of the universal service powerpoint presentationmdclaybr
The E-Rate program provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunication services, internet access, and network infrastructure to schools and libraries based on community income levels and location. The Houston Independent School District Technology Plan aims to enhance teaching, learning, and operations through equitable technology access and professional development over four strategic goals: teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and administration, and infrastructure. The plan was developed through stakeholder input to qualify the district for E-Rate funding and address Texas technology planning requirements.
Schools and libraries program of the universal service powerpoint presentationmdclaybr
The E-Rate program provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunication services, internet access, and network infrastructure to schools and libraries based on community income levels and rural/urban location. The Houston Independent School District Technology Plan aims to enhance teaching, learning, and operations through equitable technology access and professional development over four strategic goals: teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and administration, and infrastructure. The plan was developed through stakeholder input to qualify the district for E-Rate program benefits and address Texas technology planning requirements.
The document discusses the E-Rate program and University Park Independent School District's (HPISD) technology plan. The E-Rate program provides discounted funding for telecommunications, internet access, and internal connections to schools and libraries. It is administered by the Schools and Library Division. HPISD's technology plan aims to utilize technology to enhance teaching, learning, and student achievement to prepare students for the 21st century. The plan's guiding principles are to develop students and teachers' effective use of technology as a tool for productivity, communication, research, and problem solving within ethical guidelines.
The document summarizes the E-Rate program and GISD Technology Plan. The E-Rate program provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunications services, internet access, and internal connections for schools and libraries that qualify based on poverty levels. The GISD Technology Plan is aligned with district strategies and aims to implement technologies that positively impact instruction under the supervision of the Superintendent's Cabinet. Progress will be evaluated annually through assessments of needs, technology department responsibilities, and campus evaluations.
This document summarizes DepEd's Computerization Program (DCP) and Internet Connectivity Project (DICP) as of 2011. It reports that 57% of schools had computers through the DCP, providing 1 computer lab to elementary schools and 7 labs to high schools. However, only 12% of schools had internet access through the DICP, which provided high schools with internet subscriptions. It also outlines challenges including limited power availability, reliability of internet service providers, reviewing computer specifications, and developing a monitoring system and policies for the programs. Teachers were trained on an interactive learning resource portal called the Learning Resource Management and Development System.
The document proposes a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) program for Synergy School District. It outlines the benefits of BYOD including preparing students for the workforce, encouraging collaboration, and allowing learning beyond the classroom. The proposal recommends implementing the program starting in fall 2013 with goals to ensure 75% minimum integration by the end of the academic year. The budget for BYOD is included in the district's technology plan.
5352 2009-2010 E-Rate &Campus STaR chart findingsjoyquinn
This document summarizes the findings of a school's STaR Chart assessment, which evaluates the school's technology competencies. It finds that the school scores similarly to the state in teaching/learning and educator preparation, but needs to improve support for online learning and instructional support. The school's infrastructure scores are stronger than the state level currently. Suggestions are made to increase teacher professional development opportunities and provide more technical support staff to help the school exceed state goals.
The Beaumont Independent School District Technology Plan outlines goals for integrating technology into the district. The district has 29 campuses, over 20,000 students, and nearly 3,000 employees. The plan addresses key areas like assessment, infrastructure, learning, productivity, and teaching. It also recognizes state technology planning requirements. The goals of the BISD Technology Plan are to incorporate technology into education, provide staff training, support appropriate software and resources, and secure adequate funding to maintain up-to-date technology.
The Beaumont Independent School District Technology Plan outlines goals for integrating technology into the district. The district has 29 campuses, over 20,000 students, and nearly 3,000 employees. The plan addresses key areas like assessment, infrastructure, learning, productivity, and teaching. It also recognizes state technology planning requirements. The goals of the BISD Technology Plan are to incorporate technology into education, provide staff training, support appropriate software and resources, and secure adequate funding to maintain up-to-date technology.
The document discusses E-Rate funding and how Giddings Independent School District plans to use it. E-Rate provides discounts for internet services to schools based on free and reduced lunch eligibility. Giddings ISD has developed a technology plan with goals like increasing academic performance through technology integration. An assessment of technology needs was conducted including a STaR Chart review. Giddings ISD intends to continue using its E-Rate eligibility and technology plan to improve infrastructure and prepare educators and students.
This document discusses quality assurance for information and communication technology (ICT) in institutions of higher learning. It outlines basic quality assurance principles such as ensuring products, policies and processes are suitable for their intended purpose. It also presents the Plan-Do-Check-Act quality assurance framework and provides examples of job scopes in ICT quality assurance. Three case studies of different institutions are presented and tasks are provided to evaluate each case study's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and suggest solutions.
The document summarizes McKinney Independent School District's use of E-Rate funds and its technology plan. It explains that E-Rate provides funds from the Universal Service Fund to pay for telecommunications services, internet access, and internal connections. McKinney ISD qualifies for these funds by having a certain percentage of students eligible for the national school lunch program and by submitting a technology plan and application. The technology plan sets goals in areas like academic achievement, business operations, and infrastructure to guide the district's technology integration and use of E-Rate funds over five years.
The document presents a staff development presentation on technology integration in education. It discusses the current state of technology and staff development, the value of staff development, principles of adult learning, technology standards, a proposed district technology training program, the impact of technology on student achievement, and ideas for technology integration. It concludes by emphasizing the need to establish priority funding for teacher training and create a clear technology plan and expectations.
Distance Learning in Corporate and Non-educational Settingsmisnomer17
The document discusses responsibilities and challenges associated with managing distance learning programs in corporate/non-educational settings. It provides an overview of distance learning and its benefits for companies and employees. Key responsibilities for managing DL programs include ensuring equipment functionality, supporting learners and facilitators, and ensuring content meets learner needs. Major challenges are lack of qualified facilitators, content not tailored to learners, high equipment costs, inadequate learner support due to small staff, and lack of evaluation.
The document discusses a review of evidence on how technology impacts attainment in schools. An evaluation of an ICT test bed program found that strong leadership, data-driven decision making, and technical support were associated with improved attainment. Higher levels of technological maturity, as measured by connectivity and use of data systems, predicted greater gains at key stages 1 and 2, while specialized technologies predicted higher A-level attainment.
The document discusses challenges and opportunities that technology enhanced learning (TEL) brings to higher education, including personalized adaptive learning and new approaches to assessment, and identifies relevant pedagogies for flexible learning delivery using TEL. It also addresses how technology can transform both how teaching is done through influences on pedagogy and what is taught by changing content, as well as the learning environments and contexts. The document provides guidance on designing learning and assessment for a digital age using the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework.
This file indicates the ICT utilization in Teacher Education field in India. This helps the characteristics and advantages of Digital media in Teacher Education
The document summarizes the notes from a technology plan committee meeting to discuss goals for 2011-2014. It outlines the progress made on the previous 2008-2011 plan and identifies current technology needs across different buildings. These include upgrading computers, printers, and scanners. It then proposes a new technology plan with goals around student learning, teacher preparation, administration, resource distribution, technical support, and parent/community involvement. Specific objectives and strategies are outlined to meet these goals, such as increasing technology literacy, digital citizenship, the use of technology in classrooms, and communication between school and home.
The technology plan outlines 3 goals for Central Unified Middle School from 2011-2013: 1) ensure high academic achievement in math through daily use of calculators and software presentations; 2) instruct students using varied technology like Smartboards, websites, and social networking; 3) provide targeted staff development based on data to improve technology integration. The plan details infrastructure, funding sources, and evaluation of progress through surveys and lesson plan/assignment analysis to measure increased technology proficiency and student achievement.
The document summarizes the 2011 technology plan proposed by Galena Park Independent School District (GPISD). It outlines goals from the National Education Technology Plan and Texas Education Agency State Technology Plan. GPISD's current plan budgets over $2 million annually for technology, spending $111.69 per student. The plan's goals are to integrate technology to encourage problem-solving, access, and improved learning environments. It also discusses evaluating the plan quarterly and identifying areas of success like increased classroom technology use and staff knowledge, as well as areas to address like budget, staff training, and maintenance.
Technology Plan Comparisons Presentation Part 1sarahmorris
The document discusses what makes a good technology plan by providing examples of elements that should be included as well as examples of both good and bad technology plans. A good plan will include an introduction with information about the planning committee and district, a mission and vision statement, goals and objectives related to standards, an action plan with strategies and budgets, an evaluation component, and policies addressing issues like CIPA. The document analyzes examples that demonstrate good introductions, goals and objectives, and ones that are lacking.
Schools and libraries program of the universal service powerpoint presentationmdclaybr
The E-Rate program provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunication services, internet access, and network infrastructure to schools and libraries based on community income levels and location. The Houston Independent School District Technology Plan aims to enhance teaching, learning, and operations through equitable technology access and professional development over four strategic goals: teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and administration, and infrastructure. The plan was developed through stakeholder input to qualify the district for E-Rate funding and address Texas technology planning requirements.
Schools and libraries program of the universal service powerpoint presentationmdclaybr
The E-Rate program provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunication services, internet access, and network infrastructure to schools and libraries based on community income levels and rural/urban location. The Houston Independent School District Technology Plan aims to enhance teaching, learning, and operations through equitable technology access and professional development over four strategic goals: teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and administration, and infrastructure. The plan was developed through stakeholder input to qualify the district for E-Rate program benefits and address Texas technology planning requirements.
The document discusses the E-Rate program and University Park Independent School District's (HPISD) technology plan. The E-Rate program provides discounted funding for telecommunications, internet access, and internal connections to schools and libraries. It is administered by the Schools and Library Division. HPISD's technology plan aims to utilize technology to enhance teaching, learning, and student achievement to prepare students for the 21st century. The plan's guiding principles are to develop students and teachers' effective use of technology as a tool for productivity, communication, research, and problem solving within ethical guidelines.
The document summarizes the E-Rate program and GISD Technology Plan. The E-Rate program provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunications services, internet access, and internal connections for schools and libraries that qualify based on poverty levels. The GISD Technology Plan is aligned with district strategies and aims to implement technologies that positively impact instruction under the supervision of the Superintendent's Cabinet. Progress will be evaluated annually through assessments of needs, technology department responsibilities, and campus evaluations.
This document summarizes DepEd's Computerization Program (DCP) and Internet Connectivity Project (DICP) as of 2011. It reports that 57% of schools had computers through the DCP, providing 1 computer lab to elementary schools and 7 labs to high schools. However, only 12% of schools had internet access through the DICP, which provided high schools with internet subscriptions. It also outlines challenges including limited power availability, reliability of internet service providers, reviewing computer specifications, and developing a monitoring system and policies for the programs. Teachers were trained on an interactive learning resource portal called the Learning Resource Management and Development System.
The document proposes a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) program for Synergy School District. It outlines the benefits of BYOD including preparing students for the workforce, encouraging collaboration, and allowing learning beyond the classroom. The proposal recommends implementing the program starting in fall 2013 with goals to ensure 75% minimum integration by the end of the academic year. The budget for BYOD is included in the district's technology plan.
5352 2009-2010 E-Rate &Campus STaR chart findingsjoyquinn
This document summarizes the findings of a school's STaR Chart assessment, which evaluates the school's technology competencies. It finds that the school scores similarly to the state in teaching/learning and educator preparation, but needs to improve support for online learning and instructional support. The school's infrastructure scores are stronger than the state level currently. Suggestions are made to increase teacher professional development opportunities and provide more technical support staff to help the school exceed state goals.
The Beaumont Independent School District Technology Plan outlines goals for integrating technology into the district. The district has 29 campuses, over 20,000 students, and nearly 3,000 employees. The plan addresses key areas like assessment, infrastructure, learning, productivity, and teaching. It also recognizes state technology planning requirements. The goals of the BISD Technology Plan are to incorporate technology into education, provide staff training, support appropriate software and resources, and secure adequate funding to maintain up-to-date technology.
The Beaumont Independent School District Technology Plan outlines goals for integrating technology into the district. The district has 29 campuses, over 20,000 students, and nearly 3,000 employees. The plan addresses key areas like assessment, infrastructure, learning, productivity, and teaching. It also recognizes state technology planning requirements. The goals of the BISD Technology Plan are to incorporate technology into education, provide staff training, support appropriate software and resources, and secure adequate funding to maintain up-to-date technology.
The document discusses E-Rate funding and how Giddings Independent School District plans to use it. E-Rate provides discounts for internet services to schools based on free and reduced lunch eligibility. Giddings ISD has developed a technology plan with goals like increasing academic performance through technology integration. An assessment of technology needs was conducted including a STaR Chart review. Giddings ISD intends to continue using its E-Rate eligibility and technology plan to improve infrastructure and prepare educators and students.
This document discusses quality assurance for information and communication technology (ICT) in institutions of higher learning. It outlines basic quality assurance principles such as ensuring products, policies and processes are suitable for their intended purpose. It also presents the Plan-Do-Check-Act quality assurance framework and provides examples of job scopes in ICT quality assurance. Three case studies of different institutions are presented and tasks are provided to evaluate each case study's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, and suggest solutions.
The document summarizes McKinney Independent School District's use of E-Rate funds and its technology plan. It explains that E-Rate provides funds from the Universal Service Fund to pay for telecommunications services, internet access, and internal connections. McKinney ISD qualifies for these funds by having a certain percentage of students eligible for the national school lunch program and by submitting a technology plan and application. The technology plan sets goals in areas like academic achievement, business operations, and infrastructure to guide the district's technology integration and use of E-Rate funds over five years.
The document presents a staff development presentation on technology integration in education. It discusses the current state of technology and staff development, the value of staff development, principles of adult learning, technology standards, a proposed district technology training program, the impact of technology on student achievement, and ideas for technology integration. It concludes by emphasizing the need to establish priority funding for teacher training and create a clear technology plan and expectations.
Distance Learning in Corporate and Non-educational Settingsmisnomer17
The document discusses responsibilities and challenges associated with managing distance learning programs in corporate/non-educational settings. It provides an overview of distance learning and its benefits for companies and employees. Key responsibilities for managing DL programs include ensuring equipment functionality, supporting learners and facilitators, and ensuring content meets learner needs. Major challenges are lack of qualified facilitators, content not tailored to learners, high equipment costs, inadequate learner support due to small staff, and lack of evaluation.
The document discusses a review of evidence on how technology impacts attainment in schools. An evaluation of an ICT test bed program found that strong leadership, data-driven decision making, and technical support were associated with improved attainment. Higher levels of technological maturity, as measured by connectivity and use of data systems, predicted greater gains at key stages 1 and 2, while specialized technologies predicted higher A-level attainment.
The document discusses challenges and opportunities that technology enhanced learning (TEL) brings to higher education, including personalized adaptive learning and new approaches to assessment, and identifies relevant pedagogies for flexible learning delivery using TEL. It also addresses how technology can transform both how teaching is done through influences on pedagogy and what is taught by changing content, as well as the learning environments and contexts. The document provides guidance on designing learning and assessment for a digital age using the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework.
This file indicates the ICT utilization in Teacher Education field in India. This helps the characteristics and advantages of Digital media in Teacher Education
The document summarizes the notes from a technology plan committee meeting to discuss goals for 2011-2014. It outlines the progress made on the previous 2008-2011 plan and identifies current technology needs across different buildings. These include upgrading computers, printers, and scanners. It then proposes a new technology plan with goals around student learning, teacher preparation, administration, resource distribution, technical support, and parent/community involvement. Specific objectives and strategies are outlined to meet these goals, such as increasing technology literacy, digital citizenship, the use of technology in classrooms, and communication between school and home.
The technology plan outlines 3 goals for Central Unified Middle School from 2011-2013: 1) ensure high academic achievement in math through daily use of calculators and software presentations; 2) instruct students using varied technology like Smartboards, websites, and social networking; 3) provide targeted staff development based on data to improve technology integration. The plan details infrastructure, funding sources, and evaluation of progress through surveys and lesson plan/assignment analysis to measure increased technology proficiency and student achievement.
The document summarizes the 2011 technology plan proposed by Galena Park Independent School District (GPISD). It outlines goals from the National Education Technology Plan and Texas Education Agency State Technology Plan. GPISD's current plan budgets over $2 million annually for technology, spending $111.69 per student. The plan's goals are to integrate technology to encourage problem-solving, access, and improved learning environments. It also discusses evaluating the plan quarterly and identifying areas of success like increased classroom technology use and staff knowledge, as well as areas to address like budget, staff training, and maintenance.
Technology Plan Comparisons Presentation Part 1sarahmorris
The document discusses what makes a good technology plan by providing examples of elements that should be included as well as examples of both good and bad technology plans. A good plan will include an introduction with information about the planning committee and district, a mission and vision statement, goals and objectives related to standards, an action plan with strategies and budgets, an evaluation component, and policies addressing issues like CIPA. The document analyzes examples that demonstrate good introductions, goals and objectives, and ones that are lacking.
The document outlines a technology plan for Pueblo City Schools. It includes a vision for a technology-powered model of learning and connected teaching. A needs assessment was conducted through surveys to evaluate current curriculum integration, teacher technology knowledge, desired professional development, and parental/community involvement. The plan aims to ensure all students can complete an individualized education plan and be involved community members prepared for 21st century careers.
Managing Storage - Trends, Challenges, Options in 2013 - 2014EMC
What are the challenges companies face to build strong storage management organizations - according to the latest study of over 1,000 storage professionals worldwide. This highly anticipated annual session discusses the options you have in this skill-starved industry. Compare, correlate and refine your plans with the overall trends and practices in the storage industry including the impact of IT transformation (virtualization, cloud, Big Data) on an organization.
This document presents a technology plan for DuJardin Elementary School Library. The vision is for the library to support technology literacy and be an information hub utilizing a website, electronic resources and web technologies. Goals include providing opportunities for students to apply technology to organize and share knowledge, using technology to increase achievement in reading and math, and teaching digital citizenship. A needs assessment identifies current hardware, software, and licenses. The plan outlines acquiring additional laptops, printers, and educational software. It proposes staff training and developing lessons to teach students to access and use resources. Progress will be evaluated through student proficiency with technology tools, teacher lesson plans, and standardized test scores.
Building an Effective School BYOD PlanSam Gliksman
Schools are needing increasing amounts of expensive educational technology at a time when budgets are shrinking. Many have started to explore BYOD policies - Bring Your Own Device - as a practical solution to integrate cost effective technology into their educational programs.
With the convergence of widespread broadband and the growth of powerful, platform independent web based tools BYOD has finally arrived as an effective educational alternative to other plans that require expensive purchasing and maintenance. Viewed within a realistic perspective of both its benefits and limitations BYOD can provide a workable solution for the many schools seeking to upgrade their educational technology.
This document summarizes the district's 3-year technology plan. It discusses how the plan is developed by a technology planning committee and stakeholder groups. The previous plan's key goals focused on expanding access to technology through initiatives like one computer per classroom. The new plan's goals center around improving teacher technology skills and integrating technology into the curriculum. It also outlines tiers of technology use and standards to guide implementation. The plan proposes increasing the percentage of students and teachers demonstrating higher tiers of technology use and literacy.
The educational technology plan of the Philadelphia School District outlines an 8 phase process to improve technology integration over 3 years. The plan identifies current status, strategic goals in curriculum, administration, and communications. Action steps and a budget of over $2 million are developed to fund hardware, software, staff training, and support. Progress will be monitored through biannual technology committee meetings and staff surveys to evaluate success.
The document discusses Corpus Christi ISD's technology plan, which aims to improve technology use in the district. The plan has 9 goals covering topics like ensuring students and teachers have access to proper hardware/software, providing staff training, utilizing distance learning, and improving communication with parents. The E-Rate program helps schools afford internet access, with discount amounts based on community economic status. The plan seeks to use technology to engage students, prepare them for the 21st century, and potentially increase the US's international education rankings.
The document discusses Corpus Christi ISD's technology plan, which aims to improve access to technology for students, teachers, and parents. The plan has 9 goals focused on providing equal access to technology, training teachers and staff, acquiring necessary hardware and software, developing online resources, and improving communication. The plan is designed to enhance teaching and learning through technology and bring the district's standards in line with top worldwide education systems. Funding sources like E-Rate are discussed as ways to support affordable internet access and implementation of the technology plan.
The document discusses Corpus Christi ISD's technology plan, which aims to improve technology access and use in the district. The plan has 9 goals covering topics like ensuring students and teachers have proper hardware and software, providing staff training, utilizing distance learning, and improving communication with parents. The plan is designed to enhance teaching and learning, bring the US back to top international education standards, and support the district's technology needs and infrastructure upgrades.
The Garland ISD Technology Plan has 7 goals: 1) increase effectiveness and productivity, 2) improve communications and learning flexibility, 3) enhance classroom learning, 4) enhance home-school connection, 5) increase time on task, 6) provide effective, reliable, and secure technology solutions, and 7) maintain efficient technology systems. The plan aims to integrate technology fully into the educational process to provide robust access to information for students, parents, teachers, and administration. It has a budget of $65.83 million over 3 years to achieve these goals.
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The document discusses technology plans for education from the national to local level. It summarizes the goals of the 2010 National Education Technology Plan to leverage technology and learning sciences to create engaging learning experiences. It also outlines the Galena Park ISD 2010-2013 technology plan, including their technology budget breakdown, goals to upgrade hardware and software, and a technology mission to integrate technology to encourage problem-solving and access for all students.
The document summarizes the 3-year technology plan for Beaumont Independent School District from 2011-2014. It outlines the district's technology goals of facilitating technology initiatives, improving student learning through technology integration, and developing community technology education. The plan details strategies and objectives to meet these goals, such as improving infrastructure, providing professional development, and increasing access to technology for students, teachers, and parents. It also includes the technology budget and evaluation methods for the plan.
E-rate Technology Plan: Galveston Independent School Districtdnagpal
The document summarizes Galveston Independent School District's (GISD) technology plan. It outlines how GISD is eligible for E-Rate discounts on telecommunication services. The plan includes standards, professional development for staff, and an evaluation of technology needs to improve student learning. It stresses the importance of ongoing staff training to integrate technology into teaching. The budget and an assessment of teacher and student technology skills are part of evaluating the plan's success.
The Alvin Independent School District (AISD) Technology Plan for 2011-2012 aims to increase student achievement through technology integration. The plan was developed based on input from educators, parents, and business leaders. It specifies goals in improving technology infrastructure, providing professional development for teachers, and using technology to strengthen existing curricula. The budget allocates funding to support initiatives like equipping more classrooms with interactive whiteboards and developing online data dashboards. Ongoing evaluation ensures the effective implementation of the technology plan.
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The document is the technology plan for San Marcos CISD for 2012-2015. It outlines the district's mission and beliefs around technology integration to improve student learning. It provides details on current technology expenditures, infrastructure, and goals. The goals are to improve student achievement through technology, increase teacher professional development on integration, support technology planning and adoption, and maintain network infrastructure. The plan describes strategies and evaluation methods to achieve these goals over the 3 year period.
This document summarizes Liberty Hill ISD's technology plan for 2013. The plan aims to: 1) engage all learners in real-world technology experiences; 2) prepare educators to integrate technology into teaching; 3) support education leaders to maximize learning through technology; and 4) develop a high-standard infrastructure. The goals are aligned with the National Educational Technology Plan and focus on learning, teaching, leadership, and infrastructure. Implementation strategies include increasing access to devices, online learning opportunities, and professional development on instructional technology.
The houston independent school district long range strategicsafirah1
The Houston Independent School District created a Long Range Strategic Plan for Technology (LRSPT) for 2009-2014. The district has 294 campuses, over 198,000 students, and spends $500.80 per student annually on technology. The LRSPT aims to provide a strategic roadmap for technology and meet requirements to receive E-Rate funding discounts. It identifies goals and strategies in four key areas: teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership/administration/support, and infrastructure. The plan seeks to improve technology literacy, access, and integration to enhance learning.
This document outlines an action plan to integrate technology into the curriculum to enhance student learning. The plan's goals are to expand the use of personal computing devices, increase technology integration among teachers, ensure technology plans are aligned across levels, and utilize technology to improve communication with stakeholders. The plan will be assessed through measures like standardized test scores, technology proficiency surveys, and observations of technology use. Professional development for teachers focuses on modeling technology-rich lessons to move beyond traditional "sit and get" styles.
The document discusses the need to transform education through technology. It explains how the Federal Communications Commission established the E-Rate program to provide funding to support connectivity in schools and libraries. The E-Rate provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunication services to ensure affordable access to modern technology. Schools must develop technology plans and apply annually for discounts. The plan should show how technology will be used to achieve curriculum goals and guide technology investments. Irving ISD's technology plan expands over three years and has seven goals focused on technology integration, professional development, infrastructure, and administration.
The document discusses the need to transform education through technology. It explains how the Federal Communications Commission established the E-Rate program to provide funding to support connectivity in schools and libraries. The E-Rate provides discounts of 20-90% on telecommunication services to ensure affordable access to modern technology. Schools must develop technology plans and apply annually for discounts. The plan should show how technology will be used to achieve curriculum goals and guide technology investments. Irving ISD's technology plan expands over three years and has seven goals focused on technology integration, professional development, infrastructure, and administration.
The document summarizes the Arcadia Unified School District's 2009-2012 Technology Plan. The plan's vision is for technology to be an accessible resource that enhances student learning. It outlines goals for using technology to empower students, engage them in collaborative learning, and provide access to resources 24/7. The plan details stakeholders' involvement, curriculum integration of technology, professional development, infrastructure needs, funding, and evaluation components to realize the district's technology vision.
Week 2 ramondetta presentation e rate techlramondetta
1) Madison, Connecticut's technology plan and E-Rate program aim to improve student achievement through technology, ensure educators and schools have the infrastructure and resources to integrate technology, and provide ongoing professional development for teachers.
2) E-Rate funding has only supported Madison's telecommunications services and internet connections, not infrastructure upgrades.
3) The district strives to equip all classrooms and schools with fiber optic networks, wireless access, and equipment like Smart Boards to enhance teaching and support students' technology-enabled learning.
Scdsb information and communication technology initiatives january 2011 finaljaccalder
The SCDSB plan outlines initiatives to improve access to technology for teachers and students. It will provide teacher notebook computers to all teaching staff over four phases, starting with five families of schools. It also discusses expanding guest wireless access, digital resources, online training resources, and the roles of family of schools IT teams in supporting technology integration.
The document outlines Riverside Unified School District's technology plan to qualify for E-Rate discounts on telecommunication services, internet access, and internal connections for schools and libraries. The plan's goals are to support students and teachers with technology that enhances learning, and provide infrastructure like devices, broadband access, and online resources. It details curriculum, professional development, infrastructure, funding, and evaluation goals to guide the district's technology integration over multiple years.
The document provides a technology development plan for Visionary High School with the goal of ensuring equal opportunities for students to learn in a safe environment using innovative technologies. The plan focuses on 5 areas: infrastructure, teaching, learning, assessment, and productivity. For infrastructure, the plan aims to provide internet access for students and teachers both in and out of school. For teaching, it focuses on supporting educators to inspire more effective teaching. The learning focus is on engaging experiences to prepare students for a globally connected society. Assessment will measure and assess data for continuous improvement. Productivity intends for all to benefit from technology through improved learning outcomes. The plan also outlines professional development strategies to help staff integrate new technologies.
The document provides a technology development plan for Visionary High School with the goal of ensuring equal opportunities for students to learn in a safe environment using innovative technologies. It discusses focusing on infrastructure, teaching, learning, assessment, and productivity. The plan outlines strategies and timelines for improving internet access, a one-to-one laptop initiative, and professional development for teachers on integrating technology into the curriculum.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
AppSec PNW: Android and iOS Application Security with MobSFAjin Abraham
Mobile Security Framework - MobSF is a free and open source automated mobile application security testing environment designed to help security engineers, researchers, developers, and penetration testers to identify security vulnerabilities, malicious behaviours and privacy concerns in mobile applications using static and dynamic analysis. It supports all the popular mobile application binaries and source code formats built for Android and iOS devices. In addition to automated security assessment, it also offers an interactive testing environment to build and execute scenario based test/fuzz cases against the application.
This talk covers:
Using MobSF for static analysis of mobile applications.
Interactive dynamic security assessment of Android and iOS applications.
Solving Mobile app CTF challenges.
Reverse engineering and runtime analysis of Mobile malware.
How to shift left and integrate MobSF/mobsfscan SAST and DAST in your build pipeline.
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
"Frontline Battles with DDoS: Best practices and Lessons Learned", Igor IvaniukFwdays
At this talk we will discuss DDoS protection tools and best practices, discuss network architectures and what AWS has to offer. Also, we will look into one of the largest DDoS attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure that happened in February 2022. We'll see, what techniques helped to keep the web resources available for Ukrainians and how AWS improved DDoS protection for all customers based on Ukraine experience
Discover top-tier mobile app development services, offering innovative solutions for iOS and Android. Enhance your business with custom, user-friendly mobile applications.
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/how-axelera-ai-uses-digital-compute-in-memory-to-deliver-fast-and-energy-efficient-computer-vision-a-presentation-from-axelera-ai/
Bram Verhoef, Head of Machine Learning at Axelera AI, presents the “How Axelera AI Uses Digital Compute-in-memory to Deliver Fast and Energy-efficient Computer Vision” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
As artificial intelligence inference transitions from cloud environments to edge locations, computer vision applications achieve heightened responsiveness, reliability and privacy. This migration, however, introduces the challenge of operating within the stringent confines of resource constraints typical at the edge, including small form factors, low energy budgets and diminished memory and computational capacities. Axelera AI addresses these challenges through an innovative approach of performing digital computations within memory itself. This technique facilitates the realization of high-performance, energy-efficient and cost-effective computer vision capabilities at the thin and thick edge, extending the frontier of what is achievable with current technologies.
In this presentation, Verhoef unveils his company’s pioneering chip technology and demonstrates its capacity to deliver exceptional frames-per-second performance across a range of standard computer vision networks typical of applications in security, surveillance and the industrial sector. This shows that advanced computer vision can be accessible and efficient, even at the very edge of our technological ecosystem.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
3. GISD Technology Plan Following eight basic goals the GISD Technology plan for 2010 – 2013 covers a great variety of technology issues and forecasted adoptions. Each goal is clearly detailed by its correspondent objectives and strategies for implementation based on substantiated evidence of previous success.
4. Students Voice “Education really needs an upgrade.” (No Future Left Behind, 2007) “I can’t create my future with the tools from your past.” (No Future Left Behind, 2007) “School should be more like a game. If we get it wrong, just try again.” (No Future Left Behind, 2007)
5. GOAL 1 Increase effectiveness and productivity of administrators, faculty, and staff by automating existing manual processes and procedures.
6. Goal 1 Objectives Automate processes for District Human Resources and Business offices Automate district curriculum.
8. Goal 2 Objectives Global access to student information. Electronic access to online learning. Continue to plan for and integrate technology into the curriculum. Provide continuing professional development for GISD educators in the use of technology both in instruction and in classroom management.
9. Goal 2 Objectives -continued… Provide online instructional resources in order to offer Credit Recovery, Initial Credit and Dual Credit opportunities to secondary students. Continue to provide technology systems and support for Adult Literacy programs in District.
10. GOAL 3 Enable broader access to District Technology Resources within the district and GISD community.
11. Goal 3 Objectives Construct the appropriate infrastructure that will provide users and patrons with immediate GISD information, data, and resources. Strengthen existing program that enables parents to access district computers after school hours.
12. GOAL 4 Provide additional and new technology tools for educators, students, and staff to enhance effective classroom learning.
13. Goal 4 Objectives Provide projection devices/visual presenters. Provide a District-wide video communication system to the classroom. Provide test and curriculum data to appropriate users.
14. Goal 4 Objectives - continued… Develop new student learning strategies that include wireless labs, electronic textbooks, technology classrooms for students, new hardware, and new software to address student needs. Provide Instructional Coaches at the campus level.
15. GOAL 5 Enhance the home/school connection by providing communication between school, classroom, parents and community.
16. Goal 5 Objectives Provide a District-wide inter-connected phone system. Pilot a program to broadcast school information to the community via the local cable TV system. Improve communication to GISD parents and patrons through enhancement of GISD's web presence.
17. GOAL 6 Increase time on task for students and all district personnel by providing efficient networking and convenient remote access.
18. Goal 6 Objectives Increase speed and capacity of the network. Mobile device interface capability Centralize and increase data storage. Provide student remote access through Portal services for both K-12. Provide interactive communication capability for teachers and administrators.
19. GOAL 7 Provide all users with effective, reliable, and secure technology solutions.
20. Goal 7 Objectives Improve technology reliability. Improve technology security. Improve technology support. Ensure Technology Alignment with District Leadership.
21. GOAL 8 Maintain and enhance users’ efficiency by keeping technology systems (equipment and software) up to date.
22. Goal 8 Objectives Acquire and implement new District integrated business/HR system. Develop a Bond Tracking system throughout Oracle. On-going replacement of out-of-date or out-of-warranty hardware and software.
23. Leadership and Support The Executive Administrator of Technology, reporting to the Superintendent, manages the Technology department. This department includes an Educational Technology Group, an Information Technology Group and a Managed Area Network Group, each headed by a Director.
24. Community Partnerships Business Education Scholastic Team (BEST) • Campus Improvement Teams (CIT) Community Education School-to-Careers Initiative
25. Budget The total amount budgeted for the current three-year plan is $65,830,000, most of which comes from local funds (bond and maintenance and operations.)
26. The Future “Stakeholders in Garland ISD will have real-time, on-demand access to information. This information can be student related, curriculum, finance, demographic, etc. The information will be provided in real-time, on-demand. This will empower our stakeholders to see what they need to see, when they need to see it, and in the format they want to see it.” (Garland ISD Technology Plan, 2010)
27. References Garland Independent School District. (2010). Garland ISD Technology Plan 2010-2013. Garland, TX: Garland ISD Technology Planning Committee. No Future Left Behind, (2007).Video written and produced by the students of Suffern Middle School, Larry Bordowitz. Retrieved on May 15, 2011 from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kra_z9vMnHo&feature=feedwll&list=WL
28. References - continued… Cator, K. (2010) Director of Educational Technology, National Education Plan. Retrieved on May 15th, 2011 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAEKHQWyYpU National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) 2009 Second Life Public Forum, Final Report
Editor's Notes
Technology Vision StatementThe Vision of the Garland Independent School District is to implement technology that has a positive impact on instruction throughout the district.
The Garland ISD Technology Plan Follows eight basic goals that cover a great variety of technology issues and forecasted adoptions.
I can’t create my future from the tools of your past.No Future Left Behind, video written and produced by the students of Suffern Middle School, Larry Bordowitz. Retrieved on May 15, 2011 from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kra_z9vMnHo&feature=feedwll&list=WL
Improve the Employee Class Registration Site to allow online class registration. Evidence: Success of GISD electronic bulletin board, online trainingregistrations system, and travel forms.Create systems to enhance capture and reporting of data. Evidence: Successful launch of applications to data reporting.Implement automated indexing of Cold Storage for transcripts, report cards, payroll records, IEPs and ARDs.Improve and automate the Student Activity funds process.Enable teachers to monitor student performance through a more automated benchmark testing process.
Provide Intranet/Internet student information for authorized GISD users.Provide Internet access to student information for authorized parent/guardians. Began Spring 2010… All parents/guardians and students currently have internet access to grades, teacher lesson plans and cafeteria menus. Future project under consideration: provide online access for parents/guardians & students to a student’s 4- year high school plan.Provide learning opportunities utilizing teleconferencing, Internet, video, distance learning, cable TV and other electronic media.Each month the Technology Department offers from 15- 30 hours of training in the following areas: MS Word I & II, MS PowerPoint I & II, MS Access I & II, MS Excel I & II, GroupWise I & II, Gradebook, Integrated Learning Systems (SuccessMaker & Plato), Interclass, Technical Support Training, Mapper, Technology Integration, Qwizdom, and Oracle.
Provide rigorous online instruction offering initial credit and credit recovery to at risk students. Evidence: At risk students will be enabled to complete their high school education. The district will have a lower drop out rate and less over-age students in the traditional school settings. 2009-2010 Move our current credit recovery curriculum to an online environment providing students from the Garland ISD with an online creditrecovery solution.“We need kids to learn is how to be a learner.” “We need to make sure that our students should have 21st Century Expertise.”Cator, K. (2010) Director of Educational Technology, National Education Plan. Retrieved on May 15th, 2011 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAEKHQWyYpU Keep current instructional software and hardware systems up to date in the District-Sponsored Adult/ESL/GED Evening Courses (which uses programs such as Plato Web Learning Network and Rosetta Stone to assist adult learners.)
Develop metadata system that eliminates redundant data entry.Campuses: Southgate ES, Routh Roach ES, Garland HS, South Garland HS, Garland Evening School
Create a decision making team to develop an implementation plan and prioritize the allocation and deployment of projection devices. Technology has installed 2,767 projectors and document systems as of January 2010. In 2010, Technology will be installing an additional 1,034 projection systems that will include an RM Easiteach tablet to aid in classroom instruction. Issues: Need to add personnel to the Video Department because of the increased volume of work. Provide digital TV Broadcast video via the computer from Direct TV to every classroom. The ability to view Broadcast TV via the computer in everyclassroom by fall of 2009. (Needs revision, status in progress)Provide teachers, counselors and administrators with online state and local test data. Requires implementation of recommendations provided in the March 2004 Board approved network study. Way to collect data that teachers document on what has been done with the student for Response To Intervention or RtIUpgrade online curriculum lesson planner to Moodle for teachers, students and parent/guardian access.2010/ 2012 Move current online curriculum content to the new moodle platform and pilot user access.2012/2014 - Update and expand the online curriculum (moodle).
Assign a sub-committee responsible for the future direction of computer-aided instruction (CAI) and Integrated Learning Systems (ILS) within Garland ISD.Provide additional classroom technology to enhance the Fine Arts program, together with appropriate professional development for Fine Arts educators in use of new tools. Comments: All Fine Arts areas will receive equipment, software and training to integrate with instruction.Evaluate and pilot projects that would enable teachers and students to utilize online communication tools to enhance learning. Evidence: Students and teachers using podcasting, blogging, websites, etc to enhance learning.Increase the number of Elementary Instructional Coaches at the campus level and technology specialists at the secondary level. Comments: Instructional Coaches support the classroom efforts in integrating technology to improve learning in the core curriculum areas.
Implement an educational portal which allows, teachers students and parents access to pertinent instructional information such as, grades, homework activities, online classes etc.3084 phones have been installed in every classroom throughout the district.Provide unified messaging system to all GISD classrooms, offices and administrative areas.Broadcasting school programming to the community. Evidence: District programming available to the public via the local cable TV system. GISDtvProvide solution for teachers to communicate via the web with parents and students. By 2010-Enhance teacher awareness of Gradebook features, blogs, wikis and campus websites.
Interconnect all GISD locations with fiber optic technology. Twelve strands of fiber to each building and CWDM fiber technology for redundancy.Comments: This is the critical component for completion of GISD long-range technology goals. Status - 2008- Completed in May.Design myGISD and Intranet Profile for mobile devices. Find solution for myGISD portal use by students.Provide easy to use video conferencing to enhance communications and deliver on line staff development and student instruction.Build a dark fiber Metropolitan Area Network/Wide Area Network (MAN/WAN) spanning 100 square miles across the cities of Sachse, Garland, and Rowlett interconnecting all 80 buildings of the Garland ISD.National plan advocates connectivity across the country.In May of 2008, all campuses and administrative buildings were connected and have full access to digital video content along with uninterrupteddata and video programming content.Provide uninterruptible electrical power to the Data Center and Network Operations Center (NOC). Network OperationsCenter will maintain operational functionality during a power outage. Generator power will be tested on a weekly basis (every Wednesday for 30minutes) at the Technology Building.Implement various security agents across the district to prevent spamming, provide intrusion detection, implement anti-virus agents, and prevent denial of service attacks at the Internet, Intranet, desktop and server levels.Analyze on-going project status, time lines, priorities, budgets, and software usage statistics for technology implementations throughout the district.Identify evaluation procedure for new software applications that include tracking capability and interoperability.
Implement a new Oracle Business/HR system. A system meeting the requirements of the business department.On-going Oracle business system maintenance and upgrades.Implement an on-going Technology 5 to 7 year “end-of-life” funding and replacement cycle for all computers, classroom projectors, Cisco network infrastructure, servers and related technology throughout the district.Comments: GISD currently uses bond funding and left over end of year monies to replace computers, servers, Cisco equipment, projectors and related technology. There is no way to plan for end-of life technology replacement.Utilizing the replacement policy of keeping all software revisions current and up-to-date. GISD will define a time line & strategy to upgrade Novell operating system and Groupwise email software, and related instructional software.Replace approximately 2000 computers per year by receiving an annual portion of 2 cents of the annual tax rate for the Garland ISD tax revenue dedicated to technology hardware replacement including computers, printers and projectors.
This department, employing approximately 200 staff members, includes an Educational Technology Group, an Information Technology Group and a Managed Area Network Group, each headed by a Director. Of the 200 member staff, 72 Campus Technology Assistants are campus-based.
Through a variety of programs, the local community is an active participant in the life of the district and its mission of excellence. These community partnerships include:• Business Education Scholastic Team (BEST) – a partnership between the district and local businesses, which offersmentoring.• Campus Improvement Teams – community members, along with teachers, administrators, and parents, work to developunique plans to increase academic achievement and to improve the school environment.• Community Education – the district offers classes ranging from water safety to swing dancing to technology-skilldevelopment.• School-to-Careers Initiative – a partnership between the district and local business and industries to ensure that students are able to explore a variety of career options.
The total amount budgeted for the current three-year plan is $65,830,000, most of which comes from local funds (bond andmaintenance and operations.) This is a significant investment by the District and indicates our strong support for educational technology.
These stakeholders include parents, students, teachers, administrators, citizens, and the business community.
These stakeholders include parents, students, teachers, administrators, citizens, and the business community.
National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) 2009 Second Life Public Forum, Final Report