The Wayne District Technology Plan outlines goals and budgeting for technology integration from 2010-2013. The plan has 4 goal clusters: teacher responsibilities which include integrating technology and professional development; district responsibilities like providing training and infrastructure; maintenance of hardware and software; and funding through the district budget, grants, and $220,000 annually from E-Rate. The annual technology budget is approximately $1.9 million.

1. The Wayne District
Technology Plan
By Jaye Faccenda

2. Agenda
O Introduce E-Rate
O Goals of the Wayne Public Schools Three-
Year Technology Plan 2010-2013
O Technology Plan Budget
O Wayne Public Schools LoTi Results
O How can we as teachers effectively use
technology in the classroom?

3. E-Rate Program
O Administered by the Schools and Libraries
Division of the Universal Service
Administrative Company
O Offers discounts to schools for
telecommunication and information
services
O School must provide a technology plan
along with application

4. Wayne Public School
Technology Plan
O Technology Plan
O 2010-2013
O 4 Goal Clusters
O Teacher responsibilities
O District responsibilities
O Maintenance
O Funding

5. Teacher Responsibilities
O Integrate technology across the
curriculum
O Take the Technology Survey/Assessment
Profile
O Create an improvement plan
O Use technology to increase
communication

6. District Responsibilities
O Offer professional development
O Provide training for SIS
O Identify a technology resource
O Provide a system that promotes
collaboration between parents, teachers,
students, and the community

7. Maintenance
O Maintain hardware
O High-Speed access and Internet
O Current software

8. Funding
O Provided by district budget and grants
O Used for maintenance, utilities, staff
development, new products
O Use available resources to provide
maximum funding

9. Technology Budget
O Determined by Board of Education
O Approximately 1.9 million dollars per year
O E-Rate provides approximately $220,000
per year

10. (2010
)

11. Tools Teachers and
Students Should Use
More Often
A Student’s Perspective
• Computer and Internet
• Smart Board
• Graphing Calculators
• Cell Phones
• YouTube
• Power Point
• Geometer’s Sketchpad
• Blogs
• ELMO Projector
• Wikipedia

12. In Conclusion
In conclusion, given the
Wayne Public Schools
Technology Plan, we can
begin to research and
utilize new technologies
and integrate them into
our classroom to engage
our students. The best
thing we can do is use the
students themselves as
resources in order to get
fresh ideas. They can
help us change their own
future.

13. References
O Office of Innovation and Improvement.
(2008). Retrieved from
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/no
npublic/erate.html
O Wayne Public Schools three-year
technology plan 2010-2013. (2010).
Retrieved from
http://www.wayneschools.com