Goal: Administrators, teachers and librarians will develop and post technology integration
        lessons, SMART lessons and activities, notes, assignments and resources to the district
        website to engage students in learning and to communicate best practices of technology
        integration with others teachers, parents and the community (Strategy 1.1.16). (p. 17)

        *District Technology Advisory Committee. (2010) District Technology Plan 2010-2013.

        Objective: Teachers will post technology integration and SMART lessons to the district website.

Steps (Preparation):                               Person                   Resources:            Timeline:
                                                   Responsible:
Meet with/talk to the Director of Instructional    B. McMillon (intern);    Meeting time; lab     May, 2011
Technology (D. Boyer) to outline and plan how      B. Parker (principal)    with SMART
to best share technology integration and                                    access on all
SMART lessons on the district website or                                    computers;
Project Share                                                               directions on the
                                                                            best way to upload
                                                                            lessons
Arrange for use of computer lab with SMART         B. Parker; D. Boyer      Computer lab with     Book: May,
software on all computers                                                   enough computers      2011; Use:
                                                                            to house all          August, 2011
                                                                            certified teachers    (campus staff
                                                                            on our campus         development
                                                                                                  day)
Submit information about professional              B. McMillon; B. Parker   Eduphoria             May, 2011
development to Eduphoria for teachers to                                    registration
register (request that principal make it
mandatory)
Request that teachers save SMART files and         B. Parker                Jump drives;          May, 2011
technology integration lessons to jump drives                               access to district
or to a specific temporary drive on the district                            temporary website
website prior to school letting out
Set up a wiki for teachers to respond about        B. McMillon; D. Boyer    Wiki                  August, 2011
how they used the technology integration
lessons or SMART lessons in their classrooms
and rate the student response
Steps (Professional Development):                  Person                   Resources:            Timeline:
                                                   Responsible:
Teachers will be shown (refresher for those        D. Boyer                 Computers with        August, 2011
who have done it previously) how to log on                                  SMART
and maneuver in Project Share or the area of                                technology; written
the district website where technology                                       instructions on
integration lessons or SMART files will be                                  logging on;
stored                                                                      computer-based
                                                                            tutorial for later
                                                                            access if needed
Teachers will upload SMART files and               Teachers                 written copies of     August, 2011
technology integration lessons onto the district                            upload instructions
curriculum website or Project Share with
specific notations about CSCOPE unit and
TEKS that are taught/enriched by the lesson
Teachers will be given time to present what        Teachers                SMART board to      August, 2011
they have uploaded (1-2 min. pr/person or                                  show uploaded
PLC); Time to meet with their PLC to                                       materials
brainstorm ways to use current lessons or to
tweak the lessons to work for their grade-level
Teachers will learn how to book mark the           B. McMillon; D. Boyer                       August, 2011
lessons or save them in folders for later use.
Teachers are given an introduction to and          B. McMillon; D. Boyer   Wiki                August, 2011
given time to “play with” the wiki which will be
where teachers will reflect and post student
responses
Steps (Evaluation Tolls):                          Person                  Resources:          Timeline:
                                                   Responsible:
Teachers will respond, in Eduphoria, to the        Teachers                Eduphora survey     September,
professional development overall                                                               2011
Principal and Assistant Principals will look for   Campus                  Walk-through data   October, 2011
technology integration lessons and SMART           Administration
lessons during walk-through in September and
October
Teachers will reflect and submit student           Teachers,               Wiki, time for      October 31,
responses to SMART lessons and technology          Administration          teachers to         2011
integration lessons by October 31, 2011 to the                             respond
wiki created for this project
PLC leaders and campus administration will         PLC leaders,            Meeting time        November, 2011
meet to review the responses on the wiki and       administration
evaluate the use of the lessons, also will look
at the STaRChart data to evaluate the tech
level

Wk 4 action plan

  • 1.
    Goal: Administrators, teachersand librarians will develop and post technology integration lessons, SMART lessons and activities, notes, assignments and resources to the district website to engage students in learning and to communicate best practices of technology integration with others teachers, parents and the community (Strategy 1.1.16). (p. 17) *District Technology Advisory Committee. (2010) District Technology Plan 2010-2013. Objective: Teachers will post technology integration and SMART lessons to the district website. Steps (Preparation): Person Resources: Timeline: Responsible: Meet with/talk to the Director of Instructional B. McMillon (intern); Meeting time; lab May, 2011 Technology (D. Boyer) to outline and plan how B. Parker (principal) with SMART to best share technology integration and access on all SMART lessons on the district website or computers; Project Share directions on the best way to upload lessons Arrange for use of computer lab with SMART B. Parker; D. Boyer Computer lab with Book: May, software on all computers enough computers 2011; Use: to house all August, 2011 certified teachers (campus staff on our campus development day) Submit information about professional B. McMillon; B. Parker Eduphoria May, 2011 development to Eduphoria for teachers to registration register (request that principal make it mandatory) Request that teachers save SMART files and B. Parker Jump drives; May, 2011 technology integration lessons to jump drives access to district or to a specific temporary drive on the district temporary website website prior to school letting out Set up a wiki for teachers to respond about B. McMillon; D. Boyer Wiki August, 2011 how they used the technology integration lessons or SMART lessons in their classrooms and rate the student response Steps (Professional Development): Person Resources: Timeline: Responsible: Teachers will be shown (refresher for those D. Boyer Computers with August, 2011 who have done it previously) how to log on SMART and maneuver in Project Share or the area of technology; written the district website where technology instructions on integration lessons or SMART files will be logging on; stored computer-based tutorial for later access if needed Teachers will upload SMART files and Teachers written copies of August, 2011 technology integration lessons onto the district upload instructions curriculum website or Project Share with
  • 2.
    specific notations aboutCSCOPE unit and TEKS that are taught/enriched by the lesson Teachers will be given time to present what Teachers SMART board to August, 2011 they have uploaded (1-2 min. pr/person or show uploaded PLC); Time to meet with their PLC to materials brainstorm ways to use current lessons or to tweak the lessons to work for their grade-level Teachers will learn how to book mark the B. McMillon; D. Boyer August, 2011 lessons or save them in folders for later use. Teachers are given an introduction to and B. McMillon; D. Boyer Wiki August, 2011 given time to “play with” the wiki which will be where teachers will reflect and post student responses Steps (Evaluation Tolls): Person Resources: Timeline: Responsible: Teachers will respond, in Eduphoria, to the Teachers Eduphora survey September, professional development overall 2011 Principal and Assistant Principals will look for Campus Walk-through data October, 2011 technology integration lessons and SMART Administration lessons during walk-through in September and October Teachers will reflect and submit student Teachers, Wiki, time for October 31, responses to SMART lessons and technology Administration teachers to 2011 integration lessons by October 31, 2011 to the respond wiki created for this project PLC leaders and campus administration will PLC leaders, Meeting time November, 2011 meet to review the responses on the wiki and administration evaluate the use of the lessons, also will look at the STaRChart data to evaluate the tech level