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Role of Instructional Technology

Student use

Each year more classroom teachers are using technology as an integral part of their teaching. •Science or Social Studies primary source data

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Teacher and Administrator Use

Each year teachers and administrators are required to use technology for teaching and administrative purposes:

•Student management, IEP programs, MCAS data

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How do we support both?

By providing consistent and sustained curricular support.

By providing “timely” technical support.

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Car analogy

Technical support keeps the car running so we can travel

Curricular support plans and implements trips that are worthwhile taking

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Instructional Technology Specialist

Planning technology-enriched lessons Modeling lessons in classroom Developing and instructing after-school modular

technology integration courses for professional staff

Consulting with middle school department chairs to identify selected areas/units where technology makes the most impact

Evaluating appropriate software to support curriculum units

Advising school-based technology teams

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Instructional Technology Specialist(not in the job description!)

Troubleshooting printer problems (including changing cartridges) Server (including student passwords) Email accounts

Ordering supplies Creating and managing conferences (First Class) Implementing lab sign up procedures Helping with setups (National Spanish exam,

MCAS) Student Tech Corps

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Instructional Technology SpecialistBest Practices

Work with department specialists (chairs) or principals to identify areas for integration

Allow at least 3 sessions for pre-planning Make sure you understand teacher’s goal and reason for

the project/lesson Develop planning sheets (PowerPoint slide planner, student

instructions handout) Develop Rubric for evaluation Share and replicate successful lesson with other teachers

in department Collaborate frequently with other ITS in district

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Challenges for Tech Directors

Leadership-curricular and technical Tech planning by level Professional Development (online courses, Tech

Camps, after-school courses) Develop and implement student technology

competencies by grade level Share and adopt best practices by grade level

and department

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Challenges (cont.)

Funding-operating versus capital budget Robust infrastructure Hardware (fairly distributed at each level) Software (consistently purchased depending on

curricular need) Staffing (including adaptive technology Assessment and Evaluation Equity Sustainability of initiative

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Key Tools

enGauge Framework http://www.ncrel.org/engauge

Massachusetts Star Chart http://www.doe.mass.edu/boe/sac/edtech/star.html

ISTE Technology Support Index http://tsi.iste.org/

Total Cost of Ownership (Consortium for School

Networks) http://classroomtco.cosn.org/

NETS:Standards and Performance Indicators http://cnets.iste.org/administrators/a_stands.html