Eastside High Eastside High SchoolSchool

Technology Vision

Technology Plan

Not separate, integrate with SIP

Curriculum is the driving force

Continuous teacher training is a must

Technical support

WHY PLAN NOW? All schools should have a Technology Plan

District is contemplating technology refresh: Last QZAB for EHS was in 2001-2002

School’s technology personnel has changed

Resource allocation to designated priorities

One mill for schools was approved (in effect July 09)

What does it mean “align with curriculum? Your subject matter, your audience and the

activities involved in the learning process determine the equipment, software, peripherals, textbooks needed

Reading Read 180, computer assisted

Math Carnegie Math, computer assisted

Science Project-based learning, laptop availability

Computer applications Hardware intensive, desktops

Driving class automobiles, texts

Physical education fields, balls, uniforms, bats, shoes

Advanced Placement presentations, presentation station and Smartboard

Interactive class Smartboard, clickers

District technology plan

Our plan must be aligned with the District Technology Plan for:

Continuity for studentsTechnology Support

Access to district resourcesShared costs

Standardization of equipmentGrants

Professional developmentLowest prices

Inventory

443 PC computers

176 are Pentium 4, first generation (GX-240)

129 are Pentium 4, second generation (GX-260)

Laptops:

5 Mac laptop carts, 1 PC

Smartboards

Teacher laptops

Clickers

LCD projectors

VCRs

DVD players

Televisions

Overhead projectors

Software Adobe PageMaker, Adobe PhotoShop

Elite Vision

ExamView

Carnegie Algebra, Carnegie Geometry, IB Math, Check Pro

Read180

Google apps (Earth, Sketch, Picasa)

Graphmatica, JUMP, Macromedia, MicroType, MyITlab

Where do we go from here?

Textbook resources on the web

District directive: web applications when possible

Your homework

Please select at least a person from each department to attend and prepare the following information:

Textbook used for classes and availability of ONLINE content for textbook. If possible, investigate if there is a fee for website usage (annual fee, fee to use certain areas of the website or enrichment resources provided online)

In classes where there is no textbook or the textbook is out of date and no adoption is foreseeable in the immediate future, suggest ONLINE content suitable for the class – and costs, if possible.

Computers purchased by the district will have the Microsoft Office Suite. Suggest any other productivity software that may be needed for student projects.

Where no ONLINE content is available, suggest necessary software to implement the curriculum. This would apply to multimedia classes that use Adobe, Typing or other software not available online.

Your requests Will the school be a Mac school or a PC school?

Should we be writing grants for hardware, software?

Do we have to stay with the district or can we be an independent school?

Define roles of tech personnel

Why can’t we use personal laptops on the guest network?

Why does the wireless coverage have blind spots? When will they be fixed?

Why is the bandwidth so poor?

Could we get portable DVD (USB) players for computers?