Technology+Vision+Statement

Sharing 'Our' Technology Vision Statements

Question ** || **What will technology look like in our schools in 2020?** || **How will technology benefit all stakeholder groups in our school community?** || **What do we need to do to achieve the vision?** || for learning and instruction (accessing data, progress monitoring, preparing action plans, etc.) ||  || * training, ongoing coaching for teachers and administrators to use tools, software, etc.
 * ** School/
 * AIHS || * All classes have technology (laptops)
 * provide appropriate authentic differentiated instruction
 * move away from paper to elctronically submitted assignments and assessments
 * creation of digital communities to connect and collaborate || * Equality of resources for rich and poor
 * sharing of information among education, business, and families
 * universal connectivity
 * Administrators will have the ability to focus on instruction and less on behavior
 * Transparency of activity will benefit all stakeholders || * Create a plan
 * finance it
 * implement training and coaches
 * commit to a long term investment ||
 * AIMS || * textbooks on-line
 * collaboartion world-wide through Skype
 * responders and Smartboards in all rooms
 * ELMOs and Airliners || * benefit from having workers with 21st century skills (technology, collaboration, cooperation)
 * access to information (data)
 * become part of learning community || * Professional Development (continuous)
 * Tech Support
 * Hardware/Software fo students
 * Student training (experts) ||
 * Baltz || * More exposure to hardware ELMO, laptops, Smartboards
 * Meaningful available experiences teaching programs, word, wiki || * Provide access to community i.e. parents, students, HAC
 * Stop making excuses
 * Collaborative learning opportunities
 * Focused learning and teaching needs based / Data Driven || * Hardware
 * Technology driven PD
 * Real time TOSA
 * Inspect what you Expect
 * Meaningful experiences for all ||
 * BSS || * Technology will be the seamless thread that will be viewed as an invaluable component connecting collaboration || * More efficient way to share and disseminate info = more time for other things
 * Fair and equitable for all
 * More tech savvy and cultural awareness = better employees and better (aware/accepting) citizens ||  ||
 * Cab || * Handhelds for all
 * Interactive/collaborative documents and creations
 * we-based classrooms/ distance learning
 * physical spaces designed differently
 * world-wide interactions || * Adapted technolgoy will level the paling field
 * efficiency / cost-saving
 * easy access to data
 * better informatoin and more timely and communciation and collaboration || * moey (funds)
 * updated technology
 * training and time for collaboration
 * rethinking how we use the space ||
 * Central || * Paperless/wireless
 * Collaboratoin and current || * easier access
 * consistent standards || * education for teachers, students and parents
 * utilize technology in classroom on a regular basis
 * keep current with changes in technology ||
 * Conrad || * Notebooks for all
 * Industry participation in classroom learning
 * Online courses
 * Distance learning || * enhance communication
 * equal access to a variety of technologoies
 * provide skills necessary for real-world /professions
 * provide alternative ways to measure progress/abilities || * $$
 * community buy-in
 * training students/faculty
 * All students have same resources ||
 * Dickinson || * A different role for texts
 * A laptop for each student w/online texts
 * Parental access through the student inssued technology || * Direct input in the decision making process.
 * Parents and others can contribute in real time
 * Big brother student scenario || * All stakeholders must have training and full access toall tools ||
 * Forest Oak || * Portable, multiple screens, working from laptops
 * Teacher as facilitators || * Students motivated and engaged and challended w/little downtime for student achievement
 * Prep for workplace and economic benefit for all || * PD tech support
 * Time to collaborate and develop ideas
 * Provide updated tech tools and hardware
 * Increased accessibility
 * To achieve vision: action plan with tech leaders to model and support plan ||
 * HBMS || * wireless internet
 * virtual schools
 * paperless classroom
 * less IT problems || * more opportunities for self-paced learning
 * centralizing information
 * ease of communication with parents || * Every child will have a computer at home
 * Plan of what we want to accomplish and how we are going to get there
 * MONEY
 * TIME
 * TRAINING ||
 * Heritage || * Personal computers for each student
 * Better equipped classroom (i.e. Smartboards, webcams, projectors, etc.) || * Students - higher levels of engagement and prepartion for higher learning and the workplace
 * Teachers - work smarter, not harder, through technology usage
 * Parents - better communication (open and timely) with school || * Open minded teachers who are willing to learn, try, and use technolgy
 * Ongoing training
 * Purchase hardware and software to promote student achievement ||
 * Highlands || * New tecnology today will probably be obsolete by 2020
 * One-to-one student computer rations
 * wireless buildings
 * Smartboards, airliners, ELMO in each classroom
 * Video conferencing, skyping, interaction w/other schools. || * Partner with businesses to improve learning
 * Everyone takes ownership of learning and success
 * Communication across all stakeholder will improve
 * Empower teachers, students, and families || * Time to...learn, practice, collaboaroate
 * Hardware for everyone, especially inner city students who don't have it at home ||
 * Lewis || All will be competent using the following:
 * website tools
 * instructional websites
 * technology (Smartboards, digital docs, airliners, ELMOs...)
 * TECH SUPPORT FOR EACH SCHOOL for repairs!! ||
 * Linden Hill || * Distance learning
 * more computer-based learning
 * Smartboards
 * Student / student collaboration
 * teacher / teacher collaboration || * Allow students to share ideas
 * Increase opportunities for collaboration || * Provide a balance between old and new
 * modeling new technology
 * continue professional development ||
 * Marbrook || * All students will have laptops and this would be available in every class.
 * Library would be completely digital and students will be able to access books on computers || * Allows schools/businesses to communicate with each other to address concerns and discuss school progress || * Funding, resources, training, equal technology access ||
 * McKean || * **Digital classroom/virtual**
 * **All students have technology in hand-desktops are like an airliner**
 * **"Blackboard" type of communications between students and teachers**
 * **Collaboration w/classrooms around the world** || * Teachers - engage variety of learners
 * Students - Express self in variety of methods
 * Community (BROAD) - Citizens prepared 21st century || * Training to use the "new" technolgoy in implementing lessons in the classroom
 * The financial means to purchase new technology and updating the building infra-structure to support to support the technology
 * Sharing ideas on using technology throughout the district/business community ||
 * Meadowood || All students will utilize devices to access and actively particpate in school/home/community || Enhance the inclusion of students in all settings (school, comm, vocation) || * technology
 * funding
 * training for staff, parents, and community
 * tech supports
 * connection ||
 * Mote || * Access to latest technology
 * Training in latest technology e.g.smart desktops || * Students will be able to effectively communicate with the global community
 * Business stakeholders will have new graduates with tech savvy and vision ||  ||
 * North Star || * Staff/students will use technology on an ongoing daily basis
 * All students will have handhelds/ laptops / whatever?
 * TEchnolgoy wil be use daily for:
 * 1) instruction
 * 2) learning
 * 3) assessment || * __Staff__ will work collaboratively across grade levels
 * __Parents__ will be more knowledgeable about curriculum
 * __Students__ will meet students globally - collaboration outside of the classroom || * Begin establishing the vision NOW!
 * Buy-in is an EXPECTATION (not an option)
 * Professional development is critical!
 * Opportunities to practice new technogy learning
 * Richey || * Individual access - laptops, PDAs
 * Online learning || * Open / Involve Community || * How to use technology
 * Managing technology ||
 * RPES || * every student will have their own devices (pda, laptop, whatever the tech may be)
 * Everyone will be connected || * Everyone will be accountable
 * Equal access
 * more transparent
 * connection || All that Meadowood wrote ||
 * RPLC || * All students will have their own laptop
 * Textbooks? || * up-to-date communication available quickly
 * Everyone involved with student's education will be better able to communicate quickly and more efficiently || * Money needed
 * All staff trained on the latest technology ||
 * Shortlidge || * Students and teachers will be connected to the World Wide Web
 * Adaptive assessments
 * Collaborative sites using technology to learn, create, and achieve || * Students will be involvoed with interactive learning and will be able to compete technologically in the 21st century.
 * Teachers/staff will be paperless with data and info at fingertips
 * Parents and community connected || * PD
 * The desire to move forward
 * Technology in our student's homes
 * Hardware / software ||
 * Skyline || * Individual public and private access to teach (computers, networks, peripherials) for all
 * Tech use is standardized and commonplace in all classrooms
 * Tech will adapt to teaches, strategies, and content || * higher levels of student engagement and learning
 * students, parents, and teachers become more porficient in using technology
 * students will be better prepared for employment || * $, time, PD, Accesss, Maintenance!! ||
 * Stanton || * On-line, distant learning
 * individualize differentiation
 * accountability || * Distant learning, self paces learning, global link, various medias, personal computers || * Focus, $, time, training ||
 * Warner ||  || * SSP on a wiki ||   ||
 * Warner ||  || * SSP on a wiki ||   ||