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Educational Technology Plan 2014-2017
TIP 1: Vision, Mission, Goals and Strategies
TIP 2: Needs Assessment
TIP 3: The Planning Process
State Goals and Objectives with Local Strategies and Measures
Environment
Engagement
Tools
TIP 4: Implementation: Timetable and Budget for Goals, Objectives and Strategies
TIP 5: Executive Summary
TIP 6: References
TIP 1: Vision, Mission, Goals and Strategies of Imaginary County Public Schools
The Imaginary County Public Schools District seeks to empower students with the latest technological resources and training to provide them with the knowledge to take advantage of educational and professional opportunities throughout their communities -- and the rest of their lives.
Vision: The vision of the Imaginary County Public Schools District is to enable students to become vital contributing members to the surrounding society with the most effective and modern methods indicative of the 21st century.
Goals and Strategies
Goal 1: Students must have a safe environment in which to learn and which fosters confidence, so that they can expand to attain their full potential in academic areas.
It is crucial for students to be able to interact with others and their teachers so that they can become fully engaged.
Goal 2: To provision the students with the resources they need to succeed academically.
There are a number of points of...
The school must provide the sort of resources students need to account for their differences and to provide parity in their learning experiences.
Goal 3: To determine student expectations for learning and exceed them.
Much like the fact that students have various points of differentiations in their needs, they also have different expectations for their learning capabilities. This school system seeks to identify those and actually challenge students to both attain those goals and to surpass them, when applicable.
TIP 2: Needs Assessment
Strengths -- What are the current strengths?
The current strengths of the school district pertain to its faculty. All of these individuals are highly trained professionals who have graduated from some of the most respected and renowned education programs from the surrounding community and state. As such, many of them are familiar with utilizing the sort of technological resources that will impact students from any variety of socioeconomic groups, special educational needs, and points of cultural diversity. Furthermore, there is a fair amount of diversity within the faculty that attends to our students, which certainly helps students to see a working model of the way that diversity can contribute to society.
Weaknesses -- What are the current weaknesses?
The current weaknesses for this school district involve funding for "education technology" (Hogan, 2013,…
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Savitz, E. (2012). How we can use technology to transform the classroom. www.forbes.com. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/11/27/how-we-can-use-technology-to-transform-the-classroom/
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