Technology Integration to Go

Technology Integration to Go

The Tech Mobile

Presented byThe Rio Grande ISD

Technology Integration Steering Committee

35 Members• Central Office Administrators• Campus Administrators• Teachers• Students• Parents• Partners in Education• Community Members

Plan Development

• Create a Future

• Assess the District

• Establish Strategic Goals

• Build a Technology Integration Plan

• Implement the Plan

• Evaluate the Plan

(Wiburg, in Ivory, 2001)

Needs Assessment

• Technology Use Survey• Campus Administrators• Teachers• Students• Parents

• Classroom Observations

Instructional Needs

• Backward Design (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998)

• Best Practice (Zemelman, Daniels, & Hyde, (1998)

• Cooperative Learning

• Classroom Workshop

• Authentic Experiences

• Reflective Assessment

Technology Needs

• Classrooms had:• Four networked computers (LAN)• Access to:

• Laser Printers• Scanners• Digital Cameras

• Needed• Integration Strategies

Strategic Goals

• Enhance learning environments• Promote engaged learning• Collaborative problem solving

• Use technology to access information

• Implement training for teachers and administrators

Strategic Goals(continued)

• Design Tasks • Authentic• Hands-on• Multi-disciplinary• Performance-based assessments

• Implement innovative technology delivery system

Tech Mobile

• 20 permanent stations

• 2 mobile carts with 15 laptops

• SmartBoard• Printers, Scanners, Digital Cameras

Projected Costs

• Start-up• $863,738.00

• Sustaining• $705,000.00

Funding Sources

Source Start-up Sustaining

Title II - A $150,000 $150,000

Title II - D $ 73, 780 $ 10,000

Title V $100,000 $ 5,000

Tech in Ed $ 40,000 $ 40,000

PT3 $ 500,000 $500,000

Technology Integration Plan

• Texas STARgate from Classroom Connect

• Basic Search Skills

• Problem-based Learning

• Electronic Communication

• NETS for Teachers

Staff Development

• Mission:

The Staff Development Unit of the Rio Grande Independent School District is dedicated to the support of teachers, students, and administrators in the effective integration of technology into instruction for the purpose of enhancing student learning.

Technology Proficiency

Level of Use

Basic C

omputer S

kills

Productivity Applications

Internet Use

Internet Publishing

Curriculum

Specific

Word P

rocessingWord

Publishing P

ublisher

Spread S

heetExcel

Database Access

Presentation PowerPoint

Awareness

Novice

Transition Activities

Intermediate

Transition Activities

Integration into Instruction

Transition Activities

Advanced

Trainer of Teachers (TOT)

Implementation Plan

• 18 Priority Campuses• Week long training schedule – 1st semester

• Use of software• Modeling of Best Practice• Collaboration• Observation and critique

• Individualized training – 2nd semester

Evaluation

• REPA will conduct formative evaluations• Implementation of Best Practice

strategies

• Levels of Technology Integration

• Use of original surveys and classroom

observations as baseline

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