Youngkin garland isd technology plan

1. Garland ISD Technology Plan
By Julie Youngkin
Copyright 2010 Julie Youngkin

2. Vision Statement
The Vision of Garland Independent School District is that exposure and access to technology be fully integrated with the educational process, providing robust access to information and learning resources for all students, parents, teachers, and administration in the Garland ISD community.
(Garland ISD Technology Plan, 2007)
3. Identified Needs
Real-time access to student data in-house and remotely
Employee access to district information
Improved communication
Online TEKS-based curriculum
Instructional enhancements:
-projection systems & document cameras
-video streaming capabilities
-student response systems
4. Goal 1
Increase effectiveness and productivity of administrators, faculty, and staff by automating existing manual processes and procedures
5. Goal 1 Objectives
Transfer forms to electronic formats on Cool Ice software to be accessible by all employees
Automate processes for District Human Resources and Business offices to be more cost effective
Develop and maintain Cold Storage for transcripts, report cards, payroll records, ARDS, and IEPs
Utilize time management system through Kronos software
Automate district curriculum to correlate intervention strategies with benchmark testing
6. Goal 2
Improve communications, learning & flexibility for students, parents/guardians, community members, and district personnel
Global access for teachers to student information through internet and intranet
Parent access to student grades
Electronic access to online learning through WebEx for homebound and AP students
Online professional development through PD360
8. Goal 2 Objectives Continued
Continue to plan for and integrate technology into the curriculum
Science probeware
Language labs
Align Technology Application TEKS with GISD curriculum
Plato, Qwizdom, Successmaker, Kidspiration, Inspiration
Web 2.0 digital tools
Wikis, blogs, podcasts, ePortfolios
Continue to provide technology systems and support for Adult Literacy programs in District
Plato Pathways
Rosetta Stone
9. Goal 3
Provide additional and new technology tools for educators, students, and staff to enhance effective classroom learning
Provide projection devices/visual presenters
Convey projectors,
Provide a District-wide communication system to the classroom
cable video (analog) in every classroom
digital video through data network in every classroom
Provide test and curriculum data to appropriate users
Triand
ISIP
11. Goal 3 Objectives Continued
Develop new student learning strategies that include wireless labs, electronic textbooks, technology classrooms for students, new hardware, and new software to address student needs
Technology labs with Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Integrated Learning Systems (ILS)
Webcam equipment
Video production equipment
Student Response Systems
Digital whiteboard and slates
Provide Instructional Coaches at the campus level
12. Educational Technology Funnel
GoalsMethods Results
Audio Visual Ease of Use
Audio Visual Control
Interactive
Classroom
Educational Data
Student Response
Curriculum
Development
Enterprise Data Generation
Reaching
Curriculum
Standards
(Dukane Audio Visual, p. 4)
13. Goal 4
Enhance the home/school connection by providing communication between school, classroom, parents, and community
District-wide inter-connected phone system
Pilot a program to broadcast school information to the community via the local cable TV system
Improve communication to GISD parents and citizens through enhancement of GISDs Web presence
School websites
Teacher websites
15. Goal 5
Increase time on task for students and all district personnel by providing efficient networking and convenient remote access
Increase speed and capacity of the network using Verizon FiOS
Increase data storage
Provide student remote access through Portal services for both K-12 and adult learners
Provide interactive communication capability for teachers and administrators
17. Goal 6
Provide all users with effective, reliable, and secure technology solutions
Improve technology reliability
Improve technology security
Lightspeed Total Traffic Control
Improve technology support
Increase staff
New tracking system for service tickets
19. Goal 7
Maintain and enhance users efficiency by keeping technology systems (equipment and software) up to date
Acquire and implement new District integrated business/HR system
Oracle Business System
Xiotech Storage Area Network (SAN)
Develop a Bond Tracking system through Oracle
On-going replacement of out-of-date or out-of-warranty hardware and software
21. Leadership and Support
Executive Administrator of Technology
Educational Technology Group
Information Technology Group
Campus Technology Assistants
Project Manager
22. Community Partnerships
Business Education Scholastic Team (BEST)
Campus Improvement Teams
Community Education
School-to-Careers Initiative
23. Evaluation
Superintendents cabinet reviews plan annually
Technology department will conduct an ongoing, weekly evaluation
Instructional Software will be compared to TAKS results to assess its effectiveness
Campus Technology Assistants (CTAs) will conduct campus evaluations on each campus
24. Budget
The total amount budgeted for the current three-year plan is $65,830,000, most of which comes from local funds (bond, maintenance, and operations).
25. The Future
In the future, stakeholders in Garland ISD will have real-time, on-demand access to information. This will empower our stakeholders to see what they want to see, when they want to see it, and in the format they want to see it.These stakeholders include parents, students, teachers, administrators, citizens, and the business community.
26. Resources
Dukane Audio Visual. (n.d). Garland ISD builds data-generating ed tech platform. St. Charles, Illinois: Dukane Audio Visual in collaboration with Garland Independent School District. Retrieved on February 13, 2010, from http://www.zebrano.co.nz/instancefiles/21732494/GarlandISDWhitePaperv4.pdf
Garland Independent School District. (2007).
Garland ISD technology plan 2007-2010 (4th ed.). Garland, TX: Garland ISD Technology Planning Committee.