Wormbog

I am working on updating the DCHS Technology Plan.  This section in on the goals and strategies and has been rewritten for this year.  Let me know what you think.

Goals and Strategies

Students

Goal: To engage and encourage students to use technology to be more productive learners.  To provide students with technology skills that will enable them to use technology to solve real world problems. To develop the ability to be able to judge which set of tools including computer, computer programs, and technology related equipment will produce the desired results.

Strategies: Students will be encouraged to use available technologies across all disciplines as a tool to increase learning; to remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create. Computer specific course will focus on giving the students the tools (remember, understand and apply) needed to increase learning across other disciplines.

Staff

Goal: To help develop a faculty trained and committed to developing technology skills for application in the classroom, so that technology is an essential part of learning, and not just superfluous to the classroom. To give administration the tools necessary to productively support the faculty, students and parents.

Strategies: Provide needs-based training for staff in the use of leading edge technology. Increasing teacher productivity with technology will foster an environment of life-long learning among faculty members as they address the impact of changing technology in the classroom. To provide staff with current technology that will engage students interests and increase classroom learning.

Infrastructure

Goal: To provide a networked school campus, software for curriculum enhancement, multimedia equipment, Internet access, and equipment to support technical areas. To create a facility that is designed to change as technology changes.To equip each student and teacher with access to networked devices that enhance learning.

Strategy: The implementation of new technology will occur at a rate responsive to an evaluative process which will produce the best environment and most supportive atmosphere for successfully reaching the goal of technology integration and use. This process will evaluate technological advances in industry and business in order to keep pace with advances. Additionally, the hardware will provide faculty and staff with internal support services in a physical plant that provides quality equipment in classrooms, library, technical areas, laboratories and offices.

Growth

Goal: To provide adequate funding for the purchase and maintenance of technology and equipment needed to conduct academic and technical offerings.

Strategies: Maintain a capital plan to acquire the funding necessary to train students and teachers on state of the art technology.

Evaluation

Goal: To provide an accurate picture of how technology is being used to accomplish the schools mission. To ensure that the technology plan is an accurate representation of how technology is being used in the school. To develop a plan for the future use of the technology at DCHS.

Strategies: To complete ongoing and annual reviews of the technology plan and program to ensure the program is working towards accomplishing the school’s mission.  To form a technology advisory board to assist with the evaluation.