MORGAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET

SCHOOL
Agenda
 Texas Star Chart

 Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology

 Morgan Elementary Magnet School’s Chart

 Room for Improvement

 Online tool for self-assessment to integrate
technology across the curriculum
 NCLB requires students be technology literate by
the end of the 8th grade
 A tool designed for use in technology planning,
budgeting for resources, and evaluation of
progress
 Data compiled by teachers, campuses, districts
and the state
 Status toward reaching the Texas Long-Range
Plan for Technology
 Why use the Texas Star Chart?
 To update the district’s technology plan
 To set benchmarks and goals for the Campus
 To measure student and teacher proficiencies with
regard to the integration of technology
 To document progress toward meeting NCLB
requirements for technology literacy
 To apply for grants
 To determine funding priorities

http://starchart.esc12.net/
 KEY AREAS:
o Teaching and Learning
o Educator Preparation and Development
o Leadership, Admin., Instructional Support
o Infrastructure for Technology
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Morgan’s Weaknesses
o Teaching and Learning

o Educator Preparation and Development

Morgan’s Strengths
o Leadership, Administration, Instructional
Support
o Infrastructure for Technology
 Integrate technology in a student-centered
learning environment
 Have on-demand access to technology and
digital resources anytime/anywhere
 Apply technology across all subject areas
 Increase the hours of technology professional
development available for all the teachers
 Promotes learning available through a variety
of delivery systems
 SMART BOARDS
Students should be familiar managing Smart Boards
 STUDENT COMPUTERS
Students by 8th grade should be masters in technology
TEACHER’S TRAININGS TECHNOLOGY PAGE
Education is the best provision
for the journey to old age.
Aristotle