TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EDUCATION
Name:_____Aysegul Aydin_____

Date: _7/14/2015__________________________

This template is adapted from

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/documents/et14techplan.doc

INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
The plan should guide the LEAs use of education technology for the next three
years.

List specific start and end dates (7/1/xx to 6/30/xx). Provide a brief overview of
the LEA, its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs website.
Start and end dates: 8/10/2015 to 8/10/2018
LEA Title: Harmony Schools of Excellence (HSE)
LEA Region: 4
Number of Students: 4,000
Percent of Economically Disadvantaged Student:%75
Website of the LEA:

Describe how a variety of stakeholders from within the LEA and the communityat-large participated in the planning process.
List of stakeholders within LEA:
The Principal: ____________
Assistant Principal: ________
IT Manager: ______________
Computer Teacher: __________
Community stakeholders:
Parents
Teachers, team leads, department heads
Instructional Coaches

That team meets regularly to examine and improve technology plan every month. The
team was charged with developing Technology Plan for the academic years spanning
2012-2015. Also team indicates the needs of the District in terms of the technology.
The team supports and encourages the using technological devices in education. They
contact with staff to find their needs and concerns. They depend on the research-based
information to determine the requirements.
Furthermore the team investigates federal, state, grant opportunities and funding
sources.

Summarize the relevant research and describe how it supports the plan's
curricular and professional development goals.
Summarize the plans major curricular and professional development outcomes
that are supported by research.
Describe and cite the relevant research that supports the plans outcomes.
Describe the connection between the research and the plans goals.
Describe information gathered from site visits, including best practices.
_ According to the research based studies, integrating technology in the curricula and
instructions improve the students academic achievements.
_ Michigan Department of Educations Tech Plan Guidelines indicate that with the 5 step
processes technology can be integrated in to curriculum and instructions.
1. Adoption of specific content and skill standards.
2. Construction of curriculum, through the use of curriculum mapping software.
3. Development of assessments that measure the degree to which learners understand the
curriculum.
4. Identification of instructional methods meeting the needs of learners, which includes
integration of technology.
5. Consideration of environmental and learning needs including interventions, classroom
culture, student culture, etc.
_ The school should improve their technology goals for all grades students.
_The lesson plans should be adapted to the new technology plan.
_The technology is used to develop the curriculum.
_The technology plan should be assessed and evaluated to analyze the results and
success.
* https://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-6530_6605-22360--,00.html

CURRICULUM COMPONENT CRITERIA.

The Plan must establish clear goals and realistic strategy for using

telecommunications and information technology to improve education services.

(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe teachers' current access to instructional technology and current use of

digital tools.
Every teacher has laptops and teachers were trained and getting new technologies. The
schools have computer laboratories and library computer laboratories. Some Office
products such as Power Point and Word are used to enhance learning of topics. Google
Apps are used by Teachers and Students to collaborate and share.
Via RTT grant by Federal Department of Education, the technology infrastructure of
Harmony Schools of Excellence became strong. Beside the all teachers have laptop, all
students have own chrome books. IPads, kindle, fires, smart boards are the other devices
that some schools have and use for education. Some classrooms have the mimeo pads
that provide interactive lessons. Servers are important role that maintain technological
stability.

Describe students' current access to instructional technology and current use of

digital tools. Include a description about the LEA policy, practices, and/or
replacement policy that ensures equitable technology access for all students.
The students, who are 6-12 grades, have chrome books. The district doesnt allow the
student to take the chrome books to their home. Also the district doesnt allow the student
to use social media sites at school and non-educational sites.
The students use some web 2 tools such as Edmodo to communicate with their friends
and their teachers. Some teachers use Edmodo for assignments or for discussions.
And with like Think through Math programs the students can find more practices and
can exercise for math at home. There are lots of programs like that encourage the students
at home. The schools advice and support the students use these programs.
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for using
technology to improve teaching and learning. Describe how these goals align to
the LEA's curricular goals that are supported by other plans. Describe how the
LEA's budget (LCAP) supports these goals, and whether future funding
proposals or partnerships may be needed for successful implementation.
The Technological plans goals are:
- All students will be able to use appropriate technology tools to increase academic
performance across the curriculum.
- All students will be able to use 21st century tools by mastering and applying the
Technology

All teachers and administrators will meet or exceed the SBEC technology
applications standards for beginning teachers.

All teachers and administrators received professional development on integrating

technology into instructions.

The technology will be used to increase communication among stakeholders.

The resources that improve students, teachers and learning will be purchased.

Implementations plan:
- To detect the needs of the district, surveys and interviews will be implemented
for assessment.
- According to the assessments to complete the deficiencies about technology in
schools, some decisions should be determined.
- The teachers and administrators will receive professional developments trainings.
- The curriculum will be integrated in the technology so the students will use the
chrome books effectively.
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, to address
Internet Safety and the appropriate and ethical use of technology in the
classroom.
This year district separate the servers so different servers will be used for different
purposes. They have secured and activated Firewalls. To ensure faster and secure
internet the district provide more Wi-Fi for students, staff and guests.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT

The Plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff
understands how to use these new technologies to improve education services
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Summary of the teachers' and administrators' current technology proficiency and

integration skills and needs for professional development.
Last year all teachers and staff received the trainings on Microsoft Office, Google Docs
and several soft wares. This knowledge helped them to arrange their time on daily tasks
and support their teaching in the classrooms.
This year the district will provide some training that support the teachers to increase
using tablets and white board in education. Especially this year district will do the
trainings separately for all lessons. Science teachers and ELA teachers will not take same
trainings. Because using the devices for different lessons need different skills and
knowledge.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for providing
professional development opportunities based on your LEA needs assessment
data and the Curriculum Component of the plan.
During professional development hours teachers and administrators will receive the
trainings to increase the knowledge that is about integration of technology into
curriculum. Also the new devices will be purchased by district with providing using
trainings.
At the beginning of the year surveys that find the deficiencies and needs are
implemented. Depending on the results of the surveys the district decided to provide
comprehensively trainings for teachers. Because the district realized with the surveys that
the district provide all the technological devices but because of insufficient trainings for
students and teachers the devices cant be used effectively and comprehensively. So this
year to increase the effective of the devices on educations, the trainings will be improved
and developed.
INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SOFTWARE, AND
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPONENT CRITERIA
The Plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services,
hardware, software, asset management, and other services that will be needed to
improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe the existing hardware, Internet access, electronic learning resources,

technical support, and asset management already in the LEA that will be used to
support the Curriculum and Professional Development Components of the plan.
Which technologies that support the Curriculum and professional Development
Components of the plan, are used in the school?
There is a website to post all the information and events. The newsletters are sent to the
parents emails every Wednesday by school. Also for emergent situations the emails are
sent too.
Which technologies are preferred by the parents for communication with school?
Most of the parents prefer to take emails. Because the parents have smartphones and
with Wi-Fi they can read their email wherever they are. Also schools have application
that parents reach their kids grades with and all school events promptly, is substantially
good.

Describe the technology hardware, electronic learning resources, networking and

telecommunications infrastructure, physical plant modifications, technical

support, and asset management needed by the LEA's teachers, students, and
administrators to support the activities in the Curriculum and Professional
Development components of the plan.
What technology is needed to implement the Curriculum and Professional
Development components of plan?
Smart board is an important device to implement the curriculum and Professional
development components of plan. The teacher should use different web 2.0 tools to
encourage the learnings. Also via the web 2.0 tools students and teachers can
communicate with each other at home. Teachers may give some assignments and post
discussions. The education should not be limited on schools only. Like that tools teachers
can post the lessons from the web pages and students can revise their lessons. They will
able to ask their questions to their friends or teachers.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION COMPONENT
The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor
progress toward the specific goals and make mid-course corrections in response
to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe the process for evaluating the plan's overall progress and impact on
teaching and learning.
Who will involve in Monitoring and Evaluation process?
The principal and dean of academics will involve in monitoring and evaluation process.
Then the feedback will be given to the central office.
Which measures are used to evaluate the plan?
Evaluation will be made for both students and teachers. The student test scores are
compared with the last years test scores and the others schools test scores. Also for
teachers, parents and students, surveys will be implemented.

Describe the schedule for evaluating the effect of plan implementation, including
a description of the process and frequency of communicating evaluation results
to tech plan stakeholders.
Who will be responsible to collect data and who will evaluate the results?
The campus principal will be responsible to collect and evaluate the results.
When the result will be evaluated?
Before the last semester finish the evaluation will be completed.