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Technology Plan-7232
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Gabriella Jacob: Gwinnett County Gwinnett County 2022 – 2025 IT Strategic Plan
Daryl Burton: Gwinnett County Gwinnett County 2022 – 2025 IT Strategic Plan
County Creators
Finally, each member of your group should answer the following question in the Module 3
Task 1 discussion forum by Sunday:
What most surprised you about the technology plans your group examined?
Task 2: (½ a week to complete)
1) Create an annotated list of technology plan resources that you consulted to investigate school
technology plans. Your list must contain the title of the resource, the reference for the resource,
and a paragraph description of the relevance of the resource to your work on this project. You
may choose resources such as published books, scholarly journal articles, existing school
technology plans, information from professional associations/organizations or government
agencies, and published magazine articles. Examples of resources that may not be listed
include: personal blogs, personal podcasts, web pages advertising products or services, Internet
discussion forums. Your list must contain at least 10 resources.
2) Create a rubric for evaluating school system technology plans. Your rubric must at a
minimum include the following 6 elements:
○ Goals
○ Professional development
○ An assessment of telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other
services needed
○ Accessibility of technology resources (Americans with Disabilities Act)
○ Budget
○ Ongoing evaluation
○ Outline of the rubric is below :)
Goals No goals are Goals are listed, however they There are specific goals
provided by the are not expanded on or targeted by the school
school district. described in great detail. district in order to keep
the technology plan
growing.
Ongoing Evaluation No ongoing or Some evaluation has occurred, There are current and
current evaluations but is not frequent. Data is ongoing yearly
are provided by the outdated and growth is evaluations that are
school district. stagnant. provided by the district
to show growth towards
the stated goals.
Your group will select a school district technology plan to evaluate with the rubric you created in
Task 2. Choose a plan that you have not used for the other parts of this unit. Within your group,
collaboratively score the selected technology plan. After scoring the plan, write
recommendations for revisions that would improve your plan according to where your rubric
noted deficiencies.
1) Cover page that includes the names of each member of your group
4) The completed rubric showing how you scored the technology plan in Task 3. Be sure to
clearly identify the plan you chose to evaluate (e.g. give a url for it)
Important! Follow the instructions for this task carefully. If your work does not follow the
format specified it may be rejected with a score of zero, or be returned to you for revisions. Work
returned for revision will be considered late and is subject to penalties as specified in the course
syllabus.
Scoring Rubric:
C.2
C.3
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Plan Evaluation 1.01 rubric is not rubric rubric
completed for a completed for a completed for a
Ga PSC specific specific specific
1.02 technology plan technology plan technology
plan; an
InTASC 9 explanation of
each rating is
InTASC 10 provided
SLO #3a
SLO #4a,b
C.1
InTASC 10
SLO #1e
SLO #3a
SLO #4a,b
SLO #5b
C.1
Technology Plan 1
Brianna Rinaldi
Gabriella Jacob
Daryl Burton
Amberlynn Roe
FRIT 7232
Dr. Hodges
September 11, 2022
Technology Plan 2
Resources
Technology Plan 4
● Little Tech on the Prairie: Understanding Teachers’ Adoption of and
Resistance to Technology in the Rural Classroom
- Little Tech on the Prairie
- This document discusses how technology may benefit rural districts, maybe more than it
may benefit urban districts and how rural school districts may face many more
challenges to implement technology and create a technology plan in their schools.
Physical access to technology and funding may make it difficult for districts to
implement and even create a technology plan. Research has also shown that some rural
districts are not as willing to create technology plans. Many rural districts are lacking the
infrastructure needed to carry out technology plans in the 21st century. The need for
technology in schools may actually be higher being that in a smaller school or district, a
teacher may find themselves teaching multiple subjects or grade levels and increased
uses of technology would create a more efficient learning environment for both teachers
and students.
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Goals No goals are Goals are listed, however they There are specific goals
provided by the are not expanded on or targeted by the school
school district. described in great detail. district in order to keep
the technology plan
growing.
Ongoing Evaluation No ongoing or Some evaluation has occurred, There are current and
current evaluations but is not frequent. Data is ongoing yearly
are provided by the outdated and growth is evaluations that are
school district. stagnant. provided by the district
to show growth towards
the stated goals.
Goals No goals are Goals are listed, however they There are specific goals
provided by the are not expanded on or targeted by the school
school district. described in great detail. district in order to keep
the technology plan
growing.
Ongoing Evaluation No ongoing or Some evaluation has occurred, There are current and
current evaluations but is not frequent. Data is ongoing yearly
are provided by the outdated and growth is evaluations that are
school district. stagnant. provided by the district
to show growth towards
the stated goals.
We scored Effingham County as Progressing in the Goals element. We felt that Effingham
County’s technology plan clearly stated the technology goals of the district. However, in the
document provided on the district website, the goals were not expanded upon. From the
technology plan, we know that Effingham County wants to have faster and more consistent
internet speeds to support the growing need for internet and technology in the classroom. A large
part of the goals for this county includes a movement towards 1:1 devices for the entire district.
Effingham County also plans to promote technology in the classroom to support students'
learning. We did not feel as though the information provided in the Effingham County
technology plan was enough to be used successfully by a team. We would recommend that
Effingham improves its technology plan by specifying the steps in which the district would
accomplish the goals that have been set. For this district to achieve its goal of the inventory of
school-owned devices becoming 1:1 then a plan for distributing Chromebooks can be established
within the plan.
We scored Effingham County as Does not Meet in the Budget element. We felt that Effingham
County’s technology plan does not mention the potential budget for the technology department.
We would recommend that aside from the intended technology goals of the district, Effingham
County should also include an overall budget that will be utilized to accomplish the technology
goals that have been set. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, “the plan
should provide for a sufficient budget and schedule to acquire, maintain, and secure the
hardware, software, and related issues (e.g., training) that will be needed to implement the
strategy (part 1). With a set budget, we believe the plan becomes more tangible for funding.
We scored Effingham County as Progressing in the Ongoing Evaluation element. We felt that
little to no mention of yearly evaluations made this plan less effective. We would recommend
that the plan include a statement on how the yearly evaluation would occur and how data from
evaluations would be used. Some counties are adamant about using yearly evaluations as a way
to improve their technology. This plan lacks that and should be stated clearly to gain the staff’s
faith and trust in those managing the technology. The importance of evaluations was explained in
the District Information Technology Plans and Planning: Monitoring Implementation and
Assessing Impact meeting document, “Any evaluation system must be able to provide a diversity
of performance information that each audience will accept and respect” (pg. 5). Effingham and
all other counties should prioritize evaluations to ensure improvements to their technology
systems. All parties would benefit, most importantly the students.
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