Planning into Practice Resources for Planning, Implementing and Integrating Instructional Technology

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Planning into PracticeResources for Planning,
Implementing and Integrating Instructional
Technology

• Is Your Technology Plan All That It Can Be?

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Introductions

• Regional Technology in Education Consortium
  serving the SE states, PR, and the US Virgin
  Islands
• Jeff Sun, partner consultant for SEIRTEC and
  author of Planning into Practice
• jsun_at_sun-associates.com

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Objectives

• To understand what constitutes an effective
  technology plan
• To make the connection between planning and
  implementation
• To review the alignment of key strategic plan
  elements

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Skeletal Plan Format
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Overview of Technology Plan Elements

• Executive Summary
• Vision
• Current Status
• Goals and Objectives
• Curriculum Integration
• Professional Development
• Administration
• Infrastructure
• Other?
• Infrastructure Design
• Staffing
• Action Plan (follows goals and objectives)
• Budget
• Evaluation Plan

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Key Questions for Technology Planners

• Why are we here?
• To write the plan!
• Why are we writing the plan?
• To get money!
• Why do we want to get money?
• To do stuff!
• Why do we want this stuff?

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To improve teaching and learning!
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Focus on Curriculum

• Technology is of little value if not linked with
  your curriculum and curriculum goals.
• Curriculum, not the technology itself, must drive
  your planning process

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Non-motivational Purposes

• cause someone told me I had to
• to get the e-rate money
• cause everyone else has one
• These purposes only succeed in creating the
  document (maybe)...not in creating a plan that
  truly benefits learners!

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The Role of Stakeholders

• The planning committee should be composed of your
  stakeholders
• Who are the stakeholders in your school or
  district?
• Teachers
• Students
• Parents
• Community Members
• Process People

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Establishing Vision

• Vision establishes the purpose of the plan, and
  more importantly, the purpose behind bringing
  technology into your schools.
• Guides the planning process
• Firmly establishes the value you place upon
  technology

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Creating Goals

• Goals are statements of particular ways in which
  you intend to actualize your vision.
• Goals break down the vision into manageable (and
  measurable) pieces.
• Most plans have groups of goals around various
  elements of the vision...

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Types of Goals

• Curriculum Integration
• Professional Development
• Administration
• Community Involvement
• and other areas that are critically important to
  your vision

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Goals lead to Activities

• Goals are the higher order, categorical,
  objectives you intend to achieve
• Activities are the various things you will do to
  achieve those goals.
• Activities are smaller than goals
• Most goals will be supported by many activities
• Activities are organized into action plans

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Action Plans

• The action plan organizes your activities
• First by goal group -- e.g., curriculum,
  professional development, etc.
• Second by year -- e.g., year one action plan,
  year two, and so on
• The reader of your action plan should be able to
  see your plan unfold element by element, year by
  year.

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To review...
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The Action Plan Template

• The template is a handy way of checking to see if
  youve considered all of the angles for your
  planned actions
• Actions have consequences. Have you thought
  about how this action fits into your bigger
  picture plan?

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Evaluation

• A good technology plan provides a logical
  framework for the evaluation of your technology
  implementation.
• Goals show you what you are looking for
• Progress towards fulfillment of goals and
  objectives can be measured
• Activities can be recorded

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Show me the money

• How will you fund your plan?
• The plan itself is just a plan, not necessarily a
  request for funding
• One of your major tasks after completing the
  initial plan will be to find funding for the
  various activities
• Funding will need to come from many different
  sources...

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Funding Inputs and Planning Outputs
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On-going Planning

• Planning doesnt end with the creation of the
  plan
• The planning committee should continue to meet
• To review
• To evaluate
• To update
• To publicize and lobby

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Group Activities

• Brainstorm to create a vision statement
• Identify core values
• Create a vision statement
• Write a professional development/curriculum goal
• Create an action plan for that goal

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Summary

• A strong educational technology plan is rooted in
  a strong vision for technologys role in
  education
• This role needs to be centered around the
  anticipated and desired student impacts
• Keep the overall emphasis of the plan focused on
  curriculum
• You must show the linkages between technology and
  your curriculum

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• Eventually, evaluation will become the emphasis
  of your districts technology efforts.
• Take the time to write a strong evaluation
  component for your plan
• Planning is an on-going process
• Your plan should be a living document
• A sound technology plan is the basis for all
  technology funding requests

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For More Information

• On-line resources (including this presentation)
• www.sun-associates.com/resources/stuff.html
• Email or Call
• jsun_at_sun-associates.com
• 978.449.0200

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