Successful K-12 Technology Planning: Ten Essential Elements.

ERIC Identifier: ED457858
Publication Date: 2001-10-00
Author: Barnett, Harvey
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology Syracuse NY.

Successful K-12 Technology Planning: Ten Essential Elements. ERIC Digest.

Over the last 20 years, K-12 schools have spent millions of dollars equipping their schools with the latest technologies, but often without a thoughtful plan of how their use would impact learning and teaching. Computers, like other technologies when they were new--such as radio, television, motion pictures, and video--were expected to substantially change education simply by making it more exciting and interactive.

But technology use is not about the hardware, Internet connections, and so on. What is important is how the technology is integrated with the instructional program. The guiding question technology leaders must keep in mind as they develop their plan is, "Are students using technology in ways that deepen their understanding of academic content and advance their knowledge of the world around them?" (When we use the word "technology," we refer to more than computers. Technology includes the whole array of new technologies including, video, digital cameras, handheld computers, cell phones, and other devices still in development.)

To ensure that technology dollars have an impact on students, staff, and the community, districts and schools must develop a thoughtful technology plan. Technology plans that help districts and schools to use technology effectively include all of the ten steps that follow.

 

1. CREATE A VISION

Vision is the first step for technology planning. The district or school must have a picture of what a technology-enhanced program will look like in three to five years. Vision statements are compelling stories that describe how students will be using the technology and how teachers and other staff will be using it for data-driven decision making, increased productivity, and planning. A vision also includes how the learning environment will be enhanced to support technology use.

2. INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS

For any plan to be effective, all stakeholders should have the opportunity to have an input into the goals of the plan. Teachers, administrators, other employees, parents, and the general community all have a stake in the educational outcomes of students.

成功的K - 12技術規劃：10種必需元素。ERIC文摘

在過去的20年，K12學校已經花了數百萬美元在學校設備技術的更新，但往往沒有經過深思熟慮的計劃去如何去影響他們的學習和教學上的使用。 計算機，像其他新技術如廣播、電視、電影和視頻等等，期待僅大幅改變教育使之更加令人興奮和互動性。

但是，技術的使用不是只有硬體、網路互動連結等等， 最重要的是技術如何集成了教學計劃。 技術指導問題引領人必須記住他們發展他們的計劃是『是學生使用技術的方式，以便加深了解並且進而對學術內容知識的瞭解以掌握他們周圍的世界？』（當我們用文書『技術』，我們與計算機的關連就更多。整個陣列技術包括新技術、視頻、數位相機、掌上電腦、手機和其他仍在開發之中的設備。）

為了確保技術投資對學生、行政人員、社區產生影響，學區和學校必須發展一個深思熟慮的技術方案。 科技計劃幫助學區和學校有效地使用技術包括了所有的十個步驟如下。

 

1、 建立一個遠景

願景是技術規劃的第一步。學區或學校必須有三至五年將會是什麼樣的技術增強計畫的圖像，以陳述令人信服的故事且描述學生將如何使用的技術和教師及其他工作人員以運用資料數據進行決策的驅動，提高生產率和計劃。 願景還包括如何將學習環境得到增強及技術的支援使用。

2、 所有利害關係者

對於任何計劃是有效的，有關各方都應有機會參與，提出意見納入該計劃的目標。 教師、行政管理者、其他行政人員、家長和社會大眾都有著對學生的教育成果都有利害關係。

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