School Technology Manning Oaks Elementary

Vision
Manning Oaks Elementary Vision Statement:
For each student to reach his or her full potential and become contributing citizens of society. Although we do not currently have a vision statement which includes technology, the school technology committee agrees on the following statement as a goal for our future. Our students need to have the global competiveness to advance and succeed in life. Highly engaging projects with high rigor will prepare students for tomorrows digital world.

Fulton Countys Vision Statement

is designed to transform instruction so that all Fulton County students have maximum opportunities to reach their highest levels of academic achievement.
Think Tank committee began to define the 2012-2015 Technology Plan. The Think Tank began the Technology Plan exploring the ways to ensure that students can learn, teachers can teach, and the district can experience.

Supporting the Districts Vision

Technology As a focus in Building our Future: Students expect to use technology to gather and demonstrate knowledge in the classroom, just as they do outside of school. These strategic initiatives will ensure teachers, parents and students have the tools and information necessary to accelerate learning.

1. STUDENT ACCESS:
a. Ensure student access to technologies that support innovative instruction. i. Provide a robust and sustainable infrastructure with resources to support evolving technology by increasing system wide network capacity to meet technology specifications and user requirements. ii. Provide students with digital content that meets their individual learning needs. iii. Provide students with opportunities to communicate, collaborate, and participate in rigorous learning activities at any time. iv. Collaboratively define a list of system-supported and approved hardware and software. v. Provide real-world technology tools that support innovative and effective instruction.

Supporting the Vision

2. DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING:
a. Ensure seamless access to timely data that will drive decision making. i. Establish integration among information systems to access data and support flexible reporting. ii. Create data dashboards with easy access to information for all stakeholders.

3. STAKEHOLDER SKILLS:
a. Provide stakeholders with the knowledge and skills needed to utilize current technology. i. Develop the instructional technology skills of teachers and instructional leaders. ii. Communicate and assess technology competencies based on internationally accepted standards for learning, leading, and teaching in the digital age.

My Vision for Manning Oaks Elementary School

Technology in the future needs to model authentic problems we face in real life. The curriculum can be embedded in the inquiry based model of student directed learning. Teachers need utilize learning opportunities to develop rubric writing, keeping digital workspaces for students which promote collaboration and creativity. Our students need to have the global competiveness to advance and succeed in life. Highly engaging projects with high rigor will prepare students for todays global world.

School Improvement Plan

Technology has been integrated by the increase in technology supplies and teacher instruction the last few years.

Technology training for teachers is on the calendar to offer and facilitate technology rich lessons and modeling for classroom teachers in instructional technology.

Technology Reality
We have several constructivist style teachers at MOE who routinely incorporate instruction technology into curriculum delivery. Title One funding from SY 2011 -2013 gave MOE opportunities to increase technology rich resources to enhance student learning. The resources are not used equally among all grade levels. We have less resister teachers and more are hopping over to the Team Trailblazer.

MOEs Action Plan

Goal: Instructional UseBy the end of this current school year, teachers will be using the following tech resources consistently. -document cameras, web 2.0 tools, Promethean Boards, IPADS, digital story telling tools, movie makers, PIXIE software, audio programs, video creation programs. The use of these resources will create an in-depth knowledge of the technology standards to create student centered technology instruction while encouraging higher order thinking skills and increasing student achievement and authentic learning.

Success Indicator

Action Plan

Evaluation Method
Technology and Administration Walk-Through rubrics TKES observation tool with a higher percentage of teachers receiving proficient and exemplary criteria based on curriculum and instruction, Rigorous and authentic learning experiences.

80% of teachers will use technology for student centered engaged learning to enhance critical thinking skills, increase engagement levels, and discover oriented learning experiences.

Strategies: Professional learning of web 2.0 tools such as Prezi, Google Docs, Dropbox, EPals, Virtual field trips, Virtual Manipulatives, simulations, IOS APPS, etc Education on NETS-S standards and examples of student learning for each standard.

References
Creighton, T. (2003). The principal as technology leader. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc. Roblyer, M. D. & Doering, A. H. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. (6th Ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. Fulton County Technology and Vision Plan Manning Oaks Vision Plan and School Improvement Plan 2012-2013