ERIC ED471139: Planning into Practice: Resources for Planning, Implementing, and Integrating Instructional Technology.

287 Pages·2000·4.7 MB·English

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DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 471 139
IR 021 871
Sun, Jeff
AUTHOR
Planning into Practice: Resources for Planning, Implementing,
TITLE
and Integrating Instructional Technology.
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX.; SERVE:
INSTITUTION
SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education, Greensboro, NC.;
WestEd, San Francisco, CA.; SouthEast and Islands Regional
Technology in Education Consortium, Durham, NC.
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED),
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Washington, DC.
2000-00-00
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284p.; Produced with Marilyn Heath, Elizabeth Byrom, Janet
NOTE
Phlegar, and K. Victoria Dimock. Produced with Learning
Innovations at WestEd.
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DESCRIPTORS
Computer Uses in Education; *Educational Planning;
*Educational Practices; Educational Resources; *Educational
Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Professional
Development; Program Development; Strategic Planning;
*Technology Integration; *Technology Planning
*Technology Implementation
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
The intent of this publication is to support schools as they
connect the vision they have for technology and student learning with the
tasks they need to accomplish in order to achieve their vision. Chapter 1
provides an understanding of the origins of "Planning into Practice" and lays
the groundwork for how to use the materials. Chapter 2 focuses on technology
planning and the processes involved in creating a strategic technology plan.
Chapter 3 provides strategies and tools for integrating technology into the
curriculum. Chapter 4 is an overall orientation to professional development
as a process of design, and it also addresses technology competencies for
teachers and presents ideas for professional development. Chapter 5 features
community engagement. Chapter 6 focuses on managing hardware and software and
discusses various computer configurations for educators, how to make the most
of a few computers, methods for evaluating software, and software resources.
Chapter 7 presents a model and instruments for evaluating a technology
program. Chapter 8 provides resources and recommendations for funding
technology initiatives. Throughout the text, URLs are included to online
resources and other materials. The Appendix includes blank forms used in the
text that may be reproduced. Also included are a few additional resources and
printouts of Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations that present the key points
in each chapter; these are also available online at the SEIR-TEC web site at
http://www.seirtec.org. Early in each chapter the tools provided in that
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Resources for planning,
implementing, and integrating
instructional technology
Jeff Sun
with
Marilyn Heath,
Elizabeth Byrom,
Janet Phlegar, and
K. Victoria Dimock
The document was developed and published by SEIRTEC partners
Learning Innovations at WestEd, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), and SERVE
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©2000. This document was developed by the South East and
Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium and is
based on work sponsored wholly or in part by the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), under grant
number R302A980001, CFDA 84.302A. Its contents do not
necessarily reflect the views or policies of OERI, the US
Department of Education, or any other agency of the
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SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in
Education Consortium (SEIRTEC)
Elizabeth Byrom, Ed.D., Director
Margaret Bingham, Co-Director
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Foreword
he South East and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium
(SEIRTEC) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education to support the
use of technology for teaching and learning. As part of our program, we have
been working with a group of schools across the region for several years, pro-
viding substantial levels of professional development and technical assistance.
We refer to these schools as intensive sites. Over the course of the project, we
have developed effective strategies, tools, instruments, and other resources aimed
at helping the intensive sites build their technology programs. In the process, we
have learned much from the teachers and administrators at those schools about
what it takes to integrate technology into teaching and learning, and especially
about the great challenges posed in resource-poor schools and districts.
In the belief that other schools across the nation might find these strategies
and tools useful, we have created Planning into Practice: Resources for
Planning, Implementing, and Integrating Instructional Technology. The book is
designed for teachers, administrators, and all those interested in strategic educa-
tional technology planning and the implementation of those plans.
Jeff Sun, director of Sun Associates and partner consultant to SEIRTEC, is the
primary author of Planning into Practice. Jeff has worked with SEIRTEC's inten-
sive sites and hundreds of other schools and teachers at all levels of expertise
across the nation. He has contributed thoughtful effort to capture tools, devices,
and checklists that could help schools move ahead in their efforts to integrate
technology. Contributors Vicki Dimock and Marilyn Heath from the Southwest
Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and Jan Phlegar from Learning
Innovations at West Ed, draw upon extensive personal and organizational expe-
rience working with new technology innovations and helping teachers integrate
technology into their curriculum. And, as the project director, I felt compelled to
add my two cents' worth.
We want to thank the teachers and administrators at SEIRTEC's intensive
sites, especially all the teachers with whom Jeff Sun and the other SEIRTEC staff
have worked, for sharing their skills, concerns, and frustrations related to the use
of instructional technology. In turn, we would like to thank the SEIRTEC staff
for sharing their ideas, strategies, and materials and for providing valuable sug-
gestions on how Planning into Practice might be improved.
Thanks also go to Sun Associates staff members Jeanne Clark and Gail
Doherty, who developed and field-tested early drafts of some materials; Margaret
Bingham and members of the SEIRTEC staff, who returned thoughtful com-
ments on drafts; and especially Beth Thrift and Beth Hartness, research assistants
for SERVE, who coordinated the development process.
All of us on the SEIRTEC staff hope you find Planning into Practice useful
and that you learn as much from using it as we did in developing it. Please
check our web site from time to time for updates of the materials
at
http://www.seirtec.org.
Elizabeth Byrom, Ed.D.
Director, SEIRTEC
Planning into Practice
eh
Cont ro2s
As a result of our work at various school sites over the past few years, we have
found several valuable tools that are particularly useful in helping districts and
schools create strategic educational technology plans. We have included those
tools along with some firsthand examples and stories from schools that
used them.
Chapter 1
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Introduction
Chapter 2
17
Technology Planning
Chapter 3
53
Integrating Technology into the Curriculum
Chapter 4
99
Professional Development Planning
137
Chapter 5
Community Engagement
Chapter 6
157
Managing Hardware and Software
Chapter 7
181
Evaluation
213
Chapter 8
Funding Your Technology Plan
Appendix
229
Planning into Practice
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SEIR.TEC
South East and Islands Regional Technology in
Education Consortium (SEIRuTEC)
3333 Chapel Hill Blvd. C-102
Durham, NC 27707
[phone], [phone]
Fax: [phone]
URL: http://www.seirtec.org
E-mail: [email protected]