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Technol ogy Plan 2011-2014
One Goal - f our st r at egies
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GOAL:
The educat ional paradigm i s rapidl y changing fr om a
pr im ar i l y inst i t u t ional d i rec t inst ruc t ion model
t o moreof a group proj ect -based learni ng m odel independentof a
br ick and mort ar environm ent . In order t o providea 21st cent
ury learni ng environm ent conducive t ochanging t eaching and l
earning st rat egies, a robust
t echnology infr ast ruct ure t hat w i l l support t he desir
edchange i s needed.
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Strategy one:
Descript ion:
Em ploy 21st cent ury curr iculum & inst ruct ion met
hods
t hat int egrat e innovat ive and r esearch-proven t eachingst
rat egies, m odern educat ional t echnologies, and r ealworld
resources and contexts.
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*Provide adequat e Int ernet and Wide-area Net w ork Bandwid t
hDistr ict-wide.
*Int egrat e Int eract ive Whit e Board (IWB) Inform at ion
and
comm unicat ions t echnology t hroughout grades 3 t hrough
6.
*Int egrat e Document Camera inform at ion and comm unicat
ionstechnology throughout grades 3 through 12.
*Explor e, develop, and impl em ent a Dist r i ct -w ide
Technology
Int egrat ion Ment or Program .*Impl ement new t echnology st
andards f or st udent s, t eachers,
and adm inist rat ors.
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Strategy two:
Descript ion:
This st rat egy id ent if ies necessary changes t o t he
overal l t echnology infr ast ruct ure t hat are needed t
osupport t he needs of t he operat ional and educat ionalobj ect
ives of t he dist r ic t .
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*Upgrade dist r i ct w ir eless t o accom m odat e expansion ofm
obi le devices.
*Replace core net w ork sw it ch.
*Re-negot iat e t he leasing of a 100 m eg f iber connect ion f
orBlue Ball and New Holland Elem ent ary School.
*Replace t he current d ist r ict cont ent f i l t er.
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Strategy t hree:
Descript ion:
The d ist r ic t w i l l move in t he di rec t ion of al low
ing
Garden Spot st udent s t o bring in t heir own t echnologymobi l
e devices and/ or provide t echnology m obi ledevices for Garden
Spot students while redeployinglapt op mobi l e t echnologies t o e
lement ary st udent s.
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*Garden Spot Mobi l e Com put ing Net w ork Access Cont rol
(NAC).
*Explore, develop, and im plem ent a one t o one mobi lecomput
ing device program . Program al l ows f or st udent s t obr ing in
t hei r own m obi le devices and/ or for t he dist r ic t t
oprovide m obi le devices f or st udent s.
*Creat e a Dist r i ct -w ide Learning Cont ent Managem ent Syst
emdesigned f or Cloud Comput ing (Spart an Learni ng Port al).
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Strategy four:
Descript ion:
A com prehensive inf rast ruct ure f or t eaching/ learning
is
necessary t o move us beyond t he t radit ional m odel ofeducat
ors and st udent s in cl assrooms t o a learni ngmodel t hat br
ings t oget her t eaching t eam s andst udent s in cl assroom s,
onli ne learning cent ers, andhom es anyw her e w her e peop le
have access devi ces
and an adequat e Int ernet connect ion. An inf rast ruct uref or
anyw here learning is necessary t o suppor t a societ yin w hich
learning is l i f e- long.
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*Creat e a vir t ual academ y t o increase access t o di f f
erentlearn ing opport uni t ies/ increase f lex ib i l i t y f or
st udent sdesir ing an at -home educat ional experi ence.
*Creat e an onl ine opt ion for br ick and mort ar st udent s t
oincrease access t o di f f erent learning opport unit ies
andincrease curr icular f lex ib i l i t y f or st udent s.
*Creat e opport unit ies f or st udent s in grades 3-12 t oaut
hor i nt ernet cont ent in a saf e learning envir onm ent .
