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Technology plans are vital to a district using technology for student success. Technology can not just be used because. It has to have a purpose and a reason and fit into the class curriculum. Students can be greatly motivated by the use of technology.

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I appreciate how the chapter talks about using the power of technology to increase students productivity to be more efficient using time and resources. In my opinion this is something that students really struggle with. I also liked the statements on collaboration with staff and administration to produce a technology plan.

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I appreciated the reference in the book of the Ponoma Unified School District's Tech Plan. Their focus is on the school's Mission and Vision of respect, relationships, responsibility, and results, and their tech plan is a reflection of those goals. I think it's easy to put technology into a category of it's own, when in fact it can be added to the instructional, social, and citizenship goals we already have at our schools.

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I appreciated the statement that multiple stakeholders must be involved when writing a technology plan.  It is important that various points of view are considered because each group may be using the technology differently (educators use technology to teach; students use technology to create; community members use technology to connect).  A needs assessment is also important.  One thing the library I work is developing an ongoing inventory list of all the technologies the library offers, as well as who is using them and how.  This will help us evaluate what is important to the community and the direction the library needs to go to meet future needs.

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Writing a technology plan is vital to school district success. The district has to link the technology to the curriculum and both to the mission statement. It's ideal to gather data on how technology is used to support student learning in order to guide future decisions and obtain funding.

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One thing that instantly stood out to me was in the advice section of the above powerpoint. It said get help from the State leaders. Although, a simple idea it is one that I believe is often overlooked. The State will be approving your Grant and technology plan. As someone who wrote grants before, it was essential that we kept in contact with the State department overlooking our grant. I think that is the first thing we should do before we even start writing a technology plan, is contact and get to know our State advisors.

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I recently attended a tech in ed conference and one presentation was on E-Textbooks. This could be something that saves school districts money and has a positive outcome for students.
Having multiple stakeholders involved in your tech planning seems like an obvious statement, but I am sure many times administrators are the only ones making decisions. Students, parents and teachers should also be involved in these plans.
I also think aligning your technology planwith state requirements and standards is also a crucial part of forming a technology plan for your school

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The statement I liked most was "...less than one third of teachers are using technology in their daily instruction, yet the underperforming "iGeneration" can b highly motivated by the digital tools they are already using for social purposes." (Garland and Tadeja, 2013, p6&7) I like this because it means there are ways to engage students and take then from underperforming to performing to exceeding. Meet them where they are at. Where are our students? On the internet. So how do we need to teach them? On the internet. It is at the tips of our fingers, we just need to tap into it. Don't be afraid, students will work hard for learning if they are engaged in it. I had a student use 3 weeks of work time on his Passion Project to research and put together an animation video about Tornados. That video turned into 6! Use digital tools! Students will help make the technology work, don't worry about that.

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My favorite statement other than the 4 R's of Pomoma's mission statement was "The focus on collaboration between school administrators and teachers and other educational specialists cannot be understated." (Garland and Tadeja, 2013,  p. 6)  Working in a school where collaboration is a dirty word, it is also what I crave the most as an educator. I also think it is important because it is the best way to encompass most of the needs of your district, school, teachers, and most importantly the students. I love the mission statement of respect, responsibility, relationships, and results.  Not only can that reflect the outcome for students, but it should also reflect the mission for the technology plan.

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I agree with the statement of “power of technology”. Technology is very powerful in almost all the fields such as distribution, marketing, education, media, etc. In education having open resources is a big opportunity to keep continuing the improvement for students’ productivity while making more efficient use of time. Comparing educational technology to traditional form of education, when learning interventions are formal in traditional form, it is formal, informal, and social in the technological education form. And most importantly there is no limit in technology, like where the learning engagement is limited with just classroom and desktop, when it classroom plus on=demand learning via web or mobile: anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

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From the above powerpoint, I agree with the statement that says, “Strategic planning for technology-infused instruction requires visionary educational leadership skills on all school and district levels, by all administrators including technology coordinators and business administrators.”    I also agree with the statement, “School leaders must recognize and use the power of technology” to improve student productivity while making more efficient use of time and resources.  If these two statements are agreed upon and practiced by 80% of the staff, I believe that the value of technology in education will be utilized and fulfilled.