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=**Week 2- Technology Planning Model & PD**=

Assignment 1 - Technology Planning Background Readings

 * This portion of the assignment is to provide you with some background information on technology planning at a state and national level.**

This week, we will be discussing the technology planning process as set forth by the state. The state technology agency ([|eTech Ohio]) provides the framework for all public education entities' technology planning. I have provided you two video resources that will guide our discussion this week:

Reading 1 (State Plan):
Reading A: Use the link below to view the Planning intro. Be sure to view all four modules. []

Reading B: Since this week's assignment is allotted nearly two weeks, I would like you to see what the technology planning tool looks like. Use the following link to view an overview of the online planning tool. You may never experience this tool first-hand, but I think it provides good insight as to what the district planning team goes through when creating our technology plan. []

Reading 2 (National Plan):
Reading A: After a great deal of input from teachers, community members, students, and administrators, the National Technology Plan is now being constructed. There are four distinct areas the plan focuses on: Read about each of these components in a bit more detail at the link below: @https://edtechfuture.org/?page_id=884
 * 1) Learning
 * 2) Assessment
 * 3) Teaching
 * 4) Productivity

Assignment 2 - Review Your District's Technology Plan

 * This week, you will also review a technology plan. Each school district in the state of Ohio is required to have a state approved technology plan on record in order to secure many funding opportunities from state or federal sources.**

You will: > > *To access your district's technology plan, visit [], scroll down and click on the link titled "Lookup organization" > If your district does not have an approved plan on record, I have provided you with Euclid City Schools' plan to review. This paper will be worth 20 points and should be uploaded to the Technology Plan drop box within [|Springboard].
 * Download your district's technology plan*
 * Write a 2 page critique of your district's technology plan (size 12, double spaced)
 * [[file:Technology Plan Rubric.pdf]]

Professional Development
Professional Development is probably the one key factor in how well or how poorly technology will be implemented and used. There are many ways that professional development can happen, especially today. PD can now take place in an asynchronous manner (like this course), in a face to face setting, in a synchronous virtual environment, conferences, courses, or even self-paced through linear training modules.

In my experiences with offering many Professional Development Opportunities there are a few things that I see as common indicators of successful PD:
 * **Time** - it is offered at a time in which the participants can think of little else other than the tasks at hand.
 * **Relevance** - the skills or applications being taught have some clear relevance to what the trainee does..for example...don't just teach me digital photography, show me how it can make what I am doing in my math class more meaningful, relevant, or help the kids 'get it'
 * **Practice** - there is some type of support or larger infrastructure in place that will allow the skills be be practiced or implemented
 * **Follow-up** - there is some type of follow up activities that make the PD ongoing, not just a 'flash in the pan'


 * Assignment 3 - PD Discussion**
 * Your final assignment this week will be a discussion on professional development. After reading the following two articles, please contribute to the discussion on this page (see the top of the page for the discussion link). This discussion will be worth 10 points.**

Please Read the following two articles:
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://planning4technology.wikispaces.com/file/view/TeacherPreparation.pdf"]] TeacherPreparation.pdf
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://planning4technology.wikispaces.com/file/view/Teacher%20Learning%20That%20Supports%20Student%20Learning%20Teacher%20Learning.pdf"]] Teacher Learning That Supports Student Learning Teacher Learning.pdf