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=**Week 2 - Facilities & Planning**= This week we will be examining the issues of your physical facilities and planning for the integration of technology. This week's assignments will be discussion only. I will be asking each of you to contribute to three threads of discussion. The discussion threads will be focused on the three following areas, all regarding Planning for Facilities ready to accept technology: Each discussion topic will be worth a total of 10 points, for a total of 30 points available through discussion. We will also have a 10 point quiz this week through [|Springboard] that will be available Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The quiz will cover content you will read on the [|NSBA website] for technology planning In all, this week's assignments will be worth a total of 40 points.
 * Strategies & Issues
 * Setup
 * Staffing

**[[image:assignment.jpg align="left"]]Assignment - Due Monday, May 26**
This week I would like you to read the following article: Download Article: When you are done, please write a **one page reflection on the article**. The reflection should be nothing more than your thoughts on the contents of the article. For reference, a very good example would look like this one.... You should click on the "Submit Assignments" link on the left to submit all of your assignments in this course.

[[image:assignment.jpg]]Assignment 1 - Online Discussion (30 Points)
__Thread 1__ The first thread of discussion will focus on **Strategies and Issues** relating to planning a facility that is capable of integrating technology to enhance the goals of the school or organization. Visit the following link and read the content on the page: http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/Approaches.html Once you have read the content on the page, visit the discussion tab at the top of this page and respond to the "Strategies and Issues" topic. I have narrowed the Strategies and Issues to three key questions that I would like you to reflect on. Please share your thoughts (no link required this week).

__Thread 2__ The second thread of discussion will focus on the **Setup** of a facility that is capable of integrating technology. Download the following article: and carefully look over the list. I would like you to pick one of the three of the areas covered (Infrastructure, Ergonomics, Environment, Cable Management, Student Seating, Security & Storage) and explain how you would go about planning to ensure a suitable environment for teaching and learning. Please share these thoughts in the "Setup" discussion thread at the top of this page (again, no link required).

__Thread 3__ The third thread of discussion will focus on the **Staffing** of your facility to support the technology you would like to integrate to support the facility's goals. Read the following article on technology staffing: As you will read, there is a great disconnect in achieving instructional goals with technology and technical support of these goals in education. In the third discussion thread, I will provide you with four viable options for supporting staff for technology. I would like you to examine all aspects (financial, reliability, quality of service) of these four options. Choose which one you think would best fit in your facility and explain why it would be a good fit at this time.

Assignment 2 - Quiz (10 Points) There will be a short quiz (all multiple choice) that will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that will cover content from the NSBA webpage, Facilities article, and Staffing article. If you read the three aforementioned links carefully you will have no problem with the quiz.