Action Plan

William M. Anderson Elementary School
Technology Action plan

Purpose: To train every faculty member in our campus how to use technology to enhance learning and instruction. Technology must be use as much as possible during instruction in order to be successful teaching 21st Century students.


Analysis of Need: After reviewing the Texas Long-Range Technology Plan, Campus STaR Chart, Dallas ISD and William M. Anderson improvement plan, AEIS reports, and AYP results I have come to the conclusion that our campus needs more technology infrastructure, educator preparation, and teaching & learning.

Propose Actions: This action plan is to develop several training sessions on how to use technology effectively in the classroom and to find out what areas we more technology training for the future.

Goal 1: Staff development of new technology.
· The Dallas ISD will provide appropriate staff development and professional growth for all administration, faculty, and staff.
· Provide several trainings in a month so that teachers can attend any training during that period.

Goal 2: Increase the amount of technology in all classrooms.
· Have every teacher on campus implement the new technology into classrooms effectively.
· Students will be engaged by using more technology.

Goal 3: Technology infrastructure.
· Have the district provide computers for every classroom so that every teacher has access to technology.
· Provide more computers for students as well.

Texas STaR Chart Presentation

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The Texas Teacher STaR Chart: Educator Preparation and Development

I think that the Texas Teacher STaR Chart is a very useful tool in helping teachers to integrate technology effectively across the curriculum. In fact, the Texas Teacher STaR Chart assists teachers in determining professional development needs based on a current educational technology profile. Also, the Texas Teacher STaR Chart helps conceptualize the campus or district vision of technology as well as assisting campuses in documenting the use of No Child Left Behind and discretionary funds.
The chart is composed of four areas of the new long plan which show levels of progress ranging from Early Tech to Target Tech. The area that caught my attention the most is the area of Educator preparation and development. The campus statewide summary shows that developing tech and advanced tech for educator preparation and development increased from the previous year. In fact, in the 2007-2008 school year the developing tech for the campus statewide jumped from 74% to 74.2%. Also, the advanced technology for the same area increased from 17% to 19.9% during the same year.
Furthermore, locally within our campus we increased in educator preparation and development from 10 points to 12 during the 2007-2008 school year. My recommendation for improving this area in my campus will be to use more technology for administrative tasks, classroom management, and the use of online resources. Having our campus educators to implement more the use of technology will increase academic achievement for every student.

Texas Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines

In Texas we have five domains outlined in the 2008 Texas Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines: Social and emotional development, language and communication, reading, writing, and mathematics. Each domain includes video examples of the specific outcomes filmed in Texas Pre-Kindergarten classrooms. Attending Pre-K is very important for students because it provides a foundation that guide children academically, socially, and emotionally. All of the experiences acquired by the student will influence the rest of the child’s life. Furthermore, in Texas we have a spiraling curriculum in which there is a series of TEKS where students have multiple opportunities to master a certain skill. For example, in k-2 and later in grades 3-6 students are to demonstrate knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections. As one can see, the use of technology terminology and learning how to save and delete files will be seen in several grades.

Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology

I have learned that implementing technology in the classroom is essential in order to have well prepared students that will compete for jobs in a global market. Teachers need to implement as much technology as possible in order for our students to succeed in today’s changing environment. The primary impact of technology is on student engagement and student achievement. Technology brings the world to the classroom by allowing students to interact and communicate with other students from across the globe. Administrators are to model and use technology as an integral part of their professional activities in order to positively influence the use of technology.

A good technology assessment: Technology Applications Inventory vs SETDA teacher survey

When I took the Technology Applications Inventory I realized right away that my foundation was extremely different than the other three parts of the survey. Somehow I scored very high on my foundation due to the fact that I have a very good knowledge about computers. However, the other three part of the survey I answered with a yes to only three fourths of the questions which means that a still need more professional development on technology. I strongly feel that this assessment was very accurate and at the same time this assessment has four domains with questions that I feel really target the technological knowledge of the individual taking the test.

Furthermore, the SETDA teacher survey has far more questions but is not as well designed as the Technology Applications Inventory assessment. In fact, the SETDA teacher survey has many questions that are very similar to each other which in a way it doesn´t make a lot of sense why they would ask questions with such similarities like questions T13 and T14. Also, some of the questions on this test pertain to students and by doing that they are not focusing entirely on the teacher. Therefore, I do not agree with this test at all because it seems to be sort of confusing how they ask some questions.