I guess I should not have been surprised to see that the author of some of our weekly readings, Prensky, was mentioned in the very line of the Executive Summary for the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 (TLRPT). Of the four areas of the TLRPT, I found Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support to be more relevant in the scheme of things. By that I mean as it ties in with budgets. As district and campus administrators are scambling to address seemingly dire budget shortfalls individuals in this area will be able to actively participate in assessing technological needs, addressing visions and goals and estasblishing benchmarks when developing technologically based long range plans. From what I have read, the TLRPT can provide well equipped experts to districts/campuses to help them develop a more efficeint and effective use of their current technology while gathering data that could, in turn, be used to puruse grants or other funding entities.
Educational leaders are saddled with the challenge of meeting technology needs of their shifting diverse student populations as well as other areas of district operations such as transportation, maintenance and cafeteria support. Failure of technology in any of these three district operations will result in untold numbers of calls to not only superintendents but to school board members as well.
By utilizing the TLRPT data that is then applied to the STaR Chart an analysis of that data can also be used to furhter assist a district/campus with meeting the ever looming No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements. And, by referring to the STaR Chart, administrators will be able to identify their district’s technological advancement, or lack of, and incorporate that information into the goals of the district as a whole.
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