Textbooks:

     Picciano, A. G. (2006). Educational leadership and planing for technology. Vol. 4. New York: Prentice Hall. (ISBN 0131194720) (P)

     Roblyer, M.D. (2006). Integrating educational technology into teaching, Vol. 4 . Columbus, OH: Merrill. (ISBN 1-130119572-7) (R)

     Gershenfeld, N. (1999). When things start to think. New York: Henry Holt and Company. (ISBN 0-8050-5880-X)

     Additional readings as assigned on the World Wide Web (W)

     Microsoft Office (2000 or XP [for PC], 2001 or OS X [for Mac]). This software is available at the SWT Bookstore if you don't already own it.

E-mail and WWW access

E-mail access is an important part of your work as a graduate student and as a professional. Access may be through a commercial service or a free account that is yours as an SWT student. Your assignments will be turned in as attachments to e-mail messages. See your professor if you do not have an e-mail account.

Internet access through the WWW is also required.

Computer labs

On SWT main campus: there are 19 open entry computer labs for Macintosh or PC platforms. Click on the link above to find the location and a phone number for hours.

At the RRHEC, a computer lab will be announced. Check with the RRHEC office.

General Objectives:

The purpose of this course is to introduce graduate students to those leadership skills for implementing technology into an education program.

Course Goals and Objectives:

Student who complete this course will be able to:

1. Demonstrate core concepts, values, methods of inquiry, and various uses of technology in schools.
   
2. Evaluate the impact on the curriculum of technology on societal change in schools.
   
3. Implement and justify an effective plan for the integration of technology into instruction.
   
4. Evaluate the integration of technology into instruction.
   
5. Pose questions drawing from a broad knowledge base of current technological issues and practices.
   
6. Participate in professional development activities such as grant writing, professional discussion groups, professional organization presentations, and distance education workshop development.
   
7. Develop a plan for managing all levels of technology within the infrastructure of a school district and a school building.
8. Defend the role of a leadership community when integrating technology into a school.
9. Review technology integration as a tutor, tool, and tutee.
10. Create a needs assessment for identifying the technological needs of a school setting including hardware, software, and professional development.
11. Develop and justify an effective plan for the integration of technology into a school to satisfy these needs.
12. Construct a formative and summative evaluation scheme on the effectiveness of this plan.
13. Explore and draft a funding proposal to foster the completion of this plan.
14. Complete drafts of proposals for disseminating the plan and its effectiveness through conference presentations and professional publications.
15. Initiate a plan for long-term continuing growth through professional organizations and a professional growth plan.

Assignments

Week 1: What is the role of leadership in the integration of technology into educational settings? How do I create a vision for integrating technology in education?

• Required Readings:
  • Robyler, M.D. (2003). Chapter 1: Educational technology in context: The big picture. Integrating educational technology into teaching. Merrill: Columbus, OH.
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Introduction. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/
    
• Bellingham Public Schools. (2003). Technology policy and procedures. Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.bham.wednet.edu/technology/techpolicies.htm
• Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Case studies - Cherry Creek School District. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/

• As you read, answer these questions:

  • Why develop a technology vision?
  • Who should be involved?
  • How do you define and establish policy based on this vision? What are the action steps?
  • How does the Cherry Creek school district reflect these procedures?
  • How does the policy and/or vision of the Bellingham reflect this?

Week 2: Creating a technology planning group; creating a vision for technology in schools

• Required Readings:

  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide:Get Organized. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/getorganized/index.html
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Envision. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/envision/index.html
  • McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Develop a Vision and Policy. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/dev.htm
• Supplemental Reading: (read if you would like additional knowledge on this topic)
  • National School Boards Association. (2003). Visioning for technology. Education leadership tool kit: Change and technology in America's schools. Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/vft.html
  • Milkin Family Foundation (1999). The pros and cons of educational technology. Retrieved August 23, from http://www.mff.org/publications/publications.taf?page=269

Assignment #1: Create a Technology Planning Team and a Technology Vision

• Identify a school unit (district, school, classroom) and explain who would be part of a technology planning team. This could be a unit you are currently part of, or one you create. Whichever, describe that educational unit.
• Create a technology planning team for this school unit. Explain why these players are on the technology planning team. Compare your planning team with Bellingham and Cherry Creek.
• Next, create a technology vision for this school unit. Compare this school unit technology vision to Bellingham and Cherry Creek.
• Send your explanation of a technology planning team and your vision to your professor as lastnameVision.doc

Week 3: Developing a Needs Assessment

• Required Readings:

  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide:Assess. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/assess/index.html
• McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Analyze technology needs. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/ana.htm
• ISTE (2003). Star chart. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://ww2.iste.org/starchart/

 

• Supplemental Reading: (read if you would like additional knowledge on this topic)

• Bellingham Public Schools. (2003). Conducting a needs assessment. Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.bham.wednet.edu/district/STPNeedsAsmt.htm
• SSETNA - http://www.chadwick-k12.com/ssetna/
• St. Clair Technology Proficiency - http://www.stclair.k12.il.us/tek/prof/compprof.htm
• Monroe County Community School Corporation - http://www.mccsc.edu/survey.html
• UNT - Assessment Tools - http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/assess/tools.htm
• Shenandoah Valley Technology Consortium - http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/svtc/needsassessment2002.html
  

Assignment #2: Create a needs assessment

• Following the guidelines presented by Apple Computer and McNabb et al., create a needs assessment instrument for teacher evaluating their educational needs for integrating technology into the classroom.
• Send your needs assessment instrument attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled LastNameNeeds.doc

Week 4/5: Effective technology integration

• Complete the Technology Infrastructure (2003) worksheet . Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.ci.txstate.edu/courses/edtc5330/techinfrastructure.doc
• Required Readings:
  • ISTE/NETS (2003). Educational technology standards and performance indicators for all teachers. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Professional development 4. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/profdev/index4.html

Assignment #3: Compare standards to evolution to practice

• Compare the ISTE standards to ACOT's The Evolution of Thought and Practice to the sample technology implementations you viewed. Make sure you answer these questions:
  • How similar are the ISTE standards to ACOT's Evolution?
  • Defend the level of standards and evolution of the teachers who have implemented technology in their classrooms as seen in the Technology Infrastructure examples?
  • What will it take to cause teachers to develop through the stages and the evolution?
  • Send this comparison attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled LastNameStandards.doc

Week 6/7: Learning with technology/Teaching with technology

• Required Reading:
  • Caverly, D.C., Collins, T., DeMarais, L., Otte, G., & Thomas, P. (2000). Bridging the GAP between information and knowledge: Integrating technology into developmental education. In D. B. Lundell & J. L. Higbee (Ed.) Proceedings from the 1st intentional meeting on future directions in developmental education (pp. 34-36). Minneapolis, MN: Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota. Retrieved May 14, 2003, from: http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/crdeul/publications.htm
  • Caverly, D.C., Peterson, C.L., & Mandeville, T. F. (1997). A generational model for staff development. Educational Leadership, 55(3), 56-59. Alkek library EBSCO full text (search on "Caverly" and "Generational Model)
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide:Set Goals. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/setgoals/index.html
    
  • McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Focus on student-centered learning. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/foc.htm
  • Robyler, M.D. (2003). Chapters 3. Integrating educational technology into teaching. Merrill: Columbus, OH

   

Assignment #4: Explain GAP and the Generational Model for professional development

• Defend how GAP supports constructivist learning for students.
• Defend how the Generational Model supports constructivist learning for teachers.
• Send the workshop plan attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled lastnameConstruct.doc

Week 8/9: Supporting with a Technology Infrastructure/ Developing technology development workshop

• Required Reading:
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Plan. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/plan/index.html
    
  • TEA (2002) 2002 Update to the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 1996-2010. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/lrpt/downloads/2002Update4UpdateTo.pdf
  • McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Build a technology infrastructure. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/bui.htm
  • Robyler, M.D. (2003). Chapters 2; 4-8; 10-15. Integrating educational technology into teaching. Merrill: Columbus, OH

   

Assignment #5: Construct a technology development workshop for teachers

• Create an individual technology development workshop to teach a technology integration strategy to educators
  • Identify a technology integration strategy from the Needs Assessment in Assignment #2
  • Develop a workshop to constructively teach that technology integration strategy to teachers
  • Your workshop plan should
    • Create an instrument to assess participants' prerequisite technology skills to learn this technology integration strategy
    • Defend the rationale for learning this technology integration strategy
    • Explain how you will teach this rationale to the participants of the workshop
    • Describe your instructional model including materials, procedures, and activities for teaching this technology integration strategy
    • Explain how you will assess participants' strategy knowledge after attending the workshop
    • Describe how you will create a technology infrastructure to support the participants of this workshop; describe what technology infrastructure is necessary to insure the teachers are successful.
    • Describe how you will support the teachers beyond the workshop; what generational structure will be created; where you will fit into this structure.
    • Explain how you will formatively assess the learning of this strategy throughout the generational support structure.
• Send the workshop plan attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled lastnameDevPlan.doc

Week 10 - Professional Development

• Required Reading:
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Professional development. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/profdev/index.html
  • McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Support professional development. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/sup.htm
  • NCREL (2003) - Engaging learning environments. enGauge. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. Retrieved July 8, 2003, from: http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/framewk/efp/environ/efpenvin.htm
  • Morton, D. (1999). Staff development in K12 schools: Models for Implementation. Retrieved July 8, 2003, from: http://it.wce.wwu.edu/it/diana/staffdev/stf_dev.html
    

Assignment #6: Dissemination Plan

Create a conference proposal for the Texas State Technology Integration Conference (TS-TIC). Use this conference proposal for a Tutorial Workshop as an example

• Write 250 words describing a workshop where you will teach a technology strategy identified in Assignment #5; that is, summarize your plan for instruction from Assignment #5
• Plan a 3 hour workshop for in-service teachers building on your plan
• Include in your proposal:
  • a title reflecting the content
  • a rationale and research supporting the need to teach this technology integration strategy
  • methodology of how you will deliver the instruction
  • what technology will be needed to deliver the workshop including materials, procedures, activities, and assessment
  • how you will create an ongoing support structure
• Also, write a 50 word abstract suitable for a conference program describing this workshop
• Send your proposal attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled lastnameProposal.doc

Week 11 - Formative and Summative Evaluation

• Required Reading:
  • Bruce, B. C. (1999). Challenges for the evaluation of new information and communication technologies. Reading Online, 42(6). Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/jaal/March_Column.html
    
  • Ehrmann, SC (1995). Asking the right question: What does research tell us about technology and higher learning. Annenberg/CPG Learner.org. Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.learner.org/edtech/rscheval/rightquestion.htm
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Evaluate. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/evaluate/index.html
  • McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Evaluate process and outcomes. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved May 31, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/eva.htm

Assignment #7: Create Formative and Summative Evaluation plan

• Create a formative evaluation instrument and procedures for the workshop you developed in Assignment #5. Explain how you will adjust the technology instructional plan as a result of this formative evaluation.
• Create a formative evaluation instrument and procedures for the future generational support structure you will put into place after the workshop. Explain how you will adjust the technology instructional plan as a result of this formative evaluation.
• Create a summative evaluation instrument and procedures for the future generational support structure put into place after the workshop. Explain how you will adjust the technology instructional plan as a result of this summative evaluation.
• Send the three evaluation instruments and procedures attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled Team’slastnamesEval.doc; for example, I would send mine as CaverlyEval.doc; so you will send:
  1. Workshop Formative Evaluation and Procedure
  2. Generational Support Structure Formative Evaluation and Procedure
  3. Generational Support Structure Summative Evaluation and Procedure

Week 12 - Funding technology integration

• Required Reading:
  • McNabb, M.L., Valdez, G., Nowakowski, J., & Hawkes, M. (2003). Establish multiyear funding. Technology connections for school improvement: Planner's handbook. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Naperville, IL. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook/est.htm
  • Texas Education Agency (2003). Grants / Funding. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/grants/index.html
  • U.S. Department of Education (2003). Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Programs. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from:
    http://www.ed.gov/Technology/challenge/links.html
  • NetDay Compass (2003). Grants and funding. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from: http://www.netdaycompass.org/categories.cfm?instance_id=1717&category_id=3

Assignment #8: Grant proposal outline

• Identify a grant you might apply for; justify why this grant should be considered; cite a reference for the RFP of the grant
• Create an outline of a grant proposal including needs assessment, plan, budget, and evaluation
• Send you individual proposal attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled lastnameGrant.doc

Week 13 - Professional Growth Plan

• Required Reading:
  • Apple Computer (2003). Technology planning guide: Resources. Retrieved August 23, 2003, from http://www.apple.com/education/planning/resources/index.html
  • Gershenfeld, N. (1999). When things start to think. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Assignment #9: Develop Long term Growth plan

• In the form of a future scenario, describe where you will be ten years from now in your use of technology. What did you learn from Gershenfeld that will support that scenario. In order to reach this goal, design a long-term growth plan in technology knowledge.
• Select from among those you read about two (2) professional organizations you will join, (2)conferences you will attend, (2) discussion groups you will participate in, (2) journals you will subscribe to, and 2 resources you will learn from complete with reference following APA 5th guidelines.
• Send you individual proposal attached to an e-mail to your professor labeled lastnameGrowth.doc

• Contact your professor to complete the course evaluation.