The Long-Range Plan for Technology consists of many components that will ensure that our learners are given an equal opportunity to use technology as a tool. There is a Vision 2020, Defining a Need for Change, Introducing the 21st Century Learner, Teacher Voices, Teaching and Learning, Educator Preparation and Development, Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support, Infrastructure for Technology, and Study of Needs.
With the Vision 2020, some changes may need to take place on campuses. Educators are going to have to become tech savvy and be able to meet the demands of the learners in the 21st Century. With this high of a demand, funding and budgeting must be available to provide the appropriate resources that will be needed. Educators are going to have to be provided with the training and professional development that is needed in order for them to implement the technology standards. Integrating technology into the core subjects will allow the learners to become fully engaged in the learning process. The hopes of the Vision is that by 2020 the learners will be engaged by digital tools and educators will be fully prepared to provide a technology rich environment in their classrooms.
The Long-Range Plan for Technology has a committee that is periodically surveying schools and seeing where the needs are for resources that need to be provided to ensure that all learners in the 21st Century are given the appropriate materials in order to be successful. It is also important as a leader of a campus to take a needs assessment and inventory of what teachers need in order to implement technology into their daily instruction. It makes me want to stay aware of how technology is being incorporated into the curriculum and to provide for the teachers/students the tools, trainings, or other materials that they may need in order to master the technology standards.
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