Technology to Improve Instruction

• Partnerships to Fulfill a Vision for Technology in North Carolina’s Schools

Why Invest and Use Technology?

• Teachers can have better information to tailor instruction.

• Classrooms will be richer and more engaging environments.

• Students can connect to the world.

• Digital learning offers new opportunities for individualization.

READY Meeting Technology Discussions

• At the Regional READY meetings in March, participants heard a vision for how partnerships and working together could achieve technology-enabled learning in NC schools.

– Percentages in slides were meant to start a conversation about partnerships and responsibility to get to technology-enabled classrooms for all students in 2014-15.

• We are beginning these conversations today.

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50% State

Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

50% LEA

Application • Support

Instruction Instructional Systems:•Improvement System, including a balanced assessment system: NCDPI•LOR (Learning Objects Repository): NCDPI & LEA•LMS (Learning Management System) IIS Module: NCDPI & LEA•EVAAS: NCDPI•NC Online Evaluation System: NCDPI•AMTR 3.0: NCDPI, Cloud•Information Listserv(s): NCDPI

Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

50% State

50% LEA

Application • Support

Instruction Instructional Support:•Professional Development: LEA & NCDPI & Others•Administrative Support: NCDPI & LEA •Instructional Technology Facilitators: LEA•Leaders for the 21st Century Program: NCDPI, LEA, NCTIES & UNC SoG•North Carolina Learning Technology Collaborative: Friday Institute and NCDPI•Information Technology Essential Standards: NCDPI

How does your school/LEA accomplish professional development for the inclusion of information and technology skills across all curricular areas and grade levels?

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25% 25%25%25%1. The district provides training

2. A school-based instructional technology facilitator or school library media coordinator provides training

3. We don’t have any way to provide this training

4. Other

Which is the greatest impediment in this area?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Lack of skilled personnel to train

2. Lack of funds to pay for training

3. Lack of time to provide training

4. Other

Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

Services • Infrastructure

Interconnections

Making sure that pressing Enter always works

Currently Shared

Partnership

InterconnectionsServices • Infrastructure

80%LEA

20%State

Estimated Current

Responsibility for Interconnections

Services • Infrastructure

20%LEA

80%State

Future Goal Responsibility for

InterconnectionsServices • Infrastructure

Services • Infrastructure

Interconnections

Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

Services • Infrastructure

Interconnections

Making sure that pressing Enter always works

20%LEA

80%State

Infrastructure and Support Services•School Connectivity Initiative: NCDPI•E-Rate Consulting: NCDPI•NCEdCloud (Infrastructure services, IAM): NCDPI, FI, & MCNC•Client Network Engineering: MCNC & NCDPI•Technical support and local technicians: LEA•LAN/WAN: LEA, E-Rate, & NCDPI

On average, how much technical support is available at the school level?

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1. Very Little

2. Some

3. Sufficient

4. No technical support availability problems

Do you feel like internet access at the school level is sufficient?

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50%50%1. Yes

2. No

What types of things would make the internet a better teaching tool in your school/LEA?

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20% 20% 20%20%20%1. Faster Internet

Access

2. More students with internet at home

3. Better professional development

4. Better management of filtering issues

5. Other

Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

Digital Devices • Tools

Things

Something on which to

press Enter

Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

20% State

80%LEA

Digital Devices • Tools

Things Instructional Devices•Facilitate collaborative and consortium purchasing: NCDPI•Assessment Device Testing (Chrome, iOS, Android, Etc.): NCDPI•BYOD Policy & Support: NCDPI & NCEdCloud•Purchasing and leasing devices: LEA

Is your school/LEA one-to-one?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Yes, all grade levels

2. Yes, some grade levels

3. No, we have computers on carts though

4. No, we have little access to devices for student learning

How many hours weekly does each student benefit from technology-enabled learning?

0%-10%

11%-25%

26%-50%

70% or more

25% 25%25%25%

1. 0%-10%

2. 11%-25%

3. 26%-50%

4. 70% or more

How will your school accomplish online assessments?

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25% 25%25%25%1. Through district/school-

provided 1:1

2. Bring Your Own Device program

3. “Creative” scheduling during the assessment window

4. We have no plans

QUESTIONS & FEEDBACK

Email questions or comments to Technology_READY@dpi.nc.gov