ETIL Planning Workshop: Key Highlights

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ETIL Planning WorkshopKey Highlights

• Kathy Brabec
• Kent Tamsen
• Colorado Department of Education

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The Current Road Show Schedule

• 11/21/05 Haxtun- Northeast BOCES
• 12/7/05 Canon City- Canon City Schools
• 12/8/05 Colorado Springs- Academy 20
• 12/9/05 Northglenn- Adams 12
• 12/13/05 Windsor- Weld County 4
• 12/14/05 Aurora- Adams/Arapahoe 28J
• 1/5/06 Durango- Durango Schools
• 1/10/06 Limon-Limon Public Library
• 1/18/06 Lamar- Southeastern BOCES
• 1/24/06 Delta- Delta County Schools
• 1/26/06 Eagle- Eagle County Schools
• 1/31/06 Alamosa- TBD
• TBD Consolidated Application Roadshow
• March/TBD Follow-Up Support Discussions/Mtgs

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Tentative Agenda for Today

• Welcome and Introductions
• New ET/IL Plan Highlights
• Background to the ET/IL Plan
• Discussion of current guidelines, uses, etc.
• Reason for new guidelines, purposes
• Review of existing plans and discussion
• ET/IL Plan
• Intro to new guidelines, alignments
• Discussion of timelines, uses
• Discussion
• ET/IL Processes
• Timelines
• Logistics of submission
• Feedback
• Plenty of Q/A

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History of ET/IL Planning in Colorado

• Technology Plans around e-Rate prior to 2002
• ET/IL Introduced Fall 2002
• First District Plans during Spring 2003
• Links to Accreditation 2003
• Links to e-Rate 2003, 2004
• Links to ConApp 2004
• Today

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New ET/IL Plan Highlights

• One Aligned Plan
• Addressing District Accreditation Indicators A,
  H, and J
• E-Rate Requirements
• Title IID of NCLB (consolidated application)
• Other Related District Documents
• Continued Emphasis on
• Student Achievement
• Collaboration
• Information Literacy
• Educational Technology
• Alignment of ET/IL with Context of 21st Century
  Skills
• Plans Submitted Online by April 28th, 2006
• Certified by CDE for 3 Years
• Flexible, Streamlined Format.

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Current ET/IL Elements

• Vision
• Integrated Plan
• Needs Assessment
• Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
• Collaboration
• Professional Development
• Linkage
• Infrastructure
• Meaningful Access

• Budget
• Evaluation
• Responsibilities
• Timeline
• Policies and Procedures
• Partnerships between the District and Community
• Leadership
• Standards

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New Plan Elements

• Needs Assessment
• Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
• Collaboration and Integration
• Professional Development
• Policies and Procedures

• Technology Infrastructure and Support
• Budget
• Action Plan
• Evaluation Plan

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Comparison Table
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A Stronger Linkage to Other Plans
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One Integrated Plan, Not Multiple Plans
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The Content
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The New ET/IL Plan
Cons. App
e-Rate
Accreditation
ETIL
Included Skills/Content Information
Literacy Educational Technology Infrastructure Con
tent Standards Federal Guidelines Assessment Stude
nt Achievement 21st Century Skills
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21st Century Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Self-Directed Learning
• Information Media Literacy
• Accountability Adaptability
• Social Responsibility

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. 2004.
Partnership for 21st Century skills. 3 Nov. 2005
lthttp//www.21stcenturyskills.org/gt
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Information Literacy

• Information Literacy
• The information literate student...
• ...accesses information efficiently and
  effectively.
• ...evaluates information critically and
  competently.
• ...uses information accurately and creatively.
• Independent Learning
• The information literate student is an
  independent learner who...
• ...pursues information related to personal
  interests.
• ...appreciates literature and other creative
  expressions of information.
• ...strives for excellence in information seeking
  and knowledge generation.
• Social Responsibility
• The information literate student contributes
  positively to the learning community and to
  society and...
• ...recognizes the importance of information to a
  democratic society.
• ...practices ethical behavior in regard to
  information and information technology.
• ...participates effectively in groups to pursue
  and generate information.

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Title II-Dwhat the law says

• PRIMARY GOAL
• The primary goal of this part is to improve
  student academic achievement through the use of
  technology in elementary schools and secondary
  schools.
• ADDITIONAL GOALS
• (A) To assist every student in crossing the
  digital divide by ensuring that every student is
  technologically literate by the time the student
  finishes the eighth grade, regardless of the
  student's race, ethnicity, gender, family income,
  geographic location, or disability.
• (B) To encourage the effective integration of
  technology resources and systems with teacher
  training and curriculum development to establish
  research-based instructional methods that can be
  widely implemented as best practices by State
  educational agencies and local educational
  agencies.

http//www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg34.htm
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The MoneyTitle II-D
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E-Rate Elements

• Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Activities
• The plan establishes clear goals and a realistic
  strategy for using telecommunications to improve
  education services
• Professional Development Strategy
• The plan has a professional development strategy
  to ensure that staff knows how to use the new
  technologies to improve education services
• Needs Assessment of Telecommunication Services,
  Hardware, Software
• and Other Services
• The plan includes a needs assessment of the
  telecommunication services, hardware, software,
  and other services that will be needed to improve
  education services
• Sufficient Budget
• The plan provides for a sufficient budget to
  acquire and maintain the hardware, software,
  professional development, and other services that
  will be needed to implement the strategy for
  improved education services
• Plan Evaluation
• The plan includes an evaluation process that
  enables the school to monitor progress toward the
  specified goals and make mid-course corrections
  in response to new developments and opportunities
  as they arise.

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Indicator J

• The districts plan for Educational Technology
  and Information Literacy links to the districts
  plan and relates directly to student achievement.
  The plan has been approved by and is on file at
  CDE.
• The district has made significant progress in its
  planning and implementation related to the use of
  technology and information literacy.
• The districts Educational Technology and
  Information Literacy plan includes policies and
  procedures to prevent students from accessing
  inappropriate material on the Internet.

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Indicator A

• Educational Improvement Plan
• High attainable student achievement goals
• Research-based instructional strategies
• Standards-based instruction
• State local assessments of student achievement
• Parent community participation

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Keys Collaboration, Coordination, Communication
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The Content
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Lets Look at the New ET/IL Process
Online at http//www.cde.state.co.us/edtech/p
lng-etil.htm