ViTaL Update

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ViTaL Update

• January 27, 2006

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• www.esc13.net/vital
• Click on meetings

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Welcome Introductions

• Find someone in the room you dont know.
• Introduce yourself
• Share one GREAT project your are implementing
• Share one project that you need more information

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Intresting Facts

• 21 million or 87 of students aged 12-17 use the
  Internet
• 33 of online teen share their own creative
  content online, such as artwork, photos, stories
  or videos
• 32 say they have created or worked on webpages
  or blogs for others, including groups they belong
  to, friends or school assignment

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Interesting Facts continued

• 22 report keeping their own personal webpage
• 19 of online teens keep a blog and 38 read
  blogs (compared to 7 of adults that blog and 27
  of adults read blogs
• 19 of online teens say they remix content they
  find online into their own artistic creations
• Pew Internet American Live Project Report Teen
  Content Creators and Consumers. 2 Nov 2005. Pew
  Internet and American Life. 26 Jan. 2006
  lthttp//www.pewinternet.org/report_display.asp?r1
  66gt.

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Big Ideas

• E-Plan and Star Chart
• Title II Part D-funding update
• TMDS
• TEA update
• LoTI
• DKC Update
• Austin Student Digital Film Fest
• Skyward Users Group meeting

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E-Plan and STaR chart
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E-Plan and STaR Chart

• Both opened September 1, 2005
• System e-mails go to contact listed in e-plan
• Difference between approval and update
• EVERY plan needs an action
• Update or Approval
• March 31, 2005-Due date to ensure plan is
  approved before form 486 is due

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E-Plan and STaR Chart cont.

• Teacher STaR Chart is optional
• Campus STaR chart is required to submit plan for
  approval/update
• FAQs available at http//tpesc.esc12.net/faqs.html
  
• If you need your districts login or need to know
  the current status, see Stacy

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Reviewers NEEDED

• Need reviewers for 05-06 school year
• 20 plans were approved for 1 year last year
• 5 plans that are in their last year
• Online training provided (all reviews must go
  through)
• Signed certification and NDA
• E-mail Stacy

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E-Rate Technology Plan requirements

• Written plan PRIOR to Form 470
• Approved plan prior to start of services
• Certification of approved plan PRIOR to Form 486
• Difference between written and approved
• TEA provides verification date when plan was
  submitted for approval in the system

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Title II Part D Technology Plan

• PBMS (2 requirements)
• 25 professional development
• Approved technology plan
• 2006 Funding appropriation
• 67 cut from original level
• Funds should be available July 1, 2006
• How can education effectively deliver the story
  funding is needed to make a difference?
• ISTE Advocacy Toolkit

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STaR Chart specifics

• Principals have access to campus STaR chart
• Principals have access to teacher usernames
• Region 13 doesnt have them
• Technology Directors dont have them
• Request Campus removals EARLY
• See TPESC website for eligible requests.
• Do they receive e-rate or NCLB Title II part D
  funds?
• Does the campus teach the TEKS?
• DATA IS FROM PIEMS SUBMISSION (askted)
  http//askted.tea.state.tx.us

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TMDS/TSDS
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TEA Updates
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TEA update

• IMET (Instructional Materials and Educational
  Technology)
• John Lopez-Manager of Learning Resources
• Technology Applications
• Distance Learning
• Instructional Materials Review
• Special Projects

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TEA update continued.

• NCLB states that by December 2006 .
• TEAs accountability measures
• Tech apps Instructional Material ordering
• STaR chart data
• SBOE members will attend TCEA and visit the
  exhibit hall

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Long Range Plan for Technology

• Long Range plan for Learning supported by
  Technology
• 20/20 Vision
• Input Sessions at TCEA-look for it in the program
  (Friday Ballroom G 800-1045)
• Presented to the State Board of Education in
  November 2006
• Sent to Legislature in January 2007
• May impact technology plans for next year!

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Technology Impact in Education Month

• State Education Technology Directors Association
  (SETDA)
• January is Technology Impact Month
• http//www.edtechimpact.com

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LoTI
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LoTI

• http//www.loticonnection.com/
• Developed by Dr. Chris Moersch
• Levels of Technology Implementation Framework
• Measures authentic classroom technology use
• Aligns with Texas STaR chart

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LoTI

• Level 0-Non Use
• Level 1-Awareness
• Level 2-Exploration
• Level 3-Infusion
• Level 4a-Integration (Mechanical)
• Level 4b-Integration (Routine)
• Level 5-Expansion
• Level 6-Refinement

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Odds and Ends
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TATN Event

• FREE
• Must be registered for TCEA
• FREE
• Presentations by teachers
• Tuesday February 7, 2006
• Austin Convention Center

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DKC Maps 101.com

• Region 13 will NOT be providing for 06-07
• Cost is TBD based on a legislative mandate to
  create TexShare databases
• Maps 101 will put together a proposal for
  districts that would like to continue

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GenYes

• http//www.genyes.org

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Trainings

• Java??? (July)
• SQL

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The World is Flat
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Food for thought

• Technology and Learning Magazine
• Bloggers
• David Warlick
• A Letter from the principal
• http//techlearning.com/blog/main/archives/2006/01
  /a_letter_from_t.htmlmore
• David Jakes
• A Letter to Principal Warlick
• http//techlearning.com/blog/main/archives/2006/01
  /a_letter_to_pri.htmlmore