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__**Tech KSI Wiki**__ Statement || 1. Create IT task force (completed)
 * **Key Strategic Initiative** ||  **Ideal Outcome**  ||  **Action Steps**  ||  **Person Assigned**  ||  ** Completion Date**  ||
 * I. TECHNOLOGY ** || A. Digital Philosophy
 * I. TECHNOLOGY ** || A. Digital Philosophy

2. Research “best practices” compile report

3. Draft McKeel philosophy statement

4. Bring to board for review/approval || Alan Black

Task force

Task force

Alan Black || 8/22/11

10/1/11

10/28/11

12/20/11 || curriculum delivery || 1. Guided by philosophy, conduct IT needsassessment
 * ^  || B. Digital media plan for

2. Conduct IT audit

3. Identify ‘gaps’ between needs and existing IT infrastructure, software and hardware

4. Develop multi-year plan for closing gaps

5. Bring plan to board for review/approval || Task force

Task force

Task force

Task force

Alan Black || 1/31/12

2/15/12

3/1/12

4/15/12

4/17/12 ||
 * ^  || C. Funding Policy || 1. Create board-level ad hoc committee

2. Draft policy within context of McKeel budgets

3. Present plan to board for review/approval || M. Thompson

Committee chair

Cmte chair || 12/20/11

4/17/12

5/15/12 ||
 * ^  || D. Strategic IT plan || 1.

2. ||  ||   ||

I know one of the big things we were covering was Best Practices. I found this list online


 * //Engage students in active learning experiences//
 * //Set high, meaningful expectations//
 * //Provide, receive, and use regular, timely, and specific feedback//
 * //Become aware of values, beliefs, preconceptions; unlearn if necessary//
 * //Recognize and stretch student styles and developmental levels//
 * //Seek and present real-world applications//
 * //Understand and value criteria and methods for student assessment//
 * //Create opportunities for student-faculty interactions//
 * //Create opportunities for student-student interactions//
 * //Promote student involvement through engaged time and quality effort//
 * [|//http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/cii/resources/outcomes/best_practices.asp//]

//I think the big idea that should be noted is that most of this is attitudinal…I think we need to focus on using these types of best practices using a technology perspective.//

//Also, I think we need to keep in mind that when we are envisioning the "teacher" at McKeel in relation to technology usage we need to remove ourselves from the equation because we are not the norm…we are the exception to the rule. With that being said…I think when we are building that "perfect" example it should be the embodiment of everything we collectively do…in other words…it will be almost impossible for anyone to achieve this. This "person" would set the bar or the high mark on our scale from which to measure measure effective use of technology in the McKeel Schools learning environment. The low mark would be set by the Luddite…or the none technology user. Everyone will be measured between these two points.//

//I know we talked about the design of survey questions, here is a sample question I used for my 7th grade students…I know it is basic, but I think this is the type of detailed question we may need to ask to get the type of answer (meaningful data) we need.//

//How well do you know Microsoft PowerPoint? *//
 * //1 - I have no knowledge//
 * //2//
 * //3 - I can type words on the slide//
 * //4 - I can change the color of my back ground//
 * //5 - I can insert pictures, too//
 * //6 - I can insert tables, too//
 * //7 - I know how to change my slide transitions, too//
 * //8 - I can convert my PowerPoint slides to pictures, too//
 * //9 - I know how to animate my slides, too//
 * //10 - I show others how to use//