I dreamt big with this plan because there are 1400 students in our district who deserve big dreams. They deserve the best education we can provide them, and I know that incorporating technology into our teaching and learning will help adapt our system to they way they learn best. I don't know if we'll accomplish all these goals in the timeframe here, and I'm going to do everything I can to make this plan a reality. At the same time, it's tough knowing that I can't go whole hog and do 1:1 with everyone in all schools all at once. We just don't have it in the budget, so I have to do what I know we can sustain in the long run. That means starting with the kids who will need it the most, and those are our high school kids. Part of our CSIP is to improve career and college readiness for our students, so starting the 1:1 at the high school makes sense because these kids are the closest to careers and college.
It also means some high-school focused professional development in terms on individual coaching during the pilot program and getting our high school staff technology ready. I don't want to leave my other buildings behind because we have great technology ready people there who still want my support, so I'll be having monthly tech workshops as well as doing my best to individually raise their general tech proficiency in terms of google apps, websites, and social media. If it's in the budget to get them new devices, I'll do that too.
These are just my goals for our digital transformation, and I want these to be our goals. Please let me know what comments, ideas, or questions you have that can help make our plan a reality. Email me, call me, tweet me, or simply leave comments here, on Facebook, or through the Education with Technology website. I look forward to hearing what you have to say!