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Wednesday
Apr242013

Teck Check - Goal Three - Extensive Resources

For a number of years, I've used a set of simple checklists to help districts begin conversations about the "state of the state" of their technology implementations.

Based on five long-term goals I first articulated in the article, Maslow and Motherboards: Tech Planning, Multimedia School, Jan/Feb 2003, I update these checklists in a regular basis. Over this next week, I'll do so once again. Your comments are welcome (and invaluable).

At the end of the week, I will provide a link to a shared GoogelDrive folder that contains all these checklists as templates under CreativeCommons license.


Goal Three - Extensive Resources


Technology will be used to provide the most current, accurate, and extensive information resources possible to all learners in the district and community in a cost effective and reliable manner at maximum convenience to the user

Related educational objective
Progress to date
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Access to a professional librarian with skills in selecting, evaluating, and using electronic information sources





Internet access filtered or monitored to meet government requirements





Access to on-line building library catalog, district union library catalog, and on-line catalogs of public, regional, and academic libraries





Access to adequate on-line periodical databases and subject-specific databases





Access to e-books to meet academic and personal needs





Access to adequate on-line reference materials including encyclopedias





Access to adequate digital image, sound, and video resources





Video digitization equipment for computer network distribution of cable, video collections,and original programming





Access to curriculum and teacher support materials





Access to a wide variety of computerized productivity programs appropriate to student ability level such as GoogleApps for Education, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, KidPix, Inspiration, digital still and video photography editing, and graphing programs





Access to educational television programming and services





Access to video conferencing stations or videoconfercing computer software





Access to a wide range of educational computer programs including practices, simulations, and tutorials





Access to web-based support materials accompanying textbook series and/or e-book versions of textbooks





Ability to electronically publish and share school-produced information





Access to course management systems (Moodle, Blackboard, Schoology etc)  for online classes or support for F2F teaching and school-specific social networking tools such as Edmodo.





Other?

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