Agenda Week 5

Agenda: Week 5

ET 680 The Role of the Technology Specialist

Through collaboration, securing the commitment of those who are vital in carrying out a plan becomes easier. Commitment is critical because the best plan will not be realized if the people who are expected to implement it are not committed to the task. Commitment comes form being involved with in formulating overall goals and objectives and with developing specific courses of action. Collaboration also allows others to understand a plan, a goal, or a course of action and the purposes behind them. Greater understanding generally fosters higher levels of commitment. --Picciano, p. 20

"...schools are social systems that in the course of their activities, including planning, consider the social needs of students, teachers, administrators, and communities within the context of the school and the larger social environment." --Picciano, p. 16

Announcements and Questions
- Thanks to Kirsten and Sherri for bringing snacks
- Technology Committee Mini-Paper were returned electronically (maybe)
- Next class: Virtual internship guest speaker and Grant Writing speaker
- In Two Weeks: 7pm - 8pm will be reserved for internship process discussion
- Questions
Guest Speaker: Linda Daywalt, Educational Technology Internship
Educational Technology Organizations
The EdTech Listserv
- Accessing
  - Searchable archive through Google: http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.edtech
  - Home page with subscription information: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb/
- Are you on it?
- What issues are discussed?
Technology Planning

Technology Planning and Vision from NCREL: http://www.ncrtec.org/capacity/guidewww/gqhome.htm (now available from Wayback Machine)
EDTECH Listserv Discussion about technology visioning

Part III

In small groups, develop a vision for learning with technology
Critical Issues in Technology Planning (Guidebook, pp. 21-40)
The Planning Process (Frazier and Bailey, chapter 6)

Information to Share: School/District Acceptable Use Policy; Filtering Policy (including compliance with the Children's Internet Protection Act)

What is the status of your school/districts AUP?
Do all students/parents have to sign a policy statement before gaining network access?
Does your school/district require filtering?
What filtering package, if any, do you use?
Have you had or heard about any problems due to filtering or not filtering?
Has anyone in your school/district heard of the Children's Internet Protection Act?

Acceptable Use Policy Brainstorm: What Should Go In Your School's Acceptable Use Policy?

Review the St. Vrain Valley School District Policy (PDF document)
Brainstorm

What should go into the acceptable use policy?
What should the acceptable use policy say about Web 2.0?

The Importance of Policies and Procedures: The Julie Amero Case, http://tinyurl.com/23nepo
Acceptable Use Policies and Filtering
- Essay on Critiquing Acceptable Use Policies - http://www.io.com/~kinnaman/aupessay.html
- From Now On Index on Internet Policies - http://www.fno.org/fnoindex.html#Internet
- Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet - http://csriu.org/onlinedocs/pdf/srui/sruilisting.html
- NPR Report on Web Filtering - http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/970912.me.03.ram
- New York Times article about filtering - http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/121599ny-schoolfilter-edu.html
- Study of overblocking by filters - http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20081002104924/http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/filters2.pdf
- The Children's Internet Protection Act - http://ifea.net/cipa.html
- Supporting the Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet by Students: A Children's Internet Protection Act Planning Guide - http://csriu.org/onlinedocs/documents/cipa.html
Technology Coordinator Job Description (Frazier and Bailey, Chapter 1)
Assignments
- Acceptable Use Policy Mini-Paper Due in Two Classes
- Read Frazier and Bailey, Chapter 3
- Peruse Obtaining Resources for Technology in Education, Chapters 1-7
- Information to Share: Technology Grants (including but not limited to E-Rate and MSET Grants)
- Information to Share (in two classes): How does your school keep track of software and hardware, including: number of legal copies available, number of legal copies installed, where the software/hardware is, etc.
- Information to Share (in two classes): Software/Hardware Cataloguing/Documentation
- Snacks next week: Eileen and Cara

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Last Updated: March 14, 2011