Technology+Plan+and+Research+Report

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 * Objective: **

*The course is a capstone course focused on professional capacity to facilitate the adoption and diffusion of a new technology initiative. The project requires conducting an action research project, writing a technology plan for implementation, and sharing a prototype and data results with an established local or global learning community. Candidates will be involved in shared decision-making and collaboration while demonstrating fluency in technology. Topics explored include adoption and diffusion, data-driven decisions, legal issues, professional development, and professional leadership capacity.

1. Create a website or online environment to collaborate: to publish research, to publish your technology plan: and to create a prototype 2. Research and Identify a technology initiative that you can implement in your setting: This is a systematic process. 3. Write a Technology-plan Research Report using the online guide. 4. Publish the Technology-Plan Research Report on a Community Website 5. Create a prototype/ presentation on the web for other to learn about the technology initiative. 6. Discuss and collaborate with colleagues on the impact of education technology in schools and business. 7. Reflect on what you learned from course experiences.

*Taken from Course Overview

**Process: **

First, I needed to decide what type of technology I thought would address the needs of my school and its students. I received a Smart Board and document camera in my classroom last year, and I felt that it really captured the attention of my students, and helped them to achieve higher test scores. For that reason, I would like to see every classroom in my school become equipped with a Smart Board and projector. The goal is to increase student achievement so they will become successful adults. Next, I created a survey and sent it out to my peers in this 6040 class to see how they feel about this type of technology. After I analyzed the data, I set a goal and created a plan to achieve that goal by considering the factors of standards, hardware and software components, required license, funding, professional development and support, maintenance, recycling, and evaluation strategies. Then I conducted my research to find out about all the pros and cons of having a Smart Board in the classroom. Finally, I created a power point to present this plan to the students in this 6040 class.

**Technology Plan and Research Report**


 * Vision and Personal Philosophy of Education
 * Needs Assessment and Identification of Focus Area
 * Initiatives to Address Needs
 * Addressing Standards
 * Hardware and Software Components and Licensure
 * Funding
 * Professional Development and Support
 * Maintenance Procedures and Recycling Timeline
 * Evaluation and Modification Strategies
 * Bibliography


 * Power Point Presentation ** [[file:Presentation2.ppt]]

**Reflection: **

Well I can say that I learned a lot about the process of trying to incorporate technology initiatives into school buildings and classrooms. I can also say that this is not something I want to pursue by myself, or even be in charge of. However, I would volunteer to be on the Technology Initiative team because I feel that it is very important to educate our students with and about technology. I want someone to give me the technology, let me know when the training is, and provide me with the support and time that I need to use it.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I would recommend this as a group assignment. It would have been nice to really have a team to work with on this project, so then I could have had others to reflect and share thoughts and ideas with. The part I liked most about this project was creating the survey and then making the graphs to interpret the data.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I feel the most difficult part of this initiative will be to raise the funds. There are lots of grants available, but they are for such small amounts and you would need to apply for many. The easiest part of this initiative will be the maintenance because of the free software upgrades.