3.11+Instructional+Technology

**Indicator 3.11 Instructional Technology (Research and Artifacts)** **__RESEARCH__** // **There is a significant amount of research that indicates that hardware, networking, and software __alone__ do not impact student achievement. In order for technology to increase student achievement, it must be combined with effective teaching. Not only must teachers be trained on basic technology skills, in order to master integration, but they must also receive on-going instruction, support, and opportunities for collaboration.** **Integration will** **push students into the higher level of Bloom's Taxonomy so that they are analyzing, a** **pplying and creating. The teacher becomes a facilitator of the** **learning process and not just the deliverer of content.** //
 * 3.11 Ensures that all students and staff members have regular and ready access to instructional technology and a comprehensive materials collection that supports curricular and instructional program.**

//**The Internet and other forms of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are redefining the nature of reading, writing, and communication. These ICTs will continue to change in the years ahead, requiring continuously new literacies to successfully exploit their** **potentials. Although many new ICTs will emerge in the future, those that are common in the lives of our students include search engines, webpages, e-mail, instant messaging (IM), blogs, podcasts, e-books, wikis, nings,YouTube, video, and many more. New literacy skills and ****practices are required by each new ICT as it emerges and evolves [|(Position Paper - International Reading Association, 2011)] **//


 * [|NCREL Research and Applications](Critical Issue: Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement)
 * [|NCREL Technology Plan Ideas]
 * [|NCRTEC] (North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium - Index to graphical resources and maps on the internet. Database of all types of images suitable for children.)

**__ARTIFACTS__**
 * **Evidence** || **Type** ||
 * * __[|Website - Guardian Angels Elementary] __ || Artifact ||
 * * [|Website - Central Catholic High School] || Artifact ||
 * * [|Website - Grade PK-6 Resources] || Artifact ||
 * * Website - Elementary World Language Wiki || Artifact ||
 * * Technology Inventory/Resources || Artifact- Contact Tina Gentrup, Lisa Hunke, Laura Newton ||
 * * [[file:Continuous Improvement Plan for Tech..xls]] || Artifact ||
 * * Internet Use Policy || Artifact ||
 * * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/file/GACC_Computer_Help_Request_Form%20%281%29.pdf?h=40&w=200]] || Artifact ||
 * * [[file:GACC_Telephone_Trouble_Report.pdf]] || Artifact ||
 * * [[file:Gentrup Tina.xlsx]] (Computer classes for grades pre-K - Grade 8) || Artifact ||
 * * Secondary Computer Course Electives: Web Design, Interactive Media, Desktop Publishing; Required: Computer Applications [|(Central Catholic Course Information p. 13 - 14)] || Artifact ||
 * * Lesson plans and student example with technology integration || Artifact ||
 * * Computer Accessibility (5-6 computers in each classroom and a lab with 30 computers in GA building); Promethean Boards in all classrooms where students meet) || Artifact-Room Visits ||
 * * [|School Beacon] [|Guardian Angels Beacon Link] [|CC Beacon Link] || Artifact ||
 * * Professional Development || Artifact ||
 * * Faculty meetings and information sharing Promethean Board, STAR Math, Sycamore, Word & Excel || Artifact ||
 * * School technology budget - software, hardware, and infrastructe; funded by Dinklage Foundation Grant, JayFest, Husker EdTech, NETA Grants || Artifact-Matt Richardson,Principal and Tina Gentrup, Laura Newton, Lisa Hunke ||
 * * Training on effective use of media resources for students and professional staff - Individual instruction Word doc, doc cameras, clickers, promethean board activities, scanner || Artifact ||
 * * Internet interconnectivity - CableOne - all three buildings - phone over network, intercom || Artifact-Tina Gentrup and Lisa Hunke, Technology; Rita McGill, Secretary ||
 * * Lab sign-up and equipment check-out system || Artifact - Computer Lab-Tina Gentrup/Practice ||
 * * [|Sycamore Sign-In] [|Sycamore Information] || Artifact ||
 * * Web filtering (through the server) || Artifact-Tina Gentrup ||
 * * Antivirus software - Microsoft Security Essentials - Free || Artifact-Tina Gentrup ||
 * * Mail filtering - Through Connecting Point for the ccbluejays.org and gacatholicschool.org || Artifact-Tina Gentrup ||
 * * Staff affirm that technology supports their curriculum and instructional programs || Practice ||
 * * Students and staff affirm that technology is embedded within the teaching and learning process. || Practice ||
 * * Technology staff demonstrate their involvement in support of student achievement || Practice-Tina Gentrup, Laura Newton, Lisa Hunke, Technology ||

**3.11 a. To what extent is technology integrated into the instructional program in all classrooms to meet the needs of all learners?**

__** //HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL// **__
 * School leaders focus schoolwide attention on the use of technology to support increasing student achievement; they support the coordination and integration of technology and related resources in all aspects of the curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Students are taught to use criteria to evaluate the credibility of information from the internet and other sources **

**b. What expectations does the school hold for the level of technological sophistication and comfort adults should be able to model for students?**

__** //OPERATIONAL// **__
 * School leaders provide updated professional development training focused on technology use; most teachers use technology in their own work. **