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I. Introduction

Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval E-RATE: The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities as they arise. National Center for Technology Planning provides examples from Tech Plans across the country. Visit NCRTEC for Model Technology Plans New Hampshire Statewide Educational Technology Plan Read Jamie MacKenzie's Making Good Change Happen (Pointers on Facilitating Change) Visit the NCREL technology planning site for pointers on building the technology planning team. The Technology Planning Network is a catalog of resources addressing technology planning. The portal, edited by Vermont state educational technology director Bill Romond, is hosted by the National Institute for Community Innovations. NH State Data Center provides direct access to numerous files, mostly U.S. Census files, with data about New Hampshire. American FactFinder on the U.S. Census Website provides a way to search for census data by town District Technology Plan Approval Status Technology Plan Approval Rubric Complete standards of the New Hampshire Administrative Rules: Part Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval

II. Goals

Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval: Ed 306.05 School Philosophy, Goals, and Objectives E-RATE: The plan must establish clear goals and a realistic strategy for using telecommunications and information technology to improve education or library services.

III. Action Plan

Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval E-RATE: The plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services that will be needed to improve education or library services; E-RATE: The plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff know how to use these new technologies to improve education or library services; Ensuring Equitable Use Use Policies: Samples, More Samples, Sample Forms, More information, Publishing Student Work New Hampshire Schools Acceptable Use Policy Toolkit Networking: Wireless WAN Experiences Guide to Networking a K12 School Environment Read about LOTI and other assessments in the article "Measurers of Success" by Christopher Moersch, published in Nov '02 issue of ISTE's Learning and Leading with Technology.

IV. Budgeting

E-RATE: The plan must provide for a sufficient budget to acquire and support the non-(E-Rate) discounted elements of the plan: the hardware, software, professional development, and other services that will be needed to implement the strategy for improved education services. EdLiNC: Education and Library Networks Coalition Archived E-Rate Information on the USDOE Technology Website Estimating Total Cost of Ownership (CoSN) Take a look at an online Excel sheet posted by Indylogic.com created to figure cost for color laser vs. inkjet printers. Since it's an Excel sheet, you can easily adjust the formulas to suit your needs by inputting some basic data.

V. Evaluation

Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval: Ed 306.14 Basic Instructional Standards Ed 306.23 Statistical Reports; Accountability Ed 306.24 Assessment Also: all Subject Area Sections of the Standards E-RATE: The plan includes an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make midcourse corrections in response to new developments and opportunities as they arise. E-RATE: The plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services that will be needed to improve education or library services. NEIRTEC Evaluation Guide: The Northeast & Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NEIRTEC) has produced a practical program evaluation guide which encourages a collaborative team approach. The entire guide is available online at: http://www.neirtec.org/evaluation. Questions to Guide Your Evaluation (from NCRTEC) Educators Guide to Evaluating Technology (USDOE) Evaluating Distance Learning (NCREL): List of Evaluation Methods Criteria for Evaluating DL Programs Why, What, and How to Evaluate (NCREL) Did Anyone Learning Anything? (FNO)

VI. Policy & Procedure

Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval: Ed 306.04 Policy Development Ed 306.06 Culture & Climate Ed 306.14 Basic Instructional Standards E-RATE: Schools must certify that they have complied with the requirements of CIPA or that CIPA does not apply to them because they are receiving discounts for Telecommunications Services only. American Association of School Administrators maintains a web page with links to several Internet Acceptable Use Policy samples University of Maryland has an excellent Copyright Information Site Scholastic Administrator has an informative article about student hackers.

Questions about this guide? Contact: Cathy Higgins