Remember that technology plans should always focus on the curriculum, and address how integrating technology will increase student achievement in specific content standards. Include an assessment of the hardware, software, and telecommunication services needed to improve education or library services. Conduct surveys of teachers, administrators, and community members to determine their training needs and interests. Include the survey instrument and results in your technology plan to substantiate your long-range goals and activities to meet local needs. Goals should be broad and clear.
Activities are actions to be taken to accomplish the objectives.
Activities must include realistic strategies for using technology to improve education in the standards-based curriculum. Your plan must include a professional development strategy to ensure that all teachers, school library media specialists, administrators, and other district staff know how to effectively use the available technology, and can integrate the technology into the standards-based curriculum. Strategies should include both initial training and numerous opportunities for ongoing, follow-up training to enhance skills, share information, and get questions answered. Opportunities for professional development should provide a basic knowledge level of understanding, and should allow participants to move to higher levels of classroom application and evaluation of technology in the curriculum. Implementation Timeline Establish a broad timeline for implementing activities and related professional development training.