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Strategic Planning Project

By amymiles

  • Plan

    Meeting with Dean, Principal, technology coordinator and middle school english teacher
    Focus: technological needs,
    -what did we think about technological implementation this past year
    -where we see ourselves going
    -how do we get there
  • Period: to

    9 Month Plan

  • Collecting Feedback

    Break- Collect feedback during summer school from students, parents, and teachers.
    What classes do you use technology in the most?
    In what ways do you use technology in class?
    What are some struggles with using technology at home?
    What would you like to see incorporated into the class when thinking about technology?
    What technology tools would you like to learn how to use?
    What is one way that you use technology for school?

  • Department Meeting

    English department meeting with technology coordinators
    Focus: Switching from Achieve 3000 to Study Sync for the English Department
    What do we need?
    What worked this year?
    What technology was most useful?

  • Switch to Chromebooks

    Note: Changing from ipads in the english room to chromebooks
    Week 1: Introduce and guide students through the use of StudySync. and chromebooks
    Week 2: Introduction- explaining how technology will be more blended into reading, assessments for reading comprehension, quick writes (“blasts”), and essays.
    Week 3: Blast 1- Guided Instruction (Go slow, model, and check to see that students are able to accomplish this before assigning independently)
    Week 4: Blast 2- These blasts will be tied into the

  • Introducing Online Annotations

    Week 1: In small group instruction introduce annotating in Studysync to keep their notes for the essay
    Week 2: Move StudySync into use with independent stations and small group instruction.
    Week 3: Include direct instruction and group rotation practice of the use of polls in this program.
    Week 4: Teach students how to properly provide anonymous feedback to challenge yet support their classmates. (provide a Dos and Don’ts)

  • Essays in StudySync

    Week 1: Instruction on writing essays in StudySync (Working on one paragraph)
    Week 2: Paragraph check in and continue on to paragraph 2
    Week 3: Check in for paragraph 2 providing feedback, begin paragraph 3
    Week 4: Break

  • Refine Our Skills

    Week 1: Break
    Week 2:
    Week 3 :
    Week 4:

  • New Plan/ Next Steps

    Week 1:
    Week 2:
    Week 3 :
    Week 4:

  • Finish Up

    Week 1: Finishing paragraph 4
    Week 2:
    Week 3 :
    Week 4: Break