Facilities Improvement Plan: Technology Priorities

Our technology plan prioritizes adding equipment and infrastructure to classrooms to improve instruction, communication and productivity. Today’s classroom technologies can bring the real world into the classroom, help students learn to use current technologies and prepare students to use future technologies while learning core reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and research skills. Technologies can also enhance communication between parents, teachers and students, and help extend learning outside the classroom.

The elementary classroom of the near future will have the following equipment:

1. A multimedia computer connected to a projector, sound system, wireless keyboard and mouse and wireless drawing pad or interactive white board and a document camera.
2. A computer based learning center with 4-6 small profile computers running software that is connected with our language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and information literacy curriculums.
3. A teacher laptop computer.
4. Infrastructure including electrical, networking and related to support the equipment as listed above.

The secondary classroom of the near future will have the following equipment:

1. A multimedia computer connected to a projector, sound system, wireless keyboard and mouse, and a document camera.
2. Specific technologies to support the curriculum such as interactive whiteboards and graphing calculators for math, probe-ware for science, digital cameras and video equipment for art/media, and writing/research labs for health, language arts and social studies. There are also many other specific equipment needed to support the various career and technical education programs, music programs and other electives.
3. A teacher laptop computer.
4. Infrastructure including electrical, networking and related to support the equipment as listed above.

During the typical year the district is able to put $65,000 to $100,000 towards infrastructure, equipment and software in support of the district technology plan. Over 60% of this is needed each year to upgrade or replace outdated equipment and software. Additional technology funds would be used to support the classroom priorities as outlined above.