Mpreptechintegrationplan
Mpreptechintegrationplan
Mpreptechintegrationplan
Principle 1
Vision Driven Implementation in Support of Learning
Marianapolis is dedicated to providing students with the skills that they need in order to succeed
in their high school courses, in college and in their lives beyond their years of formal education.
To accomplish this, it is imperative that our students develop into self-sufficient, responsible,
lifelong learners. Marianapolis strives to create an environment in which students, faculty and
administrators have access to technological tools that engage and excite while enlightening.
The Marianapolis community recognizes that technology is a tool to be used in service of
education, and that these tools enable students, teachers and administrators to accelerate and
enhance the abilities of the individual in pursuit of learning. Marianapolis has set the goal of
creating an environment in which technology enhances the productivity of all community
members through the seamless inclusion of technology into every aspect of the school from the
classroom to school management. In creating this environment, technology will naturally
become interwoven into the learning community because the goals of productivity, efficiency
and learning will drive the selection of the tools.
Integrating technology into the learning process requires a significant shift in pedagogical
methods, and as a result, will require consistent quality training and support for teachers. In
pursuit of these goals, teacher training will be implemented not just in opening meetings, but
throughout the year. This training will model the student centered pedagogical practices which
have driven the development of educational technology, thereby providing teachers the
opportunity to collaborate with and learn from one another. In these collaborative learning
sessions the focus will be on the pedagogy from which the use of technology is a necessary
result.
Transition to primarily cloud based applications to diminish the need for licensed
software
Principle 2
MTech Student Digital Literacy
Marianapolis offers all students, teachers and administrators with the tools and training
necessary to create a technologically enhanced learning environment. In this technology
enhanced learning environment, students will learn to use digital tools while using them. Digital
literacy will be incorporated into the overall school curriculum, and incorporated into each class
students take. In addition to use in the classroom, students will have opportunities to attend
technology training sessions offered in person and have access to training offered to them
online.
All teachers and administrators will have access to in house training sessions.
All new teachers will complete the Marianapolis Tech orientation program.
All teachers are provided with a laptop computer.
All teachers are provided with an iPad.
The school as a whole uses technology every day to maximize efficiency and support
learning.
All teachers are required, as part of the school curriculum, to incorporate 21st Century
skills and digital literacy into their courses.
All 1:1 iPad initiative provides all students with the digital tools necessary for student
centered, 21st Century learning.
Principle 3
MTech PD Overview
Because technology integration requires implementing new methodologies and acquiring new
habits, professional development is a necessity. Marianapolis teachers and administrators are
just as much learners in the digital age as the students. However, whereas the students are
growing up in a world in which technology is the norm, making them digital natives, teachers
and administrators in most cases did not. Learning a new approach to a profession one has
been in for years is often a daunting task. For this reason, ongoing, regular PD sessions and
support are to be implemented.
and beyond. The goal is to make sure that all members of the community meet the minimum
proficiency requirements for the tools we should use every day.
Those who meet the minimum proficiency requirements will be able to place out of the training
ahead of time and will become peer facilitators who can assist others in areas where they may
be behind.
We also recognize that a few sessions at the beginning of the school year may enhance skills in
the short term enough to show proficiency but with time these skills may fade. Therefore,
refresher courses and resources will be made available online as well.
MTech in House PD
To reinforce and expand on the concepts presented in the MTech Boot camp. Regularly
scheduled after school PD and PD days will be held during the course of the school year. These
PD sessions will serve to support teaching faculty and administrators in implementing the
pedagogy that requires and is enabled by technology. These sessions will be learner centered
to model technology enhanced pedagogical techniques, require collaboration and have specific
classroom applications that will drive them. In essence, these sessions will be PD classes in
which teachers and administrators will be creating student centered, collaborative, technology
rich lessons to use in their own courses.
MTech PD Opportunities
Principle 4
MTech Access to Technology Vision
Marianapolis has made a commitment to its students, teachers and administrators to provide all
members of the school with access to technology tools to enhance learning. Marianapolis also
recognizes that the rapid improvements in hardware and software require a plan to keep its
learning environment up to date. This will require, but is not limited to, regular upgrades in
network hardware, and student, teacher and administrator hardware and software to stay in line
with or ahead of the industry standard. After a review of current stock, standards will be set for
outfitting each classroom on campus with the technology necessary for learning.
Students, teachers and administrators will be supported in developing ways to use the tools
available to them as we move away from licensed software to cloud based applications such as
Googles Suite of products. It is important to note that cloud based applications evolve even
more rapidly than licensed software, and this evolution will necessitate adapting our learning
environments to use the best tools for the desired learning outcomes.
Summary
Marianapolis will use all of the technology resources available to create an environment that
excites and engages students to enhance learning. The Marianapolis learning environment will
be one in which technology is seamlessly integrated into daily activities. This will come as a
result of integrating 21st Century Skills and technology into the school curriculum. The ultimate
goal is to create a community of lifelong learners who will be able to adapt to a rapidly changing
world and the challenges of the future which cannot yet even be imagined.
Adapting to a technology rich environment to support student learning will require teacher
training and support. Marianapolis teachers are themselves learners who require and will be
given scheduled opportunities to develop skills, collaborate with peers and learn from each
other.
Instructional
Tools
Students
Teachers
Administrators
iPads
Apple Computers
16 in the MacLab
Several admin
members have Apple
computers and all
have access to the
MacLab
Laptop Computers
Lenovo laptops
provided for all
teachers
Lenovo laptops
provided for all
administrators
Desktop PCs
Projectors
Projectors in each
classroom
Projectors in each
classroom
Projectors in each
classroom
Smarboards
Smartboards in
classroom #s:
Smartboards in
classroom #s:
Smartboards in
classroom #s:
Programs, Apps
and Cloud Based
Learning
Resources
Students
Teachers
Administrators
All students have with All teachers have with All administrators
Marianapolis email
Marianapolis email
have with
account.
account.
Marianapolis email
account.
Canvas LMS
All administrators
have access to the
Canvas LMS.
Windows 7
Professional
Lynda.com
(Professional Video
Courses)
All students
All teachers
All administrators
A Library of
Educational
Streaming Video
Resources
All students
All teachers
All administrators
All students
All teachers
All administrators
All students
All teachers
All administrators
Access to Online
Databases of
Learning Materials
All students
All teachers
All administrators
Essential Conditions
Current Conditions
Proposed Conditions
Shared Vision
Empowered Leaders
Implementation Planning
http://www.iste.org/standards/essential-conditions
needs to be done.
Equitable Access
Skilled Personnel
Ongoing Professional
Learning
Technical Support
Curriculum Framework
Student-Centered Learning
Assessment and
Evaluation
Engaged Communities
integration.
Support Policies
Supportive External
Context