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SWOT Analysis
Amanda Teixeira
Kennesaw State University
Technology Leadership & Vision in Schools
ITEC 7410
Warren Goetzel
March 20, 2017
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Name: Amanda Teixeira Semester: Spring 2017
ESSENTIAL CONDITION ONE: Effective Instructional Uses of Technology Embedded in Standards-Based,
Student-Centered Learning
ISTE Definition: Use of information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate engaging approaches to learning.
Guiding Questions:
How is technology being used in our school? How frequently is it being used? By whom? For what purposes?
To what extent is student technology use targeted toward student achievement of the Georgia Learning Standards (GPSs, CCSs)?
To what extent is student technology use aligned to research-based, best practices that are most likely to support student engagement,
deep understanding of content, and transfer of knowledge? Is day-to-day instruction aligned to research-based best practices?
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Many teachers use
technology.
Several teachers use
engaging technology.
Several teachers use
technology that is
standard’s based.
Several teachers
continuously try
utilizing technology and
providing technology
options for student
choice.
Student-led
newspaper/announceme
nts
Administration
observes, but does not
use much technology to
put themselves in
teacher’s shoes.
Several teachers do not
use technology at all.
Several teachers use
technology, but it is not
engaging or standard’s
based.
District development
days are now choice
oriented. Teachers can
choose a topic that
interests them and go to
that site. Technology
options for these are
stronger.
Innovation Coordinator
hired for 2017-18
school year
Principal will grant
permission at times for
off-site professional
learning during a school
day.
Personalized Learning
initiative coming, but
Innovation Coordinator
not doing professional
learning with teachers.
Some administrators
feel TKES scores
should reflect
technology use in
classroom.
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Each year the ITS sees improvement with technology among teachers and sees greater products
generated by students. Little Mill Middle School has a great deal of technology available for students due to Title I money. Teachers
do use it, but not necessarily for engaging projects and oftentimes there is only option available in terms of product. This could due to
teacher convenience or lack of technology knowledge. Many teachers still only do a Kahoot game and call this a use of technology.
Teachers feel threatened by the Teacher Keys Effectiveness System (TKES) in that they believe certain administrators base a score in
a category dependent on technology.
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Recommendations from Gap Analysis: There needs to be constant dialogue between administration and teachers about TKES
evaluation scores. If there is no conversation bad feelings will fester. The Innovation Coordinator is supposed to help close the gap
between teachers who do not use technology in an engaging, standard’s based way. He will work alongside them and the students
teaching technology skills so that fluency for both parties ensues. Administration should be presenting research-based practices with
technology so there is not a “do as I say” atmosphere in our building. Administration should take 2-3 days and work alongside
teachers helping them and getting a fresh idea of what a technology enhanced classroom truly looks like rather than simply from an
observation for TKES standpoint.
Data Sources: Personal Interview with Instructional Technology Specialist March 16, 2017, NET-S Performance Standards, now
known as ISTE standards for students (wiki, see references), ISTE Diagnostic Tool (Appendix D)
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION TWO: Shared Vision
ISTE Definition: Proactive leadership in developing a shared vision for educational technology among school personnel, students, parents, and
the community.
Guiding Questions:
Is there an official vision for technology use in the district/school? Is it aligned to research-best practices? Is it aligned to state and
national visions? Are teachers, administrators, parents, students, and other community members aware of the vision?
To what extent do teachers, administrators, parents, students, and other community members have a vision for how technology can be
used to enhance student learning? What do they believe about technology and what types of technology uses we should encourage in the
future? Are their visions similar or different? To what extent are their beliefs about these ideal, preferred technology uses in the future
aligned to research and best practice?
To what extent do educators view technology as critical for improving student achievement of the GPS/CCSs? To preparing tomorrow’s
workforce? For motivating digital-age learners?
What strategies have been deployed to date to create a research-based shared vision?
What needs to be done to achieve broad-scale adoption of a research-based vision for technology use that is likely to lead to improved
student achievement?
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Some students feel they
are getting good
exposure to engaging
technology-based
products in their
classes, but wish they
could do more coding
and graphing to prepare
them for high school
(Appendix A)
Community members
are invited for Title I
nights to see what is
being done in schools
and technology is a
topic
There is no official
vision for technology
use within the school
Teachers believe
students need
advancement working
with spreadsheets and
basic documents, but do
not really offer these
options a lot of the time
(Appendix B)
I have been sharing my
resources via email,
Gmail, and word of
mouth this year as they
can be adapted to other
curriculums. Mutual
opportunity here
District Collaborations
Days are now option-
based, more choices for
teachers
Perhaps the
personalized learning
initiative will help with
the adoption of a
research-based vision
There is no official
vision for technology
use within the school
There is no research-
based vision to my
knowledge
Many students
(Appendix A) do not
use technology for real-
world problem solving
or engaging class
activities
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Administration feels
technology is important
but not critical for
improving student
achievement all the time
(SIP it is not
mentioned)
There is flexibility
shared by
administration in that
technology availability
is limited somewhat for
students at our school
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Stakeholders believe that technology can indeed enhance students learning. One positive of the
school is that teachers do not feel forced to use it as the true component of ranking student achievement. Teachers do want to try to
learn new technologies and some students of mine feel they are using it in situations that will help them be prepared for rigorous high
school classes.
Recommendations from Gap Analysis: The new Innovation Coordinator should meet with administration to help form a research-
based vision since personalized learning will be the new focus for our school. Perhaps he can help close the gap with technology that
teachers and students feel they should know for real-world scenarios, but these concepts are not being targeted by teachers as goals to
meet. If technology is to be used daily, it should be in meaningful ways and not superficial such as simply taking an online quiz.
Data Sources: Surveys (Appendix A, B), ISTE Diagnostic Tool (Appendix D)
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION THREE: Planning for Technology
ISTE Definition: A systematic plan aligned with a shared vision for school effectiveness and student learning through the infusion of ICT and
digital learning resources.
Guiding Questions:
Is there an adequate plan to guide technology use in your school? (either at the district or school level? Integrated into SIP?)
What should be done to strengthen planning?
In what ways does your school address the needs of diverse populations in the school or district to include how race, gender, socio-
economic, and geographic diversity giving consideration to how these factors commonly affect K-12 students’ access to school and
beyond-school access to high-speed Internet, modern computing devices, software, knowledgeable technology mentors, culturally-relevant
digital content, and other affordances critical to technology literacy acquisition.
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Adequate technology
available due to Title I
money
Technology also serves
students with special
needs
Kajeets provided for
students who need them
from ED homes
Chromebooks provided
to some students if
technology an issue
Title I coordinator on
site to budget costs
Grants written for even
more money
No technology
mentioned in SIP
Many teachers have no
idea about the strengths
and opportunities
mentioned
There is no real plan to
guide technology; it is
very teacher-driven
Summer program of
Mighty Mustangs can
serve at-risk (rising
sixth) students utilizing
Chromebooks
Agriculture teacher
potentially hired for
upcoming school year
for agricultural science
class
Emails, announcements,
could be developed by
Title I coordinators to
be informative
regarding what goes on
behind scenes at the
school
No technology
mentioned in SIP or
school goals
Teacher allotment may
not continue for
agricultural science
depending on student
interest
If there is no real plan
for technology use then
not all teachers will be
reached, especially ones
new to the school who
are not assimilated to all
of the resources and
culture of the school
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Little Mill has a vast variety of technology available to support students of all socio-economic
backgrounds. Kajeets are provided for many students should Internet be an issue at home. Charge of the Kajeet is once every thirty
days. Grants are written by Title I and other staff members to acquire even more money for our school. Many teachers know about the
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types of technology at school, but have no idea about the interworking of how the Title I money is used for it. The Agricultural
Science teacher should be a boon to the school, but it is an experiment as well. The SIP has no mention of technology. A sheet is sent
home at the beginning of the year to all students to see if help is needed for resources (Appendix C)
Recommendations from Gap Analysis: Hold a professional learning community (PLC) to share what is done with Title I money.
Does SIP need to have technology included? Will data be collected regarding new teacher and class outcome of standards? New
teachers to the school should be made aware of just how many technology resources are available for students and staff.
Data Sources: Title I from Little Mill Middle School website
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION FOUR: Equitable Access (Specifically Low SES and gender groups)
ISTE Definition: Robust and reliable access to current and emerging technologies and digital resources.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent do students, teachers, administrators, and parents have access to computers and digital resources necessary to support
engaging, standards-based, student-centered learning?
To what extent is technology arrange/distributed to maximize access for engaging, standards-based, student-centered learning?
What tools are needed and why?
To what extent are strategies needed to address equity issues among Low SES and gender groups? What are examples of strategies that
would benefit your school/district? (required)
Do students/parents/community need/have beyond school access to support the shared vision for learning?
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Stakeholders have
access to many types of
technology
Chromebook carts seem
to be most popular for
the student-centered
learning
County resources for
students now available
for home use due to
ClassLogin (remote
from school)
Technology also serves
students with special
needs
Kajeets provided for
students who need them
from ED homes
iPads not used as
frequently due to
Chromebooks, therefore
sitting there at times
If technology not
working for all students
another plan has to be
put in place (group
work, perhaps)
Early bus transportation
not provided for
students of low SES if
need to get to school to
work on technology-
based projects
iPads not used as
frequently due to
Chromebooks thus
availability is good
Alliance Academy and
Jr. Achievement Center
set to open Fall 2018.
Will provide field trip
opportunities and
magnet school option
for students entering
high school
Students feel
overwhelmed by sheer
amount of resources
from which to choose
Upkeep of constantly
used technology can be
difficult for ITS to
maintain and therefore
perhaps make it
unavailable to those
who need it such as
Chromebook users who
take one home
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Chromebooks provided
to some students if
technology an issue
Title I coordinator on
site to budget costs
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Technology is readily available. Chromebooks have become the new “staple” in classrooms. The
county created a “ClassLogin” for access to county resources from home. New school and center to open to allow more students
opportunities for exposure to career options. The plan for technology correlates strongly into this one with relation to Chromebooks
and Kajeets for ED students. Title I coordinators meet constantly to ensure students in these situations have what they need to be
successful. A technology survey (Appendix D) is sent out at the beginning of each school year and is given to all new students
throughout the year.
Recommendations from Gap Analysis: Students should be exposed to the ClassLogin by teachers. There should be a set date where
each class spends 5-10 minutes demonstrating which county resources are available to them for use outside of school. The
Instructional Technology Specialist should consider writing what are called Unity tickets (see below) for constant upkeep and
maintenance issues with technology as she is pulled in many directions at all times and it takes away from teachers who need help
with actual lessons and co-teaching.
Data Sources: Outlook calendar on school server, Title I documentation, Professional Learning Community meetings with Alliance
Academy on 2/24/17
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION FIVE: Skilled Personnel
ISTE Definition: Educators and support staff skilled in the use of ICT appropriate for their job responsibilities.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent are educators and support staff skilled in the use of technology appropriate for their job responsibilities?
What do they currently know and are able to do?
What are knowledge and skills do they need to acquire?
(Note: No need to discuss professional learning here. Discuss knowledge and skills. This is your needs assessment for professional learning.
The essential conditions focus on “personnel,” which includes administrators, staff, technology specialists, and teachers. However, in this limited
project, you may be wise to focus primarily or even solely on teachers; although you may choose to address the proficiency of other
educators/staff IF the need is critical. You must include an assessment of teacher proficiencies.)
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Those surveyed feel
competent with Word,
PowerPoint, Outlook
(Appendix B)
Those surveyed feel
somewhat comfortable
asking for help with
technology
Some surveyed feel
comfortable with
Some educators
uncomfortable asking
for help due to
unavailability of ITS
Educators need to learn
more about capabilities
of LMS
Many surveyed want
more training with
Google and Excel
Technology lessons
with students surface
level and not engaging
County office IT
personnel comes out to
provide instruction and
ideas for LMS as it
changes
County office listens to
teachers when seeking
new subscriptions (A.
Gula, March 16, 2017)
Personalized learning
initiative coming with
new innovation
coordinator
Not good follow up
with ITS. Teachers feel
she should be more
present in school
hallways offering help
ITS not available for
co-teaching due to other
responsibilities
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Most teachers feel comfortable with Word and PowerPoint. It is a good thing that county
personnel can make the trip to come present on our LMS and other applications purchased by our district. Tech Tuesdays are good
way for people to meet as a group to hear about these tools and it is also good that they county asks for teacher input when
contemplating new, or discontinuing, subscriptions.
Recommendations from Gap Analysis: The new innovation coordinator will help co-teach and hopefully train more teachers not only
in the area of technology, but also creating more engaging lessons with technology. Perhaps he will have access to teacher’s pages
within the LMS and be able to help create lessons as well rather than the teacher doing all of the work. The beginning of the school
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year could involve “baby-steps” for both teachers and students with delving deeper into the tools of the LMS with either someone
coming out from the county office or short videos being made to help teachers navigate on their own time. As far as the ITS goes, I
feel the innovation coordinator will be more visible in the hallways and teachers will feel more comfortable seeking help. Short
demonstrations on the sheer genius of GSuite would help teachers tremendously.
Data Sources: Teacher Survey (Appendix B)
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION SIX: Ongoing Professional Learning
ISTE Definition: Technology-related professional learning plans and opportunities with dedicated time to practice and share ideas.
Guiding Questions:
What professional learning opportunities are available to educators? Are they well-attended? Why or why not?
Are the current professional learning opportunities matched to the knowledge and skills educators need to acquire? (see Skilled
Personnel)
Do professional learning opportunities reflect the national standards for professional learning (NSDC/Learning Forward)?
Do educators have both formal and informal opportunities to learn?
Is technology-related professional learning integrated into all professional learning opportunities or isolated as a separate topic?
How must professional learning improve/change in order to achieve the shared vision?
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Tech Tuesdays offer
technology
enhancement
District Collaboration
Days (DCD), or
professional
development days, offer
many more choices for
teachers
Some teachers are
creating some engaging
projects and cross-
curriculum concepts are
being integrated with
technology
Not good follow up
with ITS after Tech
Tuesdays. Teachers feel
she should be more
present in school
hallways offering help
or having a “show what
you made” at next Tech
Tuesday rather than
entirely new topic
Oftentimes topics are
teacher creating more
and more, nothing
seems to just be “easy”
to implement
Teachers can take
classes throughout the
year after school to
possibly get endorsed
with technology
training (See
References)
Teachers can attend
professional learning
conferences
Planning periods are
done by grade levels so
teachers can plan
lessons together if
desired and share them
Online summer
technology sessions are
being introduced
Some teachers feel that
some of the training
does not reflect what
students can do but
rather what teachers
should be doing with
technology; not
inspiring but instead
overwhelming teachers
with already full
workloads
Teachers can attend
professional
development
conference, but at their
own cost
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Many of the Tech Tuesday session topics are aligned with ITSE and Learning Forward. I feel we
are lucky to have them as it is a way for the grade levels to collaborate together. The county recently introduced GSuite and some
teachers are really inspiring others by collaborating and creating engaging, cross-curricular projects. I am hoping that they will share
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them at future Tech Tuesday sessions. Normally during DCD days teachers are required to go to sessions related to their subject area.
However, this year they are offering a great many more options, especially with technology and personalized learning. Teachers have
to sign up in advance to attend due to size limitations, but it is certainly an improvement over previous years. PDExpress (see
References) offers some endorsements and professional development opportunities for teachers. Permission may have to be granted
due to not having classes after working hours, but it is a way for teachers to improve their skills. Online summer technology sessions
are being introduced via Safari Montage. I have developed a few sessions myself and have presented. They cost nothing, and teachers
can then make time after their session to develop lessons at their leisure and have a recording of the session to help them.
Recommendations from Gap Analysis: At times the professional learning does not help teachers streamline and improve their
technology skills. It becomes a time-consuming burden and many of them simply give up. In order to acquire the shared vision,
teachers should be aware of what technology students need to be career ready and be ready to acknowledge what they them
themselves should improve in those areas in order to help students. Professional learning should go hand in hand with these skills. If
teachers want to learn about Excel, a session should be done about Excel even if only for 30 minutes. While some of the Tech Tuesday
sessions are worthwhile and seem easy to me, I have personally helped at least 4 teachers on my hallway after they are over. Teachers
will create something with Thinglink, for example, but have difficulty making the transition to implement the technology successfully
within the LMS for students to see or to create one of their own.
Data Sources: PD Express, Tech Tuesday (References), ISTE Diagnostic Tool (Appendix D)
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION SEVEN: Technical Support
ISTE Definition: Consistent and reliable assistance for maintaining, renewing, and using ICT and digital resources.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent is available equipment operable and reliable for instruction?
Is there tech assistance available for technical issues when they arise? How responsive is tech support? Are current “down time”
averages acceptable?
Is tech support knowledgeable? What training might they need?
In addition to break/fix issues, are support staff available to help with instructional issues when teachers try to use technology in the
classroom?
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
County has technology
support services when
ITS cannot assist with
technology issues
Teachers submit what is
called a Unity ticket
electronically to make
technicians at county
office aware of support
needed
Little Mill has an ITS
County office has an
LMS support person
Tech support very
knowledgeable
Equipment very reliable
for instruction
None The LMS support
person has personally
responded to me each
time I have a question
in a timely manner. I
feel people do not take
advantage of her as she
is atypical in that she
likes to be asked for
help and is very creative
and open to new ideas
Our school system is
currently one of the
fastest growing in the
nation at this time.
Therefore, more
technicians will be
needed, more support
staff, more ITS to help
support teachers in our
growing schools. Is
there enough money to
do this?
Summary of Results/Conclusions: Forsyth County supports its schools with a technology department and technicians housed within
its county office. Staff members at any school can submit a Unity ticket electronically which pinpoints an issue with hardware (cords,
printers, computers, Promethean boards) and software. A technician arrives at the school and goes directly to the classroom to solve
the issue with 72 hours. It is extremely helpful. The technology department has four, main people: There is a director who is privy to
all aspects of technology including subscriptions, technology plans, budgets, and growth. One is over the LMS and the other two are
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over the Instructional Technology Specialists, online learning within the county, and do professional learning sessions at individual
schools. Each school in the county has an Instructional Technology Specialist, and the high schools are beginning to have two due to
their influx of students and teachers. The technology department member over the LMS likes being contacted directly by teachers; her
response time is quick and her explanations helpful.
Recommendations from Gap Analysis: No recommendations are really necessary at this point in my professional opinion. The Unity
technicians have actually appeared at my door within 24 hours to help me with hardware issues and that is astounding. Ms. Allen, Ms.
Farmer, Dr. Earman, and Mr. Niles have all answered my emails personally within 24-48 hours. They are approachable, efficient, and
helpful. My chief concern is the growth of Forsyth County. We are one of the fastest growing in the nation right now and I am hoping
there are plans to help with what will be huge growing pains within our educational system. It has maintained a “small town” feel up
to this point, but that will likely change quickly as we continue to grow by leaps and bounds.
Data Sources: Forsyth Herald (References), Technology Services (References)
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ESSENTIAL CONDITION EIGHT: Curriculum Framework
ISTE Definition: Content standards and related digital curriculum resources.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent are educators, students, and parents aware of student technology standards? (ISTE Standards for Students)
Are technology standards aligned to content standards to help teachers integrate technology skills into day-to-day instruction and not
teach technology as a separate subject?
To what extent are there digital curriculum resources available to teachers so that they can integrate technology into the GPS/CCS as
appropriate?
How is student technology literacy assessed?
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
Digital curriculum
resources are available
for teacher use
Technology literacy is
not assessed
Educators may have
heard about ITSE
standards
Most educators,
students, and parents
are not aware of ITSE
standards
Teachers at my school
are not directed to the
NETS-S Performance
Tasks
ITSE standards could be
presented at
professional
development meetings
Because we are middle
school the NETS-S are
ideal to show to
educators, students, and
parents at Title I
meetings, digital
citizenship tutorials, and
educators during
professional
development sessions
Huge gap of what
stakeholders know
about technology with
relation to curriculum
standards
Summary of Results/Conclusions:
For being such a proponent of Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) at the county level and providing technology for students with
Title I money I feel my colleagues neither aware of ITSE nor of the NETS-S standards (now known as ISTE standards) I have learned
about in this class. I was an online teacher for seven years and had not heard of these standards. Technology literacy is not assessed at
my school as the ITS and administration feel there are still so many ways students can be assessed and they are focused on the
curriculum standards rather than the technology standards (Appendix E). It can also be concluded based on the ITSE diagnostic results
(Appendix D) that even though we have a small leadership team of teachers and administration that technology standards planning is
not part of the collaboration or we as teachers would have had professional learning on it by this time.
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Recommendations from Gap Analysis: I plan to meet with the new innovation coordinator and ITS about my findings as the school
year closes. I feel the NETS-S are most helpful for teachers and students at the development stage of the personalized learning
initiative because they have examples of products students can create both independently and collaboratively. These standards within
the wiki provide detailed examples of specific technology used. They are not overwhelming standards either; they are specific to each
curriculum and help break down standards easily for people to understand them. These can easily be implemented as links into the
county LMS of itslearning as resources for teachers as well. They can be embedded in the staff information page. I am planning a
technology workshop after GA Milestones Testing that has been approved by eighth grade teachers during one of our planning
periods. I will introduce these NETS-S standards there and suggest that teachers bookmark them for future ideas for engaging
technology lessons as we embark on the personalized learning initiative in August.
Data Sources: NETS-S Standards wiki, ISTE Lead & Transform Diagnostic Tool Results (Appendix D)
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References
(A. Gula, personal communication, March 16, 2017 and February 7, 2017).
Forsyth County Schools, (2017). PDExpress login & information page. Retrieved March 18, 2017 from:
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/page/1284
Forsyth County Schools, (2017). Technology services. Retrieved March 19, 2017 from:
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1613
Georgia-NETS, (2017). Retrieved March 20, 2017 from: http://georgianets.wikispaces.com/
Sturgeon, K. (2016, April 4). Census: Forsyth 11th
fastest-growing county in nation. Forsyth Herald. Retrieved March 19, 2017 from:
http://forsythherald.com/stories/Census-Forsyth-11th-fastest-growing-county-in-nation,90349
Hughes, I. (2016, November 20). Alliance academy begins construction in Cumming. Forsyth News. Retrieved from:
http://www.forsythnews.com/archives/31565/
International Society for Technology in Education, (2017). Lead & transform diagnostic tool. Retrieved March 10, 2017 from:
http://www.iste.org/standards/tools-resources/lead-transform/diagnostic-tool
(K. Shepard, personal communication, March 17, 2017).
Learning Forward (2015). Standards for professional learning. Retrieved March 18, 2017 from:
https://learningforward.org/standards-for-professional-learning
Little Mill Middle School. (2016). 2016-2017 Tech Tuesday/Professional Learning Schedule.
Little Mill Middle School, (2017). Title I at Little Mill Middle School. Retrieved March 18, 2017
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from: http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/domain/4252
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Appendix A
Student Survey Questions
What is one thing within itslearning that you have learned this year in this class that is technology related?
What are two things (outside of Itslearning) that you have learned this year in this class that are technology related?
What are some things wish you could do with technology in some of your other classes? Please be specific. "In math, I
wish......"
How are you currently using technology in other classes? (NOT your Connections classes.) Are you doing/have done, any
projects that you enjoyed?
What sort of technology skills do you feel you need to be learning MORE of in order to prepare you for a job in the future?
Do you feel you are prepared for high school in terms of technology? Why or why not? And do not be too critical with regard
to teachers with this one if you feel like you are not at all prepared. What specifically can teachers do besides have you play
Kahoot/Quizlet to be truly ready for future technology projects?
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Appendix B
Teacher Survey Questions
In your opinion, should technology-based projects or assignments be a staple in a classroom?
Do you feel that the option of creating products with technology motivates more students to complete projects or
assignments? Why or why not?
What sort of professional development would most help you integrate technology into your day-to-day-classroom
routine?
In which areas of technology do you feel confident?
How comfortable do you feel asking for help with technology?
What sorts of technology skills do you feel are most critical for our students to be career/college ready?
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Appendix C
Needs Technology Survey
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Appendix D
ITSE Lead & Transform Diagnostic Tool Results
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Appendix E
Instructional Technology Specialist interview questions
What is the vision for the use of technology in your school? In other words, describe the school’s aspirations and intents for
how teachers and students will use technology in the teaching and learning process.
How is the impact of professional learning on teacher practice and student learning evaluated? In other words, how do you
know whether the professional learning is translated into practice? How do you know if the professional learning improves
student learning?
Is professional learning offered that assists teachers in working with students with special needs and those who come from
culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds? If so, describe.