2013-2016 Technology Plan - Osceola County School District

School District of Osceola County, Florida
2013-2016 Educational Technology Plan
1.0 Mission and Vision
Mission: Promote the effective use of technology to improve student achievement.
Vision: The School District of Osceola County will provide technology-rich environments as a
key to relevant education, encouraging lifelong learning for all students.
1.1 Promote the effective use of technology in implementing the Next Generation Sunshine
State Standards/Common Core State Standards to improve student achievement
The District actively promotes advances in and the support of successful integration of
technology into the standards-aligned curriculum. It values the task of investing in the future
accomplishments of all students by enhancing the learning process. Student success must be the
collective goal of all who are associated with everything that is technology, be it software,
hardware, network connectivity, computer literacy and professional development for teachers.
Departments in the District that collaboratively shape current and future technology include the
Media and Instructional Technology Department (MITD), Information Technology Services
Department (ITSD) and the Management Information Services Department (MISD). MITD staff
interfaces with teachers across the District during training events, mentoring sessions and gradelevel
meetings, while staff from the other two departments operates unobtrusively to sustain
programs, provide data reporting, monitoring the network and its users, and maintaining all
District devices and peripherals. Examples of the services provided include, but are not limited to
the following:
Advocating the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National
Educational Technology Standards (NETS) increases awareness in administrators and
teachers of indicators that demonstrate understanding of curriculum integration strategies
Promoting Florida Department of Education resources, such as FCAT Explorer, CPalms,
Florida Virtual Curriculum Marketplace and the Florida Center for Instructional Technology
Assisting classroom teachers in planning and modeling lessons that integrate technology
Assisting non-instructional staff in use of interactive technology to improve job effectiveness
Supporting and promoting Internet-based projects such as Gaggle.net, on-line field trips,
video conferencing and collaborative ventures with students in classes in different states or
countries
Continuing to build and secure the District-wide data network to facilitate access to digital
curriculum resources before, during and after school. Representation of District Wide Area
Network (WAN) found in Appendix A
Establishing a District level professional learning community to develop proficiency in
school-based curriculum coaches and teachers in the use of various technologies adopted by
the District
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2013 Educational Technology Plan School District of Osceola County Florida