Infrastructure for Technology- Week 2

There are several parts to the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. The part that I have chosen to discuss is Infrastructure for Technology. I believe this is one of the most important parts because if we want to implement technology in the classroom, we need to make sure we have the right resources to do so. The area of infrastructure for technology can be described as the frame for technology facilitation. In this century, schools must provide high speed internet so that students may use it as a research and learning tool. The Long-Range Plan for Technology also dictates that school will integrate voice, video and data technology. Also, schools will allow for students, parents and teachers to have immediate access to data and information that is essential to the success of students.
Our school has done a great job in this area. All classrooms have at least one computer with high speed internet in it. Students’ grades are entered and can be accessed on-line by teachers, students and parents. Students recently became acquainted with Gaggle which is an on-line program of email, information storage and blogs. Gaggle will be implemented into next year’s curriculum. After looking at state and national data, it looks like most schools are following this trend and implementing more technological frameworks into their campuses. It has become a huge trend across the nation to have student grades on-line so that parents can access them at any time.
I believe that in order for our campus to improve in this domain, we will need to implement more opportunities for students to use the technology that we have. That could be having students work on projects that integrate technology or integrating it into the classroom.