Action+Plans-+Ontario

=Government Policy=

- Policy to use technology that is available - Use of technology part of teacher appraisal- become a strand in curriculum in research - Promote "digital citizenship" among colleagues and students - AUP is a "live" not forgotten about document - Quantitative and qualitative data to prove results on all levels- students, teachers, admin and board - Up to date and keep current policies

=Resources=

- Rationale - Invest in infrastructure to meet objectives - Access funding/pool financial resources - Wireless in all schools - Students own technology or board provided?

=Vision=

A GOOD VISION - Valued by akk stakeholders - Realistic/attainable (yet aggressive) - Somewhat messy at times - Has momentum from top-down and bottom-up support - Helps generate results - Motivates/encourages people - Ever changing (organic) living - Prepares us for an unkown future (exciting!)

=Partnering/Networking/Community=

- Hold parent/community informational/training sessions around web 2.0 - Create a match maker registry/electronic network for teachers to partner around a common web tool/curriculum and co-plan, co-teach, co-reflect - Embed collaborative networking time (released during school day) to work with your "partner" - Train coaches to model/use tech tools when facilitating networking with teachers - Provide teachers with tech tools to share practices - Identify leaders/champions and help create opportunities for sharing (film them, write about them)

=Access=

- Any platform will be accepted ( Mac, Dell, etc) - Wireless access that can handle the load of everyone being online and be encrypted to satisfy the tech teams requirement to keep "things" safe - Students are allowed to bring own devices - Unblocking/ no filtering - Purchasing laptops for those who will never have the funds to provide own device - Security features to "lock down" equipment Our Vision of Fully Equipped Classroom - Smart board/ projector - Wireless - Sound system - Security (cupboards that lock) - Computers in classroom/own device

=Support (hardware/software)=

- Provide release time to a body in each school to become a "champion", "maven", "expert" a go to "g" - Develop a resource bank of "experts" at board and building level of web 2.0 tools - Develop a framework for future access to wireless