Technology Use

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the Bureau of Educational Technology of Florida's strategic objectives for inclusion in the Florida Educational Technology Plan. The paper discusses the plan, including the drawbacks for this initiative. It then goes through the recommended support strategies for the plan and concludes with an analysis of a format for describing the level of the implementation of technology in a school.

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Evaluation of Plan's Effectiveness
Recommended Support Strategies
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From the Paper:

"The Bureau of Educational Technology of Florida identified strategic objectives for inclusion in the Florida Educational technology Plan and these are outlined in the K-20 Goals and Strategic Imperatives (Florida Department of Education, 2002). Some of these initiatives are the development of and maintenance of a state level educational technology plan that reflects the current needs, the identification and development of appropriate methods and strategies to measure and monitor student and teacher progress towards achievement of technology proficiency and literacy standards, supporting the development of a robust state technology infrastructure and provide the coordination necessary to ensure effective utilization of available services by students, teachers, administrators and the educational community at large and maintenance and enhancement of essential services required to promote effective implementation of technology initiatives and programs."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Florida Department of Education. (2002, October 1). Florida Ed-Tech Strategic Objectives. Retrieved 15 June 2006 from the Website: http://www.doe.firn.edu/edtech/it/eett/objectives.html
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (2006). Technology Evaluation Rubric. Retrieved 15 June 2006 from the Website: http://www.ncrel.org/tplan/handbook

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