Defining Success

The first step in creating an instructional technology program review is to establish indicators or benchmarks for what you expect is exemplary use of technology to support teaching and learning.  In the Sun Associates program review process, the creation of indicators is a collaborative process among district stakeholders -- teachers, administrators, community members, students and others – to define success.  These definitions, known as indicators, then form the basis for evaluation and assessment of how the district has implemented its instructional technology environment.

On this page you will find a set of sample indicators along with a range of information that is supportive of developing indicators for the exemplary use of technology to support teaching and learning.

Indicator Grid and Sample Indicators

Teachers

• Best Practices in Technology Integration Research Summary
• Vermont Classroom Scenarios for Transformation - Lesson Plan Toolkit
• Resources for Planning Project Based Learning
• Using Technology to Support 21st Century Learning - Resources
• ISTE NETS Standards (Students, Teachers, etc.)
• Blended Learning (video)
• Model STEM lesson (video)

Principals

• ISTE NETS Standards for Administrators
• Project Based Learning- A leadership perspective

Technology Coordinators

• Total Cost of Ownership -- Resources from CoSN
• New Technologies and 21st Century Tools
• Resources for Evaluating Instructional Technology Programs
• Sal Kahn on Technology Integration (video)
• Essential Conditions to Effectively Leverage Technology for Learning
• Essential Conditions Rubric

Curriculum and Instruction

• Sir Ken Robinson on Changing Educational Paradigms (video)
• Student Technology Skills Scope and Sequence
  • A district example that connects to NETS and SBAC
  • A district example that maps to state curriculum standards and SBAC
  • A state example that connects to NETS and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework with an addendum that maps to PARCC
• Resources for Developing and Supporting Project Based Learning

Superintendents

• Essential Conditions to Effectively Leverage Technology for Learning
• What is 21st Century Learning? (video)
• Seven Steps to Becoming a 21st Century School or District

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