2. Agenda What is the Texas STaR Chart? Texas Long-Range Plan Rylander’sSTaR Chart data What can YOU do?
3. What is the Texas STaR Chart? A tool for technology planning and assessing. Data Compiled by teachers, campuses, districts and the state. Status toward reaching the Texas Lon-Range Plan for Technology.
4. Benefits of using the STaR Chart Set campus benchmarks and goals Evaluate current progress Determine funding priorities
9. Rylander’s Strengths Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support Infrastructure for Technology Teaching and Learning Rylander’s Weakness Educator Preparation and Development
10. What Can YOU Do? Collaborate with your team to develop a long term goal and short term goal to help our campus move towards Target Technology. Share goals with the groups
11. Attend Professional Development workshops Katy ISD technology workshops eduphoria! Region IV Technology workshop Region IV Professional Development TCEA in Galveston June 13-14 TCEA 2011 Conference
12. Conclusion Participating in professional development workshops is not enough. Educators must implement what they have learned into their classrooms. Students need teacher to model the use of technology and experience it first hand. We need to equip all students with the 21st Century skills.