1. Technology
Task Force
Or “the figuring out if every kid will
have a laptop and every teacher will
have a smart board task force”
2. Task Force Members
• Jim Sefrit
• Scott Vonder Bruegge
• Kent Kehr
• Han Kim
• Ann DeRousse
• Don Tiemeier
• Howard Warren
• Dale Beachy
• Ellen Robb
• Doug Butte
3. Philosophy of
Technology
Westminster Christian Academy seeks to develop, through the use of technology,
students who are discriminating researchers, and analytic thinkers. Westminster
Christian Academy students will use knowledge to collaborate, communicate,
analyze, create, innovate and solve problems using technology as a tool.
Technology and technology use must foster discovery of not only the potential
for its use but also the understanding of its proper place in learning, applying
knowledge, and integration into all aspects of life. The teaching with and
teaching of technology, while being based on Westminster Christian Academy’s
philosophy of education must contribute to increased interdepartmental
communication, increased departmental collaboration and increased unity of
pedagogy. At the same time it must foster an environment that combats, not
contributes to, the increased sense of disconnectedness among people while
ensuring that ethical use which includes self-control, focus, and clear objectives
is embraced as much, if not more than, the tools of technology themselves.
6. What We’ve Realized
• If we make it our aim to figure out how technology
gets integrated into the curriculum we are already
behind.
7. What We’ve Realized
• Our biggest challenge is how to increase the
faculty’s technological literacy. Technology is
nothing more than the pencil and paper of our
time.
8.
9. Implementation of
Philosophy of
Technology
• Disclaimer:
• Nothing has been approved. This is merely
what we’re thinking. Don’t panic.
10. Implementation of
Philosophy of
Technology
Staff Development
• In order to achieve a technologically literate
educational system it is imperative that the faculty
of Westminster be trained and skilled in its use and
implementation with vigilant support of hardware,
software, and staff development opportunities.
• We will be devising a pilot staff development
program in technology to test this spring.
11. Implementation of
Philosophy of
Technology
Hardware/Design
• Aside from philosophical and pedagogical issues,
technology also has a very concrete side. The
design of the Town and Country campus must
accommodate the possibility of different “spaces”
that must be connected. This requires us to either
move to a 1 to 1 campus (which could mean many
things) initially or at the minimum design the
campus with the ability to accommodate such a
move should it be deemed necessary
12. Implementation of
Philosophy of
Technology
I.T. Department
• The creation of an Information Technology
department at WCA is essential. This department
would include the staff positions of Director of
Technology, Technology Coordinator, and Media
Coordinator. Additional positions, whether part-
time or full-time, would include positions oriented
toward specific areas such as software experts,
troubleshooters, trainers, hardware repair, etc. and
would be added as needed and if viable.
