Needs+Assessment

Assessment Process: Assessments on the current state of technology were accomplished by: •Teacher meetings, surveys and interviews •Principal meetings and interviews •Community and parent meetings and interviews •Surveys •Texas Teacher/Campus StarChart •Inventory by campus to determine current status of technology and needs -Referenced 2008-11 plan as a resource

Existing Conditions: • Dedicated workstation with a laptop or desktop computer for every teacher • Every teacher has a printer or access to a networked laser printer • At least one mobile computer lab for every campus • At least one stationary computer lab for every campus • Every computer with network and Internet access • Email for all teachers, administrators, and paraprofessionals • At least one wireless access point on each campus? • 100/1000 switched local area network? • Gigabit fiber wide area network? • 10 megabit connection to the Internet? • Videoconferencing on 8 of 14 campuses with two portable units? numbers correct? • All libraries have multipurpose computers • Content specific streaming videos are available to all staff and students • At least one scanner and software combo is available for student check point testing purposes • Multiple data projectors on each campus •125 classroom presentation stations with projector and document camera in all core subject classrooms -student email for all secondary students

Technology Needs: • Update of old equipment • Additional classroom presentation systems • Increased numbers of computer stations in the classroom • Curriculum Management System implementation- needs increased use??? • Professional Development for Curriculum Management System • Professional Development for Student Management System • Professional Development for continued classroom technology integration • Voice communication in classrooms- have this already?? • Written district curriculum to include technology integration • Evaluation procedures for evaluating teacher and student progress toward improved technology skills • Improved Software evaluation process/tools for purchases • Online class offerings for students and teachers • Improved Resources for podcasting and blogging • Technology resources for new campuses

@http://tpesc.esc12.net/eplan/NeedsAssessment.html Needs Assessment @http://tpesc.esc12.net/eplan/NeedsAssessment.html  Needs:   District Wide Needs:   More partnerships with businesses/higher ed/community to help meet technology resources needs.  Crossroads: 
 * Reliable wireless internet
 * Presentation Stations (need them for each teacher)
 * TI-Inspires
 * eInstruction CPS Pulse
 * Smart Pens and notebooks
 * Flash Drives
 * Flip Cameras
 * Interactive Whiteboards
 * Ipads and apps
 * Iphone app class for students (how to make it) - coding class
 * Moodle training
 * eInstruction Training
 * Microsoft Office Suite training
 * FirstClass Training
 * device to hook microscope up to document camera
 * interactive tablets - mobi's

Clinkscale:
 * headphones in all computer labs
 * device to hook microscope up to document camera
 * interwrite tablets or interactive tablets
 * einstruction clickers
 * netbook cow
 * interactive whiteboard

Frazier:  Norwood: 
 * interactive tablets - einstruction mobi
 * eInstruction clicker sets
 * flip cameras
 * device to hook a microscope up to a document camera
 * netbook cows
 * ipads for checkout and apps
 * interactive white board
 * Flip Cameras (on Campus)
 * Tripods
 * Netbooks on a COW
 * Training on Onfinity Wands (ongoing - and enough time during training for hands-on practice - maybe during district training day?)
 * Training on Learning.com
 * Training on Moodle
 * Document Camera training

BHS:
 * Training on Document Cameras
 * More access to computers (more cows for checkout)
 * Better wireless connection at the high school (takes too long to log on as a student/teachers)
 * Teacher websites need to be updated (require this?)
 * No access to ELK TV by everyone on campus - only one program/class