Standard 4.1 - Digital Equality
Candidates model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students and teachers. (PSC 4.1/ISTE 5a)
Artifacts: Digital Divide Blog Post and Action Evaluation Plan
For Standard 4.1, I chose to use my Digital Divide Blog from ITEC 7430: Internet tools in the classroom and my Action/Evaluation plan from ITEC 7410: Instructional Technology Leadership. The blog post was written after reading “Education Equity and the Digital Divide by Paul Gorski,other articles, and videos assigned through the module. Afterwards, I created this blog post which explains my views on the digital divide and the current realities in my school system. I created my Action/Evaluation plan based on the identified needs in the SWOT Analysis. I created goals, success indicators, and an evaluation plan to meet the SWOT Analysis needs. The action plan consists of five domains and the strategy, timeline, budget, and personnel needed to achieve each the goals in each domain.
The Digital Divide is a real issue in every school system, albeit at different levels. In the blog post, I voice concern for why we were unable to model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources at the onset of our Chromebook rollout. Funding stipulations and previously mismanaged rollouts forced us into inconsistently push out Chromebooks. In the Action/Evaluation Plan, several digital divide needs were determined by a previous SWOT. There are several goals within the selected domains that involve modeling and promoting technology-related best practices for all students and teachers, including professional learning and instructional change.
From gathering evidence to complete these artifacts, I learned the history of why Chromebooks have been distributed in the manner that they were. This is vital for understanding funding, the digital divide, and classroom resources. To improve upon my artifacts, I would include an update on our 1:1 progress and on the Action/Evaluation Plan.
The work that went into creating these artifacts can impact school improvement. For school improvement, I am now able to proficiently speak on matters regarding funding and distribution of technology across a district. In addition, I am also comfortable performing a SWOT analysis and developing an Action/Evaluation Plan to meet identified needs.
The Digital Divide is a real issue in every school system, albeit at different levels. In the blog post, I voice concern for why we were unable to model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital tools and resources at the onset of our Chromebook rollout. Funding stipulations and previously mismanaged rollouts forced us into inconsistently push out Chromebooks. In the Action/Evaluation Plan, several digital divide needs were determined by a previous SWOT. There are several goals within the selected domains that involve modeling and promoting technology-related best practices for all students and teachers, including professional learning and instructional change.
From gathering evidence to complete these artifacts, I learned the history of why Chromebooks have been distributed in the manner that they were. This is vital for understanding funding, the digital divide, and classroom resources. To improve upon my artifacts, I would include an update on our 1:1 progress and on the Action/Evaluation Plan.
The work that went into creating these artifacts can impact school improvement. For school improvement, I am now able to proficiently speak on matters regarding funding and distribution of technology across a district. In addition, I am also comfortable performing a SWOT analysis and developing an Action/Evaluation Plan to meet identified needs.