STaR Chart

How does CMS rate when it comes to technology?

Agenda• Test your techno know-how• WOW Quotes to ponder• CMS rating over the past 3 years• Student friendly STaR Chart for Target Tech• Where do we go from here?

Do you know these techno terms?

Odds are…your students do!

Netvibes

Protopage

Google

Docs

Animoto

hubpage

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Ponder this…“Learning and teaching should not stand on

opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water.”

- Loris Malaguzzi“But resisting today’s digital technology will be truly lethal to our children’s education.”

- Mark Prensky

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STaR Rubric

Student Friendly Rubric for Technology Utopia

• How far away is CMS from Technology Utopia?

Key Area Summary for CMS 2010-2011Teaching and Learning 16

Advanced TechEducator Prep and Dev 12

Developing TechAdministration Support 15

Advanced TechInfrastructure 18Advanced Tech

• Teaching & Learning:– I get to work in groups and use technology to help

solve real world problems in all subject areas– I have access to online materials from anywhere– My teachers use web-based lessons and

interactive communications in all classes

CMS Rating: Advanced Tech = 8 pts from Utopia

Rating System: Early Tech, Developing Tech, Advanced Tech, and Target Tech (Utopia)

• Educator Preparation and Development:–My teachers create new learning environments– I learn through guided activities and

inquiry/action research that I care about and relate to–My teachers are prepared and knowledgeable

about technology and create new interactive lessons

CMS Rating: Developing Tech = 12 pts from Utopia

• Administration Support:–My principal supports innovation to help me

succeed– I have a technology-rich school full of teaching

methods that help me think critically–Our school works with our community and

communicates using interactive technology

CMS Rating: Developing Tech = 9 pts from Utopia

• Infrastructure for Technology:– I have access to internet-connected multimedia

at all times– Interactive technology is available and used daily

in my classrooms: tools like streaming, podcasts, applets, and animation

CMS Rating: Developing Tech = 6 pts from Utopia

STaR Chart• Greatest strength: Infrastructure

• Greatest weakness: Educator Preparation and Development

Where do we go from here?Final thought:“We cannot, no matter how hard we try or how

smart we are (or think we are), invent the future education of our children for them. The only way to move forward effectively is to combine what they know about technology with what we know and require about education.”

-Mark Prensky

As a campus, what do we need to get to Technology Utopia???

• At each table, there are index cards. • Please write your three greatest

strengths in technology…things you are comfortable teaching others.• Next, list three things you want/need to

learn more about to keep up with our students.