IJNDB - Technology Integration

The essential reasons for the use of technology in the School District include improving student performance and achievement, developing technologically literate citizens, and assuring efficiency of day-to-day operations of the school district. Therefore, educational technology will be appropriately and equitably integrated into instruction and management. Technology will be used by all students and staff. The School District will provide its teachers, administrators, and staff with professional development opportunities and access to current technologies that assist staff in meeting SAU #65 Professional Development goals. The SAU #65 Professional Development Master Plan for educators will guide educators and administrators in the development of individual professional development plans in the area of technology.

The Kearsarge Regional School District requires an integrated approach to the use of 21st century tools, including, but not limited to digital technology and communication tools, within all curriculum areas through the adoption of information and communication technologies literacy (ICT) program in grades K-12 and that provides opportunities at developmentally appropriate levels for students to:

1. Develop knowledge of ethical, responsible use of technology tools in a society that relies heavily on knowledge of information in its decision-making;
2. Become proficient in the use of 21st century tools to access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information within the context of the core subjects of:
    
   1. Reading;
   2. Mathematics;
   3. English and Language Arts;
   4. Science
   5. Social Studies, including civics, government, economics, history, and geography; Arts; and World Languages;
       
3. Use 21st century tools to develop cognitive proficiency in:
    
   1. Literacy;
   2. Numeracy;
   3. Problem Solving;
   4. Decision Making; and
   5. Spatial / Visual Literacy;
       
4. Use 21st century tools to develop technical proficiency at a foundational knowledge level in:
    
   1. Hardware;
   2. Software Applications;
   3. Networks; and
   4. Elements of Digital technology
       
5. Create digital portfolios which address the following components:
    
   1. Creativity and Innovation;
   2. Communication and Collaboration;
   3. Research and Information Fluency;
   4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making;
   5. Digital Citizenship; and
   6. Technology Operations and Concepts.
       

Digital portfolios will represent cumulative work and contain digital artifacts including:

1. Standardized Tests
2. District wide Tests
3. School wide Tests
4. Observations
5. Student work
6. Comments describing a student’s reflection on his/her work
7. Scored rubrics

A collaborative team will review portfolios using a locally developed assessment rubric, in order to determine competency. While the portfolio is being constructed it is considered part of a student’s record. Portfolios must demonstrate co petency in the use of 21st Century Learning Tools in the context of core subject areas. When competency has been achieved using a portfolio and the resulting grade(s) appear on a student’s transcript, the digital artifacts within a portfolio will be copied to digital media (e.g., CDROM or DVD) and given to the student. Once a student has received a digital copy of his/her portfolio, all associated files will be removed from the District servers. High school students may submit their high school level portfolio as evidence of competency, or, may complete a half-credit course in which the culminating experience is to create a digital portfolio. Topics to be address by an advanced high school course may
include:

1. Use of productivity and web-based software
2. Use of multimedia software and equipment
3. Configuring computers and networks
4. Programming concepts.

First Read: November 20, 2008
Second Read: Waived
Date Adopted: November 8, 2008, January 8, 2009
Revised: January 8, 2009
Last Review: January 8, 2009