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ITEC 7410/EDL 7105 SWOT Analysis Template for Technology Planning Needs Assessment

What is the current reality in our school?


Name: Audra Claire Shaw-Fermin

Semester: Spring 2016

ESSENTIAL CONDITION ONE: Effective Instructional Uses of Technology Embedded in Standards-Based,


Student-Centered Learning
ISTE Definition: Use of information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate engaging approaches to learning.
Guiding Questions:
How is technology being used in our school? How frequently is it being used? By whom? For what purposes?
To what extent is student technology use targeted toward student achievement of the Georgia Learning Standards (GPSs,
CCSs)?
To what extent is student technology use aligned to research-based, best practices that are most likely to support student
engagement, deep understanding of content, and transfer of knowledge? Is day-to-day instruction aligned to research-based
best practices?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Every teacher has a
Technology is still used
ESPLOST funding
Teachers were not
plethora of technology
mostly through teacheropportunities coming up
consistently trained
to use in their classroom
led instruction rather
in the near future to
throughout
(i.e. laptop, iPad, touch
than student
further technology plan.
implementation.
screen monitor, Apple
exploration.
All current technology
Teacher buy-in is a
TV, etc.).
Other than iPads, the
is paid off and future
somewhat cynical
computer lab equipment
budgeting can be spent
thought process because
Each student is given an
iPad to use
is somewhat neglected
on new technology
of the amount of
during updating
opportunities.
funding spent on the
Daily use of technology
process.
equipment but not
by students and
training.
teachers.
The willingness to teach
Technology is used to
students how to use
support the GPSs.
technology but not
Strong wireless
having mastered the
connectivity for all
concepts themselves
users.
keeps teachers from
Most professional
using new technology
learning opportunities
concepts with students.
are aligned to researchbased practices.
Summary/Gap Analysis:

ITEC 7410/EDL 7105 SWOT Analysis Template for Technology Planning Needs Assessment
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There is a strong presence of technology usage at Midway Middle School and throughout the Liberty County School System. Every
school, K-12 is on a 1:1 iPad initiative. K-3 has a classroom set of iPads that remain in the school, while grades 4-12 are allowed to
take their devices home. Through the implementation of the equipment, DSL bandwidth has been increased throughout the county in
order to bring the highest level of wireless connectivity to all schools. The technology is used in support with the Georgia Performance
Standards but not according to the standards. Of course, the biggest strength for Midway Middle School is the fact that there is no lack
of access to technology for students or teachers and it is used daily.
However, teachers at Midway are still learning how to use technology effectively in their classrooms. Project-based learning and
constructivism is still very limited through use of technology, as teacher-led and direct instruction still monopolize most of the
technology usage every day. The reason for this goes along with the biggest threat, which happened during implementation and is still
an ongoing theme. Professional development was needed the most during implementation of the technology, but was not provided.
Teachers did not receive professional development until after most of the technology was already implemented into their schools.
While teachers are receiving professional learning about the technology system regularly, they are not being taught how to implement
the technology into their curriculum, other than being provided with recommended apps or other programs to use. The fact that the
technology is paid in full brings a new opportunity for funding on-going professional development. An ESPLOST opportunity is
coming up in the fall and if it passes, this can provide teachers with an extended professional development budget.
Data Sources: Liberty County Instructional Technology Plan, Midway Middle School SIP

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION TWO: Shared Vision
ISTE Definition: Proactive leadership in developing a shared vision for educational technology among school personnel, students,
parents, and the community.
Guiding Questions:
Is there an official vision for technology use in the district/school? Is it aligned to research-best practices? Is it aligned to
state and national visions? Are teachers, administrators, parents, students, and other community members aware of the vision?
To what extent do teachers, administrators, parents, students, and other community members have a vision for how technology
can be used to enhance student learning? What do they believe about technology and what types of technology uses we should
encourage in the future? Are their visions similar or different? To what extent are their beliefs about these ideal, preferred
technology uses in the future aligned to research and best practice?
To what extent do educators view technology as critical for improving student achievement of the GPS/CCSs? To preparing
tomorrows workforce? For motivating digital-age learners?
What strategies have been deployed to date to create a research-based shared vision?
What needs to be done to achieve broad-scale adoption of a research-based vision for technology use that is likely to lead to
improved student achievement?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
There is a technology
The technology vision
Parent
Community
vision for the county
is also commonly
involvement/stakeholder
stakeholders/parents
and each school has a
confused with the
informational meetings
are not aware that the
collaborating vision that
school vision or mission
are held periodically to
vision exists.
also makes statements
statement.
make those aware of the
Although, the vision
specific to that school.
visions of technology and
statement says parent
Technology/ISTE
curriculum in the county.
The vision is revisited
standards are not
and community
at the end of each
specifically mentioned
stakeholders play an
Along with revisiting the
school year.
in the vision.
technology vision, there
integral part in the
is an opportunity to
vision, parental
Most statements within
The technology vision
revise the statement in
involvement is
the vision have been
is not very specific.
order to carry on the
extremely low not just
achieved or are ontechnology plan as it
at Midway Middle, but
going themes in the
changes and evolves.
across the county.
technology plan itself.

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Summary/Gap Analysis:
Across the county, each school has a vision and mission statement, the county has its own vision and mission statement, and the
department of technology has its own vision and mission statement. All of the vision and mission statements curl into one when
teachers and students are asked about them. While the department of technology has formed a statement for how technology should be
viewed by faculty/staff, students, stakeholders and parents, the vision itself is not specific. While it may mention certain buzz words
found within the ISTE standards, these standards are not elaborated upon or mentioned specifically in the vision statement. The
statement is supposed to be revisited at the end of each school year, which brings about an opportunity for change as the technology
plan and school improvement plans change.
Due to the fact that the technology within the plan has completely been purchased, the plan will shift to professional development and
student training, which will change the look of the vision as well. However, one of the biggest threats to how the vision evolves is the
fact that parent involvement is extremely low. Anytime anything is sent to the parents by way of flyer, phone call, e-mail or
newspaper ad, appearance at school functions by parents and stakeholders is minimal. The county invests a large amount of money
into communications for the specific reason of parental involvement, but have yet to see many changes in how parents react to those
invitations and informational messages. Parents and stakeholders are specifically mentioned in the vision statement, and with a 1:1
take-home program with iPads, parents should be more involved than they currently are, which slows the vision to a crawl.
Data Sources: Liberty County Technology Vision/Mission Statement, Midway Middle School Vision/Mission Statement

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION THREE: Planning for Technology
ISTE Definition: A systematic plan aligned with a shared vision for school effectiveness and student learning through the infusion of
ICT and digital learning resources.
Guiding Questions:
Is there an adequate plan to guide technology use in your school? (either at the district or school level? Integrated into SIP?)
What should be done to strengthen planning?
In what ways does your school address the needs of diverse populations in the school or district to include how race, gender,
socio-economic, and geographic diversity giving consideration to how these factors commonly affect K-12 students access to
school and beyond-school access to high-speed Internet, modern computing devices, software, knowledgeable technology
mentors, culturally-relevant digital content, and other affordances critical to technology literacy acquisition.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Strategic Technology
Most students live
Possibility of revision
Many schools do not
Plan exists at district
within a low socioby the committee
use the district
level and is integrated
economic level and
yearly.
technology plan to the
into SIP for Midway
encounter adversity
fullest when creating
Opportunity to expound
Middle School.
with their devices while
their site-based SIPs.
upon different ISTE
in the home.
standards once certain
Committee for exists for
Revision committee
technology planning.
There is not a set
phases of the plan is
mostly consists of
timeline in order for the
complete.
upper-level personnel
All students are
events of the current
and rarely includes
afforded the use of
Opportunity to increase
plan to take place.
teacher concerns or
technology through the
the areas of the plan
contributions.
implementation of the
dealing with
plan.
professional
development.
Moving to STEAM
portion of plan.
Summary/Gap Analysis:
There is currently a district-wide technology plan that is integrated into each schools school improvement plan. Not only does the
district have an implementation plan for instructional technology integration, each school is able to explain how technology fits into
each classroom and how it supports curriculum and research-based practices. However, many schools do not incorporate the district
technology plan into their own SIPs as well as they could. Within the district plan is the opportunity for individual schools to request
or list ways technology could help the students at their school specifically, and many schools look over this portion. Currently, a
committee exists to revise the current plan, however, a threat to the success of the plan is the fact that the only teacher input towards

ITEC 7410/EDL 7105 SWOT Analysis Template for Technology Planning Needs Assessment
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the plan is gathered by surveys exclusively, not by the presence of teachers on the revision committee. It is easy for the upper-level
personnel to send out surveys, but in order to have checks and balances and to be held accountable for changes teachers need to be
included on the committee.
It is currently time for the instructional technology plan to be revised, because most of the goals set by the plan have been obtained as
far as hardware and software is concerned. The next phase of the plan is to move on to our STEAM-based practices and
implementations, along with more sophisticated professional development as encouraged by the ISTE standards.
Data Sources: Midway Middle School SIP, Liberty County Instructional Technology Plan

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION FOUR: Equitable Access (Specifically address low SES and gender groups)
ISTE Definition: Robust and reliable access to current and emerging technologies and digital resources.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent do students, teachers, administrators, and parents have access to computers and digital resources necessary to
support engaging, standards-based, student-centered learning?
To what extent is technology arrange/distributed to maximize access for engaging, standards-based, student-centered
learning?
What tools are needed and why?
To what extent are strategies needed to address equity issues among low SES and gender groups?
Do students/parents/community need/have beyond school access to support the shared vision for learning?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
All students have access
Many students are left
Under charter funding,
Lack of
to an iPad during the
without iPads due to the
schools can buy iPad
parental/stakeholder
school day.
repair schedule.
carts for their rooms to
involvement.
make sure all equipment
Internet connectivity is
The 3D lab does not
Lack of internet
is charged and safe.
strong.
have content for Social
connection in the home
Studies or ELA.
Each math and science
as most families access
1 Computer lab with 30
classroom
has
a
the internet by way of
student Mac desktops.
Some students have lost
charging lockbox with 3
cell phones.
charging equipment for
1 3D lab with 12
additional
classroom
iPad/case.
desktop stations.
iPads.
8 Mac desktops in
media center along with
10 iPad stations.
Summary/Gap Analysis:
As far as looking at the school day, Midway Middle and the district have minimal issues when it comes to providing equitable access
of technology to all students. All gender groups and socioeconomic status are covered when it comes to providing these devices and
services at a school campus. The biggest weakness in this area deals with students not having iPads on any given day due them being
out for repair. Depending on the severity of the damage to the iPad, the repair time can be up to 4 weeks. Luckily to try and curb the
problem of missing iPads, the county purchased a charging lockbox and 3 extra classroom iPads for each math and science teacher.
The iPads are to be shared among the team and can leave the original classroom, but must be brought back. Also, under the new
charter system, each individual school has the ability to deal with funding in its own way, therefor charging carts and more iPads
could be bought by individual schools.

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The biggest threat to the equitable access of the 1:1 technology system is low socioeconomic status and the lack of internet access in
the homes of many Midway students. Most families that Midway Middle services use cell phones as their primary access to the
internet. Unfortunately, through the 1:1 program, many teachers are encouraged to give homework/projects requiring the use of the
iPad. When most of the students do not have access to internet at home, many of these assignments go incomplete or are turned in late
because the students are only able to work and use the internet at school. There is not an easy solution for this problem. Each time
there is an open house at Midway Middle, CenturyLink and other communications providers come and set up displays in order to
encourage families to purchase a bargain internet package. However, many parents still do not see the need in spending money for
internet access at home if they have already purchased a data package for a cell phone.
Data Sources: Midway Middle School SIP, Liberty County District Title I Parent Involvement Plan, Liberty County Instructional
Technology Plan

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION FIVE: Skilled Personnel


ISTE Definition: Educators and support staff skilled in the use of ICT appropriate for their job responsibilities.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent are educators and support staff skilled in the use of technology appropriate for their job responsibilities?
What do they currently know and are able to do?
What are knowledge and skills do they need to acquire?
(Note: No need to discuss professional learning here. Discuss knowledge and skills. This is your needs assessment for professional
learning. The essential conditions focus on personnel, which includes administrators, staff, technology specialists, and teachers.
However, in this limited project, you may be wise to focus primarily or even solely on teachers; although you may choose to address
the proficiency of other educators/staff IF the need is critical. You must include an assessment of teacher proficiencies.)
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
All teachers are skilled
Teachers have limited
FLASH Courses offered
There is not an
with intermediate
knowledge of how to
by the district
Instructional
knowledge of the
incorporate technology
technology department
Technology Coach for
technology they use in
into student-led
allow for training on
every school.
the classroom.
activities.
specific topics or
Periodic technology
troubleshooting areas.
Teachers have mastered
Administrators and
issues (server problems,
use of MacBook, iPad
other staff members do
Teachers,
wireless connectivity
and Recordex Monitors.
not receive the same
administrators and
issues, etc.) produce
basic usage training on
upper-level personnel
doubt among the
1 Instructional
all
technology
devices
are
now
connected
technology beginningtechnology/Media
offered to teachers and
through Google Drive.
level teachers.
trained faculty member
students.
Most teachers are
1 Instructional
flexible in learning
technology technician
about new features of
assigned to school.
their technology.
All teachers skilled in
basic productivity tool
usage.
Summary/Gap Analysis:
Throughout the implementation of the new technology at Midway Middle School, there was a basic-level training for teachers on

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every piece of technology placed in their classrooms. Teachers, old and new, are taught how to navigate the features on a MacBook
Pro laptop (since most are used to PC operating systems), they are also taught how to navigate and basic troubleshooting of an iPad.
They are taught how to connect to the touch screen monitor by way of the Apple TV Airplay or by hardwiring into the computer itself.
However, administrators and support staff are not given the same trainings as teachers when it comes to the technology being used in
the classroom. It is not a full-blown threat to the technology vision/plan, but can be hindrance when evaluations are taking place and
the administrator needs and issue to be solved, but does not know how to tell the teacher or support staff personnel to solve it.
Teachers know enough about their technology to be able to effectively use it for presentation purposes in the classroom, however, a
weakness that teachers have is incorporating and integrating the student use of technology into their lessons. A way this weakness
could be solved is if there was an onsite Instructional Technology Coach or Specialist at Midway Middle School. This would be a
huge benefit to any school in the district, because it would help with technology training, professional development and other support
areas. Presently, there is a technology technician who has office hours at three different schools. Depending on how many
maintenance tickets they have will determine the amount of time they actually spend at each school. Having a specialist at each school
full-time would eliminate the problem of office hours and would create a sense of confidence in the system, even when there are
glitches in a part of the system. Another way that the district has already instilled confidence in the system is they have provided
access to Google Drive so that the teachers, administrators and experts can be in constant contact. The district also provides areaspecific training courses to all faculty and staff after school on a personal sign-up basis.
Data Sources: Midway Middle School SIP, Liberty County Instructional Technology Plan

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION SIX: Ongoing Professional Learning
ISTE Definition: Technology-related professional learning plans and opportunities with dedicated time to practice and share ideas.
Guiding Questions:
What professional learning opportunities are available to educators? Are they well-attended? Why or why not?
Are the current professional learning opportunities matched to the knowledge and skills educators need to acquire? (see
Skilled Personnel)
Do professional learning opportunities reflect the national standards for professional learning (NSDC/Learning Forward)?
Do educators have both formal and informal opportunities to learn?
Is technology-related professional learning integrated into all professional learning opportunities or isolated as a separate
topic?
How must professional learning improve/change in order to achieve the shared vision?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Professional learning
Most technology PD is
Several teachers have
There is not an
follows each new
delivered by central
mastered equipment and
Instructional
technology
office personnel and not
technology programs
Technology Coach on
implementation.
someone from the
and offer individual
campus at every school.
building.
development daily.
FLASH Courses are
Teachers become
offered on individual
overwhelmed with the
When in technology
Some of the FLASH
sign-up basis.
professional
courses could be
different professional
development,
teachers
recorded
and
placed
development sessions
Teachers are
do not know about basic
into webcast format so
outside of technology
responsible for
instructional technology
that teachers do not
professional
redeliveries to other
indicators or jargon.
have to leave campus.
development.
teachers when they have
participated in a
Take inventory of who
technology conference.
has instructional
technology training and
assign them a
technology facilitation
duty.
Summary/Gap Analysis:
For the most part, the district and Midway Middle School does what it can to provide teachers with the maximum amount of training
for its teachers. However, with the amount of technology used within the school system, it is important to model that implementation
through professional development. Most teachers and administrators for that matter in Liberty County do not know what ISTE

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standards are, nor do they understand the concept of the SAMR model is. They know they have been given three different devices to
operate, and countless digital platforms and apps to master and use in their classrooms. While the evaluation sheet for a professional
development session may have a standard listed, it is not explained to the teachers what it means. Most technology professional
development opportunities reflect the national standards and are helpful and useful to achieving the skills needed to operate the
devices and platforms in the classroom.
Most professional development sessions are well-attended because they are mandatory, during planning time with the exception of
FLASH courses which are offered after school. An opportunity that the district has to make use of its technology and time is to
transform some FLASH courses and professional development courses into webcasts or webinars. Teachers would not feel as
overwhelmed, they could go at their own pace, but would still have someone present for questions and comments. A huge threat to the
success of instructional technology professional development in the fact that teachers are inundated with other professional
development sessions for every new initiative coming down the pike, that technology is the last thing they are thinking about. Most
teachers are grateful for the fact that every student had an iPad and the internet worked on any given day, that furthering the use of
technology in their classroom does not seem as important as how they are going to achieve a certain percentage of student growth on a
standardized test in order to not be placed on a professional development plan.
Data Sources: Midway Middle School SIP, Liberty County District Professional Development Plan

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION SEVEN: Technical Support
ISTE Definition: Consistent and reliable assistance for maintaining, renewing, and using ICT and digital resources.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent is available equipment operable and reliable for instruction?
Is there tech assistance available for technical issues when they arise? How responsive is tech support? Are current down
time averages acceptable?
Is tech support knowledgeable? What training might they need?
In addition to break/fix issues, are support staff available to help with instructional issues when teachers try to use technology
in the classroom?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
All laptops and iPads
Student loss of charging
Teachers are
Wait time for student
are at maximum 2 years
equipment.
continuously receive
iPad repair depending
old and in excellent
on-the-job training for
on severity (up to 4
iPad insurance which
working condition.
basic troubleshooting
weeks).
covers student repairs is
issues
in
which
they
can
Swift repair on any
optional, not
Student iPad cases
share with other
teacher device.
mandatory.
proved to be not as
teachers.
stable and protective as
Extended bandwidth for
The one technician only
when they were
Technicians can be
reliable internet
has office hours at the
apart
of
the
professional
purchased.
connectivity.
school and is not on
development process.
campus all day, every
Tech support is
day.
Each science and math
extremely
teacher has been given a
knowledgeable.
charging lockbox and
Outside company has
three additional
been obtained to fix
classroom iPads.
extreme repairs for
student iPads.
Summary/Gap Analysis:
The Liberty County School System and Midway Middle have been fortunate to purchase brand new equipment for the system as
recent as the 2014-2015 school year. During the transition to 1:1 technology usage, the county extended in the bandwidth and set up
many more wireless access points in every school. Periodically there are connection problems, but not often enough to be a threat to
the success of the technology program. Since teacher devices rarely receive damages like the student devices do, the repair time has a
quick turnaround so that teachers are not left without their lifeline in the classroom. However, one of the biggest issues that threatens
the 1:1 program is the lack of protection for student devices by way of device protection and repair.

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The 1:1 system does not work to its fullest if students do not have their devices for several weeks. While it is definitely more an issue
of student responsibility with the devices, there should be some protocol or plan in place to reiterate: a. the importance of purchasing
insurance for the iPad, b. the fragileness of the device and c. the importance of the device in curriculum planning. The lack of
protection by the originally purchased ClamCases triggered the initial doubt in the 1:1 systems among the teachers and administrators,
then adding to that the long wait time for student repairs. On the teacher-end of technical support, things could not be better, but the
student-end of technical support has a lot of room for improvement.
However, there are several opportunities for development within the technical support realm. To try and combat the long wait time for
student repairs, two teachers on each content area team have been given a charging lockbox (to help those students who have lost their
charging equipment) and three addition iPads for students who do not have their own in hand. A total of six extra iPads float around
the team, but the same students end up monopolizing the equipment from day to day. Therefor, a better opportunity would be for each
teacher to receive a lockbox and 3 additional iPads to prevent the iPads traveling to other classrooms and not returning.
Data Sources: Liberty County Instructional Technology Plan, Liberty Learning Experience

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ESSENTIAL CONDITION EIGHT: Curriculum Framework
ISTE Definition: Content standards and related digital curriculum resources.
Guiding Questions:
To what extent are educators, students, and parents aware of student technology standards? (ISTE Standards for Students)
Are technology standards aligned to content standards to help teachers integrate technology skills into day-to-day instruction
and not teach technology as a separate subject?
To what extent are there digital curriculum resources available to teachers so that they can integrate technology into the
GPS/CCS as appropriate?
How is student technology literacy assessed?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Some textbooks are
ISTE standards are not
Under new charter
Student or teacher
offered in digital format
taught alongside of
school governance,
technology literacy is
so they can be
performance standards.
schools can institute and
not assessed.
downloaded to the
modify curriculum to fit
Technology standards
There is little emphasis
iPads.
the school.
do not collaborate with
placed on technology
content standards
standards because
All teachers and
The district technology
students have access to
department
students do not take a
GOFAR or SchoolNet
continuously finds new
standardized test over
as provided by the state
resources to use
technology standards.
of Georgia.
alongside of the
curriculum.
Summary/Gap Analysis:
This essential condition is by far the weakest across the district. As stated in a previous condition, teachers and administrators are not
expected to know technology standards or compare their curriculum to the technology standards. In this event, the students do not
receive the knowledge of technology standards either. There is a plethora of technology to use, but it is not effectively being used to
supplement the curriculum. Most of the textbooks are moving to digital versions, which can be placed on the iPads. There are two
different state-sponsored portals that support the performance standards, GOFAR and SchoolNet, and these portals are to be used by
students and teachers.
There are many opportunities for improvement since the district is not placing much emphasis on student/teacher knowledge of
technology standards. Under the new charter system that the district has opted under, Midway Middle School can now focus on
different areas of curriculum, one area being STEAM related curriculum. Through focusing on STEAM, the school will in fact have to
implement technology standards with its teachers and students. Also, the district technology department already locates resources for

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different content areas to use, but they can also play a more active role in collaborating with the teaching and learning department
when it comes to curriculum integration.
The biggest downfall of every school system when it comes to anything but subject area curriculum is the fact that the students will
not be assessed through a standardized test. Even certain subject areas are being cut from the standardized test realm because they are
not considered critical areas. The fact of the matter is, if students are not going to be tested over the standards, it is just considered
extra baggage. Both students and teachers are not assessed over the literacy of the devices being used everyday. Nor are students and
teachers assessed over how well they use the technology in problem solving, basic research or project-based learning.
Data Sources: Liberty Learning Experience, Liberty County Instructional Technology Plan

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