EDU 508 Final Project

Contemporary Issues in Technology –Advisory Plan

Imagine that you have been hired by the Wealllearn School District to advise the School Board on the direction for their 5-
year Technology Plan. Your job is to prepare a comprehensive 7-10 page policy recommendation on how Wealllearn
School District should develop its technology program. You aren’t to select hardware and software but to advise on
policy. (You can make a plan for your actual school district).

You will be expected to address at least 15 of the following issues in your recommendation. You may use other issues
beyond what is on the list with permission.

1. Priorities on Hardware Spending

2. BYOD Initiatives
3. Use of Social Networking for Professional Development
4. Use of Social Networking by Students on School Time
5. Use of Social Networking by Teachers with Students
6. Gaming for Learning
7. Software: Open Source or Industry Standards
8. Virtual Assistants
9. Ebooks or Print Books: Library Collection and Textbooks
10. Serving Special Needs w/Assistive Technologies
11. Technology and After School Activities such as Clubs and Sports
12. Tech Training Needs for your whole Staff, not just teachers,
13. Cell Phone Use by Students and Staff during school hours
14. Funding Methods—Grants, Crowd Funding https://tech.ed.gov/stories/student-centered-acceptable-use-policy/
15. Screen Time Limits
16. Minimum Technology for Each Classroom
17. Ensuring Copyright Adherence—Fair Use
18. Open Courseware (such as MIT)
19. Using MOOCS
20. Career Education technology
21. Youtube in the Classroom
22. Gender Gaps in Technology
23. ADA Compliance for Multi Media
24. Video Teleconferencing and related Global Initiatives
25. Protecting Student Privacy (FERPA)
26. Student Phone Cameras
27. Use of Security Cameras
28. Typing: a necessary skill?
29. CIPA/COPPA: complying when students have smartphones
30. Digital Citizenship
31. Makerspaces
32. Videotaping within the classroom
33. Coding
34. Personalized Learning
35. Badges/Certifications in Technology for Professional Learning
36. Robotics

Suggested Outline
 Title Page
 Overview Introduction
 Listing of Issues with your Recommendation
Each Recommendation should include :
 short summary of the current status of that topic in education today (important issues)
 your specific recommendation with ideas for implementation
  your rationale for the recommendation, including statistics, quotes, experts to support your
recommendation
 Conclusion
 Works Cited Page (sources mentioned in paper) Use either APA or MLA style . Be consistent.

Resources

AUP Info: https://tech.ed.gov/stories/student-centered-acceptable-use-policy/

Guide to APA and MLA paper writing: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/