Technology to Improve Instruction

• A Vision for Technology…and affording it

• North Carolina’s Instructional Improvement System

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Why Invest and Use Technology?• Teachers can have better information to tailor

instruction.

• Classrooms will be richer and more engaging environments.

• Students can connect to the world.

• Digital learning offers new opportunities for individualization.

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Digital Devices ToolsServices InfrastructureApplication Support

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Technology3 Key Categories

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Technology is Important…and we can afford it through Partnership

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% used in this graphic are meant to start a conversation about partnerships and responsibility to get to technology-enabled classrooms for all students in 2014-15.

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Digital Devices ToolsServices InfrastructureApplication Support

ThingsInterconnectionsInstruction

Something on which to

press Enter

Making sure that pressing

Enter always works

Ensuringpressing

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students learn

Technology3 Key Categories

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Instructional Improvement SystemWhy – How – What -- When

Facilitate the teaching and learning process through

•Increased access to high quality resources for all

•Provision of timely and relevant information and data

Improve and personalize student learning

How?

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Why an Instructional Improvement System?

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What tools and resources will be available?

Learner Profiles Clear picture of your students and their needs

Instructional Resources Tools for you such as unit plans, online learning objects and media-enriched tasks

Assessment Tools, Items and Strategies

Interim and diagnostic assessment items for use in your classrooms; formative best-practices

PD Resources and Management

Resources to improve and reflect on your practice and tools to manage your professional development

Dashboards and Analytics

Tools to display, understand and use data to drive instruction and professional development choices

Instructional Improvement SystemWhy – How – What -- When▲

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Instructional Improvement SystemWhy – How – What -- When▲

RFP Issue Review Proposals Determine

Partner Design and Build

SLI PilotIIS Pilot Phased-In

Roll out

Developing this Spring 2012

Becoming Available

Feb – MarchApril – June

July – August August

July2012 Early 2013

Starting 2013-14

School Year