Technologist View
Teachers
Student success in today’s rapidly changing global economy requires the collaboration of school, home, and community. Technology can provide a powerful platform for educational needs of the 21st century. As a technologist, you are a catalyst that can help your community create a future-focused learning ecosystem. Every point of service delivery in a school environment is a place where technology can play a role. Explore how you can leverage technology in a systemic way to help meet the needs of each stakeholder group.
Communities can contribute to the learning ecosystem by directly engaging with students; providing internships and school-business partnerships. Use technology to assemble new systems that enable school and community collaboration.
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR EMPLOYEE ID AND PASSWORD TO LOG INTO THE DISTRICT'S SECURE INTRANET. Use the online database as a starting point for your research. Can you submit my permission slip?
Parents Parents need ready and reliable access to information. You can deploy technology that empowers parents to access their children’s information and expands two-way communication with educators.
My Professional Learning Plan has been updated with the courses I completed. I’m on track to be recertified. Once the cameras are on the network, security can view the images directly in event of an emergency.
Technology is a large part of student life outside of school. Explore using their increasing engagement and the ubiquity of technology to create a foundation for the new learning ecosystem.
Customers
Community
Let's check to see whether your teacher posted the homework assignment to school portal.
Students
Teachers need technology that works and the knowledge to use it. By providing timely technical support and ongoing professional development, you can help teachers be successful.
Policymakers To see the big picture, policymakers need to understand what’s possible and be open to change. By designing safe and secure technology systems, you help give them the confidence to allow innovation to occur.
You can access the media server via the intranet to deliver video directly to your classroom.
Administrators To build a learning ecosystem, administrators need ideas, information, and implementation. Partner with administrators to build data systems that deliver actionable information and design new ways for students to get the most out of school.
I’m glad we increased the bandwidth. Between file uploads, online assessment, and video streaming, we’re really using the network! Run me the reconciliation with our purchase orders and let’s compare it with our budget projections.
Everything is entered into the online IEP, and we have examples and documentation in the digital portfolio. This month’s detailed transactions are available in the finance system.
Today is my first day, and already I have my picture ID, my network account, and access to all my course materials online!
DON’T FORGET THE BIG HOMECOMING GAME THIS SATURDAY AT 7 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL!
Make sure you upload your work to the server. We’ll work with the laptops off-site tomorrow, and you’ll need to have the data available for fieldwork.
YOU HAVE TWO BOOKS DUE AT THE LIBRARY THIS FRIDAY
The text message from the system let me know it was updated, so I e-mailed the parents, checked your availability and found a room using the online calendar, and scheduled the meeting.
When my laptop crashed, they gave me a loaner with the same image, and I was able to get all my work from the backup on the network.
Research shows that several of our middle school intervention programs are increasing student achievement.
Given the enrollment projections it looks like I'll need another science teacher. I'll check the district's online video resume bank to decide who to contact for a face-to-face interview.
By automating our HVAC and electricity, we’ve been able to reduce our power consumption by 15%.
I’ll check out the digital transcript and online student record for the new student in my class.
Don't forget to include technology in your strategic planning process.
I received your help desk ticket and am here to swap out the projector.
We've got participants from all over the state participating in our first video professional development seminar on technology integration.
I’ve just restored the server from the backup. We’re fully operational again.
This map includes GIS coordinates, an aerial view, census projections, and current school enrollment. It should help us develop our growth plans.
I have the data on staff assignments, projected turnover, and next year’s enrollment projections so we can answer the board’s budget question.
Welcome to this week's Superintendent's Online Community discussion. To ask a question, select the little "hand" button on the left of the screen.
I’ll log in to the middle school collaboration space and submit my contribution to the online grant application.
YOU HAVE 1 SECURE MESSAGE WAITING: UPDATED STUDENT HEALTH RECORD ARRIVING FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YOUR STUDENTS’ EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED TO YOUR PDA. HAVE A GREAT FIELD TRIP!
Thank you for submitting your online district employment application. Please upload your video resume, and you will be contacted for an interview by e-mail.
NOW UPLOADING STUDENT ATTENDANCE…
This classroom response system really helps me understand whether students are learning what I'm teaching.
I’ve just submitted my online bid in response to the school district's RFP.
This new administrator dashboard is great. I can see changes in district performance indicators in real time.
YOUR FOOD SERVICE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN UPDATED. YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE IS…
I've finished positioning the RFID sensors for our geography scavenger hunt. Let's check to see if we get a reading on our handhelds.
We're getting a message from the HVAC system that it's time to change the filters. I'll adjust the temperature remotely at the high school while we work on that here.
Our wireless access allows us to leverage the technology for field observations.
Good thing we have ruggedized handhelds; that water would have been a disaster for a regular one!
I've just uploaded our quarterly report data to the state department of education.
I've geotagged these photos and posted them to the class website. You can enroll online or update and change all your employee benefits.