1. TRSD Technology Plan
October 20, 2016

2. Overview Introduction Curriculum Integration and ICT Skills
Access to Technology
Professional Development
Community Communications and Outreach
Estimated Budgets

3. Introduction 5 Year vision and technology goals for the district.
Not required by DOE anymore but is placed on file for reference.
Technology purchases are tied back to plan.
Asking for board’s support tonight to approve.
Plan was developed by a group of stakeholders including administrators, teachers and community members.
Plan was developed last year with finishing touches this year.
Reviewed annually

4. Curriculum Integration - Goals
Implement technology used in stage 2 in curriculum development of lesson plans.
Create a new technology resource page with a comprehensive list of approved online resources.
Continue to support and develop distance learning opportunities.
Continue to develop media literacy skills at all levels.
Continue to develop ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) skills at all levels.
Explore next trends in technology integration - coding, gaming for learning, virtual reality and others.

5. Access to Technology - Goals
Maintaining a robust and scalable infrastructure to support classroom learning - Fiber to schools.
Lower TCO by reducing servers and the cost to maintain them.
Keep all parts of network up to date (Wi-Fi, switches, router and firewalls).
Enable students to have more access to devices for classroom learning - phased approach.
Ensure staff have laptops for mobile computing.
Replace projector carts in classroom with interactive projectors.
Investigate and Implement managed print solutions.
Move to single provider solution.

6. TRDS Network Today MPLS Network 1.5Mbps 50/10 50/10 SC AA 50/10 100/20HS
50/10 DS MS PS
50/10
50/10

7. TRDS Network Post-Fiber
1000/1000 (Backup)
1000/1000 (Primary) SC AA SN
Fiber Network 1000Mbps HS DS MS PS

8. Interactive Projectors

9. Professional Development Goals
Make a commitment to ensuring teachers have access to training on new systems and applications.
Provide a mix of external and district hosted PD events available to teachers and administrators.
Build a new online Timberlane technology website that will provide information and short and purposeful how to videos for students, teachers and parents.
Build and support technology PLC’s within the schools.
Use a LMS (learning management system) for online support feedback forms and hosting of materials for reference.

10. Google Classroom

11. Community Communication and Outreach Goals
Continue to enable and refine how teachers and staff to be able to access to instructional materials and school information. (Powerschool and Google Classroom).
Drive to more paperless solutions, convert mailings to paperless delivery.
Revamp websites to make information easier to find.
Expand social media to include Facebook pages for each school and tie websites posts to populate Facebook and Twitter automatically.
Websites for each school and district
Twitter Accounts (one for each school)
Timberlane mobile app
Powerschool access
School Messenger notifications for texting, s and phonAdvantages of Social Media
Keeps the schools in touch with stakeholders
Wide adoption of FB/Twitter.
People increasingly looking for updates/news delivered to them.
Updates are delivered immediately.
Keep the community in touch with happenings at schools
Increase community awareness around technology in our schools

12. Estimated Device Purchases by Year
Chromebooks (100HS, 75 MS, 75 AA, 75 DS, 75 SN, 75 PS, 25SC)
Desktops (25 HS, 25MS, 25 DS, 25PS)
Wall Mount Projectors - 46 (HS)
Laptops for Students, 45 for Administrators (DW), 90 for Teachers/Staff (HS)
Desktops (25AA, 25SN, 25SC, 25 HS)
Laptops for Students, 65 for Teachers/Staff (MS)
Wall Mount Projectors - 46 (MS)

13. Estimated Device Purchases by Year
Chromebooks (100HS, 75 MS, 75 AA, 75 DS, 75 SN, 75 PS, 25SC)
Desktops (25 HS, 25MS, 25 DS, 25PS)
Laptops for Students, 75 for Teachers/Staff (AA,SN,SC)
Wall Mount Projectors - 48 (AA,SN,SC)
Desktops - 75 (25AA, 25SN, 25SC)
Laptops - 75 for Students, 65 for Teachers/Staff (PS, DS)
Wall Mount Projectors - 45 for Teachers/Staff (PS,DS)

14. Estimated Device Purchases by Year
Chromebooks (100HS, 75 MS, 75 AA, 75 DS, 75 SN, 75 PS, 25SC)
Desktops - 75 (25HS, 25MS, 25DS)
Laptops - 75 for Students (HS,MS)

15. Estimated Budget