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Monroe County Schools

Technology Plan Update Fall 2018

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Current Status

  • Best student-to-computer ratio
  • Technology displays in every classroom (ActivBoards)
  • Google Apps for Education
  • Streamlined Processes for Administrative Technology
  • WiFi throughout each building

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What’s Next for Instructional Technology?

  • Student-Issued Devices
      • Issued to Middle School and High School students
      • Mifi Cards for checkout
  • Interactive Panels in Every Classroom
    • Some interactive panels in each school. Hope to increase aging ActivBoards are replaced.
  • Instructional Cameras in Every Classroom

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Digital Teaching and Learning Practices

  • Continued use of Illuminate for Online Assessments
  • All State Assessments Online in 2018-2019
  • Continued Focus on Student Digital Creations
  • Lesson Plans via Google Classroom
  • And Much More!

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Digital Student Processes Continue

  • Original Digital Products
  • Checking Grades -- Student Infinite Campus Portal
  • Surveys/Voting
  • Registration for Courses
  • Transcript requests and Transcript fulfillment

  • Online “Textbooks”
  • Google Classroom
    • Assignments
    • Announcements
    • Collaboration
    • Presentations
  • Overdrive for eBooks and Audiobooks

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What’s Next for Administrative Technology?

  • Refresh of Administrative Technology Hardware
    • Continue to cycle hardware every five years
  • More Online Processes for Employees
    • Benefits sign up portal forthcoming
  • Online payments for Student Activities and possibly Online Spiritwear Store
  • E-Link
    • Type in an address and find out Elementary School Zone
    • Track a bus route.

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What’s Next for Technology’s Role in Safety?

  • RSVP Application
    • Online way of tracking classroom safety
  • Additional Surveillance Cameras
    • Entrances/Exits
    • Throughout Hallways