2.+Mission+Statement

Technology is an absolute essential in educational settings in order for students to become 21st century learners. Having said this, my plan is to research and apply for funding through technology grants specifically geared towards educational settings so that we can update the technology for teachers at my school. Technology is currently used by teachers and students in order to break away from traditional means of teaching and learning. This is done so that we can better prepare students who leave our classroom for wherever they may be going, since technology is being used in almost every arena from higher education to the work force.
 * __Technology Initative Mission Statement"__**

The biggest issue we are currently facing in my education setting is that our technology is quickly falling apart. Six years ago a referendum was passed that allowed for new laptops tlo be purchased for all the teachers. This was wonderful, because almost all of the resources that we utilize are online. Our grading program and attendance is also done completely online, and almost all communication between staff and parents is done via email. Unfortunately the computers are starting to slowly fall apart. Each summer our computer resource tech works to repair the laptops if he can, but we are quickly running out of extra laptops and the issues we are encountering with ours are multiplying. These issues combined with the lack of available computers to meet the needs of our extremely large student population makes implementing technology extremely difficult and leads to a reliance on more traditional and antiquated means of instruction. My goal is to explore and pursue other means of obtaining funding to purchase new laptops for the teachers at my high school so that we can continue to try to use technology as much as possible in our daily instructional plans. This is extremely important because of recent budget cuts which have made purchasing new technology a very low priority, and the chance of a technology referendum passing very slim.
 * __Current Technology Issues at Caesar Rodney High School:__**

I have asked several teachers and students to serve on my committe so that they can advise me during my research. I have asked teachers who are fluent with technology and possible grants that may be available. My hope is that each committee member will advise me and offer suggestions on how to write a grant application that will increase our odds of receiving funding. I am also planning on relying on student feedback and suggestions for other technology resources and ideas on other types of technology to pursue. Students are extremely fluent with technology and really on the cutting edge when it comes to what is new and innovative, so my hope is that they will invest the time in the research and feedback opportunities since this really is fultimately for their benefit.
 * __Decision Making:__**

The committee will communicate via the technology forum and via emails which will be posted to the discussion board. Each of the committee members is extremely busy as we come to an end of the school year, but my hope is that they will be able to offer suggestions and recommendations on how to improve upon what I am doing in order to ensure that this initiative is successful. Communication with students will be done in class via surveys and written ideas and suggestions so that they can be transfered to the communication board.
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