April 2007 Portola Valley School District
Technology
Technology Plan 2007-2011 (.pdf file)
Technology Budget 2007-2011 (.pdf file)
Technology Overview (.pdf file)
K-3 Technology Scope -DRAFT- (.pdf file)
Network Use Policy (.pdf) and Network Use Permission Forms (.pdf)
April 2007
Technology In Action at Corte Madera
Click HERE to see ways in which technology is enriching our classrooms!
May 2006
Technology Initiatives Presented to School Board
Click HERE to view the PowerPoint presentation given at the May 17, 2006 meeting.
March 2006
Joan Dame Wins KENT Award for Bi-Literacy Exchange Program
Brigetta Brown Wins BEST BUY Te@ch Award
Linda Vlasic Wins 2005 CTAP Teacher Recognition Award
Notes on CUE 2006 The 2006 Computer Using Educators' Conference in early March was meant to provide attendees with opportunities to Engage, Explore, and Express. It did just that. Click HERE to read notes from one attendee.
Alan November, techno futurist and educator, discusses Blogging in Education. Click HERE to access the MP3 file. (File size 6.8 MB)
To access other Alan November podcasts, click HERE. Press the VIDEO link to hear Fearless Learners - Courageous Teachers.
September 2005
Technology Plan To Become Integrated Into District Strategic Plan
As we move into the final year of our existing 5-Year Technology Plan we are pleased to report that virtually all of the objectives have been achieved. Our schools have a reliable network, our students and teachers are using technology regularly to produce projects and products that showcase learning and enhance academic understanding, and our staff is growing in technological competence. But, we will not be "resting on our laurels." According to Moore's Law, technology innovation doubles every 18 months. And the Portola Valley School District will need to take a long-range view and make infrastructure choices designed to keep up this staggering pace. Inherent in the upcoming Strategic Planning Process is the need to provide a technological framework for program advancement and student academic achievement that is curriuclum driven. The development of a new 5-Year Technology Plan will be a strand within the greater scope of district strategic planning. Overarching curricular goals enumerated in the proposed Strategic Plan will drive how and where technology will be integrated and impact the current K-8 Scope and Sequence of Technology Skills. Look for a new 3- to 5-year Technology Plan and Scope and Sequence to evolve throughout the 2005-06 school year with tentative publication in the autumn of 2006.
Summer 2005
Increased DVD Capabilities Assured with the Upgrading of Corte Madera Lab
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Corte Madera computer Lab 103 received an "Extreme Makeover" last
summer. The addition of 26 new eMacs equiped with DVD-CD super
drives, 1.42 GHz processors, a Gig of RAM, and an OS X operating system
will allow teachers and students to perfect their multi-media projects
using iMovie, iTunes, and iPhoto and save them to DVD.
These new additions replace iMacs that have been transported to Ormondale and are now being used as upgrades to that school's computer lab. |
Updated April 2007