Education: (Click on the link for more information)
Ph.D., Instructional Systems Design--Instructional Technology
M.S., Educational Technology

Experience: (Click on the link for more information)
University Professor: 20 years
School Principal: 2 years
Elementary Teacher, Special Education: 4 years

Meeting with the instructor and reporting to technology planning teams:  I expect and strongly suggest that you make appointment and meet with me as soon as you are ready to discuss your technology plan.  It is your responsibility to request a time for the meeting, which can be in person (live) or over the phone or Internet (virtual). Once you begin conducting assessment of technology resources and levels of competency of staff and developing your technology plan you may again request for meeting as needed. 

Also, similar to the real world planning teams, you will be working with a planning technology tea or task force and will have to not only assume responsibility or a project coordination role for each specific task and develop timeline to assure that you meet the course deadlines but also assume responsibility of reporting to all other planning teams for peer evaluation and feedback throughout the semester.  

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1. Individual Contributions to Class Discussions and Technology Planning Team (30% of Final Grade). This is a graduate seminar. Active participation and contributions of each class member is required.  Individual contributions in the course means that: (1) you have shared your views and resources with the class and your technology planning team (your contributions must be documented in your contribution portfolio); (2) you have participated and completed your responsibilities as a team member (your contributions to your technology planning team must also be documented in your participation portfolio); (3) and, you have served as a team coordinator for at least one task in your technology planning team and managed the completion of the task at hand successfully.
   Topics and related Chapter(s) or readings are listed in the course calendar, lessons and assignments.  As a student, you will be responsible for actively participating and initiating class discussion.  The class discussion may include, but is not limited to: explicating/summarizing information contained in the readings or other resources, discussing major concepts, sharing related information and examples encountered from other sources, formulating thinking questions for the rest of the class. 
2. On-line Discussions (10%).  In addition to live class discussion, each week’s discussion topic will be further examined on line.  This discussion will be prompted by the instructor or student facilitator.  The instructor or student facilitator may begin the discussion by posing a question, idea, or comment.  Individuals then should respond thoughtfully to the prompt by posting their views and by sharing more resources and materials related to the topic at hand.
3. Participation Portfolio. To demonstrate active participation, at the end of the semester each student must create a participation portfolio in order to demonstrate his/her active participating in class and online discussion and technology planning team. The portfolio may consist of three types of information: 1) excerpts from best contributions to online and class discussions; (2) specific product contributions to each team project, and (3) reflections on his/her work and project process.
4. Change Management Proposal & Planning Team (Project I, 10% of Final Grade).  At the beginning of the semester students will be asked to form task force teams to select and analyze a school and to propose a radical technology change to respond to external or internal forces for change in the structure of the school. They must also determine a change management team for their proposed change.
5. Resources Analysis Report (Project II, 20% of Final Grade).  Before developing technology plan, each team must conduct an analysis of its selected school's current situation to determine existing technology (hardware and software, content, and connectivity), facilities (building capacity, physical space, etc.) and human resources (personnel) using a set of toolkits and write a summary report. The summary report should use the collected data to provide a list of current resources and how they are being used while maintaining the focus of the proposed technology change. The report should compare current performances, technology resources, school facilities and human resources with technology, facilities, and human resources that are required for implementation of the proposed change. The components of the project will be discussed in class.  More information on the project is provided on the attached materials. 
6. Technology Plan (Project III, 30% of Final Grade). A good technology plan is necessary to ensure the implementation of a technology change. Given the proposed technology change and analysis of current situations, each technology planning team should develop a technology plan that reflects the basic principles of technology planning. The technology plan should consist of the following sections: Introduction, Technology Mission Statement and Goals, Implementation Plan, Communication Plan, Design of Infrastructure (hardware, software, connectivity, etc.), Staff Development Plan and Specifications, Technology Support Services, Project Budgets and Timeline; and References and Appendices. Each team's technology plan must be submitted to other teams and the instructor for review and approval.

A, A-  = 90-100  means outstanding achievement; available only for the highest accomplishment.
B, B-  = 80- 89  means praiseworthy performance; definitely above average.
C, C-  = 70- 79  means average, awarded for satisfactory performance.