Progress Of the Texas Long Range Technology Plan

Texas currently reports on the progress as it pertains to the Long Range Technology Plan, 2006-2010 annually. The most recent technology report has some very good news but points out that we still have far to go. Using the STaR Chart as an assessment of how campuses are moving towards more technology uses in the classroom has been a success. What the data shows is that there is some movement, albeit, small to developing and advanced tech the numbers will have to move faster as 2020 approches. The recommendations for support are extremely helpful for stakeholders to identify how they can help Texas educators and students meet this lofty goal. I found that I recieved the best information from the recommendations for leadership and recommendations for educational service centers. These help me better identify where the state recommends this aid come from. Information concerning how the Texas long range plan supports the goals of the NCLB but goes a step further providing the Technology TEKS students are to have mastered by the eighth grade. These coupled with what is expected in high school, classroom, and implementation throughout the curriculum help a campus form a vision and CIP that support both the Technology initiative and NCLB