1. Reading Public Schools Educational Technology Presentation

4. Why Technology? Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/ Karl Fisch Director of Technology Arapahoe High School Littleton, Colorado

5. Increasingly it’s a digital world… PCs DVRs Wireless Multimedia MP3s Digital cameras Digital Cable PCs Wireless Networks Handhelds Cell phones/pagers Wireless email Online services Driver’s License Voting Tax returns Census Digital Homes and Schools Digital Workplace Digital Government

6. We live in an Information Economy Information Intellectual Assets Collaboration Inventory Physical Assets Closed Vertical Integration Virtual Integration

8. The World is Flattening… Broad Narrow Employee Knowledge High Low Worker Autonomy Constant Change & Adjustment Fixed Operating Procedures Direction Decentralized Chain of Command Decision Making Widely Diffused Big Picture Top Down Need to Know Communications Self Management Control Systems Workforce Management Cross-Skilled Specialized Employee Skills Broad Many jobs Multiple responsibilities Narrow Do one job Repetitive, Standardized Job Design Flat Networks of Cross-functional teams Flexible Hierarchical Function/Specialized Rigid Workplace Organization New System Old System

10. From Agricultural Age to Conceptual Age Agricultural Age (Farmers) 18 th Century Industrial Age (Factory Workers) 19 th Century Information Age (Knowledge Workers) 20 th Century Conceptual Age (Creators) 21 st Century Source: Dan Pink A Whole New Mind (2007)

14. Partnership for 21 st Century Skills

23. Massachusetts Recommended K-12 Technology Literacy Standards

28. State of Educational Technology in Reading

29. Technology Purchases and Upgrades

30. 2006-08 Technology Hardware Purchases and Upgrades COW Document Cameras Writers Computers Coolidge Computers SMART Boards Computer Labs RMHS Computers SMART Boards COW Document Cameras Parker WAN Servers Switches Computers District Upgrade/Purchase School

31. 2006-08 Technology Hardware Purchases and Upgrades SMART Boards Computers Wood End COW SMART Boards Computers Eaton Computers SMART Boards Killam Computers SMART Boards Barrows SMART Boards Computers Birch Meadow Upgrade/Purchase School

35. Professional Development

38. Educational Technology Plan

41. Hardware Inventory Comparison (2004-5 and 2006-07) 5 to 1 23 to 1 Student to Computer Ratio 142 116 Type C (Low End) 151 281 Type B (Average) 846 219 Type A (High-End) 1139 616 Total Number of Computers 2006-07 2004-05 Hardware

42. Reading Public Schools Instructional Hardware Inventory Comparison (2004-05 and 2006-07) Average per School High Middle Elementary 82 8 23 3 8 3 LCD Projectors 79 10 16 4 10 .5 SMART Boards 2 2 1 0 .2 0 COW 11 6 5 2 1 1 Number of Labs 3:1 15:1 5:1 28:1 8:1 88:1 Student to Computer Ratio (Type A/B) 06-07 04-05 06-07 04-05 06-07 04-05 Category

43. Percentage Use of Technology by Professional Staff For Lesson Planning, Communications, Administrative Tasks (2004-2005) and (2006-07) Source: Reading Technology Assessment Survey (June, 2006)

44. Use of Technology by Professional Staff with students for research, multimedia, data interpretation, and instruction (2004-05 and 2006-07) Source: Reading Technology Assessment Survey (June, 2006)

45. Percentage of RPS Teachers who are at each level as defined by the Massachusetts Technology Self Assessment Tool (2004-05 and 2006/07) Source: Reading Technology Assessment Survey (June, 2006)

46. Percentage of Grade 4, 8, and 12 Students Who Have Mastered All or Nearly All Of the Massachusetts K-12 Instructional Technology Standards

47. Other Technology Data 100% 75% Percentage of Schools that allow students to use computers before or after school 100% 100% Percentage of schools that maintain websites 100% 100% Percentage of schools that have an internet filter 100% 100% Percentage of Schools with an acceptable use policy for students and staff State Recommendation Reading Public Schools Data

48. Staffing All Numbers Are Approximate Breakdowns 1 per 60-120 staff Elementary- 1.0 per 150 staff Middle -1.0 per 83 staff High- 1.0 per 200 staff Elementary -1.0 (.2 Library Media Specialist at each school) Middle -1.2 (.2 Library Media/.4 IT Specialist at each school) High -.5 (.3 Library Media/.2 IT Specialist) Instructional Technology Specialist District- 1.0 District- .3 District- .3 (.1 Network Manager/.1 Assistant Superintendent/.1 H.S. IT Specialist) Technology Director State Rec. Ratio RPS Type

50. Professional Development Computer Replacement 5 years Do Not Have Computer Replacement Cycle N/A 10% Percentage of Staff who have taken online prof. development courses N/A 70% Percentage of staff who have received any type of professional development over the past two years 85% 30% Percentage of Staff Who Have Had 45 Hours of Formal Technology Professional Development Over the Last Three Years State Recommendation Reading Public Schools Data