2. Chile’s technology curriculum
• Decree 1: Integrate technology in various disciplines.
• Decree 2: Use basic software in developing ICT skills in
everyday situations.
• Decree 3: To know how to use materials and to do so
safely.
• Decree 4: “communication skills, curiosity, problem
solving, analysis and evaluation of critical information”
• Decree 5: Establish appropriate use of objects.
• Decree 6-12: Design, make, and test objects
• Bases Curriculares
3. Arizona’s technology curriculum state
standards
• Arizona has 6 strands.
• Strand 1: Creativity and innovation
• Strand 2: Communication and collaboration
• Strand 3: Research and information literacy
• Strand 4: Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision
making
• Strand 5: Digital citizenship
• Strand 6: Technology operations and concepts
• K-12 academic standards, Arizona
4. Technology plans similarities
Chile
• “Communicate share with
others their ideas,
experiences, designs,
plans and
results of their work with
objects and technological
processes.” Bases
Curriculares
Arizona
• Strand 2 Communication
and Collaboration concept 1:
Effective communications
and digital interactions “PO
1. “Collaborate and
communicate with peers,
experts, or others employing
a variety of digital tools to
share findings and/or
publish.” K-12 academic
standards, Arizona
5. Technology plans similarities
Chile
• “It is intended that
students develop ideas
and propose innovative
designs to consider their
contexts” Bases
Curriculares
Arizona
• Strand 1 creativity and
innovations concept 4
original works
• PO 1. “Create innovative
products or projects using
digital tools to express
original ideas.”
• “Designing, making, and
testing” K-12 academic
standards, Arizona
6. Technology plans differences
Chile
• Integrating technology in
all subject areas.
• “The subject of
Technology is also an
instance to apply and
integrate the knowledge
and skills in various
disciplines.” Bases
Curriculares
Arizona
• Technology is a separate
standard and none of the
strands include integration
in other subject areas.
7. Tucson Unified School District technology
plan
• Uses the state standards
• Technology use set up on an individual school level.
• Some schools have separate technology classes that only
focus on the uses of technology.
• Other schools integrate the technology into the
curriculum.
• These ideas come from my own observances of working
in the district and talking to teachers throughout the
district as well as talking to technology specialists in the
district.
8. Computers and internet in schools in
Chile
• “Chile’s government spent years and more than $200
million putting computers and internet connections in
almost every classroom of the country’s public schools.”
Bonnefoy
• “Now 95 percent of public schools and state-subsidized
private schools have received computers, with an average
of 13 students per computer. Sixty percent of schools
have access to the internet, slightly above the 55 percent
national average, as estimated by the World Internet
Project Report 2010.” Bonnefoy
9. Computers and internet in schools in the
United States
• “In 2009, 97 percent of teachers had one or more
computers located in the classroom every day, while 54
percent could bring computers into the classroom.
Internet access was available for 93 percent of the
computers located in the classroom every day and for 96
percent of the computers that could be brought into the
classroom. The ratio of students to computers in the
classroom every day was 5.3 to 1.” Fast Facts
10. Computers and internet in schools in
Tucson Unified School District
• From the 2013 district wide survey 71% of teachers say
“Students have adequate access to computers at this
school.”
• 88% of teachers say “Teachers and staff have adequate
access to computers at this school.”
• 80% of teachers say “Teachers at this school regularly
integrate technology into their daily lesson plans and
homework assignments.”
• 2013 School Quality Survey Results
11. Proposal to Arizona policy writers
• For Arizona technology in education policy writers to
include:
• Technology to be integrated into each subject matter.
• Technology to be used as a tool to teach the subject
matter, not just teaching technology alone.
12. Proposal to Tucson Unified School District
policy writers
• For TUSD technology in education policy writers to
include:
• The increase of quantity of computers in the classrooms
for students and teachers.
• The increase of professional developments on technology
for teachers
• An accountability report for teachers to integrate
technology in their subject matter.
13. Sources
• Bases Curriculares. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.mineduc.cl/index5_int.php?id_portal=47&
id_contenido=17116&id_seccion=3264&c=1
• Bonnefoy, P. (2010). “Chile’s wired classrooms” Retrieved
from
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/education/10042
7/computers-classroom-internet
• Fast Facts. (2009). National center for education
statistics. Retrieved from
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=46
• K-12 academic standards. Arizona department of
education. Retrieved from http://www.azed.gov/standards-
practices/2009-technology-standard/
14. Sources
• 2013 School Quality Survey Results. Retrieved from
https://tusdstats.tusd1.org/paweb/utility/SQS/SQS_Summ
ary.aspx
