Question 2, Chapter 4
In this chapter there were some lists of good things and bad things about technology plans. Either from the school that you currently work in or at a school nearby, obtain their technology plan and analyze against the guidelines given in this chapter. Prepare a report for the class detailing your findings.

Response

From examining a tri-county school librarian’s plan, I noticed that the school system district serves as an umbrella for each school in that system. For example, one school system school district technology plan included a mission statement, vision and a set of goals. These goals included that all faculty, administrators and students are exposed to a wide range of emerging and current technological resources; and are able to use them effectively in teaching and learning(http://www.elmoreco.com/?DivisionID=528&ToggleSideNav=).

It appears that the School district’s technology department served as an umbrella of guidelines for the local school’s librarian plan. This particular school, I examined technology plan was embedded in their school continuous improvement plan. The following was included in the school’s improvement plan: twice a month tech Tuesdays would be designated for professional development training to show teachers how to use the Internet resources (Microsoft Office, STI products, and other presentation tools); and knowledgeable instructional integration of technology(http://www.elmoreco.com/Download.asp?L=1&LMID=92160&PN=DocumentUploads&DivisionID=2445&DepartmentID=&SubDepartmentID=&SubP=&Act=Download&T=1&I=239281).

Each school has a library committee in place that determines how allocation librarian funds should be spent and use for the benefit of the school.

Analyzing the guidelines of the book.

My findings were similar to guidelines of the book. The book specified that a technology plan should have mission, vision and purpose. In the book, it stated that the technology should have budget in place but was not available online for this particular school. However, “Technology for School Librarians” stated that the teachers should provide with ongoing technology development; and the school library plan I examined did provide in this same statement and its school librarian plan. To continue, the library committee should collaborate and create a technology plan (Scheeren, 2010).