Texas Long Range Plan 2006-2010

The Texas Long Range Plan for Technology 2006-2010 is a plan that was created to prepare all learners, teachers, leaders and parents to develop their skills in the area of technology. This plan includes areas that have developed specific skills in all areas to help accomplish this long term goal.  In the area of teaching and learning the goal states that all students in the state of Texas will develop technology skills by eighth grade. These skills are started in kindergarten and continually applied standards each year. It is also the teachers responsibility to engage the students with technology through the learning process in all subject areas. Students will learn to use software and applications to become fluent in technology. This is a plan that has been around for several years and as years progress we can see some growth in this plan. In our campus we have acquired new equipment and trained our teachers to become better prepared for this technology plan. Even though we are trying to implement this long range plan I often feel that we lack more in this area then we are growing. Often times teachers are just afraid to learn how to use technology, therefore do not take the time to use it in the classroom. I think that teachers should just take the risk and go with it. The only way they will learn is to just use it and if we do not know how to use it often times the students will help us and this in turn prepares them.