1+Rationale

Why is it important that we find ways to incorporate technology into our classroom instruction?

** Coweta County School System’s accreditation overview from the Southern Association of Colleges ** **and Schools (SACS)** **review committee states the following notations**. * Research, develop, and communicate a vision and plan for instructional technology to promote the following outcomes: 1. Technologically literate students 2. Processes for ensuring that best practices for 21 st century teaching and learning are applied consistently throughout the system

3. Maximum flexibility in use of funds to address issues of equitable access to technology throughout the system

*Concerns about inequities around the district in access to and use of cutting-edge technology *Refocusing on student mastery of technology *Ensure that all students have equal access to up-to-date educational technology *Move towards using technology to foster collaboration and higher-order thinking in students as opposed to simply using technology to present information
 * As a school system.... **
 * * ** Technology was seen primarily in terms of hardware and teacher presentation.

Questions which we must ask ourselves are:  * Do our classrooms reflect the use of technology to foster collaboration and higher-order thinking in students ? or  * Do we simply use technology to present information? To view the technology expectations within the CCSS Strategic Plan Classroom Instruction Observation Form, click here.