US/ND-4: Re: Required technology plans?
Re: Required technology plans?
Dennis Small (dsmall@inspire.ospi.wednet.edu)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 12:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
Fellow Universal Service ponderers:
As this is my first time to weigh in with $.02 worth, a brief intro:
my name is Dennis Small, and I work for the WA state Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction (our Dept.of Education) in the
educational use of telecommunications. I have found the discussion thus
far interesting/helpful/overwhelming, and appreciate the work many have
done to make this forum possible! And now for an opinion:
"Should school districts have to complete state-approved technology plans
in order to qualify for Universal Service subsidies?"
I feel that districts should be required to have a technology plan that
addresses many of the issues that have been raised here (staff
development, curriculum integration, etc). Perhaps a "checklist" or
list of "milestones" could be developed to have an "approved plan"
(whether by the state or some other entity) that kept paperwork to a
minimum while ensuring that the important issues that are needed for
successful use of telecommunications have been addressed. The balance
point here, it seems to me, is to make sure that the "investment" of reduced
connectivity costs will indeed be used wisely, without stifling local
creativity and decision-making......
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