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Technology Plan Key Findings

This plan is aligned with the Florida National Goals, the District Strategic Plan, and SDPBC
Pillars of Effective Instruction. The following feedback was obtained from the Strategic Plan
Community Input Survey, the District Input Survey, and the Florida Innovates Survey:

District Pillars of Effective Instruction

Standards Immersed in rigorous tasks encompassing the full intent of the standards

Personalized Collaborating in a student-centered personalized environment

High Expectations Empowered and supported through high expectations to be college and career ready

Engaged Actively engaged in building, connecting and applying knowledge

District Pillars of
District Strategic
National Goal Effective Technology Key Findings Technology Plan Reference
Plan Objectives
Instruction
● District Input Survey: Ensuring that
classrooms reflect the 21st century
learning environment was viewed as
important by nearly all respondents
● District Input Survey: Most respondents
believed the District sufficiently prepares
students for 21st century jobs
● District Input Survey: Nearly all
respondents felt it is imperative that
students become proficient users
1. Engaging and of technology
Empowering Learning
Through Technology ● District Input Survey: Students were seen
as developing important technology skills
All learners will have through school experiences by the majority
engaging and of the respondents
empowering learning Establish ● District Input Survey: Creativity, critical
experiences in both personalized Chapter 1 – Curriculum,
Engaged /
formal and informal learning Personalized thinking, problem-solving, decision- Teaching, and Learning
making, and learning were viewed as
settings that prepare opportunities for Technologies
them to be active, all students among the most important 21st century
skills for students to develop
creative, District Input Survey: All administrators
knowledgeable, and ● and non-instructional respondents placed
ethical participants in importance on the relationship between
our globally connected
society technology and curriculum, with 98% of
teacher respondents doing the same
● District Input Survey: Most administrators,
teachers, and non-instructional
respondents viewed it to be important that
students be able to use social media at
school
● District Input Survey: The vast majority of
administrators feel it is important that
students are allowed to use their personal
devices for instruction, while 79% of non-

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