Needs+Assessment

Expand student and teacher access to SJY Network and files for completing school assignments.
 * __Project 1: Goal Statement__: **

__What is the problem that was originally voiced__? The Diocese has determined that student instruction must increase to include communication knowledge and skills. Thus, the teachers have been integrating more information technology into all core subjects. However, due to scheduling constraints at school, students and teachers are not getting enough time at computer workstations to complete their work. Although there is a computer lab available at school, open lab time is only available on Monday and Friday. On Tuesday through Thursday the computer lab is utilized for 50 minute classes for grades 1-6. As a result, the students and teachers have been asking for more time on the school computer work stations for researching information, typing reports, completing web quests, etc.

__Are there solutions for the need__? Yes. A secondary computer lab of 10 computer work stations will be set up in the school library. On Tuesday and Thursday when the librarian is not holding classes, the teachers will be able to sign up to bring their classes to the secondary computer lab. Also, since St. Joseph School has not yet attained a 1:1 computer ratio for the students, the IT Department has set up a system call MyFiles for the teachers and students to be able to access their files from any non district location. Because all 4th, 5th and 6th grade students will now be receiving Technology grades, they are the students which will need access from non district locations. Although links and directions to the system have been posted, the principal and teachers agree that direct instruction for the students is needed. Direct instruction will take place in the computer lab. __** Instructional Goal and Relationship to Organizational Goals ** __ Below is an excerpt from the __Diocesan Acceptable Use Policy__: Purpose: ** Computers are a valuable tool for education at St. Joseph School; the faculty/staff encourage the proper use of computer related technology including the Internet. Students and all users of computer technology have a responsibility to use these tools properly and in accordance with the policy below. No student will be able to use the Internet without this agreement signed and on file with the computer technology teacher and/or the office of the Dean of Students. Goals: ** Also, here is an excerpt from the __St. Joseph School Technology Plan for 2010-2014__: ** Goal 2 – To increase Student Learning, St. Joseph School will **
 * To proide a variety of electronic tools to help students and teachers develop the ability to evaluate and synthesize information from a variety of sources.
 * To enable students to work effectively with various computer/communication technology.
 * To encourage critical thinking and problem solving skills that will be needed in this increasingly electronic and global society
 * 1) Employ asynchronous learning tools including but not limited to the
 * 2) Use instructional lab time to educate students in online research resources.
 * 3) Provide more opportunities to use internet capable work stations and presentation tools
 * 4) Purchase and place a projector in the two classrooms who were enlisted in year 1 to implement WAN resources into their classroom curriculums. (Year 3)
 * 5) Improve information literacy
 * 6) Instruct students in the proper use of Information Technology Applications.

** Clarifying the Instructional Goal: **
A unit of instruction about the MyFiles system will be developed for the 4th, 5th & 6th grade students. The objectives will be: 1. The students will be able to upload their files from the SJY Network onto a non district workstation. 2. The students will download their files from a non district location onto the SJY Network.