Standard I of the Teacher Technology Standards addresses Technology Operations and Concepts. The performance evaluation rubric with this standard asks teachers to evaluate at what level they incorporate grade level technology standards into their curriculum and assess their students' achievement of those skills. In order for all teachers to evaluate themselves on a consistent basis with other teachers it was necessary that grade level student performance standards be available for teachers' reference.  The Technology Integration Curriculum Guide has been developed for this purpose.  This notebook provides not only technology performance standards for each grade level but also for each standard provides brief instruction of the skills necessary and an explanation of at least one suggested integrated activity that would meet the standard. A recommendation of how to assess the standard is also provided.

Software
Below is a partial listing of the software programs that are accessible to students in the Goddard Public Schools. There has been a concerted effort to maintain a high level of consistency of programs available in the three K-4 elementary.  Various interactive software CDs are also available in the elementary schools. The internet is available on lab computers and is accessed using either Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer web browsers.  Access to inappropriate websites, chat rooms or outside e-mail accounts is restricted by an Intelligent Content Management system configured by IPS Networking.
 

Interactive Distance Learning
One of the most exciting advances in technology here at Goddard High School is InterDistance Learning (IDL). GHS is proud of it's IDL Lab which currently offers a French 1 Class, taught from Wichita State University; Japanese 1, taught from Goddard High School and broadcast to Yates Center, Kansas; Japanese 2, taught from Maize High School and broadcast to Goddard, Yates Center, and Basehor Linwood. Students involved in these classes are very enthusiastic and excited to have these opportunities. At GHS we have recently started a club "The French Connection" to share the excitement with other students. We hope to add a Japanese club in the future.

Tech Labs
Goddard Public Schools have implemented two interactive computer technology labs one at the Middle School level and other at the High School. 

The Synergistic Technology Lab at Goddard Middle School consists of 18 modules, each focusing on a different topic. Topics included in our lab are: Applied Physics, Audio Broadcasting, Confident Consumer, Creative Solutions, Digital Manufacturing, Electricity, Environmental Issues, Flight Technology, Forces, Graphic Communications, Healthy Heart, Landfills, Life Skills, Looking Good, Money, Robotics, Water Management, and Weather. Students spend seven days at each module, the time period being called a "rotation." In a typical semester, our eighth graders will complete 10 rotations. A computer management system operated by the instructor(s) assigns the rotation schedule, partners, and grades for these classes. Every module consists of computer-based activities, student-directed activities, daily quizzes and a posttest, all of which are taken from the computer. Students work with a partner at most modules, but occasionally they will be scheduled to work without a partner.

The Pathways Learning Lab at the Goddard High School is unique. It is designed to maximize ease of use, giving students the space they need, and allows the instructor easy access to any part of the lab for observation. The classroom seating area is designed for orientation at the beginning of the course, as well as for student presentations at the conclusion of each rotation or other instructional situations. The heart of the Pathways classroom is a curriculum that integrates environment, materials, and curriculum into a cohesive process.

Pathways Learning Lab is a computerized approach to teaching high school students based on sound educational principles. These principles are the foundation for curriculum that are student-centered and team-based. Teamwork skills are emphasized throughout the activities, giving students better insight into their own strengths and weaknesses and those of classmates. A revolutionary way of teaching requires an equally revolutionary place for learning to occur.

Goddard High School has a total of eight computer labs and a set of 12 laptops all utilizing the Windows Platform. Three labs containing 24 computers each are accessible via sign-up privilege to classroom teachers for general school use. The Accounting, Business, and Graphics classes occupy four labs (three containing 24 computers each and one with 15 computers) dedicated to course curriculum. The12-unit Physics lab is made available to the Physics and Chemistry classes. The science classrooms use the additional 12-laptop computers on a check out only basis.

Goddard Middle School has three other computer labs besides the Synergistic Lab. Two of these labs contain 30 Macintosh 5200 computers each and the third is made up of 28 iMacs. The iMac lab is used mostly for the required 7th grade technology course. The other two computer labs are available on a flexible basis for teachers to schedule as needed.

Challenger Intermediate School and Discovery Intermediate School (both Grades 5-6) share 3 technology labs.  One lab consists of 28 Macintosh iMac computers and another lab consists of 29 Macintosh G3 computers. These two labs are available to each class on a scheduled basis to use for curriculum utilizing technology. Challenger and Discovery also share a small lab of 8 Macintosh 5200 computers. Students needing additional reading instruction in both vocabulary and comprehension utilize this lab.

Each of the district's K-4 elementary schools (Amelia Earhart, Clark Davidson, and Oak Street) have two computer labs with either all Macintosh iMacs or a combination of iMacs and model 5200 or 5400 Macintoshes in each lab. Enough computers are available in each lab to serve the largest class in the building. One lab in each building is referred to as the CCC lab (Computer Curriculum Corporation) and provides only the computer-guided curriculum. The other lab in each building is available to each class on a scheduled basis to use for curriculum utilizing technology.

Internet Content Management  (ICM)  -- Filtering criteria

• Active Filtering Technology:  Active filtering technology employed by Filterlogix is based on Artificial Intelligence (Rough Set Theory) word mapping. This technology understands web pages in a fashion similar to human comprehension. A web page is analyzed by many proprietary metrics these include the size of a page, number of images, page links and URL name. Once all the needed information is "harvested" by the system, the information is fed in to an expert system (AI based decision generator). The expert system uses precompiled rules (knowledge base) to decide whether a web page is appropriate or not. This filtering mechanism achieves filtering results far superior to URL list based filters.
• iCM Web Filter:  The iCM is designed to filter certain categories of material through the http protocol. Currently the iCM is capable of detecting pornographic, hate, bomb-making, and gambling related web pages. The filter analyzes http traffic as supplied by the ISA server. It does not filter other protocosl such as POP3, IMAP, or HTTPS.
• Bomb Filter:  The Bomb filter, when enabled, uses Active Filtering Technology to block web content that contains subject matter dealing with, explaining, or containing methods of creating illegal high/low-explosives or "improvised explosives".
• Gambling Filter:  The Gambling Filter, when enabled, uses Active Filtering Technology to block web content related to gambling. The targeted topic area includes online gambling casinos, and tutorial sites.
• Hate Filter:  The Hate Filter, when enabled, uses Active Filtering Technology to block pages that contain subject matter promoting racial separation, racial supremacy, racial history revisionism, and the white pride movement.
• Pornography Filter:  The Pornography Filter is a filter that uses Active Filtering technology to prevent material of a sexual nature from being viewed.