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Delaware Center for Educational Technology

INTEGRATE met on June 4, 2007 and began the development of a paper to support member work in technology integration across all grade levels. The following was decided on by the group:

=PURPOSE= The paper would be used by members with various audiences in their districts. Numerous purposes were discussed for the use of the paper including: =LIFE SPAN= The group felt that every effort should be made to maximize the lifespan of this document (in a way similar to the Computer Skills Growth Chart). To support this, it is the group's hope that we can minimize technology that would easily date the document. This would include hardware, software, units, lessons, etc. Instead, the group hopes to consider linked resources of this nature at a later date. =AUDIENCE= =FORMAT= The group held significant discussion about the format of the paper and viewed documentation that delineated the formats for both //White Papers// and //Position Papers//. Both types of papers create the expectation that the authoring group will provide a "counter-position" or multiple perspectives on the topic, and the group was not sure how to approach this aspect of the paper or if providing a counter position would be beneficial for its purposes. The group decided to "just start writing" and see where we ended up therefore, no decision was made about the format as concensus could not be reached. =LENGTH= Though not formally agreed upon, a discussion was held about length. A maximum of 10-12 pages was discussed in the literature. An executive summary will also be needed. =PATH FORWARD= Members of the group present broke the document into the sections indicated and agreed to oversee the development of "something" for the pages as indicated in the table of contents - BUT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO CONTRIBUTE, EDIT, AND MODIFY. It is hoped that by June 14 (the next meeting) that there will be a "straw man" with which to work.
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