Dr. Susan Silver, a recently retired superintendent from Scotts Valley Unified School District, shares her visionary leadership approach in creating effective technology programs. TICAL’s digital media advisor Thom Dunks discusses Dr. Silver’s experience, technology planning, and capacity building through in-house professional development. All of which assisted this low-funded school in effective technology integration.
Resources to follow-up on:
- TICAL’s Professional Development Matrix
- Integrating Technology in Standards-Based Curriculum Hot Topic
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Resources
- TICAL’s Technology Planning Matrix


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