Organizational Needs Analysis For Online Tools

Every Lispy Librarian Consulting Delivery Plan starts with a Needs Analysis, part of the Needs Analysis consists of determining what online tools will best work for the organization based upon the 4 C's Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking. These online tools are fully supported by the crew at Lispy Librarian Consulting and will also provide a Professional Development plan to help train staff and students to use these tools. For more information on other tools and certifications, participants can visit Badge EdTech.

Communication Tool Selection Criteria:

• Quality Criteria: Microsoft Teams is a quality communication tool because it can not only allow chat features but can allow users to make video and audio calls, host video meetings, and allow users to share their screens and present to meeting participants. Teams is a quality tool because it does not require users to sign up or create an account; users will use their educational domain accounts that have already been set up. Meetings can also be launched via embedded links in Buncees or OneNote pages.

• Legal Criteria : Microsoft tools are FERPA compliant, more information on their compliance terms can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/offering-ferpa.

• Professional Development Plan Criteria: Teachers who are certified Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainers will be given stipends and will train their respective schools on how to use Microsoft Teams with intentionality to communicate among teachers and students. Teachers will also be encouraged to become Microsoft Innovative Educators, Trainers, and Experts. Lispy Librarian Consulting is a Microsoft for Education Certified Trainer group and will provide professional development should no teachers be available to provide training and/or will provide additional training.

Collaboration Tool Selection Criteria:

• Quality Criteria: "A student’s K-12 experience has a profound impact on their future. Google for Education shareable devices and collaborative tools help teachers prepare all students with new, more engaging ways to learn the skills they need to succeed" (Google, n.d).

• Legal Criteria : Google for Education protects student and teacher data and Is COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) compliant. "Google is committed to building products that help protect student and teacher privacy and provide best-in-class security for your institution. You can trust that Google for Education products and services continuously protect users, devices, and data from increasingly complex threats" (Google for Education, (n.d)).

• Professional Development Plan Criteria: Teachers who are certified Google for Eduction Trainers will be given stipends and will train their respective schools on how to use the Google Suite with intentionality to encourage collaboration among teachers and students. Teachers will also be encouraged to become Google Certified Educators. Lispy Librarian Consulting is a Google for Education Certified Trainer group and will provide professional development should no teachers be available to provide training and/or will provide additional training.

Creativity Tool Selection Criteria:

• Quality Criteria: "With over two thousand templates to choose from, you can unleash your creativity in no time. Ranging from education to business to personal use, Buncee Templates gives you a jump start on any creation, but with the freedom to add your personal touch. Choose from our in-house templates, or select a custom template uploaded by your admin on Buncee for Schools and Districts" (Buncee, 2021).

• Legal Criteria : Buncee's privacy policy can be found at https://app.edu.buncee.com/terms-privacy#privacy Buncee is COPPA compliant, GDPR compliant, FERPA compliant, NYSED Law 2-D compliant, and DigCit Institute & DigCit Kids approved.

• Professional Development Plan Criteria: Teachers who are certified Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainers will be given stipends and will train their respective schools on how to use Buncee with intentionality to communicate among teachers and students. Teachers will also be encouraged to become Microsoft Innovative Educators, Trainers, and Experts. Lispy Librarian Consulting is a Microsoft for Education Certified Trainer group and will provide professional development should no teachers be available to provide training and/or will provide additional training. Buncee also provides professional development at https://app.edu.buncee.com/trainingvideos.

"It really is up to the teacher to use the tool to it's potential to increase collaboration, critical thinking, creation, etc. It could just become a digital text book, which is useful, but OneNote can do so much more than that. We really ended up using it as a mini Learning Management System-putting bell work, assessments, and assignments in the sections and discussion posts in the collaboration space. The students end up with a cool "digital portfolio" at the end of the year..." (C., n.d.).

Critical Thinking Tool Selection Criteria:

• Quality Criteria: Microsoft OneNote is a quality critical thinking tool because it can be used as a digital interactive notebook. Teachers and students can use OneNote as a place to take notes, organize resources that are PDFs, links, Google Docs, etc, but can all be housed in one place. It can also be used to send out assignments or resources to students and collaborate on projects together. OneNote encourages critical thinking OneNote is a quality tool because it does not require users to sign up or create an account; users will use their educational domain accounts that have already been set up.

• Legal Criteria : Microsoft tools are FERPA compliant, more information on their compliance terms can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/compliance/regulatory/offering-ferpa.

• Professional Development Plan Criteria: Teachers who are certified Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainers will be given stipends and will train their respective schools on how to use Microsoft OneNote with intentionality to encourage critical thinking among teachers and students. Teachers will also be encouraged to become Microsoft Innovative Educators, Trainers, and Experts. Lispy Librarian Consulting is a Microsoft for Education Certified Trainer group and will provide professional development should no teachers be available to provide training and/or will provide additional training.