Beyond Technology Education

Beyond Technology Education is a technology planning, consulting and implementation company working with K-12 public, private and charter schools all around the United States and South America. BTE has been around since 2002 but the founders of BTE have been in the education industry since 1992. SWIMGrid (School-Wide Integration Model) is the organizational method and planning methodology BTE created to help schools create a 4-year technology plan. SWIMGrid acts like our filter and includes 5 planning areas: TEACHERS – We assess, train and support teachers through meaningful training and modeling so they can see best practices for technology use for their grade level or subject. STUDENTS – We evaluate and equip students with the technology skills needed to be better students today and technologically savvy global citizens for tomorrow. CURRICULUM – We address classroom lesson plans including state standards and school ESLRS to integrate relevant technology projects that also use the most current presentation tools and web 2.0 methods to improve classroom instruction. INFRASTRUCTURE - We evaluate a school's technology infrastructure and make the necessary additions as the school goes from a simple computer lab environment to a mobile lab environment to an efficient one-to-one device environment for all or select grade levels. ASSESSMENT and PROJECT MANAGEMENT – We help in developing the plan which includes a periodic assessment of goals and makes sure the entire project stays on task.