Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Assignment #2

     Before I can become an advocate for any new technology being introduced to our school, I first need to make sure that the necessary stake holders have the proper training and resources in order for this technology to move forward. For staff proper training needs to be in place along with a roll out plan for how we intent to use this new technology.  When educators hold an understanding of technological strategies, they can be effective in guiding their teams. For parents and caregivers to our students, they also need to be aware of the changes that will be occurring so they can prepare as well, and if necessary try to provide them with any assistance necessary to ensure students can be successful outside of school if the technology requires them to do so. The following quote from Sheninger supports the idea of involving all stakeholders; "Successful growth in general takes place when the administrators, teachers, students and parents work together to support  schools and the learning process because Learning is Work." By involving all stakeholders  administrators are already incorporating the first two Pillars of Digital Leadership. At this point when you have all involved parties aware and properly prepared, the other pillars fall into place. Branding can be done by teachers and administrators who are comfortable with the technology and use it on a regular basis. When students see that teachers are bought in to the new technology, most will follow suit, hence pillar #4. From this point forward, there will need to be continuing education and follow up to ensure that the technology is being used to its fullest extent. Those last few steps are incorporating the final pillars, and when done well, the results of incorporating those technologies will hopefully pay off. 
      NETS-A Standard 4 - Systemic Improvement, suggests that administrators provide leadership and management to continuously improve the organization through the effective use of IT. By providing the appropriate PD for staff members and possibly parents and proper modeling the administrator meets the criteria of of the standard.

4 comments:

  1. I love your thoughts on preparing your stakeholders for what technological pieces you are utilizing. I wonder from what platform will you use to ensure that the proper teaching is done. Great work connecting branding to technology. Nice thoughts on potential improvements!

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  2. I totally agree with you, Andy, about properly preparing your staff for a roll out of technology. All too often, teachers sit in meetings that are surface-level and focus predominantly on the technical aspect of technology instead of on how it can be used. You have to get your staff fully on board before you can extrapolate that out to the other stakeholders. Good work!

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  3. Andy, I agree with your idea of ensuring that the parents of our students know and are prepared to support their students in their education. Often I believe that we leave parents in the dark, without the proper training to truly be engaged in their student's learning. Thanks for the perspective Andy.

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  4. I agree that we have to communicate with our staff and our community what we are doing with technology. By involving the stakeholders they understand what we are doing and why.

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