The three most critical discoveries that I made over this course is that an effective plan must be created, time must be given to thoughtfully look at that plan and communication within an organization can make or break the goals created once a plan is in place. The planning piece must include all stakeholders in order for the organization to have any the success. When discussing time, a well thought out plan has to have frequent revisions to the plan, that include goals and mini goals within the structure. Each goal must be written in such a way that there are clear steps building on the previous goal so that each person responsible knows exactly what they are expected of and what steps to take next. In order for this to happen communication within the organization has to be clear and concise with conversations happening a trustworthy manner to allow back and forth. With technology constantly changing, we too have to work in such a way that allows for quick, well thought out change in order for our students to receive the best education they deserve.
As a future technology leader this learning will help me immensely in remembering in order to go fast, we must first go slow. Instead of jumping ahead and making irresponsible decisions I will remember to first ensure we have created a plan collectively, look at which steps are needed next and as a unit move forward with the changes needed.
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Having an effective Enterprise Architecture is not an option for school districts any longer. In the past I can understand why there would be a separate education plan and technology plan as technology was seen as a separate entity altogether. Computers were used in a different room, called the computer lab. Students rotated through the lab maybe once or twice a week. Computers were not seen as a vehicle to learning but as a fun extra activity. I can remember a time when computer lab was used as a reward or punishment depending on our classroom behavior. However, now computers play a completely differently role in education. Thankfully they are now in each classroom. Each school in our district is almost at 1:1. This changes everything in terms of an education plan. Technology absolutely needs to be embedded in the education plan in order for admin, teacher leaders and teachers to see how both technology and curriculum are to be taught together. If we have them living on both documents, learning will happen in tandem as well. If we have them living in separate documents instruction will continue to be separate and technology will not be seen as a vehicle but as still an isolated learning task.
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