Shared Vision
In some earlier posts I laid out ideas regarding a vision for technology and learning. One of the things that crossed my mind while doing this was the idea of it being a shared vision. The reason why I got thinking on this is that in the process, I felt as if I was alone on an island with nobody around to give me input into this big task. As a district, how do we define learning? What specifically do we believe? What do we believe is the role of technology? And why am I the one that is taking a stab at these questions?
Not that I am unwilling to come up with some possible answers, but I think it is important that such basic philosophical decisions be grounded in some sort of group consensus or discussion. A few posts down, I wrote about some of my thought on vision. How mainstream are these ideas? These are things that I believe in, but how much do others in the system believe it? I can’t say that I really know. And it would seem that buy-in by all stakeholders is important
So my advice is this: when you have to answer such essential questions as What is effective learning? and What role does technology play in the educational process? don’t go solo—find some collaborators.
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