Technology+Coordinator+Leaderdhip+Development

//All the information from this course is on the USB drive. //  Develop a plan for the 21st Century.

[|Wallwisher] online sticky notes

Change is needed to the old way of thinking. Questions that need to be answered:
 * Why is there a need for change
 * What kind of change
 * How much change
 * How to do it

Video called Change Video that has kids telling us they need things unblocked.

We must prepare learners for the future and not for the past.

**__Seven Survival Skills__** (USB Drive)

What is your vision for the 21st Century learning in the school/district? Focused on kids not stuff.

[|Toolkit]

//Technology is a tool for learning that expands our instructional repertoire and is the vehicle that maximizes the capacity of all teachers and learners. It is the vision of " " that students be engaged in a stimulating academic environment and a challenging curriculum that is student-centered and focused on inquiry-based learning.// //Specifically, we envision that technology is available and effectively supported for all students and staff:// // It is our intention that this vision will remain constant over the course of our plan and that it will guide the day-to-day and year-to-year implementation of technology across " ". //
 * //To provide global access to information//
 * //To meet the curricular needs of all learners//
 * //To provide access to the general curriculum//
 * //To refine critical thinking skills and foster creativity//
 * //To provide a medium for expression and communication//
 * //To collect, assess, and share performance information//
 * //To improve the effectiveness of administrative tasks//
 * //To provide skills and proficiencies necessary for the workforce//

Feedback included being authentic, needs to include critical thinking, project based as well as inquiry based, learning standards,

//[|Sample Vision Statements]//

// Good resource is a book called "Good to Great" by Jim Collins //
 * Get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off. Then figure out where to drive the bus.
 * Leaders put the company ahead of themselves. They look out the front window and not in the rearview mirror.

Are you a fox (know many things that pursues many things at once) or a hedgehog (knows one big thing that he simplifies everything into).

Define your personal and the organization's core values. These are needed to drive the vision or mission.

You need to develop a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal)
 * Presenter's BHAG is 24/7 learning for kids

Keep in mind that there is a big difference between being an organization with a vision statement and becoming a truly visionary organization.

Group BHAG - To make sure all students have a computer to use every day.

The MARS Group section of the presentation - take your best leaders in the district with you to grow your vision.

Choose your 5-7 people to take with you on the journey. Possible new committee to replace the existing tech committee?What do you need to get them there and how do you keep them with you?

Create a sense of urgency. Provide envisioning opportunities so that everyone is involved. Everyone should know what the BHAG is. It needs to be driven home.

Roger's Innovation Adoptive Curve. Trying to convince the mass of a new idea is useless. Convince innovators, early adopters and early majority.

Empower others to act.Be relentless with initiating change after change until the BHAG is a reality.

3 questions that need to be answered.