Essential Conditions

5 Essential Conditions for Creating New

Learning Landscapes

ISTE SIGMS Doug JohnsonMarch 23, 2010

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Every school has a few bright stars

How do we create a galaxy?

ISTE’s Essential Conditions

Shared Vision

Empowered Leaders

Implementation Planning

Consistent and Adequate Funding

Equitable Access

Skilled Personnel

Ongoing Professional Learning

Technical Support

Curriculum Framework

Student-Centered Learning

Assessment and Evaluation

Engaged Communities

Support Policies

Supportive External Context

NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR LEARNING

Essential Conditions forEducational Networking1. Use clear language and

terminology.2. Support best practices not best

technologies.3. Try many; adopt selectively and

universally.4. Create reasonable policies,

guidelines and procedures.5. Empower your staff.

1. Clear language and terminology.

Pet peeve

Social networking

Pet peeve

Social networking

Educational networking

Social learning

2. Support best practices not best

technologies.

Tech does not improvestudent achievement

Technology Use

Achievement

Tech can supportbest practice

Technology Use

Achievement

Best Practic

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…one of the strongest determinants of students’ success in higher education— more important than the details of their instructors’ teaching styles—was their ability to form or participate in small study groups.

Richard Light, Harvard School of Education

…Students who studied in groups, even only once a week, were more engaged in their studies, were better prepared for class, and learned significantly more than students who worked on their own.

Try many; adopt selectively and

universally.

Collaborative Writing Tools

Joyce can rattle off 87 more!

Wikis (50+)

GoogleDocs, Zoho, Live @ Edu, etc.Moodle

Office and shared folderon server Teacher space

on web server

Collaborative Writing Tools

Joyce can rattle off 87 more!

Wikis (50+)

GoogleDocs, Zoho, Live @ Edu, etc.Moodle

Office and shared folderon server Teacher space

on web server

Create reasonable policies, guidelines and

procedures.

Needed? AUP (of course) Processes for

evaluating and adopting

Hooks in content curriculum

Guidelines for networking for teachers

Walled-garden environment?

Advisory committee

Empower staff.

Until it empowers the teacher, the teacher won’t use it to empower students

Essential Conditions forEducational Networking1. Use clear language and

terminology.2. Support best practices not best

technologies.3. Try many; adopt selectively and

universally.4. Create reasonable policies,

guidelines and procedures.5. Empower your staff.

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