https://www.iste.org/standards/essential-conditions
These 14 parameters are essential for implementing technology into learning. These conditions must remain present into the future if new technologies are going to succeed long term. These are not important elements, they are all essential.
The first condition is shared vision. This one stood out to me, maybe because I am becoming so much more aware of the visions of my colleagues and my organization. Getting many people with many different view points to all share a vision can be tricky. It is something that I have certainly not mastered. It requires leaders to motivate the elephants of others. By engaging someone's emotional side, we can help them to see our vision. One way to promote a shared technology vision would be to show faculty and students the work of schools that one could emulate. Students would see this as fun to be had and faculty could see some of the things that teaching technology leads to.
Ongoing professional learning is another condition that stood out to me. It continues to baffle me when I meet people that truly believe that they are done learning in life. Shouldn't the people teaching our children to learn, be expert learners themselves? Technology is constantly changing, therefore so should professional development. It is not enough for schools to host the same old professional development seminars. There must be innovation there too. Additionally, schools must hire those that are open to continuing their own learning
The 14 essential conditions are the network of support needed for change in learning with technology. These changes require hardware, software, new mindsets and patience. They can't be implemented overnight. However, with the right leadership to help put these conditions into place, meaningful change can occur for students of any age and in any setting.
These 14 parameters are essential for implementing technology into learning. These conditions must remain present into the future if new technologies are going to succeed long term. These are not important elements, they are all essential.
The first condition is shared vision. This one stood out to me, maybe because I am becoming so much more aware of the visions of my colleagues and my organization. Getting many people with many different view points to all share a vision can be tricky. It is something that I have certainly not mastered. It requires leaders to motivate the elephants of others. By engaging someone's emotional side, we can help them to see our vision. One way to promote a shared technology vision would be to show faculty and students the work of schools that one could emulate. Students would see this as fun to be had and faculty could see some of the things that teaching technology leads to.
Ongoing professional learning is another condition that stood out to me. It continues to baffle me when I meet people that truly believe that they are done learning in life. Shouldn't the people teaching our children to learn, be expert learners themselves? Technology is constantly changing, therefore so should professional development. It is not enough for schools to host the same old professional development seminars. There must be innovation there too. Additionally, schools must hire those that are open to continuing their own learning
The 14 essential conditions are the network of support needed for change in learning with technology. These changes require hardware, software, new mindsets and patience. They can't be implemented overnight. However, with the right leadership to help put these conditions into place, meaningful change can occur for students of any age and in any setting.
Hi Sarah. I really like your idea about seeking out exemplars in other schools. It seems to me that schools/districts spend an awful lot of time reinventing the wheel, when some of that time and energy might be better spent finding and learning from "bright spots" (#switch) around us. This is especially baffling in Vermont, where there is so much excellent innovation taking place in neighboring school districts. I love the idea of engaging students in the process of researching what other schools are doing.
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