Daniel M. French

• 21Oct

  Presentation for the Southern Vermont Educators Symposium

  Tech Integration, google No Comments

  Tags: google, Tech Integration

• 22Sep

  Technology and the Future of Education

  Ends, Tech Integration, change, school governance, transformation 3 Comments

  The following notes were shared with BRSU boards as part of a presentation on understanding the implications of technology on education in September 2009.

  Most people acknowledge that technology is having and will have a tremendous impact on education. This impact needs to be considered when developing plans for the future. I can categorize this impact in two areas: learning, and operations.

  Learning

  • Re-structuring of knowledge (Dewey Decimal System) due to increasing amounts of  information
  • New tools for students and teachers (Gapminder now in Google Docs; Google Earth – Map the Fallen; History of Hartford, VT)
  • Social communication platforms mimic how students learn: all learning is social (Twitter in the Classroom)
  • Opening of education (software, online platforms MIT Open Courseware); personalization of learning – “disaggregation of one”
  • New understandings of how the brain works, motivation and creativity (Daniel Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation; Sir Ken Robinson – Schools Kill Creativity)

  Operations

  • Digitization (information systems and record management) – huge opportunity
  • Flattening – fewer intervening layers between management and staff
  • Communication and collaboration across traditional organizational boundaries; increased stakeholder participation;
  • Potential for greater efficiencies and lower costs

  “Death of Education, the Dawn of Learning”

  Tags: Ends, Tech Integration, transformation

• 26Aug

  Jean Ward on Vermont Edition

  Educational Leadership No Comments

  Our very own Jean Ward, BRSU Director of Curriculum, Assessment, and Professional Development, was interviewed on Vermont Public Radio yesterday.   Here is the link to the show.

  Way to go Jean!

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