Characteristics of the emerging technical ecosystem for teaching and learning
Your school district, the Agency, has all the necessary organizational tools to build 'ecosystems' for all its core functions. The steps taken profoundly impact the learning culture. Each core function, and it's ecosystem, work best if they are built together directed with the same purpose and vision.
The optimal learning environment must be thoughtful about the nature of what naturally works well together and is not forced or constrained. Success means the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts.
The Goal: Building a technical environment that becomes a self-sustaining ecosystem that is:
Your school district, the Agency, has all the necessary organizational tools to build 'ecosystems' for all its core functions. The steps taken profoundly impact the learning culture. Each core function, and it's ecosystem, work best if they are built together directed with the same purpose and vision.
The optimal learning environment must be thoughtful about the nature of what naturally works well together and is not forced or constrained. Success means the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts.
The Goal: Building a technical environment that becomes a self-sustaining ecosystem that is:
- Furthering (not just supporting!) a vision for technology with the express purpose to improve teaching, learning and student achievement
- Ubiquitous, Sustainable, Agile and Innovative
- Embedded with socialized communication, commenting, social media and social networking
- Web-enabled, Internet-based, Democratic, Free and open access, Community-based
- Supporting pedagogically progressive tenants, Learner centered, individualized and experiential, Connects learning to seamlessly and effortlessly to others
- Constructivist by nature, builds on previous knowledge and leverages knowledge of others to create new knowledge and skills.
- Collaborative by design, Sharing and feedback is essential
- Easily integrated with existing and future learning resources
- Relevant and a powerful motivator and method to express what you know and are able to do.
- Gamification, simulations, status, certifications, badges, points, rewards, levels, self and social awareness
- Demands good digital citizenship, literacy and skills
- Intuitive, simple and easy to use, Organic, A part of something bigger
- Visionary, Thinking beyond 3-5 years