Fostering Friendships - Enhancing Social Bonds in the Classroom
District Leaders as Digital Leaders
1. District Leaders as Digital Leaders
How We Can UseTechnology to Build Community
March 8, 2017
CHRIS KENNEDY
Superintendent of
Schools,West
Vancouver School
District
Alberta System
LeadershipSupport for
Implementation of
LearningTechnology
Policy Framework
Edmonton, Alberta
2. With thanks to Bill Selak: http://www.billselak.com/2012/thingsthatsuck
AWESOME OR NOT!?
24. “Students today depend too
much upon ink.They don’t know
how to use a pen knife to
sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will
never replace the pencil.”
National Association ofTeachers, 1907
53. All of the digital shifts are
part of ONE story
54. What are the digital tools you are using in
your district? Which ones are you modeling?
What is the story you are telling about the
move to digital?
?
58. INNOVATION IN ACTION
Letter grade
free
assessment
Maker
movement
iPads in
elementary
music class
Reggio Emilia
inspired
programs
Bienalle arts
projects
across
schools
Passion
projects
Heart rate
monitors in
PE
61. Teachers
Schools
Districts
Governments
• Will make it easier
for students...
• Will make it easier
for teachers...
• Will make it easier
for schools...
• Will make it easier
for districts...
To be
FLEXIBLE