1.1 Shared Vision
Candidates facilitate the development and implementation of a shared vision for the use of technology in teaching, learning, and leadership.
Artifact: School Vision
Reflection:
This artifact, a vision paper, outlines my vision for technology in education and provides research to support the vision. This artifact was written in October of 2011 as an assignment for ITEC 7410. This paper outlines current realities, societal reliance on technology, and establishes my vision for technology in education. In addition, the significance of technology in education, supporting the need for an authentic vision statement, is communicated through quotations and citations from various academic journals.
The significance of a collective vision, related to technology in education, is established in Standard 1.1, Shared Vision. This standard outlines the expectations for the development and implementation of a shared vision for technology usage in three fields, teaching, learning, and leadership. In this artifact, I used research to establish the current realities of technology in education. Combining that information with a forward thinking, long term desired outcome, I developed a vision of technology in education. This vision specifically establishes the vision for global technology usage in teaching, learning, and leadership.
Developing a vision was one of the first projects in Instructional Technology Graduate Program. This learning experience allowed me to articulate my vision for technology in education. Defining the ultimate desired outcome helped me better understand what steps need to be taken to progress toward this vision. It helped me grasp the current state of affairs and to understand what specific steps are needed to advance. From this experience, I learned that forward-thinking vision is vital for schools and educational institutions to advance in their usage of technology.
Developing and writing school and district vision statements are common practice. Ideally, these vision statements are used to align objectives, programs, and interventions that will help a school progress toward the desired outcome. While my school has a general vision statement, we lacked a shared vision for technology usage. This vision paper was shared with the administration at my school and was used to outline several technology goals to be integrated into the school’s general vision. Because it has been established that technology has the potential to positively impact student learning and professional development, it is likely that the inclusion of a technology vision in the school’s overall vision will yield a positive impact.
Reflection:
This artifact, a vision paper, outlines my vision for technology in education and provides research to support the vision. This artifact was written in October of 2011 as an assignment for ITEC 7410. This paper outlines current realities, societal reliance on technology, and establishes my vision for technology in education. In addition, the significance of technology in education, supporting the need for an authentic vision statement, is communicated through quotations and citations from various academic journals.
The significance of a collective vision, related to technology in education, is established in Standard 1.1, Shared Vision. This standard outlines the expectations for the development and implementation of a shared vision for technology usage in three fields, teaching, learning, and leadership. In this artifact, I used research to establish the current realities of technology in education. Combining that information with a forward thinking, long term desired outcome, I developed a vision of technology in education. This vision specifically establishes the vision for global technology usage in teaching, learning, and leadership.
Developing a vision was one of the first projects in Instructional Technology Graduate Program. This learning experience allowed me to articulate my vision for technology in education. Defining the ultimate desired outcome helped me better understand what steps need to be taken to progress toward this vision. It helped me grasp the current state of affairs and to understand what specific steps are needed to advance. From this experience, I learned that forward-thinking vision is vital for schools and educational institutions to advance in their usage of technology.
Developing and writing school and district vision statements are common practice. Ideally, these vision statements are used to align objectives, programs, and interventions that will help a school progress toward the desired outcome. While my school has a general vision statement, we lacked a shared vision for technology usage. This vision paper was shared with the administration at my school and was used to outline several technology goals to be integrated into the school’s general vision. Because it has been established that technology has the potential to positively impact student learning and professional development, it is likely that the inclusion of a technology vision in the school’s overall vision will yield a positive impact.