Teaching and Learning Strand Focus with Doug Johnson
- It’s as important to understand human beings as it is to understand technology
- tech has grown in importance in education; tech administration is usually done by non-educator; there is a difference in values, priorities, knowledge amongst stakeholders –> range war
- conflicts leads to less tech use, less reliable access, lack of cooperation/respect
- have clear policies, teach, post and inform them
- advisory committees should have participation from all stakeholders with regular meetings, good communication and defined responsibilities
- don’t have a meeting just for disseminating information
- have a formal communications plan – define audience, schedule communications, create a culture of transparency
- How to build transparency
- post it online
- send out a newsletter
- share the tech budget (e.g. in google docs)
- Some schools are cutting librarians (from audience)
- College humour video
See the presentation at
http://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com/rangewars