The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
Update 9/25/18: Our Technology Plan is now posted https://www.nhp-gcp.org/site/default.aspx?DomainID=16 Before reading this piece, please watch the "Did you know" video. Back in August 2017, I shared this video with Jim Svendsen, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. In October 2017, he then played it for the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), a group of thirty-two stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, and parents who met monthly over the course of the 2017-18 school year. TAC was asked to answer the following question, which was recorded and compiled through Mentimeter and displayed via Samrtboard: The larger words represent the words that were entered most frequently by the group, meaning they were seen as most important. Their assignment was then to create a vision statement that would reflect their words and shape the plans for the implementation of technology in our district. With its content in mind, and through a ser
