Module 13: Future Vision Project Blog Post 4: Project Challenges
Introduction to Project Challenges: Anticipating Difficulty:
I am not anticipating too much difficulty as I am in a slightly obsessive ICT school. The administration has subscribed to being an Apple hardware and Google software school. We have hosted a TEDx event, are a 1-to-1-laptop school, and have been for several years now. It is implied and expected that every unit incorporate ICT, and in the English department we are the first to have gone paperless, and we have the most finished website pages. The only difficulty I am expecting s resistance from my department head as we have a personality clash. However when I come to the table with the new unit AND the ICT already incorporated, I believe the men will be in utterly shocked silence of surprise! ;D
Identifying School Settings Policies and Guidelines:
Please see attached Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for the Orchard Campus (K-12) and our East Campus (K-6)
Governing ICT Use – Identifying School Settings ICT Strengths:
“The administration has subscribed to being an Apple hardware and Google software school. We have hosted a TEDx event, are a 1-to-1-laptop school, and have been for several years now.” Please also see the following links to the schools ICT web pages…
http://www.chatsworth.com.sg/page.cfm?p=523
http://www.chatsworth.com.sg/page.cfm?p=379
Identifying School Settings ICT Challenges:
The constantly cranky Wi-Fi, which only works when you do not desperately need it to.
At the end of all things considered, I am incredibly blessed by being in such a progressive school, which is fully resourced and happy to spend more on both staff training and ICT. Chatsworth has indeed brought me even further into the 21st century learning arena, kicking and screaming the entire way!
Based on our discussions and your previous writing, it appears your challenges are more sociological and technological rather than purely revolving around access to ICT resources. I am curious how you intend to resolve the resistance you have been experiencing with your department. As educators we need to be particularly sensitive to the ways we talk about our students, colleagues, and policy-makers. Just as we don’t want to be stereotyped by gender, culture, or educational history, as professionals we need to be equally sensitive to the ways we talk about others. Our use of language plays a role in the future possibilities of what we are capable of imagining.